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 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 3, 2013 Last weekend marked the launch of the official Toolroom Knights residency at New City Gas. Given the superclub’s mega popularity surge within the electronic scene in the last year and catering to a crowd reaching up to 4000 in capacity, there is no doubt why label head honcho Mark Knight would choose [...]
January 12, 2013 Wow… this is a marathon. With day parties lasting from 10am-9pm, night events going 10pm-6am and later, and the official BPM afterhours opening at 6am every night, this week is not for the faint of heart. Here are some of our highlights so far. djmag.ca arrived on the scene Wednesday evening, just [...]
January 7, 2013 Initially published in DJ Magazine Canada 003 – January 2013. Read for free here. Subscribe to the DJ Mag Canada podcast on iTunes photo by Michael Chidiac Scott James didn’t always know he wanted to make dance music. A Calgary native who spent more of his youth on a lacrosse field than [...]
January 2, 2013 Voting for the world’s best clubs poll is now open! Top 100 Clubs is the only poll that matters – as it is decided by you lot – the dancefloor footsoldiers who travel the globe checking out the world’s best nocturnal destinations far and wide! Can Space Ibiza hold on to the crown for [...]
January 1, 2013 DNA Presents: PULSE – 29 / 12 / 12 @ Ernst & Young Center – Ottawa, ON photos by Barrie Martelle In the second annual edition of DNA Presents: PULSE, Ottawa once again got hit with a ton of snow. Same as last year, the snow didn’t stop fans from flocking to [...]
November 8, 2012 Azari&III (pronounced Azari and third) is a Canadian electronic music quartet currently taking North America by storm on the Sonar Tour. Made up of producers Dinamo Azari and Alixander III, as well as singers Starving Yet Full and Fritz Helder, the group has seen an unusually industrious year, and have attained a [...]
October 23, 2012 It was a typical chilly October night when Australian glitch artists Gruff and Crazy Daylight arrived in Calgary to teach us a bit about Australia’s bass scene. Coming straight from Kelowna, the first stop on their six week tour, Crazy Daylight turned up to The Area wearing shorts and shivering to learn [...]
October 19, 2012 Following up on their massive string of bookings, Canada’s newest super club – New City Gas is going huge with a Halloween weekend lineup that is sure to please a wide range of tastes for Montreal’s dance music community. Starting next Saturday, Produkt has a huge set of parties to keep you [...]