Win 2 free tickets + meet & greet with Hook N Sling in Calgary and Edmonton this weekend!

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Hook N Sling is hitting up Alberta this weekend and EDM Canada wants to give you a chance to win 2 free tickets and a special meet & greet with the Australian DJ/Producer 30 before the show for each of his shows in Edmonton and Calgary! Hook N Sling will be playing this Friday in Edmonton at the Set Nightclub and this Saturday in Calgary at Flames Central.

Anthony Maniscalco, AKA Hook N Sling, is an Australian DJ/Producer that has been busy in the studio this year with his latest release "Magnet" ft. Chris Willis which features some sick shots from the Light club in Las Vegas where he currently holds a DJ residency, check it out:  

Hook N Sling has also released a solid remix of Kaskade's hit "Atmosphere":

To win 2 free tickets including a meet & greet opportunity with Hook N Sling this Friday at Set Nightclub in Edmonton:  

1. Follow @edm_edmonton
2. Tweet the following:

We're giving away 2 tix + MEET & GREET w/ @hooknsling on Fri Sept 20th at @SETnightclub - Follow @edm_edmonton + Retweet & you're entered!

Contest ends at 4 pm on Thursday, Sept 19th.  

To win 2 free tickets including a meet & greet opportunity with Hook N Sling this Saturday at Flames Central in Calgary:

1. Follow @edmcalgary
2. Tweet the following:

We're giving away 2 tix + MEET & GREET w/ @hooknsling on Sat Sept 21st at @flames_central - Follow @edmcalgary + Retweet & you're entered!

Contest ends at 4 pm on Friday, Sept 20th.  

The winners of each contest will be receiving a direct message on Twitter. Please provide your full name in order to secure your name on the Guest List as a +1. The winners will secure a special meet & greet with Hook N Sling 30 minutes prior to his set.

Note: To win, make sure you are on Twitter at time of contest closing as I will direct message the winner asap. If you are contacted and do not respond in a reasonable amount of time, a new potential winner be contacted.

The contest is open up, so do not hesitate and enter now! Best of luck to everyone that enters!

 

Alesso announces "Uprising" North American Tour

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Alesso is finally coming back to North America this Fall with a 10 date North American Tour called "Uprising". Check out the video teaser:

Check out what is arguably the best EDM video of the year in 2012, Alesso - "Years" ft. Matthew Koma:

The young Swedish DJ/Producer will be kicking off his "Uprising" tour with 3 Canadian dates in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver over a single weekend in November:

(Click on the dates below for more information)

Tickets go on sale this Wednesday at 10 am EST (7 am Vancouver time).  

Afrojack to release "March Of The Afrojack" documentary

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Last Friday Afrojack released a teaser on Youtube of his upcoming documentary called "March Of The Afrojack":

I'm not sure how "normal" it is to be sitting in the trunk of a Ferrari (At 1:06 while narrating that he's "just a normal guy"), but whatever this documentary turns out to be, I'm pretty sure that it will be entertaining to watch.

(Source: Stoney Roads) 

Afrojack will be at the New City Gas in Montreal next Friday in Montreal. Click here for ticket information.  

Free download: James Dymond Live at Bournemouth, UK

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James Dymond is another rising star in the trance world known for his uplifting trance production and remixes. He just uploaded a recent live set he spun in the UK and it's available for free download on Soundcloud, check it out:

Here's the tracklisting which reads basically like a who's who of my favourite producers at the moment:  

01. Sean Tyas & Ram vs Harmonic Rush - The Dark Beat Of Boutique (James Dymond Intro Mash)
02. Bryan Kearney- Mexican Rave (Jordan Suckley remix)
03. James Dymond - ID
04. Too Many Artists - Out Of The Expidition (James Dymond Mashup)
05. Nivaya - My Empirical Epitaph (Photographer Remix)
06. James Dymond - Slingshot (Original Mix)
07. John Ekham - Spinned (Original Mix)
08. Binary Finary - 1998 (James Dymond Remix)
09. Alex M.O.R.P.H ft Sylvia Tosun - An Angel's Love (Tomas Heredia Remix)
10. Armin van Buuren - Communication (James Dymond Remix)
11. Indecent Noise - Razor (James Dymond Remix)
12. Binary Finary & Lele Troniq ft Christina Novelli - Waiting For The Sun (James Dymond Remix)
13. Manuel Le Saux - Phoenix (James Dymond Remix)
14. Ben Nicky & James Dymond - Refresh (Original Mix)
15. Simon Patterson & Blazer - Contraband (Simon Patterson Remix) 

Watch this 10 minute clip from Armin's "Universal Religion Chapter 7"

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Last week I had posted a recent Armin Van Buuren quote where he emphasized the need to focus on the journey rather than the drop in a live set - well Armin's latest CD release "Universal Religion Chapter 7" is the embodiment of Armin's philosophy:

Vol. 7-Universal Religion
CDN$ 22.70
By Armin Van Buuren
Buy on Amazon

This double CD was recorded in one take at a recent "A State of Trance" residency event in Ibiza and Armada Music has released a 10 minute clip to promote the new release, check it out:

If you are in and around Montreal in October, Armin will be stopping to spin at New City Gas on Sunday, October 13th. Click here for ticket information.