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Posted on Dec 17, 2009
A track that I wrote back in the summer, while on vacation in Playa del Carmen, battling the 100% humidity that was taking over everything from my laptop screen to my wife, is now up on Beatport. The package includes my original mix as well as a more tech house based remix from Rob Curtis.
You can purchase the E.P. from Beatport at the following link:
Posted on Dec 12, 2009
After a couple months of meddling with design comps, and many hours put in by my faithful and unwavering business partner, Steve, I'm very excited to announce that my new personal dj/producer site has been launched, at:
After going many years without my own site, the inherent need for it had become evident, once my production efforts started to lift off the ground. As you'll see on the new site, there is a heavy emphasis on my production work, with easy to use functions and links for both listening, sharing and purchasing tracks as well as keeping up to date with my latest work.
The new site however does not lessen the importance of my role within the Area709 domain, it actually increases it. With a little of Steve's magic, the new site is built in such a way that it automatically pulls content such as my blog, my mixes, and events from Area709, as well as all of my photo sets from Flickr - which makes it very easy to keep current on all platforms and streamlines a lot of my tasks.
Just another step on the long road to who knows where...
Posted on Nov 30, 2009
As the snow actually starts to fall, finally signaling the start of another long, cold Calgary winter, I'll quickly sum up what was a pretty good November.
The month started off with a couple of great gigs - the Bardo Halloween event in Calgary, then Harmonic Concordance 3 in the Arizona desert a week later. For both of these events, I aimed to put together sets that were a little darker, techier and more aggressive than my usual cloudy prog, and it worked to great success - considering the feedback from both events.
Overall, the trip to Arizona was especially memorable. Meeting up with one of the all time great friends a guy can have, the one and only Rusty Ezard, we jumped in the rental car and made the three hour dash out from the airport to the desert near Flagstaff just before sundown. We were greeted with the usual over the top hospitality from Yardz, Spyder, Sunny and crew, complete with the largest cooler full of beer (reserved for Rusty and myself) I think I've ever seen.
The night went by quickly, with memorable sets coming from Yardz and Spyder themselves, and some classic Rusty-style psytrance that was a treat to hear (not many guys play like he does!). Squished in there was my set and about 25 beers along the way.
After a snore-fest of a sleep, we journeyed off back to Phoenix to relax (and eat!) before the trip back the next day. All in all it was a short trip but a great one. Can't wait to be back soon.
Upcoming! Some things to look forward to in December include:
Enjoy the holidays and I hope to see many of you soon!
