Blog: ECLECTIC SOUND BASEMENT

SIGNING OFF So ends the Electric Sound Basement, in its current form. This week was out last show. I'm relocating for a while, so I won't be able to continue on CIUT. I will, however, try to get some DJ sets out there, and will more than likely have a brand new blog going in a couple of months time, with perhaps a podcast. Please check back for more info in the coming weeks and months. It's been a blast sharing tracks with you over the airwaves over the past few years, and I'll miss the [...]

Lot's of stuff to check out the next couple of weeks. First thing's first... Our old friends from the sadly defunct and sorely missed Keep Six Gallery are bringing their Explicit Fantastic series to the Metro Porn Theatre! EXPLICIT FANTASTIC presents 80s GLAM PORNO SLAM Metro Theatre, Friday Sept 18 ft. Kids On TV , Henri Faberge & The Adorables , Maylee Todd's Sweatshop Hop , Mellee Fresh , Vaneska , and Spyda Brown We had John from [...]

No ESB this week...last week's show has been rebroadcast instead. We'll be back as normal next week.

Finally got a chance to chill with Dan Haid in the studio today. It was really cool to hear his take on some of the more cerebral aspects of track making. He's classically trained, and from what I gather, he wandered into electronic music through film score work, finding himself saving time and money by working with synthesizers in lieu of live instruments. We got to listen to a brand new track as well, and some collabo work with his friend Pete Huang. They go by the name Banger and Mash , not to be confused with [...]

Checked out the last Bush League show under a bridge. Nothing says Toronto summer like a good Extermination-style troll party. Lots of sweat and moshin'. Long live summer! More pics here , here , and here . ESB PODCAST 8/18/09 BOSTRO PESOPEO - Falls (Hercules & Love Affair Remix) HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - [...]

ESB PODCAST 8/11/09 MYLO - Macrobiotic EROBIQUE - Endorphinmachine MOCK & TOOF - Underwater WOOLFY - Odyssey BLACK METEORIC STAR - Death Tunnel FAN DEATH - The Constellations (Brassica Remix) DELPHIC - This Momentary (Parallels Remix) THE CANSECOS - Raised By Wolves (Parallels Remix) THE UNITS - High Pressure Days (Rory Phillips Remix) COLIN MUNROE - Start A War THE VERY BEST - Warm Heart Of Africa (Metronomy Remix)

Last Thursday, we broadcasted live from Hart House's Craft Beer BBQ . Everyone got really shitfaced on free Ontario beer and ate lots of sausage. Live sets by Bonjay , Everything All The Time and Grahmzilla of Thunderheist were all amazing. Download their sets: Everything All The Time Grahmzilla Bonjay ESB PODCAST 8/4/09 TIGA - Beep Beep Beep CASSIUS - Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes VITALIC - Your Disco Song DUCK [...]

ESB PODCAST 7/28/09 THE UNITS - High Pressure Days (Headman Rework) SHAZAM - Pool Party 2009 (Headman's Revolver Remix) THE SOUNDS - Beatbox (Hey Champ Remix) DUCK SAUCE - You're Nasty LEMONADE - Big Weekend (Delorean Remix) WE ARE THE TAKE - It's Over (Bit Funk Remix) MEMORY CASSETTE - Last One Awake (CFCF Version) SHIT ROBOT - Work It Out (Serge Santiago Version) GUILLAUME & THE COUTU DUMONTS - Night In Kage

ESB PODCAST 7/21/09 EGYPTRIXX - All That Jelly SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO ft. Alexis Taylor - Bad Blood PEACHES - Lose You AZARI & III - Reckless With Your Love SUBWAY - Lowlife JUNIOR BOYS - Work (Prins Thomas Remix) WHOMADEWHO - Keep Me In My Place (Reverso 68 Remix) MIIKE SNOW - Animal DELOREAN - Deli THE MONO - It's All Clockwork

Courtesy of Torontoist . ESB PODCAST 7/14/09 FRIENDLY FIRES - I'm Good I'm Gone WHOMADEWHO - Idealistic CASSIUS - Almost Cut My Hair DAN HAID - Deja Vu HOLY GHOST! - I Will Come Back (DJ Mehdi Remix) TIGA - Beep Beep Beep (Punks Jump Up Remix) AZARI & III - Reckless With Your Love PASSION PIT - The Reeling (Miike Snow Remix) SIRIUSMO - Gummiband ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK - Obsession For The Disco Freaks (Nacho Lovers Remix) NITE JEWEL - What Did He Say

Make sure to check out Runaway at this weekend's More Proof . ESB PODCAST 7/7/09 THUNDERHEIST - Nothin 2 Step 2 (Sammy Bananas Remix) CUBIC ZIRCONIA - Fuck Work (Nacho Lovers Remix) RUNAWAY - Brooklyn Club Jam JARVIS COCKER - You're My Eyes (Pilooski Remix) HOLY GHOST! - I Will Come Back PEACHES - Lose You (Slash Fiction Remix) SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - Audacity Of Huge (Allez-Allez Remix) TIMES NEUE ROMAN - Hi, This Is My New Song DELOREAN - Deli LA ROUX - [...]

