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House of David Gang Acoustic Set Thursday, June 18th ! come joing the gang http://www.myspace.com/houseofdavidgang

http://www.nufunk.ca presents The NEW DEAL http://www.thenewdeal.com Mod Club Theatre Thursday July 16th, 2009 w/ Big League Chu (Make it Funky) http://www.bigleaguechu.com Tickets $20 Adv. (Play de Record, Soundscapes, Rotate This , Sliny Music and Shanti Baba. Online Tickets at http://www.nufunk.ca and http://www.ticketweb.ca ONLINE TICKET LINK: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1822894 FACEBOOK LINK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200021520693 Canadian Live Electronic Pioneers the NEW DEAL come home to the Mod Club after Japan tour and Red Rocks performance! The New Deal http://www.thenewdeal.com The NEW DEAL is to play Toronto’s Mod Club Theatre presented by Nufunk concerts on Thursday, July 16th, 2009, presented with local breakbeat DJ legend Big League Chu. The band, will also be headlining the Evolve Festival in Nova Scotia, an event which has recently been named by Outside Magazine as “one of the top 25 Outdoor Festivals in North America.†Since the The New Deal's beginning, their improvisational interpretation of House, Trance, Breakbeat and Drum'n'Bass has brought traditionally electronic music to the live music scene.The band now find themselves at the forefront of a new genre of music, dubbed "Live Electro", and have risen to the top of the scene, playing to hundreds of thousands internationally. The New Deal's almost eleven-year career has produced nine records, spawned countless Live Electro bands, garnered numerous award nods and continues to inspire an ever-growing audience throughout North America who flock to their sold-out concerts. Their upcoming hometown Toronto show marks a time in the NEW DEAL’s career where the their sound and showmanship have been taken to a new level. Drawing ever-increasing audiences filled with new faces, this band exemplifies the idea that grassroots popularity can be a truly satisfying slow-burn that never stops growing. By the time of their Toronto event they will have just returned from their first tour of Japan, sold out shows in Chicago, New York, as well as played a key festival appearance at Red Rocks in Colorado. The band will continue with international touring through the summer and fall, and has plans to push the improvisational envelope with a new live album release in 2010. Big League Chu http://www.bigleaguechu.com Colin Chu, better known as Big League Chu, is simply the leading DJ talent in Canada's breakbeat scene today. After over a decade of DJing, his name is synonymous with the funky, party-happy sound that's become Chu's rallying call - and it's one that crowds answer faithfully. Whether it's at his residencies at Toronto's legendary Breakfest events, The Make It Funky Jams, or the large one-off shows that Toronto boasts. In a city renowned as one of North America's largest party scenes, Chu has played alongside the worlds finest, allowing him to develop his own distinct style of breaks. Chu's sets can vary from hard beats to melodic funky down tempo sounds, but always remains a crowd mover. The born and raised Torontonian began spinning in London, Ontario while taking his undergraduate degree in psychology and sociology at The University of Western Ontario. Chu quickly garnered attention at local parties, leading to gigs in Toronto, including the Dose event in the summer of 1999 when he was asked to fill in for Barry Weaver for his second appearance in the city. He so impressed organizers that Chu was then asked to play the 14,000 plus crowd at the annual Dose Freakin Halloween event later that year, and as since become a mainstay for Toronto's largest party companies, like Metro Productions (Kickit and Out of Hand), Lifeforce Industries (Dose, Syrous and Renegades), Empire, and Liquid Adrenaline. As of late Big League Chu has found himself working on tracks again in the studio so keep your ears to the ground on upcoming new beats. the NEW DEAL @ Mod Club with guest Big League Chu Thursday, July 16 2009 Doors @ 9PM tix and info @ http://www.thenewdeal.com and http://www.nufunk.ca Advance Tickets will be available at: Slinky Music/Moog Audio (442 Queen St. W.) Soundscapes (572 College St.) Shanti Baba (546 Queen St. W.) Play De Record (357A Yonge St.) Rotate This (801 Queen St. W.) or by calling 416-877-4075 http://www.nufunk.ca promoted by: www.nufunk.ca

