February 2012
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DOWNLOAD: ANGO "NO ORDINARY LOVE" →
Uuuunnngh… the G of MTL’s too-fresh sect. My man Ango. Covering Sade. Basically musical sex. GET IT.
youshouldknowango:
Written by Sade Adu, Stewart Matthewman
Vocals by Ango
Production by Ango with Jacques Greene
Mixed and Mastered by Mike Din
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January 2012
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SXSW IS ON.
Shit is official - I’ll be at SXSW in March. Got a few gigs lined up, schedule forthcoming.
Stay tuned for deets.
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DOWNLOAD B-JU's AMAZING "MIA GOT A BRAND NEW... →
This is the jam that I remixed off Error Broadcast’s latest release, B-Ju’s Prozac People.
GET THAT.
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Trippy mayne... →
I’m a HUGE Dillinger Escape Plan fan… this is a hilarious lil’ bit Greg Puciato tumbld about a severe trip he had last week…
gregpuciato:
I would like to thank the six police officers, fully staffed fire truck, and the several EMTs(thanks Brian Vanina for writing to me afterwards) that showed up over the weekend…to witness/enjoy what surely must have been a beyond...
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my 2011 recap via subdivnet...
You can waddle over to subdivnet.com for the whole bit… again, I just wanna say THANKS to any & all who’ve supported me in the slightest this past year. It feels amazing to have people give a shit about this music. Mucho appreciato…
Here’s a snippet of the recap, my musings on some of the sounds I enjoyed in 2011:
“Musically… The best records I heard PERIOD...
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Gilles Peterson dropping Monolithium/Hrdvsion... →
December 2011
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DL my b2b set with Eames from a couple weeks...
This past December marked the 2 year anniversary of sub|division, the lil’ posse/party that I started with Eames & a few other important cats. We threw 3 parties to celebrate our berfday: one at Lucky Bar, one in Vancouver (with Kingdom headlining) & one at Hush.
We recorded the set that Eames & I played at Hush that night & fuuuuck what a fun evening. You can DL that...
November 2011
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I ♡ LA
Realtalk - first time in LA was a little intimidating going into it. After spending almost a decade in a city as confined & immediate as Victoria, LA’s infamous immensity was a bit alarming.
But fret not! The one Sara Ajiri aka Warrior Princess aka bawse-gyal at 11:11 Agency to the rescue. Homegirl offered her couch for the duration of my stay… needless to say I owe her huge. I...
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LOW END THEORY with Dabrye & residents
Well beyond words really. This whole West Coast tour has been an amazing trip so far, but there was no doubt that last night’s slot at Low End Theory was the most anticipated stop.
First off, getting to link with, play alongside & chill with Dabrye aka Tadd Mullinix has been a massive highlight of my … well, my life. I’ve been a Dabrye fan for a minute & watching him...
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October 2011
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INTRODUCING 05: MONOLITHIUM
doitcollective did this great interview with me… hear me blaaaahb.
Been a while since our last INTRODUCING article so about time to let the wider world know about another creative head we have been following with a keen interest. To check back on the last Introducing with Big Dada’s melodic crunk king Offshore click here. From the North East of Scotland though, we jump across the...
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DL "I Want UR Luv" for FREE over at @XLR8RMag →
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September 2011
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West Coast Dates Announced!
Very excited to announce my first string of US dates. Starting in err… 2 hours with the Night Slugs dudes at Decibel, the next couple I’ll be all over the West Coast playing alongside some killer dudes, most notably one of my fucking idols Dabrye!
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“It irritates me how many times I get asked ‘who engineers for me’ or...”
– Maya Jane Coles
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I just made a new mix...
Monolithium Control Freq Mix
THIS MIX = Canadian heat + rap + new Monolithium jams + Aphex Twin + some Shangaan action.
Machinedrum & Prison Garde are playing Rifflandia next weekend – do not sleep.
Shouts to all who chucked me unreleased joints. Tracklist below.
MNLTHM
DL the mix
DL the whole show (with pre-mix chat about Rifflandia & other stuff)
XI “Squeeze”
Lunice “I See...
