Home sick? End 2011 with some fire and boobs.
Feeling homesick? With 8 months, 4 days, 4 hours, 19 minutes and 31 seconds (21356371 seconds all together) until the official opening of Black Rock City once again, why not find an event that will help you end 2011 with some fire and boobs.
PAL artist Freedom Danish of The Root Sellers is organizing Cleo Femi (from the 2011 summer Root Sellers tour) a birthday party tonight, Dec 30, 2011 in Toronto that involves some of Canada’s hottest burlesque performers and fire artists, including fire eating strip tease burlesque acts providing some gorgeous eye candy while Opulent Temple’s JD Mack and BurnT’s Hollywood Death, Davey Boom, Used DJ play along side Doctore Danish until the sun comes up. Proceeds go towards funding something close to the Dr’s heart~ ArtHeart, an afterschool program in the GTA that teaches innercity kids aged 5-14 visual art, music and poetry.
The event is at the Zion Lounge (191 Parliament E at Queen), FB details here.
On NYE in Toronto, our friends at Cirqlar are bringing fellow PAL and Muti Music artist ill-Esha down from the Bay for a night of sinful circus antics~Trip the Light Fantastic 2012. Looks splendid.
In terms of new releases, The Root Sellers have a new tune out with Sham-fam collaborators Timothy Wisdom and The Funk Hunters: Walking on the Sun, and Freedom Danish & Dash’s contributions to ill.Gates’ The ill.Methodology album on Muti Music are still selling hot. Don’t sleep! Really looking forward to seeing what remixes come out of this album.
And finally, with Dubstep having an utterly cacaphonic year in the spotlight, beginning with Britney Spears’ Hold It Against Me (we did) and ending with Korn’s full on dubstep assault ‘The Path of Totality’ and rumours of The Biebs working on a full on dubstep album in the near future…it’s important to remember that bass music encompasses a lot more than dick-in-your-ear Brostep.
Looking for inspiration? Why not check out Freedom Danish’s new holiday mixtape, full of melodic glitch hop, drum and bass and yes, a little flare of dub (is it Ironic? Tell us what you think). F@K HO$. Direct download link.
Lots of love & Happy New Years from your friends at Pop and Lock Recordings.
The Root Sellers’ Front Heavy Funk has arrived!
The Root Sellers
Originally hailing from the Yukon and now recognized across Canada as cultural ambassadors The Root Sellers create a unique blend of beats and sampled sound taken from the diverse areas they travel in the world.
Last year they were shortlisted for a Breakspoll award on a collaboration with PAL big cheese Myagi for ‘Rock One’ and recently they’ve been featured at the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics and have just come off a 2 month tour showcasing their gypsy-glitch sound at coast to coast dates that included Shambhala Music Festival, Evolve Music Festival, and Burning Man.
This is the first of several forthcoming collaborations featuring Slowcoaster frontman Steven Macdougall and the release has been featured prominently in Root Sellers’ sets lately. You can buy it here.
Stickybuds goes drop tempo slammer with this future-hip-hop breaks nu-funk ghettofunk whatever of a track – all we know is its awesome and the boy is on fire.
Wonk goes for a bit more restrained vibe than her normal ish and it works perfectly – think jazzy retro-y house with a modern twist, this is a great mood setter or peak time groover.
Stickybuds’ dub remix has gotten a fair bit of support from bass heads, with positive feedback coming in from Dj Love, Dov, ill.Gates and more :} Check the vocal version here:
Here is a video of the Root Sellers’ version of the tune:
Tomorrow (Thursday Nov 17), Lumo and Freedom Danish will be having a FHF release jam in Toronto at Freedom’s monthly Archi-Textures party at the Augusta House in Kenzington Market. If you’re in the area, be sure to check it out.
Mixing on the iPad = A quick Meta.Dj performance!
A demo of Meta.Dj for the iPad feat tracks from the upcoming Myagi album “Ape and Essence.” Meta.Dj comes packed with a special version of Myagi + Chickaboos This Will Make You Jump, and the upcoming Myagi album is to be released as a special edition of software for the program!
Myagi – Dirty Girls (The Remixes) Out now at Beatport!
Out Now at Beatport!
FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE 2005 ORIGINAL
The original was a simple but effective funky breaks track with big builds and lots of acid and wah guitar. Rory Hoy grabs all the best bits of the original and rolls em up into a modern big beat gem. Big breaks and bass hooks and a killer smooth breakdown make this a dancefloor smasher.
All attitude, the Projectiles remix is a fusion of electro, techno, breaks and anything else that fits. Phat riffs and driving hooks play against huge drums in this straight for the jugular affair.
Last but not least – Groovy Cuvy and Benjamin Leung get the minimal peak time house vibe going with great effect. One part beach and one part nightclub this is a sexed up beauty.
Myagi’s own remix of Dirty Girls will be available on the upcoming album Ape and Essence – a glitchy acid house reworking that is being called a perfect modern twist on a classic.
Root Sellers Video from Evolve 11 and Free Ghettofunk Banger “Baby Comes Home” celebrating the birth of our new babies Nova and Ariana
Evolve 11 Rocked homies! The Root Sellers tore the Synergy Stage down sunday evening with 5000 of our closest friends. Here is a video of the beginning of our set with a special dedication to our homegirl Michelle and the debut of our new track “Skalifter” featuring Steve Macdougal of the legendary east coast ska band Slowcoaster.