you won't want to miss this one!! This Friday! www.nufunk.ca presents... Herbaliser UK DJ Ollie Teeba www.herbaliser.com w/ Dynamo & Badnutbeats www.dynamoandbadnutbeats.com & Chameleon Project www.chameleonproject.com Friday, June 12th, 2009 Revival, 783 College St. Doors at 9:30 PM Tickets are $15 Adv. at:Soundscapes / Play De Record / Shanti Baba / Slinky Music / Rotate This Online at www.nufunk.ca, www.wantickets.com and www.ticketweb.ca Here is Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=96784926239 Herbaliser UK DJ Ollie Teeba www.herbaliser.com More than 15 years into their musical journey, The Herbaliser just keep getting bigger, stronger and better. It all began in the early 1990s when West London duo Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba discovered a shared passion for hip-hop, rare groove, funk and jazz. James Brown, DJ Premier, Lalo Schifrin, David Axelrod and Serge Gainsbourg were their youthful heroes. The studio became their first instrument. Both avid vinyl collectors, Jake and Ollie began using the freshest sampling techniques, coupled with Jake’s musical knowhow from playing guitar and bass. Later, they added guest rappers and vocalists. Later still, a full live line-up of brass, strings and cinematic textures. DJ Malachi plus Easy Access Orchestra players Ralph Lamb and Andy Ross became regular Herbaliser collaborators, expanding and enriching their sound. Released in 1995, the first Herbaliser album Remedies offered an emphatically London-centric take on funky electronica packed with samples, scratches and chopped-up rhythms. It remains an influential underground classic from the urban flipside of the Britpop boom. In 1997, the second Herbaliser album Blow Your Headphones was a more meaty, increasingly vocal affair. The US rock Bible Rolling Stone praised the album’s “smooth, nimble rhythms†and called it a “a textured, experimental valentine to US hip-hop.†Most notably the mesmerising talents of underground New York rapper and storyteller Jean Grae, then performing as What What, who remains a frequent Herbaliser guest. Expanding their live line-up to a nine-piece in the late 1990s, Herbaliser became acclaimed festival favourites around the globe. Playing to increasingly large and appreciative crowds also helped Jake and Ollie broaden their studio working methods. On their 1999 album Very Mercenary, they began sampling their own playing partners to produce a more organic, full-bodied sound. Alongside What What, Very Mercenary also shone the spotlight on a host of guest vocalists including future Brit-rap titans Blade and Roots Manuva. “While it’s always good to have a really hot young MC from the States, we also think it’s important to represent the UK,†says Jake. Following in 2000, the double-vinyl live album Session One showed the world what a rousing and dynamic affair the Herbaliser road show had now become. A party pack of crowd-pleasers in beefed-up live arrangements, The Guardian called the album “sterling proof that this kind of music invariably sounds better played by musicians than by a sampler.†The arrival of Something Wicked This Way Comes in 2002 added several new shades of light and dark to the Herbaliser spectrum. A potent cocktail of moody instrumental grooves and funky Brit-hop, it also featured another impressively forward-thinking gallery of guest vocalists including MF Doom, Phi Life Cypher and Rakaa Iriscience from Dilated Peoples. All Music Guide hailed the album as “colossal and cinematic,†while NME praised its “tough, commanding rare grooves.†Ollie and Jake proved their DJ skills with the acclaimed 2004 mix album Herbal Blend and their 2006 mix for Fabric. In between, they returned to the studio with Take London, released in 2005. A multicultural manifesto celebrating the UK capital’s unique mix of soul, funk, hip-hop and reggae, it featured the triumphant return of Roots Manuva alongside Jean Grae, who by now had left her What What alias behind. A rave review on the BBC Urban site described Take London as “tailor-made for cruising over Waterloo Bridge at midnight, preferably in a blacked-out mini with a Union Jack painted on the roof.†Fast forward to 2008 and The Herbaliser hit a dazzling new peak with their richest and most diverse album to date, the archly titled Same As It Never Was. With a new emphasis on classic soulful songwriting, the main vocal focus this time is on a new recruit, the supremely talented 22-year-old Londoner Jessica Darling. With Easy Access Orchestra members Ralph Lamb and Andy Ross also on board, Herbaliser now have a firm five-piece collective at their core. Glossy and gritty, organic and eclectic, Same As It Never Was is a timeless soul record for a scrambled musical era. It builds on the band’s hip-hop origins with a rich mix of jazz, funk, R&B, pop and instrumental soundtrack influences. Moving forwards, sideways, and back to the future, The Herbaliser have come full circle. “It’s still a hip-hop inspired record, but at the same time it’s a lot broader because our musical and emotional horizons are broader,†says Jake. “It’s all one big family. As teenagers in the 1980s, we were into rare groove, hip-hop, early electro and funk, soul and jazz. It’s a big melting pot.†More than 15 years into their musical journey, Same As It Never Was marks the start of a whole new chapter for Ollie and Jake. The Herbaliser have never sounded better. Chameleon Project www.chameleonproject.com The Chameleon Project delivers sleek and progressive dance music, using all the tools at their disposal. Urgent and infectious beats meet deep pocket angular grooves. Surprising textures and cleaver arrangements unite in an atmosphere where anything can happen for the sake of the groove. This tightly knit trio pushes musical limits while remaining melodic. With backgrounds in improvisation, jazz, electronic music, dub, and funk they lay down dance music with a brain and improvisation with a purpose. Extracting the musical innovations from the masters of the past and the vanguards of today, the Chameleon Project distill their disparate influences, the likes of Charlie Parker, Roni Size, LTJ Bukem, Grant Green, Miles Davis, Chic, Funkadelic, The Grateful Dead, Little Feat, & King Tubby, into a cohesive sound that delivers exciting soundscapes and dangerous beats. This is a band that you have to experience live. No two shows are ever the same. Be prepared for anything, but count on moving your body while thoughtful melodies and pastoral textures entrance your mind. Dynamo & Badnutbeats www.dynamoandbadnutbeats.com A couple of trouble-makers who will remain a mystery until further notice, due to the fact that they must endure secret lives as humanoids who fuction in normal society working for a very large corporation that makes pretty much everything, so as to further their musical and artistic goals in hopes of beautifying this world we are slowly destroying.... and intriguing the minds of the many beautiful souls who live here with a glorious onslaught of sound and light with which they can lose their minds to, and not be judged. A hommage to the ages of enlightenment, and great psychedelic experiences still shared by a vast majority of truth-seekers. Come trip with us, and enjoy the ride. promoted by: www.nufunk.ca