HAPPY CANADA DAY, TORONTO!!! ESB PODCAST 6/30/09 ROVE DOGS - Miss Boogie (Rove Dogs Edit) PEACOCKS - Take It Off (Peacocks Garry Bibb Remix) THE TING TINGS - That's Not My Name (Ernold Sane Remix) ESSER - Headlock LA ROUX - Tigerlilly TIMES NEUE ROMAN - Roq Roq DAN HAID - Listen And Learn WHOMADEWHO - Keep Me In My Plane JARVIS COCKER - You're My Eyes (Pilooski Remix) CUBIC ZIRCONIA - Fuck Work (Nacho Lovers Remix) MUGWUMP - Tellakian Cirlces (Runaway Remix)

Two very special features today on the show... The first is Dan Haid , a local producer who got in touch with me last week and sent over some of his exceptional work. During better economic times, he was composer for film, moonlighting as a DJ and producer...now it's the other way around. He rides a Roland JX-305 Groovesynth through the progressive house lane on The Great Dance Music Highway, speeding quickly past the exit ramp into Tranceville. It's always nice when a producer can progressive without being excessive. We look forward to hearing more from Dan [...]

Gingy makes sure they're all out past their bed time. Photo from Asianmandan This week in More Proof ... Gingy , the youngin', gives us a fine set of exclusive, original material. He's at the Social tomorrow night for an NXNE showcase with NROTB, TMDP and maybe some other acronymical electronic crews...and don't forget, he's on the bill now for TIME . ESB PODCAST 6/16/09 BLACK METEORIC STAR - Domination THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE - 1517 (Morgan Geist Remix) RUNAWAY - [...]

Thanks DMCA for taking down last week's DJ set by Jon Friis . Go fuck yourselves please. Let's soldier on with Week 3 of More Proof Mania. Make sure to check 'em out this weekend for a Locals Only night at The Drake with the aforementioned Friis, Colin Bergh, and today's guest DJ, Gabe Knox. ESB PODCAST 6/9/09 BARLETTA - Slide N.A.S.A. - Whatchadoin? (NROTB Remix) PEACHES - Lose You (Yuksek and Brodinski Remix) PILOTPRIEST - Shuffle Bored PILOTPRIEST [...]

Kinetic Form makes Mista Friis eternal. Part deux of our More Proof series. This week, a set by Jon Friis . He's an interactive designer by trade which to me 'splains why peeps be all dancin' so much when he be wreckin' decks...btw don't you just love how apostrophes make hip hop talk so transferable to writing on the internet? I digress...Go on his twitter linked above, apparently he live blogged Mutek last weekend, or somethin. ESB PODCAST 6/2/09 NROTB - Miam Miam NASA [...]

It's Week One of our More Proof series for 2009. Kickin' it off is Dre Bans . ESB PODCAST 5/26/09 JOHN DALY - This Is A Lonely Beat OMNIKROM - Salir L'Ecran LE MATOS - 88MPH MAJOR LAZER - Pon De Floor (Ernold Sane Remix) LOST VALENTINOS - Midnights (Fan Death Rework) Dre-Bans DJ Set + interview (28min) DRE-BANS - Lone Ranger SOUNDSTORM - 3rd Movement PASE ROCK - Get Money Kids (Nacho Lovers Remix) RUNAWAY - Brooklyn Club Jam MIGHTY DUB KATZ [...]

Podcast and witty dialogue to be posted tomorrow. I was doin' some business and was hence, too busy. But I have a good excuse. I was due to meet the More Proof DJs in Awesometown, and I had to catch the Disco Train. But seriously, we're ushering in summer with a More Proof sweepstakes. Half hour of every show for the next 5 weeks is all More Proof recordings from the CIUT studios. Hit up this blog, and the show, until the end of June for sets by Jon Friis, Dre-Bans, Gingy, Johnny Hockin, and Gabe [...]

ESB PODCAST 5/12/09 MAJOR LAZER - Hold The Line (Ghislain Poirier Remix) WOOLFY vs PROJECTIONS - Neeve (Permanent Vacation Tropical Heat Mix) 40 THIEVES - Don't Turn It Off NITE JEWEL - Weak For Me FOXFIRE - Your Love Is Not Enough (Alixander III Remix) THUNDERHEIST - Nothin2Step2 (Idiotproof Remix) GOLDEN GIRLS - Do The Criminal (CCenturies Remix) LITTLE BOOTS - New In Town (The Golden Filter Remix) IN FLAGRANTI - I'm Sorry I'm Terribly Sensitive YUKA YURA TEIKOKU - Sweet Surrender (Remix)

No ESB this week...instead, I've left some mixes at the station from the archives. I'm off on a top secret job. But don't forget MORE PROOOOOOF ...this Friday @ The Drake!