So, some mates and I are throwing our second swing party and it's going down this Saturday. The first one (last November) was easily the most rammed, all-locals show I've seen and was definitely one of the best shows I've played, let alone partied at. We're hoping the excitement continues, obviously. You can grab the details in the poster above but if you need more check the facebook event here . Roaring 2020s : electro swing, gypsy house, Balkan beats, Bulgarian basslines, breakbeat jive, presented by Memetic With Nathan Zhan, [...]
Click to enlarge. YURI'S NIGHT is just around the corner! This is one of my favourite events of the year, after all, it's not every day you get to play in the Manitoba Museum's Planetarium. As THE SHAKE , Lotek and I have been lucky enough to be part of the Winnipeg event, which is one of hundreds around the planet, since the fist one in 2010. JFunk, Justin Kace, and Redworm help us out with their space-themed aural adventures [...]
Notre 12ème rendez vous sera definitivement " House " avec Lakosa (aussi connu sous l'alias de LO:TEK). Tout droit venu des Midlands (UK),il fait partie de cette talentueuse nouvelle génération de compositeur/dj house qui fait déjà parler d'elle (South London Ordnance, Bondax, Pale, Io...). Lakosa est certainement un nom qu'il vous faut retenir car avec des sorties prévues sur des labels tels que Shifting Peaks ou Fortified Audio et un guest mix le mois dernier pour l'émission de radio de Mary Anne Hobbs sur XFM, 2012 [...]
Lo:Tek's sound has been seeing a lot of attention recently with Radio DJs such as Mary Anne Hobbs and producers such as Mosca dropping his remix track 'Illuminate' into mixes. iO is a new name on the scene and has been crafting a very unique sound of late which has made certain industry heads sit [...]
A new offering from Lo:Tek landed on my desk today and its a great track. It's a remix of Tom Eales & Delta 7even feat. Ella Sopp's 'illuminate' and Lo:Tek has brought his standard dub techno vibe to the project giving it a whole new angle.
This isn't your usual festival note but one definitely worthy of mentioning. THE HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL is a fairly small gathering that focuses on roots music. Acts like Romi Mayes, Nathan, Ridley Bent, John K Samson, and Christine Fellows are playing this year - all of whom have deep folksy traits - not exactly the right fit for a blog that exclusively showcases electronic music specific to the beat variety. Last year was my first forray into this realm. As one-half of THE SHAKE we closed out [...]
The Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition (MEME) starts tomorrow! This is the second annual event for the one-of-a-kind festival in Manitoba. Like last year, you'll find a tonne of talent, both local and from abroad. International headliners include THOMAS FEHLMANN (Berlin, The Orb) and DANDY JACK (Geneva) with HITORI TORI (Vancouver) and Winnipeg’s own VENETIAN SNARES and LEBEATO . Inspired by Montreal’s legendary [...]
THE INDELICATES - DAVID KORESH SUPERSTAR Before the blog enters a period of silence - while I pop my Glastonbury cherry - a few tracks that really should've been shouted from the roof tops months ago. First up a concept album from The Indelicates, the band responsible for " Savages " a tune somewhat ridiculously awarded 2nd best track of 2010 by this here blogger - I say ridiculous because it clearly should've been No.1! Back in 2004 the Indelicates were busy rehearsing their hit fringe musical [...]
Former Big Dada artist Lotek is back with a new album and a new home, heading over to another UK imprint - namely, First Word Records - to drop International Rudeboy , which is due on shelves sometime next month. Some of the tunes off said LP have been floating around for a minute now, but have avoided my ears until today. I'm catching up for lost time, though - and liking what I'm hearing. One Lotek jammy that's setting the wireless alight over here in AGOMWAB land is 'Still Splendid', a bumping side of [...]
Click Winnipeg: hope you're ready to get intergalactic! This Saturday we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the first human to orbit in space. Yuri Gagarin piloted a Russian space craft on April 12, 1961 and a global network of parties have been organized to honour the occasion and to embrace the culture, science and spirit of human space exploration. Winnipeg is host to one of hundreds of celebrations worldwide, and while I'm not familiar with what's happening elsewhere, we have to have one of the best [...]
Click A.SKILLZ hits Mytstique Nightclub in Winnipeg on Thursday, March 17 - yes St. Patty's Day! The Londoner is seemingly at the top of his game lately which makes his visit to this prairie city all that much more special. I'm pumped to see him and as it turns out, my mate LOTEK and I have been asked to play one of the opening slots in our tagteam we call THE SHAKE [...]
Click Some time ago I mentioned over and over the number of Winnipeg weeklies that have taken on new directions or folded entirely. It's only been a few months but the nightlife here is truly coming back, well, to life. Some solid doods started BASS INVADERS around the same time this darkness fell. While not a weekly, Bass Invaders do things on (roughly) a monthly basis and their gaining strength - the proof is in their parties. THE SHAKE [...]
Come on come on! Can't wait for this show. It's been a while since I've seen a proper electro act. LAZY RICH is in town on January 21 for the BASSFACE launch party. As half of THE SHAKE I'll be helping to light things up with LOTEK . Check out the event listing here . Details are in the poster but we have a ticket to give away. [...]
Merry Christmas from First Word Records! To celebrate the festive period we're giving away this fantastic 13 track compilation featuring new and exclusive material from across the label. Label... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Manalogue is pretty excited to be part of this event. It's going to be a bit of a gong show (not in a bad way) considering everyone involved. First, the headliners, a three-piece from Minneapolis who call themselves RETROSPECS . Some savvy media person thinks they're a hybrid between Daft Punk and The Black Keys. I'm not sure I'd agree necessarily but the one thing I'll say is they're amazing live. Check out their bandcamp page and grab their EP, Confident & Self [...]
One of the reasons (honestly, there are many!) there have been fewer posts is because a mate and I started a weekly. ( LOTEK and MANALOGUE have been tag-teaming as THE SHAKE for a few years now.) I feel as though I'm only putting in half the amount of time needed to get this night off the ground, but that's all I can give at the moment considering other commitments that are a bit more pressing, paying the mortgage for example. If you're [...]
I seriously need to work on some self-promotion. ha. Don't we all. THE SHAKE started a weekly night of dancing. LOTEK and I are trying something a bit different with CHECK YR PULSE here in Winnipeg by catering to the origins of electronic dance music. The opening night was a hit but last week I think the frigid temperature got the best of most people. Anyway, this week we've got some great djs. KHEMLAB and [...]
CHECK YR PULSE Tonight So tonight's a good night to get YR drink on at Pure (formally Barca Club) with Lotek and Manalogue from the Shake crew. You are all familiar with the DJ's that helped to make Thursdays at the Ozzies/Readymix legendary and with your help we can make this night the new hangout for techno elitists. With weekly spots from the cities up and coming as well as veterans the launch party has 14 DJ's to light YR ass on fire. voulesrandom DJ's play the [...]
There's a new weekly club night in Winnipeg. If you haven't guessed, it's called CHECK YR PULSE , and well, Manalogue is half responsible for it. I DJ as a duo called THE SHAKE with the super deluxe LOTEK . Our beginning was pretty usual, playing parties for friends and such but we became a little more serious when we started hosting and programming our radio show called THE SHAKE which still keeps its focus by [...]
It occurs to me that my promotional skills are lacking a bit in terms of what I'm doing outside of this blog. Every once in a while I'll post a setlist from THE SHAKE - a weekly radio show LOTEK and I do - but nothing else really appears on this blog. Errrr, what am I doing? Well, I wasn't flogging myself is the short answer but that'll change for tonight. You see, Lotek and I dj every once in a while under using THE SHAKE [...]
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