Irk & Living~stone @ Forward

Events Calendar - April 14, 2011

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Irk & Living~stone @ Forward [ Static Link : iCal ]

City:

Canada, Quebec, Montreal

Time:

Thu Apr 14, 2011 @ 10:00pm till Fri Apr 15, 2011 @ 3:00am

Promoter:

Forward Music Montreal
forwardmusic.mtl@gmail.com
[www.forwardmusicmontreal.com]

Location:

Passeport, Club, 2037 Saint-Denis
(514) 286-6166
info@barpasseport.com
[www.barpasseport.com]

Description:

THIS WEEK:

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IRK
[ www.facebook.com ]
[ www.djirk.com ]
[ www.twitter.com ]
[ soundcloud.com ]

irk is a British DJ renowned both for his word-twisting, culture-jamming scratch skits and mixtapes, and for his spontaneous, high-energy live sets. In late 2009 his musical shenanigans were noticed by bosses at game-changing London record label Ninja Tune’s legendary Solid Steel Radio, and January 2010 saw him secure a guest-mix-contributor spot on the show. This put him in the ranks alongside an astonishing list of guest contributors, including DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Steinski, Kentaro, Kid Koala, Caspa, Company Flow, Kraddy, Freestylers and many more. His mixes are consistently amongst the most listened-to; no mean feat on a show boasting a twenty-year history of ‘Broadcasting the Broadest Beats’, and whose name Ninja Tune proudly shares with its official mix releases from label treasures Amon Tobin, DJ Kentaro, Mr Scruff and Bonobo, among others.

2010 culminated in him winning the highly-coveted Solid Steel Mix Of The Year title, a mere 12 months after his first appearance on the show.

irk continues to produce his trademark mixes, lacing only the heaviest beats with his signature comically logic-defying, reference-laden turntable antics. However, the wide support and interest gained from his success on Solid Steel have provided opportunities for extending his reach, playing more live shows in new cities, to ever larger audiences – opportunities he’s making the most of and enjoying immensely. His live performances always impress and often astound; and although you can never be sure precisely which virtual Serato crates he’ll be digging through, the one thing you’re guaranteed is a raucous, massively entertaining, scratched-up rampage through the best the world of music has to offer. Expect the finest breaks, hiphop, drum and bass, electro, glitch and dubstep – the good, the badass and the downright dirty tamed and brought together under one roof, moulded in to an original, jaw-dropping slew of sonic revelry and served up on two Technics platters.

But no man can live on music alone: irk completed a PhD in mathematics in 2009 and spends his free time surfing, skating and snowboarding depending on location and conditions. He currently divides his time between Montreal and Bristol, UK. He’s a friendly creature and would love to see you at a show, so go say hi – just not when he’s busy playing – FYI tequila is his weapon of choice

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Living~Stone
[ www.facebook.com ]

Living~Stone is a genre-busting performer melding frequencies of dub, dubstep, hip hop, glitch hop, D&B mid-tempo and all things fat and funky into a sonic experience he likes to call Bass Culture.

He has shared the stage with many prominent international Bass Music headliners including Skream, Benga, Bassnectar, Eskmo, Sub Swara, Goth Trad, Taal Mala, Komodo, Ill Gates, Nosia and many more.

Living~Stone is the co-founder Dig.iT.aL, an open source collective of artists and musicians throughout North America, Europe, and where ever people can be found that truly Dig iT aLL.

Home Base is Montreal, Canada where Living~Stone is one of two residents of the monthly FreeDemBass dubstep nights at Blizzarts Lounge on the second sunday of every month.

"Living~Stone brings game. Genre hopping loop teaser, anywhere this boy is there’s a party. Even the most sceptical folk-rock fanatic has been known to drop their tambourine and break into the dubstep slow bump at the drop of his hi-hat shuffle over the dirty big bass. He is a jump up raver behind the decks- quite blatantly having as much fun throwing down the tracks as the bouncing pit of happy before him. He's behind the booth but there is no division between him and the dance floor. His IS the dance floor. Pushing the genre to its party maximum, while previously loved tracks are given a new lease on life new ones are tested, the reactions noted and all the while the revelry continues. Just try and stand still to this dub monkey’s big sound".

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+ FORWARD RESIDENTS:

Rhys Taylor, a nightlife legend who has been playing alongside big names of the international electronic music scene in Montreal for almost 10 years now. Holding down "Your Radio is Broken" on CKUT for the past 5 years, throwing Mix Thursdays for almost 3 years, a residency at Blue Dog, Saphir and then Blizzarts with Broken Crew and bringing breaks to Stereo are a few of his accomplishments.

David Rawalia aka Wally, a dj who has been mastering his craft since 2003 and more recently producing his own unique sounds. After promoting rave culture and sound and organizing a multitude of one-off all-nighters, he moved on to the dubstep scene taking full-part in the forward weekly as well as working with the half electronic half band hybrid, RISK.

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3$ before midnight

5$ after

Passeport 2037 Saint-Denis

Come check out the freshly tuned sound system, stick around for dope tunes and cheap booze, before you know, it's 3 am and you're kindly being informed that you need to move your butt outside... ain't that the meaning of Thursday?

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