May 14th, 2013 Last week, Motion Notion festival released their full lineup. Once known to be a predominantly psy-trance orientated affair, Motion Notion has gone through great lengths to diversify the music. They’ve added a bass focused stage with PK Sound, The Cabana, while still keeping some focus on psy-trance and visual elements on the [...]
April 30, 2013 This weekend the Space Invaderz, Calgary’s top stage design crew, will be combining their signature brand of innovation and design to bring Calgary a one of a kind event; an entirely 3D party. Partnering up with Beama Visual Environments, the animators responsible for Excision’s X-Vision Tour, Space Invaderz will be invading all [...]
April 24th, 2013 The Plump DJs have been a force in the world of electronic music for almost 20 years. In that time, the guys have witnessed a lot of change. From playing to crowds of 25,000 to disbanding from the once enormously popular Finger Lickin’ Records to forge their own path, they have ridden [...]
April 6th, 2013 As the summer approaches, we are eagerly awaiting the lineup release for Shambhala Music Festival. With the release being just days away, the good folks at Shambhala have given us a teaser video to build anticipation for August. Featuring some of the best moments from all the stages in 2012 and music [...]
March 28, 2013 Tonight at Northern Lights Music Festival, the weekend gets started early with three massive pre-parties: 1. Trance lovers can get their fix at The Treasury Vodka Bar and Eatery with Simon Patterson. 2. House lovers can dance all night long at Mixx Dance Club with Prok & Fitch and MYNC. 3. Bass heads can rage all night at Encore at West Edmonton Mall with Alvin Risk and Loudpvck. [...]
March 20, 2013 The 403 DnB crew has really outdone themselves on this one. Announced a couple weeks ago, the 403 DNBBQ Weekender looks like the perfect weekend for any drum and bass lover. With a teaser announcement of legendary MCs like Harry Shotta and Skibadee, fans eagerly awaited news on the full lineup. No one [...]
March 8, 2013 Living in Canada makes us some of the luckiest people in the entire world. It’s not just the fantastic niche communities we’ve built around electronic music and the throngs of talent we see rising through the dance scenes, but the everyday stuff we take for granted like education and paved roads. In [...]
March 8, 2013 Torro Torro are a Toronto based duo making waves in the wide world of electronic music. The guys have been gaining popularity with their excellent remixes and originals, as well as through showcasing leisurely tempos of many genres of music at their club night SLOWED. SLOWED is rapidly becoming legendary across Canada [...]
February 18, 2013 Two of Toronto’s most esteemed electronic DJ’s filled Cinema nightclub with an array of records that could make the conductor of the Oxford University symphony get up and dance. Their experience in the Toronto DJ circuit has spanned almost 30 combined years and with releases on labels such as Defected and SCI+TEC, [...]
February 17, 2013 It’s been one year since my first DJ Mag piece, and I thought the best way to commemorate would be to catch up with the muses of Mousai, my first subjects. These ladies have been killing it over the last 12 months. They’ve been pushing the boundaries of performance art in the [...]