Great night! Nice to see some heads out. I barely recognized you AfroPopa!

looks like I've found my tix elsewhere.. thanks!

Hamilton look out!

That guy used to live in my neighbourhood and I used to see him pick up really sleazy women at the local billiards. He's a weird dude and I think the fame and fortune left him behind during a very bleak part of his life - it was the Kill Bill film that rescued his career.

This week y'all!

Thanks Bro! Your set was tight too!

I'm looking for Saturday - but I need two.... pming you!

House of David Gang a roots rock reggae collective based in Toronto. They are currently looking for new gang members/ musicians to play gigs across Canada. See band info here: http://www.myspace.com/houseofdavidgang Looking for: * Keyboard Players * Drummers * Percussionists * Singers * Horn Players Please help us round out our unit by emailing: Houseofdavidgang@hotmail.com Join the Gang! also check out our tour dates!

For those that are not familiar with Radio 3, it's mostly all independent Canadian music all the time, it rules... and congrats to Evolve for being named in the top 25 fests in North America by Outside Magazine... Jonas talks EVOLVE on CBC Radio 3 http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/05/Live-on-CBC-Radio-3-A-Canadian-Summer-Festival-Critique---Hillside-Evolve-NxNE-and-more

Can anyone help up promote this weekend in Hamilton? jay

Sweet News!

This is one of the hottest songs of the last couple months: Check out Frankie Valli Remix - Beggin' http://www.myspace.com/pilooski this guy is in Toronto Tonight - anyone want to go?

Mark Wilson is going to be doing sound in Waterloo - now all we need is for him to play an acoustic set!

I'm pumped!!

i have a recorder... might take beer and limo ride to get it done.

THE JIMMY SWIFT BAND http://www.thejimmyswiftband.com http://www.myspace.com/tjsb with support from Halifax’s SCIENTISTS OF SOUND http://www.myspace.com/loopingmadnessduo And *** JUST ANNOUNCED** envelope 3 (Dave Lauzon, formerly of nero) http://myspace.com/soundenvelope3 http://myspace.com/davidlauzon http://Nufunk.ca presents… FRIDAY, JUNE 5th THE JIMMY SWIFT BAND THE HORSESHOE - TORONTO w/ Scientists of Sound $15 Adv. $20 at the door Tickets Available Online Through www.ticketweb.ca and www.wantickets.com Special guest opener ** JUST ANNOUNCED** envelope 3 (Dave Lauzon, formerly of nero) http://myspace.com/soundenvelope3 http://myspace.com/davidlauzon Open the envelope. Auditory architecture arises from the distilled essence of a sonic landscape. Ambiently listenable, lush and complex, a tight, technical structure that allows a growling danceable underbelly to connect to the beat and the reflexive chorus of live sampling and looping. "...moments of nostalgic beauty and otherworldiness. Multidimensional, this music integrates height with depth, plays between whimsy and seriousness, moves between longing and being, dances with both joy and sorrow and invokes emotional participation from listeners." envelope 3 is the new incarnation of Dave Lauzon, formerly the lead guitarist and songwriter for nero. With nero, Lauzon headlined festivals on both sides of the border, was featured in Relix and Guitar Player Magazine (nero feature) , graced the cover of Musik and was nominated for a Jammy award. With envelope 3, signature Lauzon sounds form the heart of a new entity that melds man, machine, instrument and music.

I got them booked at Come Together when it was at Izzy's - they have now done some big stuff and have had some great reviews by places like Pitchfork and NME. It has a Tom Waits feel to it sometimes, definitely worth checking out. Nice people too!

Has anyone here unlocked their i-phone or jailbreaked the Iphone? Apparently if you unlock it you can get free apps and use custom applications. anyone know about this? Here's a link to a video about unlock / jailbreak -jay

awful news!! Wasn't he in a bitter lawsuit with Wilco over royalties for the "I am trying to break your heart" film? sad sad news. Those youtubes are beautiful!

Here's facebook group for Toronto show: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=91280290068 - Please help by inviting your friends!!