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March News

Posted on Mar 16, 2010

Things have been a little quiet over the past month, with the regular design job picking up steam, but nonetheless there is always news to report.

On the gig-side, last week saw the return of Rickard from Vibrasphere to Habitat in Calgary, and my god, what a show! Rammed to the rafters with a crowd that was very into things from start to finish. Darvin and then Jay had things going nicely when Rickard and I arrived, then wasting no time at all, Rickard proved why the name Vibrasphere is and always will be legendary as he ripped through a set of melodic prog that had smiles shining all over the place. And of course to finish things off, I managed to keep the regulars guessing and interested with a very unexpected set of ripping progressive psytrance - fun to play that stuff for sure.

The next day was spent recovering, watching Rickard trying to figure out my clothes washer, shooting up the Calgary tower, then concluding the day with a mandatory beer before seeing Rickard off to the airport for the next leg of his tour. It was pretty awesome to host someone who has to be one of the most humble, down to earth guys in the business, especially for someone of his stature. Pretty awesome indeed and it's safe to say Calgary looks forward to having him back once again.

On other fronts, with design work picking up, production has become the casualty and has slowed to a stand-still. However, with Rickard here, I had the chance to dive back in again (and better yet, under his watchful eye and critical ear). Working on a new track idea now that's sounding pretty good, and there's even talk of a collaboration with the aformentioned legend in the works...

Other than that, summer is coming which means a few big gigs on the horizon. None of which I can mention at this time, but they're coming. And, rumor has it that Reid, my agent at Hubvibes, is doing some ridiculous work on some massive opportunities for all the Hubvibes roster. Can't wait to see what comes of this.

Now back to work.

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February News

Posted on Feb 14, 2010

While I sit here waiting for the better half to get ready for a PVD / Marco V / Ferry Corsten show here in Edmonton that should be completely off the rails, I thought I would check in for February.

The month started off with some great news as both my "Growler" and "Drifting Inside" tracks - ones that have been staples of my sets for the past couple of months - will be released on Jetlag Digital in May/June of next year. This will be my third full release on Jetlag in the past year, and considering the quality of music these guys are putting out these days, I feel extremely grateful to be included on this label.

March sees Rickard from Vibrasphere returning to Calgary once again, almost a year to the day after tearing this city apart in 2009. This time the venue is Habitat, where a cozy room that holds about 100 will get the chance to experience one of the best progressive underground progressive trance acts that's out there both today and for the past couple of decades. Personally, I'm excited to see Rickard again and happy to be the host for this one. After shows together in Calgary and Phoenix last year as well as many online conversations, he's quickly become a good friend and could be considered one of the great humble guys in the scene out there today.

Beyond that, summer arrives with a usual assortment of gigs - from outdoors at Inshala III to another massive club show with you know who, to a boat party adventure in Vancouver courtesy of the Hubvibes crew.

Inbetween those we aim to keep the Aura night at Habitat flying - seems to be a great fit in that venue - as well as diving back into the studio again to produce a few more bombs.

More soon!

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709Sessions - Updated Monthly Show Listings

Posted on Jan 10, 2010

With the new year already upon us, a couple of schedule changes and a slot on a new station, below is the updated monthly schedule for 709Sessions. In the next few months I have special guest Audi Paul (Edmonton, CAN), Robbie Morgan (Denver, USA), Darvin Knorr (Calgary, CAN), and Herc Kass (Australia) joining the show as guests. Thanks for tuning as always!

InsomniaFM.com (Romania)
7AM MST (9AM EST) - First Friday of Every Month
http://www.insomniafm.com/

ETN.fm (Canada/USA)
1PM MST (3PM EST) - First Friday of Every Month
http://www.etn.fm/

Tribalmixes.org (UK)
3PM MST (5PM EST) - Second Sunday of Every Month
http://www.tribalmixes.org

Dance Radio Global (Greece)
7AM MST (9AM EST) - Second Tuesday of Every Month
http://www.danceradioglobal.com

Digitally Imported (USA)
2PM MST (4PM EST) - Third Tuesday of Every Month
http://www.di.fm

Evolved.fm (USA)
Mixes in rotation at various times monthly
http://www.evolved.fm

 

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