What happens after the Guvernment closes? Ink has big plans for the Sound Academy

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Charles Khabouth, the CEO of Ink Entertainment, told Thump about the future of Toronto's Sound Academy post-Guvernment:

“Sound Academy is going to be, in my mind, the next generation of clubbing. That means everything―the layout, the sound and lighting, technology and the overall comfort,” he said. “I recently had a big meeting [about the comfort,] making sure that there’s enough washrooms, enough air conditioning, and enough ventilation. But for the sound and lighting, we’re going to go all out―making sure it’s spectacular.”
Charles is confident that the new vision for the yet-to-be-named space will wow guests and describes it as “somewhere in 2020... not just sitting on a new couch next to a new paint job.”

To read more, head on over to Thump for the full story.   

What to do this weekend (Jan 23rd - 25th)

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Watch Skrillex's Superjam video documentary from Bonnaroo

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Something really cool happened in the summer of 2014 over at the Bonnaroo Festival. It's called the SuperJam and Skrillex was tapped as the main ring leader of that event. He invited friends Big Gigantic and a full live band to fuse electronic music together with live instrumentation. It's a really cool little documentary, check it out now: 

The summer of Steve Aoki (Tour video)

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Steve Aoki has been having huge summer's in the past several years thanks to his frequent touring and appearances on every big festival stage around the world. In this video diary series, you'll get to take a look at this crazy lifestyle as Steve Aoki brings you along for the ride: 

Steve Aoki will be touring with Headhunterz and Caked Up this winter and will be making stops in Toronto and Montreal. For more ticket information, click the links below: 

Thursday, March 5th - Steve Aoki w/ Headhunterz, Caked Uo @ Sound Academy
Sunday, March 8th - Steve Aoki w/ Headhunterz, Caked Up @ New City Gas

(VIA DA)

Watch Above & Beyond's journey in making their latest album "We Are All We Need"

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With their album recently launched, Above & Beyond have released an intimate video portrait of what it was like in the studio creating it. You'll get a sense of how A&B works with their vocalists as well hear their hopes and fears prior to releasing this album, check it out: 

"We Are All We Need" is out now. 

If you want to watch Above & Beyond live, they'll be in Toronto on February 15th at the Direct Energy Centre. The tickets are selling fast so click on the poster below for more information: