January 2012
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Joonya T's Top Ten Tracks of 2011
This is in no real particular order to be honest …. Anytime These Tracks Are Dropped It Always Gets An Instant Response
Timmy Regisford At the Club (Timmy Regisford & Adam Rios Remix)
Fred Everything Mercyless (Feat Wayne Tennant - Atjazz Vocal Mix)
DRUMATTIX (Nick Holder & Zaki Ibrahim) Heart Beat (nick holder main mix)
Miranda Nicole Kissing You (Libation Vox)
Josh Milan ...
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Gene King (Shines Records)'s Top Ten Tracks of...
Zed Bias and Omar Dancin (Tru Thoughts)
DJ Micks ft Robin Lattimore Neither One Of Us (Tribe)
Zakes Bantwini ft. Xoleni Sithole Clap Your Hands (Diverse City Music)
Maya Jane Coles Don’t Tell (Real Tone)
Intruder feat Jai Amame (Defected)
Agev Munson and Roland Clark Thing About...
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DJ Romain (Nu Faze Records)'s Top Ten Tracks of...
Sequia Compuphonic (Lee Jones Mix)
Carnival Microphunk (Orginal Mix)
So Sweetly M& S ft Shaun Escoffrey
I wanna be yours Mena Keys & Marlon D
Affection Pat Bedeau & Steve Gurly (Playerz Mix)
Love Sanctified Romain ft Nedelka
You Mary Jane Cole (Edu Imbernon Mix)
Stand up Mike D & Big Pap Sparber (Romains Mix)
Philly’s Groove Romain & Danny Krivit
GROWN FOLK...
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Kevin MasterKev's Top Ten Tracks of 2011
Josh Milan Your Body
Elz & Elise Soul Power (Master Kev & Tony Loreto MKTL RMX)
Sandy Rivera I Need To Love Me
Guti And Dubshape Every Cow Has A Bird
Osunlade Envision
Sunlight Square O Mi Shango (Fuzion RMX)
Kenny Dope feat Josh Milan Freak It
Zakes Bantwini Clap Your Hands
Zakes Bantwini Wasting My Time (Rocco RMX)
Oumou Sangare Mogo Te Diya Bee Ye (Jose Marquez Remix)
DJ Kent...
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Beats United Radio's Top Ten Tracks of 2011
Beats United Radio “TEN” in 2011 (In no particular order)
Freaks Conscious of Conscience (Henrik Schwarz rmx)
Osunlade Envision Original + Ame Remixes
Storm Queen Look right through
Oliver $ Doin’ ya thang
The Sno-Men Dreams of Drums
James Blake James Blake LP
Alena Changes (Ron Basejam remix)
Little Dragon Ritual Union LP
Art Department/Soul Clap/Osunlade We Call Love (Harvey...
December 2011
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High Tech Soul: Documentary
If you don’t know about The Originator, The Innovator & The Elevator, check out this amazing doc and take in some history from the D. HIGH TECH SOUL is the first documentary to tackle the deep roots of techno music alongside the cultural history of Detroit, its birthplace. From the race riots of 1967 to the underground party scene of the late 1980s, Detroit’s economic downturn...
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Toronto Party Listings
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What's In The Box: Juan Atkins (& Download)
The Drake Hotel presents: Whats In The Box: Created to fill the void between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, their popular, sell-out music extravaganza features local Toronto talent alongside the internationally acclaimed, this Thursday featuring DETROIT LEGEND, Juan Atkins THURSDAY / DEC 29 / NIGHT 4 Juan Atkins/ 1AM http://www.myspace.com/juanatkins DaKOTA/ 12AM Donlands &...
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Soulful Christmas via DJ Catalist
Here’s a little break for you from the usual chirpy, classic Christmas music ringing in your ears as you rush from store to store. In this season of last-minute shopping and giving unselfishly, your mental health matters to us, and apparently, to DJ Catalist as well. So do yourself a favor and enjoy a 4:19 funk-filled Christmas that’ll pacify your aggression - just in time for those...
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Electric Circus: Chicago Guests
Mark Farina. DEMF Politics. (2001) “Carl Craig hired me and he eventually got fired…I ended up playing for Mecca, a Toronto based thing…it’s hard to have a Detroit thing without Carl Craig invovled.”