To see the video Click Here
We’re also giving away a new Ghettofunk banger to celebrate Evolve and the Birth of our two new babies Nova and Ariana!
Grab “Baby Comes Home” here! and be warned, it contains large amounts of Bass!
All the best!
Myagi’s Big Beat Demolished VOL 1 – free + Speakerhumper by pay-what-you-can
10 Free bootlegs of classic big beat tracks courtesy of Myagi!
Free for your downloading / dj’ing / listening pleasure – Myagi’s Big Beat Demolished VOL 1 – feat exclusive remixes of Scanty Sandwich, Fatboy Slim, Wiseguys, Dirty Beatniks and more…..
you can grab them here:
http://www.bigbeatdemolished.com
ALSO!!!!
A special “pre release” of Myagi’s Speakerhumper available by
pay-what-you-can donation!
You can find out more here:
Fingerpro bassline for iPhone/iPad gets 20 myagi preset patterns
http://www.finger-pro.com/
“Finger Pro Bassline in the app store now packaged with 20 presets created by Myagi.
So those of you who know me even a little all know I’m a bit of a techie, and that my love of computers and music tech is pretty deeply rooted. Those who know me well also know of my love for 303 style acid lines.
The Finger-Pro Bassline is my favourite 303 emulator for the iphone / iOS – not only does it have a fluid LFO and some nice fx, but it can export its audio via email and sync to a wireless midi network – it also now comes with 20 Myagi acid lines to get you started.”
Myagi – Chaos/Quokka gets big support from Crystal Method, Plump Djs etc…
2 and a half years on from his debut album (3 Years Of Sunrise – 4.5/5 – DJ Mag), Myagi is gearing up to launch his second full length release “Ape and Essence” into the world.
This first single is a great example of the soundscape involved in the next album – a bit more emotion but a lot more dancefloor, this tune features Myagi himself providing a compelling vocal line that plays off of a throbbing, acidic New Order-esque house track with a ton of acid. Two tracks in one, “Chaos” bleeds into “Quokka,” a brief tribal acid outro that flows perfectly in a live setting.
Next up is Perfecto records newest signee and Ayra owners Beatman and Ludmilla, who turn in a punk-as-hell take on the original track. Intricate synth work and great tension work wonders – this is a slayer and anyone lucky enough to have it up until now has owned a very deadly secret weapon.
DJ Kramer – one half of Methodrone and a key player in Burning Mans world famous DISTRIKT camp turns in a blinding remix that captures a perfect groove and runs with it. The vocals are washed out over a spacey breakdown and the whole thing slickly ties itself back together with a dust stomping bassline – this one will work at sundown or sunup.
Support from: The Crystal Method, Plump Djs, Cut La Roc, Drumattic Twins, Lee Coombs, etc etc etc….. Out late July!
FREE DOWNLOAD: “SWAY” C/O THE ROOT SELLERS & JPOD THE BEAT CHEF
This tune came about as a result of watching the movie “Repo Men” and absorbing its super dope sound track. This is a special edit of the Perez Prado Classic. “Sway” (Featuring Rosemary Clooney). The Root Sellers created this edit using cuts from their own tunes and from Jpod the Beat Chef. Watch out for future collaborations between The Root Sellers and Jpod this spring coming out on Pop and Lock Records and Swing Set Sounds.
“Sway” The Root Sellers and JPod VS Rosmary Clooney by Root Sellers
To download a high-fidelity version of this tune for your ipod, car, or next mixtape check out The Root Sellers website.
ill.Gates & Freedom Danish: My Special place video+download
“Sir Illiam B. Gates III duo’d with the crafty, cunning, and ever-creative Dr. Freedom Danish set out to make a fun, beautiful, and exploratory scene on the rooftops of Toronto.
Joined by fellow artists iAmRurik and Creyote, they deliver us an entertaining video, a bouncy song, an incredible mural, and a glance into the lives of some of Canada’s hottest, and most proactive artists today!!!!!” – getgrounded.tv
Pop and Lock Records A&R and .Gates Foundation manager Freedom Danish teams up with dear old friend and visionary bass music icon ill.Gates in ‘My Special Place’: a warm, personal and timeless song, the first to be premiered on ill.Gates’ forthcoming album ‘The ill.Methodology’ (Muti Music, Spring 2011).
The video came about both unexpectedly and fortuitously … we had just cleaned up our rooftop when old friends iAmRurik and Creyote came by and just happened to feel like festooning every wall in our compound with their wild and amazing characters.
Please download and share “My Special Place” along with our special free pack of artwork, poetry and music.
Download the tune & check out more sick free ill.Gates music here and get some free Freedom Danish music here.
Community Mural Project Proposal:
The city of Toronto is in the middle of a very ill-conceived crackdown on graffiti as our new mayor sees no distinction between murals and vandalism. We want to help change the public perception of street art in our city while strengthening our local community.
What we would like to do is get 5 floors of scaffolding and about 20 artists to paint a huge, highly visible wall in our community. We want to make a free event of it, having music and barbeque, and we want to invite members of the community to participate by setting up booths for both vending and networking on community issues such as the upcoming election.
We have all of the artists but we need art supplies and scaffolding.
If you would like to help, please click here to donate.
