Artists 2009

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Nagdeo (Rainbow Cathedral: Victoria) Harkening from the deep, green forests of south VanIsle, Nagdeo Menninkainen brings forth the essence of sacred woodlands. He is inspired by the nourishing traditions which sustain life: food, natural healing, wilderness, community, and creation itself. These traditions find expression within his music, as lush soundscapes, deep ambience, and delicious downtempo beats come forth, like ripe fruit borne upon a tree. With roots in the westcoast intentional dance community, Nagdeo is known for his grounded, yet uplifting opening sets, as well as gentle, nurturing sonic pillows to close. His subtly textured journeys aim to evoke good dreams for the kinfolk, and help bring a sense of deep interconnectedness to tribal gatherings.

 

Matsya - "Dancing Fish" - Victoria (http://matsya.podomatic.com/) glitriphop, psy-step /deep ambient idm |~|~|~|a heart full of textures… Branching from auspicious Bass melodies to delicate zzz's Wandering between fantasies and deep rooted realities. Spreading mere complexity on a full spectrum of sound qualities, Versatile and musically passionate, Matsya provides the dance space with harmonious awkwardness~ Being active as a DJ in the west coast of canada's electronic scene for about 2 years, he quickly expressed a desire for intricate soundz and melodies that would touch the attentive ear. His background in dance, organic music, permaculture and his deep love for innovative music material , help forge his ever malleable audible sculptures.

 

..::Helix 42::.. (returningsaturn.com, myspace.com/djhelix42) Traversing borderless soundscapes Helix 42 plays the majority of his sets from the realm of spontaneity, creating a unique journey for spirit and the dancefloor every time he's behind the decks. From deep and delicate downtempo to full blown psychedelia, the train may stop at any or all points in-between. With his equal love for glitched out crunches, funky resonant basslines, deeply driving beats, all-out ambient, and the sweet strings of emotion, Helix 42 aims to be of service for a transformative experience in dance, spirit, and simply just being.

 

Stargirl (http://waxdj.com/djs/7167) Stargirl brings spirit to the dance floor. As a shamanic healer, professional tarot reader and channel she opens up the dance floor to endless possibilities. Influenced by jam-band music such as String Cheese Incident, Phish, & numerous hippie bands she brings melodies to the dance floor that are sure to make you want to dance and let go. Stargirl is always part of the dance floor, even while behind the decks. She’s known for her energetic uplifting trance morning sets and gentle landings. Be sure to catch her if you can because chances are she’ll take you on a journey you won’t soon forget!

 

Drum & Bell Tower (http://www.myspace.com/drumandbelltower) Drum and Bell Tower is one man's attempt to reveal the natural joints between that which is elemental in music: rhythm and melody; drum and bells. A one-man computer-based live-drum-pounding knob-tweaking guitar-soaked cross between Caribou, Radiohead, and Underworld.  It is music for spacing out and/or dancing your ass off to.    Ever since Brent Morton heard what Jimmy Page did with his guitar in the sonic twilight zone of Dazed and Confused, he wanted to make music with a focus on sounds.  Emerging from the "Floyd Void" and discovering Radiohead in the 90's, he has spent subsequent years working on sonic manipulation and texturization. The strength of Drum & Bell Tower is the interplay of genres, the artful mongrelization of elements, and the fact that Morton employs the audio capabilities of midi and computer while alternating between psychedelic guitar, tripped-out vocals, and drums, out of which the living s#!* is pounded.

 

Transgress Transgress is the solo Live PA project of Peter 'Fish' Fisera (also of the live improvised techno band Inject, see http://inject.org). Instead of the laptop that is commonly the heart of a Live PA setup these days, Fish uses Alesis MMT-8 hardware MIDI sequencers from circa 1989, along with a large array of both vintage and recent synths and drum machines. The result: techno, breaks, tech-trance, or downtempo; melodic and trippy, sometimes chaotic but rarely abrasive, and with an emphasis on original synth sounds rather than the expected, and on funky multi-layered tribal rhythms. Since 2002, Transgress has played in many venues and vibes, including the late night parties and smoky clubs where techno music is often found. See http://goatvirus.com/knapsack/music/transgress for more info.

 

Stephen Reid Stephen is of the traditional form of DJ’s where vinyl solutions dominate the story. Immersed in the dance scene in BC for years allowed Stephen to grow and develop a true appreciation of the power of expression through movement. Stephen does not cater to a particular genre, but rather spins a song of vibrant rhythms that are told to reflect a story and energy that surrounds us. With a focus on dance, Stephen will spin us into expressions of beauty.

 

Akhentek crystalline array technician from british columbia, canada delivers precision engineered sonic textures intentionally designed to induce mind:states of higher vibrational frequencies. whether in a deep, ambient temple or a trance:warp speed psytrance dancefloor, one will find themselves surfing along array streams of galactic consciousness with akhentek at the helm.

 

Granville Johnson "I was born and raised in the mean yet musical streets of Chicago or Chi-town, the Blues City, as we natives of the hood would say, by a musical family of performers.  I am a World Beat musician. I play Djembe (African drum), Tongue Drum and other percussion instruments. I am not a traditional Djembe player. My heritage is African American/Canadian. Being a traveler and a life long artist, my music has become a symbiosis of my cultural roots and global exposure.  Though primarily self-taught, my musical mentors include the master drummmers: Albert St. Albert and Mandido Morris, who have become life-long friends and drum-brothers.  Djembe, the African Healing or Power Drum, and I met 35 years ago. Love at the first stroke of dynamic rhythm, would be an apt description of my music that has grown into its own unique identity.  The rhythm, the music, the song of the power drum, is spontaneous and thus improvisational, though musical themes are common and repeatable. The same song is never played exactly the same way twice.  The intricate polyrhythm builds in intensity and melodic complexity while resonating with that most basic human rhythm, the heartbeat. "

 

dron3 Enchanting digital manipulation flows, Like the stream of consciousness, Watching, Learning, Evolving.... Enlightening dreamers with, Love, Light, and Sound.... Channeling divine selections of neural audio stimulations, "dron3" offers listeners keys to outer/inner realms of personal expression. A veteran West Coast DJ of 10 years, playing under various alias's: Chris Misener, DARK FADER, DJ Mickey Matrix. In that time dron3 has played alongside Noah Pred and SHILOH, as well as many clubs(Club 23, Lotus, Sonar, Red Room, Auxillary [Calgary]), parties(Earth Dance), and festivals (Entheos, Apex Project, Pollination) through out Western Canada. He has also had a DJ mix featured on SHILOH'S Proton Radio show "Floppy Discs" http://www.protonradio.com/show.php?showid=105].  dron3 also helps with the promotion and organization of the Jyotih Network (www.jyotihnetwork.org), a Non-Profit Collective committed to promoting charitable dance music events(NOURISH).

 

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