What to do this week ?

Thursday, April 30th:

I Love NEON and High Food presents Superpitcher (Kompakt // Germany) @ Club 1234

The venue seems like a weird place for an I Love Neon party but rest assured. The guys at I Love Neon are insisting that since Club 1234 isn't usually open on thursday's so the usual crowd shouldn't be a factor in this event. Also, as they are saying, their choice for this venue is to ensure that the ticket prices are affordable for this event since the club has already a very nice space equipped with all the gear needed for such a night.

Facebook event link
myspace.com/superpitcher1
I Love Neon
High food


Saturday, May 2nd:

A new weekly night @ La Panthère Noire (Old Disalvio, 3519 Saint-Laurent) is getting our full attention!

The new night is called SAMSTAG and is essentially re-launching the word "FUN" on Saint-Laurent blvd on a saturday night!

For it's first edition, Ousmane (DJ Uzi) is having Maus (microzoo, Thoughtless Music) as the first guest for this new "soirée". It should be a very interesting night. We are totally supporting the effort to bring back a great night on Saint-Laurent for electronic music lovers!

Facebook event link



Another interesting event on saturday is Neue Töne with Extrawelt live presented by 64hz and 0db!

This party will be held @ Entrepôts Dominion (3968 St-Ambroise). The interesting thing is that the event is scheduled to start at 5 PM in the afternoon until 3 AM the next morning. There will be an exterior "terrasse" so you will be able to enjoy the sunshine if you show up early. Food will also be available on the "terrasse" as well as alcool for those of you who would like to take an early bite.

Extrawelt are scheduled to be playing around 10 PM so you should get there early.

Facebook event link
Sunday, May 3rd:

We've talked about this one earlier. Mirrorballs crew are presenting Koolhaas @ Salon Officiel on sunday night. Clifford Brown & Marinelli's tag team sets as Roux Soundsystem are drawing larger crowds everytime they are playing. The last Motion event @ Salon Daomé was as crowded as it can get! Elio Krass will be opening for them.

Salon Officiel is a great venue to get the same vibe with an intimate feel. I hope you can make it as I will be celebrating my birthday!

Facebook event link


Have a great week boys and girls!

5 questions for... Markus Fix

With only half a dozen EPs under his belt, Markus Fix has already made a huge splash on the european house revival scene, was booked at Cocoon this coming summer, and has established a fresh sound that's heavy on the percussions and rich in groove. He's been DJing for a while but is rather new to production. Cecille, Love Letters From Oslo and Be Chosen are three labels that have released his tracks, and our guess is that you'll hear a lot more from this guy in the near future.



You were brough to international attention and a lot of DJ’s charts with a split EP you released with Robert Dietz on Cécille Numbers, “Bo Boston / Shunsowers”. Did you expect the tracks to do so well ? Were you surprised ?

Robert, the Cecille Crew and me had known that this EP was a strong one, but I was still surprised that the EP worked so well. We had a lot of amazing feedback before the release. Robert made this really fantastic track (Shunsower) and the label heads from Cecille were looking for another strong track for the flipside. At this time I had just finished my track “Bo Boston” and gave it to the label, and we all thought that the combination was perfect.

There’s a huge house music revival going on right now in Germany. What city would you say is the epicenter of the phenomena ?

It's difficult to say which city is the epicentre, but a lot of stuff comes from Frankfurt and Mannheim at the moment, so maybe this was a start for new house music in Germany. In the last three years we had a lot of minimal-techno and I think it is pretty normal that people are getting bored of it… So we were at the right time and in the right place to release fresh music. Another good fact is that we are all friends (Reboot, Robert Dietz, Chris Tietjen, Federico Molinari, Vera, Dorian Paic, Sascha Dive), we are a really big crew, and had a lot of output in the past year, but it is up to you to say that RHEIN/MAIN was the epicenter…

What’s your favorite label of the moment ?

I am really surprised about the comeback of Robsoul at the moment. They release great house music, so this is my favourite label right now. When I started as a DJ, I bought a lot of Robsoul vinyls, but then they changed their style, and I dissociated myself from their music. Now they're back in the game with a lot of music I am familiar with. But Oslo, Cecille and Raum…Musik are favourites as well.



Which artists would you say are your bigger inspiration, and why ?

Jean-Michel Jarre was the first producer I saw “live”, and it was one of the magic moments in my life; a huge wall with synthesizers, and all that really wired music. That was a wonderful experience. I also think Moby is a great producer - I prefer when people are good producers and good performers as well. Hardware drum machines or synthesizers are like instruments (piano, guitar, drums) for these guys.

