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Foreign Beggars Interview + New Album

October 18, 2012 Foreign Beggars have blown up. Whether it was their North American appearance on the Skrillex Mothership Tour, their spotlight on British teen television show Skins, or their colossal  2009 hit with Noisia Contact that vaulted them, these three have landed in the spotlight of bass music worldwide. The last few years have [...]

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SKRILLEX bringing Full Flex Express back to Canada in 2013

October 10, 2012 Skrillex at Full Flex Express 2012, Winnipeg  //  photo by Shawn Fillion Skrillex will once again embark on a cross Canada train tour with his friends in the summer of 2013 for the second annual Full Flex Express tour.  Initial dates have been released below, with details on lineups and venues slated [...]

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Terravita Sits Down With DJ Mag at Shambhala Music Festival

August 27, 2012 Shambhala Music Festival is a crazy party. You can squeeze a lot of music onto six stages in four days. In the end, there’s so many memories to sift through, and only the best sets are remembered. When a set stands out in your mind two weeks later, you know it’s going [...]

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Shambhala 2012 – Memories from another epic year

August 23, 2012 SHAMBHALA 2012 – Memories from another epic year  photo by Louis Bockner, Eye of the Mind photography 1. Electro-heads were disappointed when word spread that Mustard Pimp cancelled their Thursday 1:30 am gig at the Rock Pit. But the disappointment didn’t last long because Hot Pink Delorean (already on-site and ready to [...]

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Shambhala 2012 – Another Year of Party Bliss

August 22, 2012 Well, the climax of my summer festival season is now complete. Shambhala Music Festival marked my fifth festival this summer, as well as my own personal apex of art, music, fashion, fun times, dancing, suntanning, lights, lasers and all around festivities that make life worth living. The good times just kept on [...]

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VibeSquaD Sits Down With K. Lea at Motion Notion

July 27, 2012 I knew I was hooked on VibeSquaD after my first trip to Burning Man. My friend Kevin had chosen him as a favourite producer, and happened to run into him early in the morning (or late in the night) on the playa. What transpired after that initial greeting was a bro down [...]

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Uppermost: The French Music Wave

July 24, 2012 Today as an experienced composer and self-taught artist, Uppermost first discovered Computer Music at the age of 17. He started his way listening to influences such as Deadmau5, Daft Punk and Rank 1 but quickly expanded his musical favourites to Wolfgang Gartner, Justice, Calvin Harris. His various influences have led him to [...]

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Full Flex Express – Vancouver

photos by Conor Teahen

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Grounded TV Network – Syd Woodward Sits Down With DJ Mag

July 19, 2012 I first got introduced to the work of Syd Woodward through the leading ladies of the Mousai dance troupe. Enraptured with his film projects, I began meticulously viewing every single piece on the Grounded Television Network. Varying in content from all types of music to important world issues, the pieces on the [...]

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Cadence Weapon: the DJ Mag Canada Interview

July 19, 2012 Fresh off a third Polaris Music Prize nomination, Canadian rapper and producer Cadence Weapon kicks back with the Wet Coast and DJ Mag Canada to shed some light on his killer new album, Hope in Dirt City. Photos: Alaina Hase   You’re Edmonton-raised. Most people think that growing up in the City of [...]

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