Its been a very busy couple weeks but in a good way. Managed to make it to Montreal for a quick trip to take in Diverscite and meet up with some friends who had just completed the Friends for Life Bike Rally (a 600k bike ride from TO->MTL to raise money for the People with AIDS foundation)and got to hear Chus & Ceballos at Stereo. Then back to Toronto for about a week and then off camping for 5 days with my hubby to celebrate his birthday. Had a great time with great friends on both trips... and now its time to get back to life and back to reality which means work... and blogging!
There was so much great music at Stereo. That club truly is a special place. If you love clubbing and haven't been there yet.. run, don't walk. Its worth the visit to Montreal all on its own. Absolutely tremendous sound quality. This is one of the final tracks Chus & Ceballos played, and actually my introduction to The XX. I've heard of them but kinda wrote them off before... I don't have any idea why... and granted this is a remix so maybe not even a great example of their own work but its fun.
The XX - Crystalised (Edu Imbernon Remix)
Now I wasn't actually at this next party. But back in the day I spent my formative years in the Halifax rave scene. And every year for the past 5 years or so a bunch of the old promoters and crew put on a Halifax Classics reunion weekend and bring in a big name to play out in the woods at some little camping and cottage retreat. I've yet to make it back for it, but this year they had brought in Mark Farina. A friend of mine recorded the opening few minutes of his set on video and he opened with this little nugget. I know South of Roosevelt were just featured a few weeks ago... but its a pretty fun throwback track... and for anyone out there with any dj skills I'm sure they could turn it into something even more dope. I'm really going to have to check through the rest of their catalogue cuz these little remixes of oldies are awesome!
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason (South of Roosevelt Bootleg)
Every year my hubby and I go camping for his birthday. We go to the same spot every year... a gorgeous 70 acre stretch of land owned by a friend of ours. No electricity. No people. No running water(other than a little stream). Just a cute lil swimmin' hole, a few clearings for tents, and an out house. On his actual birthday night we were listening to his iPod which has stuff on it from years ago because we never update it, and came across a set from Hector Romero. Which is where we discovered this. One of the funnier house tracks I've heard in a while.. absolutely spot on with the lyrics. It had us in stitches around the campfire several times. And what an awesome name.
The Royal We - Party Guilt (Matt Styles Club Mix)
And lastly a little classic gem that Chus & Ceballos played towards the end of that night in Montreal at Stereo ereo ereo ereo..
Tanya Louise - Deep In You
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