What’s the best reason to live in Frankfurt ?

Frankfurt is an absolutely fantastic city to live in, with a lot of different people, a lot of nice stores, and good clubs too. We have typical food like “Frankfurter Würstchen” and “Grüne Sauce”, very tasty. I love the skyline, our record store “Freebase-Records”, and the fact that all of my friends are living in Frankfurt too.

Mirrorballs Party @ Salon Officiel, Sunday May 3rd

We're hosting the first party of a new night for Salon Officiel (351, Roy East). The bar will now be opened on sundays starting May 3rd and the Mirrorballs crew is kicking things off for this crazy new "Soirée".

The night is called Koolhaas. Why ? Well... we always play "Cool House" music in our nights and also, we enjoy Rem Koolhaas's work...


Clifford Brown and Marinelli will be doing their excellent tag team work on the turntables and opening for them will be Elio Krass.

Oh, and by the way, it's FREE!!! We like!

Hope to see you there to celebrate my birthday!

Behind the scenes

On our last Motion party @ Salon Daomé, we decided to take a camera with us to show you the "glamorous" behind the scenes of one of our nights...

Ok... We need a little practice here but we still had fun doing it:

Hope you enjoy what you see!

A very nice shout out...

From our friend Dyed Soundorom with Clifford Brown

Dyed Soundorom (MIRRORBALLS.CA) from Arriss on Vimeo.

Dyed Soundorom @ Salon Daomé!

This one is going to be huge!

Fricoti is presenting Dyed Soundorom tonight @ Salon Daomé for his first performance in North America. This is just an amazing booking for Fricoti who have brought us great talent in the last year.

We have something quite interesting here for you guys. A DJ mix that was recorded @ Rex nightclub in Paris earlier in december. You need this in your IPOD! This one is a courtesy of T-Agency:

DYED SOUNDOROM DJ SET @ REX CLUB PARIS DECEMBER 2008

ENJOY!!!

myspace.com/dyedsoundorom

5 questions for... James Blonde

James Blonde has been dabbling in music all his life. He grew up in Tel Aviv and played in new wave bands in the 80's, before moving to L.A. to indulge in grunge music. Now a berliner, he manages the Sweat Lodge booking agency (representing artists such as Error Error, Guy J and Remute), and recently launched an internet radio station broadcasting electronic music 24/7, Sweat Lodge Radio. He has recorded two EPs with Chaim for My Best Friend and also just released a new EP with Sebastian Roya, Slamboya, on Konsequenz.



You recently launched Sweat Lodge Radio, a 24 hours running station based in Berlin. Tell us a bit about it.
Sweat Lodge Radio was launched in January as a test site for an electronic house oriented internet radio, and in the short time we are on is evolving to one of the nicest projects I am involved in. The concept: live broadcasts from Berlin, from our studio and clubs, from many great DJs and producers we are in touch with, and every day new ones we get to know and support. At the moment we are running tracks and sets 24 hours a day, and by the offical launch we will be broadcasting a full program from our studio. We will also unveil some great tools and features soon which, besides the music, separates us from the rest.

Do you think there’s a market for electronic music on FM radio ?
My ambition is to take Sweat Lodge Radio into the FM universe one day. So I believe electronic music can find its market there. Since this market is very small (although we all make a big fuss about it because of our passion of it), I think that with hard work, ingenuity, and staying updated with the real vibes in the clubs at the moment, it is possible.

Analogue or digital, and why ?
Of course I would like to say analog, but I also recognize the change in the world that makes us have to adapt, and accept the digital world and try to take the pluses in it. I think a good balance of both on a label maintains tradition and sound with the future.



Name a label you think will push music forward in 2009.
I can't say a certain name, but I think the labels that will maintain a good digital/analog balance, as above, labels that will attract people beyond the music with conceptual ideas, and most of all labels that will release real music as opposed to real blips, should stay in the game.

Your top 5 tracks of the moment ?
1. For Those About to Dub - Oliver Deutschmann (Werner Neidermier Remix)
2. House to Go - Koljah (Daniel Stefanik Remix)
3. Slamboya - James Blonde & Sebastian Roya (Varoslav Remix)
4. Mojoe & Marlow - Look Over Feel
5. Fake Life - Lonya (Dan Drastic Remix)

Motion @ Salon Daomé on Youtube

Thanks to Achmed Agha who filmed clips from our Motion night on april 18th, you can get an idea of the groove going on @ Salon Daomé on a Mirrorballs night!

You can view other clips of the night on Arriss88's channel on youtube:

Arriss88 on Youtube

Écoutez l'émission Boom! Tchak! en reprise

On se remet de cette folle fin de semaine!

