Butch Clancy's new LP (Free Download) + Canadian Tour

Detroit based Butch Clancy just released a new LP titled 'A Beautiful Mind':

Click here to download the full EP.

Butch Clancy is also busy touring Canada this month with a gig in Vancouver tonight and 6 more Canadian events ahead of him:

Tonight - Red Room Ultra Bar, Vancouver, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 8- Sugar, Victoria, Canada

Feb 13- The Dancing Sasquatch, Banff, Canada

Feb 16- The Republik, Calgary, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 21- Le Dagobert, Quebec, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 22- Le Belmont, Montreal, Canada (Click to buy tickets now)

Feb 23- London Music Hall, London, Canada

Brrrrr! Festival reviewed by Press Play Pro

The first ever outdoor winter EDM festival in Toronto has just concluded this past weekend and judging from the Twitter feedback it sounded like a success*. (*Update: Or was it? Press Play Pro offers up a different perspective)

Press Play Pro, a local Toronto site, has written up an extensive set of reviews on many of the Brrrrr! headliners that is worth checking out:

Moby (Press Play Pro rating of 10/10)

Dubfire (9/10)

Osulande (9/10)

Deniz Koyu (10/10)

Mord Fustang (7/10)

Danny Avila (9.5/10)

Did Dubstep peak?

DJZ has done a little research using Google Trends and found out that the keyword search for "dubstep" peaked in 2011 and has been declining ever since.

One interesting bellwether signal is that Zeds Dead, the Toronto duo known for such hard hitting bass, has taken a big step to diversify their sound with their latest 'Hot Sauce' EP. Whether this is a one-off or a sign of a bigger change in the EDM landscape will be seen with time.

Read the whole article by clicking here.

(Source: DJZ)

Recognizing track names will become a lot easier as Beatport and Shazam form a new partnership

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Have you ever tried to use Shazam to find a track name at an EDM event but failed miserably? Finding the track name from a live set will become much easier in the future as Beatport has formed an exclusive partnership with Shazam. According to the article, the Shazam application is already connected to the Beatport library so try it out now to see if it works.

(VIA @EDMRadar)

Rumour: Is the Guvernment closing this year? (2014 update)

Toronto Trance DJ/Producer stoked the rumour mill last night on Twitter:

So The Guvernment in Toronto is done come March, it will be difficult to replace

— Arnej Secerkadic (@ArnejOfficial) February 6, 2013

Another historic club going down for condo development, such a shame

— Arnej Secerkadic (@ArnejOfficial) February 6, 2013

It leaves only Uniun and Sound Academy for big events in the city

— Arnej Secerkadic (@ArnejOfficial) February 6, 2013

Consider it insider info, look for more events to start being announced at the docks (sound academy)

— Arnej Secerkadic (@ArnejOfficial) February 6, 2013

Actually it may be August rather than March, but it is a definite that the rumours for the past decade are finally coming true

— Arnej Secerkadic (@ArnejOfficial) February 6, 2013

@blakejarrell just another causality of the ongoing battle of Adam Vaughn vs the ent district, condos are more lucrative than city history

— Arnej Secerkadic (@ArnejOfficial) February 6, 2013

@tranceintor im posting by my own accord but the info is credible, anybody who think this isn't happening is being delusional, its a sad day

— Arnej Secerkadic (@ArnejOfficial) February 6, 2013

Rumours of the Guvernment closing has been circulating for years. But with the recent closing of the Warldorf hotel for condo development in Vancouver and news of the Ministry of Sound currently under threat from condo development next door, the rumour that one of Canada's most popular clubs closing does not seem completely far fetched as once thought.

Arnej seems convinced that Guvernment is closing its doors but without official confirmation from Ink (the owners of Guv and many other Toronto properties), this will remain just a rumour for now.

(VIA @TranceInTor)

*Update: The official Guvernment Twitter account just tweeted this:

You all know better than to believe a rumour that has been circulating for over ten years. #GUVLife #GUVlove

— The Guvernment (@The_Guvernment) February 6, 2013

Update: Toronto Star: Guvernment "was recently sold to a developer"

May 1st, 2014 update: After 17 years of operation and nightlife leadership, the Guvernment and Koolhaus have officially announced that they will be shutting its doors on January 31st, 2015: 

Post by The Guvernment.