DJ Heather another regular from CHI-TOWN credits influences from DJ Sneak, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter and more…
“House Music, that is my...
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Electric Circus: NYC Guests
DJ Neil Aline (NYC) reppin Garage 416 (2001)
Did everyone that had a gig at Roxy for Garage416 roll through EC First? DJ E-MAN (NYC) .Shouts out to Kerri Chandler, Jon Cutler, DJ Romain…(2001)
A regular guest from NYC on the show,(1994-1997) DJ Romain from Brooklyn, talking about his experiences on Electric Circus in Toronto.
David Morales (NYC)
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Electric Circus (Toronto,1988-2003)
Are we going backwards? Wishing for Deep House on commercial radio when back in the day we had it on TV? Maybe some things are better left in the underground… If you’re from Toronto, you probably watched Electric Circus growing up. This Canadian broadcast of a live dance music show at the MuchMusic studios was picked up by MuchUSA and had a tremendous following south of the border as...
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Electric Circus: Martha Wash, Barbra Tucker, Pete...
This is the real. The original. The only one. It’s raining men. Martha Wash on Electric Circus.
Brooklyn is in the house. Barbra Tucker, Electric Circus at Canada’s Wonderland (Summer , 2000)
Gloria Gaynor at Electric Circus Puff Daddy (Pretty sure that’s what he called himself then) Pete Rock & CL Smooth (1992)
Tag Team (1993)
Angel Moon, Canada’s...
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Electric Circus: International Guests (UK, Japan,...
“The early rave scene in the UK, ‘88-‘89 we would dance in the fields open air, free of thought and we could do what we would want to do…7-8 o’clock in the morning I get to go on and play my music to these people and they’re still dancing til 2 in the afternoon.” -Carl Cox. UK via Barbados.
Bonjour! Dit moi, comme ca va? (Finally, KOT. en...
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Toronto Thursday Listings - December 22
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!
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'Bus Fare' by geneva b.
Check out the new single by geneva.b entitled ‘Bus Fare’ and stay tuned for some hot HOUSE REMIXES to be released by Strobe Records in 2012.
Written by geneva.b and Ron Allen (SOCAN) Produced by Ron Allen Mixed and Mastered by Ron Allen Toronto-based songstress geneva.b grew up on a steady diet of soft hits and yesterday’s classics thanks to dad’s radio station of choice, the...
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Weekend Listings: Thursday December 15 – Saturday...
Vote for the best of 2011.
Nominee voting ends Friday, December 23, 2011.
If you have no particular preference in any category, simply leave it blank. One ballot per person. Multiple ballot submissions will be disqualified.
Vote here: http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nomineesballot/
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The VOID & Soulutions crew team up this weekend with a dose of their much anticipated soirees. This installment features Kai Alce (Atl) and Abacus hosted by the lovely Miss Alisha. Goin deep into the night, here a little taste of Kai’s set from The Bottom Floor, CA this summer. Our favorite though is this remix by Abacus of ’The Morning’ by Toronto’s own The Weeknd....
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Zaki is back! “Something in the Water” (First single from her new album) To be fair she never went away, but it’s been three long years since the honey-voiced South African soul singer Zaki Ibrahim gave us her gem of a debut, Eclectica (Episodes In Purple) . That album was an exemplary display of sensuous Hip-hop, R&B, soulful Jazz & Spoken word. Since then she’s...
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On The House Thursdays celebrates its 2year anniversary tonight with special guest Tyrone Solomon alongside residents Joonya T & Gadjet. Congratulations Boyz!
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Tune into Higher Ground Radio tonight with Jason Palma for a chance to win tickets to the ‘Ain’t Nuthin But A Solid Garage House Party’ with Jellybean Benitez this Saturday December 3rd,courtesy of United Soul.
Higher Ground with Jason Palma, Thursdays on 8-10 PM on 89.5FM CIUT.FM (http://www.ciut.fm)
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The spotlight will be on Jellybean in this weeks’ edition of MOOVIN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION (6AM-9AM) with David James. Tune in tomorrow morning on 89.5FM CIUT.FM (http://www.ciut.fm) for a chance to win a pair of passes to the party on Saturday December 3rd,courtesy of United Soul. In the meantime, take in these dope mixes from Jellybean himself:
Jellybean Benitez returns to...