Vous pouvez télécharger l'émission Boom! Tchak! de mardi le 14 avril sur le lien suivant:

Boom! Tchak!

Clifford Brown était l'invité de David Froment lors cette émission hebdomadaire, présentée tous les mardis entre 00h30 et 03h00. David reçoit chaque semaine des invités de la scène électronique.

Voici le setlist de Clifford lors de l'émission:

Clifford Brown mix:
Marco Resmann - Paradise Lost
Nathan Burns - Fly By
Tomas Barfod & Fredski - March on Swan Lake (dub)
Ekkohaus - Unsound
M.in & Bastian Schuster - New Orleans
Livio & Roby - The Big Game Hunter
Catwash - Groovabilisme (Kreon rmx)
Mastiksoul - Bofe de Elite
Francisco Allendes & Felipe Venegas - Espiritu (Alexi Delano rmx)
Fausto Messina & Vicente - Tomatina
Michel Cleis - La Mezcla

Motion @ Salon Daomé April 18th pictures

Again... OMG what a night it was @ Salon Daomé for Motion!

You can view some of the pictures here:

Motion - 18 avril 2009 / Photos Facebook

I'll post more pictures later on on Flickr!

Have a great day!

Do I really need to remind you ?

Tonight, Mirrorballs is having it's monthly party @ Salon Daomé. Motion is THE party to attend. Last edition was just packed and the music was rocking! You don't want to miss this one...


If you'd like to be on the guestlist, just send your names at clifford@mirrorballs.ca before 8pm and you'll only pay 1$ to get in. You have to be there by 12pm to get this deal.

See you there!

Another beautiful day...

What do we need when it's sunny outside? We need more flute guys!

Here's a cool video edit of Michel Cleis - La Mezcla. A fan made the video and posted it on Cleis's facebook page.

Enjoy!

May I remind you not to miss Motion @ Salon Daomé this week-end...

We might hear flute there!

5 questions for... Milton Jackson

Milton Jackson is like a breath of fresh air on the UK house scene. Having released his first productions at 19, he was in a band called "The Pretty Boys" with Mylo long before the dude was even known. His long-player CRASH was released at the end of February to critical acclaim, and added a few gems to an already impressive discography. He took some time to tell us about his life & works.



You were quite the musical early bird. What got you into production ?

When I was about 13, I started studying classical guitar at school. I did that for a number of years until I was about 18. Then for my 18th birthday my parents got me an MPC2000. From there I started getting really into house music and clubs. Found myself getting an Apple Mac, then continued from there. Haven't stopped since!

Which producers inspire you the most right now ?

Just now I love all the Diynamic guys like Solomun, Stimming, HOSH. Also my label mates at Freerange: Manuel Tur, Shur-i-kan, Jimpster... I also love Kris Wadsworth, Sei A & Hiro's new stuff. Three relatively new producers who are just tearing it up !

You have a new album coming out. Tell us a bit about it.

Crash is the name of the album, on Freerange. I was going to pack music in at the start of the year, as it was doing my head in a little bit, and I didn't really have an end game or focus point. Then Freerange asked me to do an album, which gave me a bit of mojo back and something to work towards. I spent most of 2008 on it. It's mostly deep and tech house, i really enjoyed working on it and it seems to have gone down well, so I'm glad I did it.



Name one label you think could change the face of music in 2009, and explain why.

I think a lot of the deeper dubstep labels, like Hessle. I love their stuff. Certainly that sound is one that has really grown on me recently, I can see it supplanting deep house in a lot of places. I would also say Freerange as well - they always sign forward thinking house music that breaks with the older stuff of the past, which in my view is a good thing!

Any plans to visit North America soon ?

Unfortunately not, I don't get booked out there that often, to be honest, apart from one gig in NYC that I missed due to flight problems, unfortunately. The time before that I was at the WMC in Miami where I lost my passport, the less said about that one the better! I would love to come out there and play one day though.

Il fait beau...

Par une belle journée ensoleillée comme aujourd'hui, la seule chose dont vous avez réellement besoin, c'est de la flûte...

Ça fait du bien n'est-ce pas ?

Enjoy!!!

myspace.com/hoshme

Mirrorballs suggestions for this week

So... where should we go out on this beautiful week of april ?

Tuesday, April 14th :

Of course, week after week, we're drawn to the amazing Dizzyphunk night @ Salon Daomé hosted by our friends at Microzoo every tuesday.

This week, MAUS's guest is ANTON (Noizes, Pursound).

Judging from ANTON's last appearance at Dizzyphunk, you won't want to miss his set.


