Happy Halloween! Be sure to check out Shingo and urbansteve at their respective parties tonight! Three other parties that pique my interest are Footprints (funk, soul, jazz, rare groove, latin), Ghost Dance (techno, dubstep), and BF Monster Jam (hip hop, funk, soul, latin, reggae). Have fun and party safe! On a completely unrelated note, here [...]
We’re DJing a few upcoming events in Toronto very soon so come say hello! Oct 31: Shingo @ Tricks, Treats, Freaks & Beats, 1188 Queen St. W Facebook event page here. urbansteve @ The Cobourg (and also every first Friday of the month), 533 Parliament St. Facebook event page here. Nov 26: urbansteve & MissRuckus [...]
“Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a [...]
Thanks to Richie for sharing this with me. Joker is a 20-year-old kid from Bristol making some insane bass-heavy music that makes me want to go see a live show and destroy my eardrums while standing on the subwoofer, with my ear pressed against the speaker. Yes! Who is this kid? Here’s an old article [...]
Burial and Flying Lotus collaboration! Unreleased Burial track: Flying Lotus at Terminal 5 in NYC (posted on youtube by mymanhenri, a local Toronto DJ who actually opened for FlyLo at the show here a few months ago): -MissRuckus