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Monolithium interview over at Headphone Commute... →
August 2011
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a quickie Bass Coast recap ➜➜➜ →
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Watchill little vid on itsmeelan:
skateboards and synthesizers? might as well.
@NIGHTSLUGS SHOWCASE AT @dBfestival
@BokBok
@GirlUNIT
@KKingdomm
@Monolithiummm
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Prison Garde update
My dude Rob Squire aka Prison Garde is killing it ATM. After releasing his debut album for FREE last week, he slew Bass Coast on Friday alongside Calamalka, Salva, Self Evident & myself.
This Saturday he begins a new chapter in Vancouver with Eames & the Midnight City team [AJK & Zeeaa]; Your’s Truly will feature “Club Music For The Discerning Individual” at...
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Bass Coast + Juno 106 = amazing weekend
Mad ups to the Bass Coast Girls - Friday & Saturday (had to miss Sunday) were two of the best nights of programming I’ve ever witnessed & wow, such a fantastic vibe all weekend.
The Friday night lineup at Slay Bay was a giant hi-5; I was fortunate to play alongside Calamalka, Prison Garde & Salva, 3 of my biggest influences in 2011. Prison Garde played a bunch of heaters from...
July 2011
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FREE: dudes remixing moi
Amped on this - outside of having the dudes Prison Garde & Ango on board for the remix game, I ended up have a few dudes drop some bootleg vibes on my ass… so we decided to give them away. Many thanks to the homies RocCazba, Eames, Taal Mala & Montgomery Clunk. Huge respect for the way y’all twerked it.
DL the tunes below or grab this ZIP (which also has the original...
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Great interview with Salva for BassCoast... →
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US only: Monolithium on NOISEY.com →
“Listen to Monolithium’s Simon & G-Funk from one angle & you’ll hear a decade & a half of of hip-hop records melted into a solid vinyl block. Make your way to the other side of the sound & it’s bass music slashed open to reveal the painstaking detail of a mid-90s Warp record…”
This page is only viewable in the US… apologies to the rest of...
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Om Unit's Cosmic Bridge
I gotta give some love to Om Unit - he was one of the first DJs outside of Canada to rinse my tunes & I’ve been a huge fan for a minute. So it’s nice to see Cosmic Bridge come together - his new label… first release is a collab between the man & Kromestar. The results? Pure raw heat, ESPECIALLY “Solar Cycle”. Show them some love on FB & buy their tunes....
MNLTHM LIVE DATES
Some upcoming live gigs… more coming, I promise. Holler at eliklein@theagencygroup.com for bookings.
July 22: Hush, Victoria [b2b DJ set with Eames]
July 29-31: Bass Coast Festival, Squamish BC
Sept. 23-25: Rifflandia Festival, Victoria BC
Sept. 28-Oct. 2: Night Slugs Showcase, Decibel Festival, Seattle WA
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Machinedrum 'Room(s)'
Very likely album of the year (or Africa Hitech?) in a few circles that I run… wander over to XLR8R to get an inside peek at Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum’s latest epic, Room(s). Fucking ECSTATIC that he’ll be along for Rifflandia in September, playing the Saturday night sub|div showcase.
The album is a tour-de-force. Stewart fuses contemporary bass music sounds with pop...
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DL "Simon & G-Funk" for FREE via @XLR8Rmag →
sub|div X Rifflandia 2011
So hyped for the announcement of the 2011 Rifflandia lineup. The sub|div showcases are gonna be mindblowers…
MACHINEDRUM XI ESKMO TOKIMONSTA PRISON GARDE ELIOT LIPP EAMES THE BIG REDS OUTSIDER MONOLITHIUM
More local support coming, plus Nosaj Thing, Araab Music, De La Soul… craziness.
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“ERYKAH BADU IS THE FUCKING BEST.”
– Me, 2 minutes ago
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“One can live magnificently in this world, if one knows how to work and how to...”
– Leo Tolstoy (via tmblg)
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June 2011
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Mah dude @KevinEames’ bootleg warehouse...