Thursday, April 16th :

-bullshit +Fun @ Jupiter Room (3874 St-Laurent in front of Schwartz) should be a great night to attend.

This week, Mindbend's guests are Clifford Brown (Mirrorballs.ca) and Mono-Poly (eresys.ca).

You should hear great tech, tech-house and minimal from these fine guests.


Friday, April 17th :

Our choice for this friday would be Bender's night @ Karma.

With several releases on major labels, Bender is becoming one of Montreal's great import on the global scene. Opening for Bender will be Green & Lateez.


Saturday, April 18th :

Motion is certainly becoming one of the great monthly nights @ Salon Daomé. On this edition, Clifford Brown is having our favorite red head Marinelli as his guest for one of their legendary tag teams.

If you've never been to Motion, be sure to dress light! The heat will rise quickly as the night goes on...




If you haven't downloaded the first part of their Mirroballs Sounds session, you can download it here:

Mirrorballs Sounds mixed by Clifford Brown and Marinelli

Part 2 should come very soon.


Have a great week y'all !

Mardi 14 avril, Clifford Brown à CIBL 101,5

Ben oui vous autres...

L'animateur David Froment de l'émission Boom! Tchak! présentée de 00h30 à 3h00 tous les mardis soir sur CIBL Radio-Montréal 101,5 FM reçoit chaque semaine des artistes ou DJ's de la scène électronique montréalaise.

Cette semaine, c'est Clifford Brown qui fera vibrer les ondes du 101,5 FM. Il sera accompagné en studio de son roux préféré Marinelli.

Clifford débutera l'émission avec un set d'environ 1h et par la suite, nous aurons droit pour le reste de l'émission à un tag-team entre Clifford et David.

Si vous voulez plus d'informations sur l'émission, vous pouvez visiter le lien Boom! Tchak!.

11 avril 2009, Tek-Mission @ Pearl

Une autre soirée intéressante pour les amateurs de techno en ce samedi 11 avril, présentée au Pearl Club (2021 St-Denis, Montréal)


Lors de leur soirée hebdomadaire, TeK-Mission reçoivent toutes les semaines des invités influents de la scène techno. Cette semaine, ils reçoivent M.I.M de Québec ainsi que notre bon ami Clifford Brown qui représente bien sur Mirrorballs.ca.

11 avril 2009, Fizz Factory présente Will Saul @ Daomé

Ça va chauffer ce soir au Salon Daomé!


Le patron de l'étiquette Simple Records s'arrête à Montréal le temps d'une danse au Salon Daomé ce samedi 11 avril. Celui qui vient de lancer la bien nommée compilation Aus Music All Night Long, pour promouvoir son nouveau label Aus Music, était jusqu'à tout récemment un joueur majeur au club londonien The End, qui a fermé ses portes dernièrement.

Will Saul ne fait pas que de la house. Il a déjà trempé ses orteils dans le broken beat et le dub, et ses DJ sets sont reconnus pour être des plus éclectiques. C'est la gang de FizzFactory qui l'accueille au Salon, et le réchauffement de la salle sera assuré par le grand Seb Fauteux et Max Reynold's (notez l'apostrophe).

Pour entendre la musique de Will Saul ainsi que pour consulter sa bio, visitez le myspace.com/willsaul

Grosse soirée en perspective! Ne manquez pas ça!

Evénement spécial @ Daomé

A ne pas manquer en ce jeudi 9 avril!

In Montreal for the first time, Touane will be performing a live set at Salon Daomé as Fricoti celebrates 2 years of weekly events!


Check out Touane's bio and music on myspace.com/touane.



An event not to be missed boys and girls!!!

Mirrorballs April 2009 selection

Ok boys and girls, here's what you need on your IPOD's for this month! The sounds of Mirrorballs revealed to you.

You can download the mix brought to you by our own Clifford Brown and Marinelli here:

Mirrorballs.ca April Selection

Also, for your pleasure, here is the setlist:

Part 1 (Warm it up Kriss)

Antelia - Let Go
Till Von Sein - Ovas (cat'z N Dogz Ohne FX remix)
Michel Cleis - La Mezcla
Spencer Parker - Untitled Head
Tomoki Tamura & Nobuo Itettsu - Park in the morning (From 60 Dub)
Daniel Kyo - Shake it
Tomas Barfod & Fredski - March on Swan Lake
Butch - Amelie (Format:B remix)

We're nice to you, don't you think ?

Part 2 will be coming soon!

A ne pas manquer cette semaine...

