This year's Bass Coast Festival is set to take place from August 1st - 4th and will be located at Merritt, B.C. This year's lineup includes Juno award winning A Tribe Called Red, Addison Groove, Thugfucker, Mat The Alien, Smalltown DJs, Calamalka, The Funk Hunters, The Gaff, and much more. Check out the video unveiling of this year's Bass Coast Festival lineup below:
For ticket information and to view the entire lineup, click here.
Source: Simon Cowell's FB Page
This morning SFX released a press release announcing a new partnership and Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment and T-Mobile to create a brand new music show competition called the "ULTIMATE DJ". This idea of a DJ reality show has been with Simon Cowell for some time now as he once tried to bring it to fruition all the way back in 2012. But now with SFX as a partner, which has been described as a "real game-changer", it looks like Simon Cowell's DJ show is finally becoming a reality.
Here's how the "ULTIMATE DJ" show is going to work:
Robert FX Sillerman, the Chaiman and CEO of SFX said that "building a TV franchise in the USA is a key part of that strategy". Now that the concept of a DJ show is becoming a reality, I just hope that they get it right and showcase our scene in the best of light. This show will certainly not appeal to everyone currently enjoying our music, especially within the underground scene. But if the "ULTIMATE DJ" manages to create new electronic dance music fans and allows for greater acceptance within the general population, then it will be positive.
I'll keep an open mind about the upcoming "ULTIMATE DJ" show, and hope that the collective brain power over at SFX and Syco will make sure that the series avoids the cliched reality TV pitfalls.
The start time of the "ULTIMATE DJ" show is still unknown but if you want to read the full press release, click here.
Lapalux is an eclectic artist from the U.K and has been one of the bright stars within the IDM scene under Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label. Last year he released his debut album "Nostalchic", that included an unusual video for one of the tracks from the album called "Without You" (Feat. Kerry Leatham), check it out:
EDM Canada is offering 2 winners a pair of tickets each to see Lapalux this Thursday at Tattoo in Toronto! All you have to do is be on Twitter and do the following:
Win 2 tickets to see @Lapalux this Thursday at @TattooToronto - Follow @edmtoronto and RETWEET this to enter!
The contest is now open and the potential winners will be picked on Tuesday at 9 pm - Enter now!
Important information: A potential winner will be contacted via direct message on Twitter and must submit their full name and email to win. Potential winners will have one day to answer and if they fail to respond, a re-draw will occur the next day. Good luck!
John O'Callaghan may be the biggest name within the trance circles as he has always represented the harder side of trance so well over the years. The Subculture boss recently played at the Gallery's 19th Birthday party within the famous Ministry of Sound club in the UK and has uploaded the entire set on Soundcloud:
This set is available as a free download, click here to get it now.
John O'Callaghan is coming to Canada in Spring/Summer for 3 special dates in Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto: (Click on any poster for more ticket information)
May 9th - Montreal @ Circus
May 31st - Vancouver @ 560
June 29th - Toronto @ Phoenix
Mat Zo is making good on his promise to release his new music for free with the track "Real Life", which apparently took him 6 months to make, check it out:
Great track. If you want to listen to a track that brought the original inspiration for "Real Life", then click here.
To download "Real Life" for free, click here.
