The first one was an ill time! Me and Kaewonder bringing wreck to your speakers once again!
Friday Feb 19, 2010
SUPERFLY 2
with DJ’s Kaewonder & Mensa
Hip-Hop, Funk, Breaks, R’n'B
Hosted by Benzo
@ AUGUSTA HOUSE
152A Augusta Ave. (Upstairs)
19+/$5/Limited Capacity/Dope Vibes
Brought to you by Heist & Hiney
If I were ever asked to make an instructional video for prospective DJ’s coming up in the scene, these scenarios would definitely come to mind. If you’ve been in this game as long as I have, you definitely had these thoughts pop in your head, and know about the struggles of communicating your art to cats trying to cheapen the value of what me and my peoples do. The robotic cursing definitely adds some comedic effect to some otherwise frustrating situations.
DJ vs. Promoter
Opening DJ
Mastering
YOUR BOY MENSA IS BACK AGAIN READY TO TAKE ON A FRESH BATCH OF CONTENDERS. WHAT KINDA TRICKS AM I GONNA PULL OUT MY SLEEVE? YOU’RE JUST GONNA HAVE COME THROUGH AND FIND OUT.
HIT ME UP FOR GUEST LIST! I NEED ALL THE SUPPORT I CAN GET!!!
Thursday February 4, 2009
Social Experiment presents THE REMIX PROJECT REUNION
The Remix Project is an incredible force in the Toronto hip-hop scene that has nurtured its city’s rawest talent into rising stars and influential entrepreneurs.
The Remix Project is an arts, cultural and life skills incubator serving young people across the GTA but located right in the heart of Toronto. Remix works to help some of the most gifted but vulnerable young people in the city to realize their own creative and business-minded potential while working to strengthen Toronto, Canada’s burgeoning creative industry.
Remix first opened its doors in September 2006 at 110 Sudbury St., backed by municipal funding and grants from the private sector. They paired the music industry’s luminaries with kids with the drive and talent but without the adequate resources to make it happen. After a six month semester consisting of workshops and intensive one on one training, the graduates are comparable to tempered steel from a blacksmith, ready for the world.
The program has received worldwide accolades and has branched out into countries where similar stories are played out: the disenchanted youth vy to make something of themselves with their unbridled love for hip-hop. Remix is there to bridge the gap.
Remix Project endured a setback when its funding from the government had ceased. After a rigorous grassroots fundraising campaign, and a re-placement of the headquarters into the heart of the downtown Toronto, The Remix Project is ready to nurture a new generation of kids into personal acheivement.
But before we can shape our future, it is imperative we re-visit our past.
Do joins us this Thursday as past graduates of the Remix Project come together for a much needed reunion. A layman who spends some time amongst its participants will be quick to learn a couple gems:
1) As with any school, its students quickly form very long lasting friendships.
2) From its core staff to the end product, everything about The Remix Project should serve as a template of how this hip-hop ish should be done from here on out.
FEATURING RECENT GRADUATES OF THE REMIX PROJECT
DJ B-Easy
DJ Omada
and resident DJ Mensa
hosted by
RICH KIDD (Ridgeway Inc.)
& PG
The Details
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
with DJ Mensa
playing urban classics, old and new
open minded & bass heavy
EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT
@ Octopus Lounge
293 Palmerston Ave
19+/No Cover/No Dress Code/Be Easy
Brought to you by Notorious & The Prizefighter Imprint
Love spinning with the digging prodigy Kaewonder, because he’s holding the torch for all the vinyl junkies in the city. This guy is killing it for real. Come check me out as I throw down with the crew. Shout outs to Heist, Benzo, DJ Serious, and all the party people in the spot! Hip-hop reigns supreme in the 2010!
24 Karat Tuesday
with DJ’s Kaewonder & Serious
Hip-Hop/Funk/Boogie/Soul
Hosted By Heist
@ Andy Poolhall
489 College St.
No cover all night long!
And while we’re on the Vancity tip, shouts to my man DJ AREMS from FACTION SOUND CREW who are killing the club scene. My man Arems found a great niche tapping into the slept on reggae market in Van. He just put out a hot new reggae mix highlighting all the hot riddims from 2009. Get with it, and gunfinga inna di air!!
DOWNLOAD DJ AREMS – FIYAH FI BUN DEM PART 4 (zshare
DOWNLOAD DJ AREMS – FIYAH FI BUN DEM PART 4 (zshare
DOWNLOAD DJ AREMS – FIYAH FI BUN DEM PART 4 (zshare
My peoples The Freshest Kids are the dudes out in Vancouver. There isn’t a genre of music they don’t rep with deep crates, and they encapsulate everything a sound crew does: you can have them all, mix and match, or have them play out separately and guarantee they’ll kill your dance and still rep for their team all in one fell scratch. And of course, they keep it fresh to death.
Their podcasts have been getting a lot of attention as of late, and they just put out a new one, this time with some prrrrrroper packaging (as seen above). You can preview the mix below then cop it from their website.
Fat shouts out to crew RICO UNO, DJ SEKO, DJ MARVEL, & KUTCORNERS
Yes, this late night issue is definitely last week’s news, but I can’t help but go back and watch this last bit over and over again. Years from now, when we’ve all been distanced from the controversy and infighting, you’re left with some very good advice from Mr. O’Brien. Try your best to work them into your own routine, and if you’re too lazy to watch 4 minutes of real talk, check out the pic below it for the synopsis.
Last Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien – part 6 / final from Fabiano Golgo on Vimeo.