Voici nos suggestions de sorties pour cette semaine:


Mardi le 7 Avril :

DIZZYPHUNK!
Salon Daomé
NATHAN BURNS (microzoo, Often Grüven Light)
CLIFFORD BROWN (mirrorballs.ca)

Mercredi le 8 Avril :

MUTEK_10 TOUR
Heure et lieu: 22h - 3h à Agora Hydro-Québec, Cœur des Sciences de l"UQAM (175 Avenue Président-Kennedy, Montréal)
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts (Oslo, Musique Risquée, Circus Company, MUTEK)
myspace.com/guillaumethecoutudumonts
The Mole (Wagon Repair, Musique Risquée)
Pier Bucci (Crosstown Rebels, Cadenza)
David-Emmanuel Fafard (visuels)

Jeudi le 9 Avril :

Événement Spécial
Salon Daomé
TOUANE live! (Persona, Liebe*Detail, Resopal) (Berlin)
http://www.myspace.com/touane

Vendredi le 10 Avril :

Karma Presents FATALE
Maus (dizzyphunk, microzoo)
myspace.com/mausmusique
Mightykat (Diskfunction)
myspace.com/djmightykat

Samedi le 11 Avril :

Événement Spécial
Salon Daomé
Fizz Factory présente:
WILL SAUL (Simple, Aus, Buzzin Fly, Systematic) (UK)
http://www.myspace.com/willsaul
Seb Fauteux
Max Reynold's

.:: CLIFFORD BROWN & NATHAN BURNS @ DIZZYPHUNK ::.

Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ce soir ?

On va rejoindre nos amis de Microzoo pour leurs mémorables soirées Dizzyphunk qui ont lieux tous les mardis soirs au Salon Daomé. Ce soir, l'invité de Nathan Burns est nul autre que Clifford Brown qui est le père de Mirrorballs.ca. Vous pourrez y entendre de la délicieuse deep tech house berlinoise! Quoi de mieux pour mettre un peu de soleil à cette merveilleuse semaine!

See you there boys and girls!

Mirrorballs on Flickr

If you have a Flickr account, please add us as a contact on the following link :

Mirrorballs.ca Flickr

We'll drop pictures of our crazy nights on that account and we'd love to have your comments!

What a night!

Even without Burnski, Clifford Brown and Marinelli showed they could give back to the crowd and pulled off one of the best sets I've heard this year so far.

No Joke!

The place was packed with an amazing crowd and the beat was pounding!

What a great night!!!

If you haven't joined our Facebook group yet, we strongly advise you to do so! We have plenty of great things coming up and you wouldn't want to miss any of the fun would you ?

You can join by clicking on this link:

Mirrorballs.ca Facebook group

We'll let you know what's next very soon...

BURNSKI NE SERA PAS PRÉSENT

À cause de circonstances qui dépassent notre contrôle, Burnski ne sera pas présent derrière les tables du Daomé ce soir et nous nous en excusons sincèrement.

Clifford Brown & Marinelli joueront toute la soirée et nous acceptons les noms pour la guest list jusqu'à 21h ce soir. La guest list est valable jusqu'à minuit seulement.

* * * * *

Due to circumstances beyond our control, Burnski will not be present tonight at Daomé. We sincerely apologise for his absence.

Clifford Brown & Marinelli will play all night and we're accepting names for the guest list until 9 PM tonight. In order for your guest list spot to be honored, you must show up at the club before midnight.

Burnski - Live dj set

Vous n'avez pas décidé si vous vous joignez à nous pour voir Burnski le 4 avril au Salon Daomé ?

En écoutant ceci... ça devrait vous convaincre:

Live set BURNSKI


Still undecided if you're joining us to see Burnski April 4th at Salon Daomé ?

Listen to this live set... it should be enough to convince you:

Live set BURNSKI

Burnski @ Daomé - April 4th

Burnski is coming to town, y'all.



Burnski est né en 1986 mais est aujourd'hui l'un des producteurs les plus surveillés d'Angleterre. Ayant endisqué sur des étiquettes telles que Trapez, Dessous, 2020 Vision, Morris Audio, Infant et accueilli récemment dans la famille Poker Flat, ses productions allient dextérité technique et groove solide, balayant la piste de danse d'un déhanchement nonchalant.

Pour sa première visite au Canada, il sera l'invité de Clifford Brown à la soirée Motion ce 4 avril. Motion est rapidement en train de devenir le rendez-vous mensuel incontournable des amoureux de la house tech à l'européenne.

MOTION @ Salon Daomé
BURNSKI (Trapez | Poker Flat | UK)
Clifford Brown (Mirrorballs.ca)
Samedi 4 avril
22h @ 3h
141, Mont-Royal Est
10$

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