On Friday I went to check out the Mutek tour, I really enjoyed myself for once in what seems like a long time. I was planning on taking some pictures thinking that there would be some good visuals to capture but i guess to get the whole package I’d have to experience Mutek in Montreal. Apparently over 50% of the attendees are people traveling to attend so there really is something special about it! No complains though really. danksoul and nrmls wlcm put together a fun night.

The major east coast Canadian cities have good communities for electronic music. I think that’s why in the world of Canadian electronic music, most of the good stuff comes from Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, etc. I Was reading a local paper – Vue Weekly, which did an article on mutek. It mentioned basically how eastern Canada is more receptive to electronic music but that maybe people abroad are becoming reinterested in dance music.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Inkwell are from Vancouver, but I guess they are apart of the exception to be honest I didn’t pay much attention to them at first when I picked up the ‘Rain Or Shine‘ EP, but after seeing them live and learning about their story more i instantly felt a stronger connection with them. What sets Inkwell apart for me is their chemistry doing live PA, it’s really brilliant. Look out for releases from Inkwell on Archipel and Wagon Repair.

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Inkwell – Liason (Original Mix)

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Claude Von Stroke – Whos Affraid Of Detroit (Audion Remix)

Weki revive myth about Golem, celebrate naked women and wake up Tutanchamon!

Okay so their enlish isn’t great, but you will understand what ‘waking up tutanchamon’ means after having a listen.

Weki – Eyes Of Tutanchamon (Dub Mix)
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weki myspace

Aphex Twin has done some legendary live performances in the past, so when we were asked to produce his stage show for the Traffic festival in Turin (with 20,000 people turning up), we wanted to do something a little out of the ordinary

Aphex Twin, Cabaret from Flat-e on Vimeo.

Maxime Miville is a electronic music producer based in Montreal Canada. I couldn’t find any back catalogs of his work, or much information about him except that he is heavily influeced by the Boarder Community sound.
The Runners High EP features 2 original tracks and 2 remixes.

1. Dopamine (Original Mix)
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2. Endorphin (Original Mix)
3. Dopeamine (Rico Cassaza Remix)
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4. Dopamine (Rico Puestel Remix)

I wasn’t entirely impressed with the remixes because I feel like they didn’t capture the ‘essence’ if you will. You might agree that both treatments loose the melancholy vibe in favor of focusing on developing more complex rhythmic layers. I would have liked to see what Cassaza would have done with Endorphin. Speaking of which, Rico Casaaza is starting up a new label himself and looking for demos.
Runners High is out on Archipel records as a digital release and is available on Beatport.

Maxime Miville myspace
Rico Cassaza myspace
Dinamoe myspace

I’ve been thinking about co-authoring on another blog for awhile, but picking a suitable platform to voice myself was crucial. The Belgian Techno House or just the’BTH’ are a group of artist’s and really great people; but the blog clearly had no future. This is unfortunate, because in the process of operating the blog for almost a year now, i realized my enjoyment for writing about and sharing music. Overall I had a great experience, but I’m very pleased with my new authoring position here on Phase02.

I decided to approach timic with the idea of a collaboration. I guess because of the name he figured I was dutch!
After chatting a bit and realizing that I don’t actually speak dutch, timic was sport to add me to the Phase02 roster

I thought a great way to kick things off here would be with a chart of my current top 10 favourites in March. Towards the end of every month I will include a downloadable chart, just like the one bellow. The decision to make my chart entirely downloadable is however something of a double edge sword because sometimes certain deserving tracks won’t make the list. Hopefully this selection will give you an idea of some of the artists and labels I support and what you can look forward to in the future.

1. Audiojack – The Bends (Original Mix) / Jack The Keys / 2020 Vision Recordings /
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2. Kolombo – Sniff (Original Mix) / Sniff EP / Turbo Recordings /
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3. Amir – Epopoe (Original Mix) / Communicate / Trapez /
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4. Mini Mode – Face Drop (Original Mix) / 5 Minutes / 303 Lovers /
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5. Popof – Serenity (Noob Remx) / Serenity EP / Forme /
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6. Lily Allen – The Fear (Duke Dumont Remix) / ??? / Parlaphone / curtosey of datasapiens
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7. Butch – Nomad (Mihalis Safras Remix) / Dark Fader / AFU Limited /
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8. Telefon Tel Aviv – Worst Thing In The World (Jay Haze Remix) / Worst Thing In The World Remixes / Bpitch Control /
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9. V.V. Brown – Leave (Style Of Eye Remix) / ??? / ??? / curtosey of curb crawlers
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10. Krazy Baldhead – Choppin’ (Original Mix) / Sweet Night EP / Ed Banger
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