Music
Alex is on Fire
On Saturday night, the snow storm didn't stop party goers from seeing one of the most-loved techno producers out there.
The man in question was Alex Smoke, a Scottish DJ/Producer based in Glasgow. He has been one of my favorites for a while now. He creates warm, textured, minimal sounds that reach into your soul and makes dance floors move all around the globe. So when I found out that he was going to be making his Canadian debut, I wasn't going to let a snow storm get in my way.
Walking into Cerveceria (842 college), freezing and wet, I was warmly welcomed by the beats of Noah Pred (Fukhouse COMPRESSED) who kept people moving and got everyone's muscles ready for the main headliner.
As soon as Alex took control over the decks (a.k.a laptop), the crowd went wild turning the room into a sweaty steam dancing machine.
The beats kept pounding for a long time until poor Alex, drained from exhaustion, had to stop. But the crowd let him hear their appreciation with an extended chorus of applause.
It's great to see Toronto getting better and better when it comes to shows like this one, and it's thanks to the great promoters of this city (in this caseBreak & Enter) that will make 2008 a great year.
Some photos:
All photographs by me, Carlos Weisz
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this was such a fun night!!!
i gotta remember to stay out of sight next time you have the camera out ;)
The city is getting "better and better for events like this?"
How come I didn't get the memo stating that!
This was an exciting booking for TO but as it stands we're lucky to see a line-up like this once a quarter in this city.
In other news: Broken Social scene just released a new side-side-side-SIDE project, Emily Haines was recently seen crossing the street and MSTRKRFT are remixing another shitty band. It is time for the TO music press to spring into action!
Excuse my tongue-in-cheekness I haven't had my morning coffee yet.
That coffee you drink better not be imported. Support local coffee growers! In other news, Nabob has a new dark roast, Starbucks upped prices by $0.10/cup, and Tim Horton's opened their 3millionth franchise. ;)
Ha! I still haven't had enough coffee to formulate a coherent "buy local, responsibly grown coffee" and "support your local techno producers" argument. Rest assured the intent is there though..
Well, i guess other than moving to Berlin, we have it pretty good in Toronto.
I think we are for sure in the forefront and it will only get better.
I enjoy the diversity in the music scenes here, in some way it's like a mirror of the multiculturalism of Toronto. But i guess if you are only into specific genres, might not be sufficient.
feel free to email us with new artist suggestions :)
the show was wonderful (what i remember of it). wish i didn't lose my mind so soon as i don't really recall as much as i would have liked to... still. great show. great line up. interesting venue. i really hope toronto actually is "getting better and better" in this respect/these respects. would love to have more shows to genuinely anticipate. [ie if someone would book and bring artists like venetian snares, vorpal, vex'd, terminal 11, skream, deadbeat, cyne, soundmurderer, burial... i wouldn't sleep for days. for excitement.
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