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 Photos from the set of the Arte Lounge TV series Late October, I accompanied Measha Brueggergosman to Berlin, to photograph her performances, and role host, on the TV series Arte Lounge. The shoot was held a Club Maria (Maria am Ostbanhoff) and was filmed over the span of 3 days.  Measha Brueggergosman performs with Andreas Kern in a benefit concert for AMREF Measha Brueggergosman performs with pianist Andreas Kearn in a benefit concert for AMREF at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Toronto. For more information visit – AMREF  Original P perform during the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton Photos from Fredericton’s Harvest Jazz and Blues festival. Performances by Joel Plaskett, Los Lobos, Susan Tedeschi, Original P, the Downtown Blues Band, and many more…  In Burgie's Basement Last Saturday night at the Seahorse, Sean Jordan (aka Wordburglar) descended upon his hometown of Halifax for some stellar sets of Hip Hop. Joining the WB on stage was Jesse Dangerously, Windom Earle, Fresh Kils, Young Fes, The Extremities and Toolshed amongst others. A packed house took in the event and many joined for the after party that went til 7am. Nothing like being back in Halifax for some hip hop and house parties. If you missed the event, you will have another chance this Friday August 14th at the Paragon Theatre http://www.gardshow.com/blog?l=q2U847hP It was quite the evening down at the Governor’s house for New Brunswick day. After a fantastic set by David Myles (sorry Dave, I missed it) the blue sky changed to oranges, purples and finally the dark of night. The festivities continued with Grand Theft Bus taking the stage. Mid set, and unexpectedly early (9:30), the fireworks began to fly. Sadly this meant a migration of the crowd away from the stage as they sought a better vantage point to watch the fireworks. What appeared to be poor planning worked out rather well… Listening to a driving rendition of Street Sleeper with exploding lights overhead was a great bonus to a surprisingly good fireworks show. When the fireworks finale finished and the ensuing mushroom cloud rose to the sky, GTB could still be heard rocking out. It was back to the stage to catch the last of a lengthier than expected performance. With an enthusiastic crowd screaming for more, GTB came back for a surprise encore, solidifying this evening as a most memorable New Brunswick day. Photos below link to the galleries.  Grand Theft Bus plays at the Governor's house for New Brunswick day.  New Brunswick day Fireworks
 Chicken Stu With a weekend in Montreal only days away, thoughts of music and partying danced in my head. It was time to make another playlist mix. I am a strong supporter of event based playlists which capture a time, place and feeling. Just had a listen to Jonnies back May 2007 and the memories came rushing back. This weekend marks another reunion with that very same Jonnie so another mix was in order. In keeping with the steadily growing popularity of nu disco and discopunk (aka indie dance, electropunk, blog disco, indie electro, electronica…) I made a mix that features a heavy dose of electro. This mix has a new twist over my old ones though… For each song, I tried to find two versions that were in keeping with the feel of the playlist and would show a few takes on some pretty nice tracks. The mix runs the gamut of indie rock to dancepunk with some house mixed in. If you are familiar with most of the artists, you’ll notice a heavy Aussie influence. One of the few exceptions to my back to backs was a couple of tracks which I kind of played back and forth over each other. One called “Do You Speak French?” a 70’s disco dazzler by Nite School and the other… “I Don’t Speak French” by The Vanish (2009). Despite the age gap, there is certainly a similarity, which lends some perspective to how the current genre is bringing back the disco sound. Ahhh the cyclical nature of music. The mix is just over an hour long, and runs an average of 123bpm. Would go well on a morning walk to work, drinks before going out, the solo drive to Fredericton I’m doing tomorrow. Most of the songs are current, but there are a few older ones too. It’s far from a technically perfect mix, but it gets the job done and I think it’s still a solid listen, if you’re into this kind of music that is… PLAYLIST I’m Good I’m Gone (Lykke Li cover) – Friendly Fires I’m Good I’m Gone (Fred Falke Remix) – Lykke Li Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Remix) – Panthers Want U - Lo-Fi-Fnk Want U (Thompson Edit) – Lo-Fi-Fnk Happy House (Prince Language Dub Mix) – The Juan MacLean Happy House – The Juan Maclean Hearts On Fire (Holy Ghost Instrumental) – Cut Copy Hearts On Fire (Joakim Remix) – Cut Copy Hearts On Fire – Cut Copy No Static (Club Version) – Bottin Golden Cage – The Whitest Boy Alive Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) – The Whitest Boy Alive Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix) – Hercules & Love Affair Blind – Hercules and Love Affair Courage (Jack Tennis Edit) – The Whitest Boy Alive Courage – The Whitest Boy Alive One Day – The Juan MacLean One Day (James Curd Remix) – The Juan Maclean Heartbeat (Alan Braxe Remix) – Annie Heartbeat (Album Version) Annie Heartbeat (Phones Maximo Remix) Annie Walking On A Dream (Screendeath Remix) – Empire Of The Sun Walking on a Dream – Empire of the Sun Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap Hide and Seek (Spencer Collect) – Imogen Heap Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo) (Kid Gloves Remix) – Black Kids Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo) – Black Kids Monster Hospital – Metric Monster Hospital (Alex Metric Remix) – Metric So Haunted (Knightlife’s Sun-Soaked Reprise) – Cut Copy So Haunted – Cut Copy Cocaine – Julia Cocaine (The Knocks Remix) – Julia Paris (featuring Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix) – Friendly Fires Paris – Friendly Fires Do You Speak French – Nite School I Don’t Speak French – The Vanish The Reeling (Calvin Harris Remix) – Passion Pit The Reeling – Passion Pit Kids (Pet Shop Boys Synthpop Mix) – MGMT Kids – MGMT Talk Like That (CFCF Remix) – The Presets Talk Like That (Miami Horror Remix) – The Presets We Are The People (Jimmy2sox Remix) – Empire Of The Sun We Are the People (Golden Filter Remix) – Empire Of The Sun Tiergarten (Supermayer Remix) – Rufus Wainwright DOWNLOAD - http://files.me.com/alexgardner/shvc33.mp3 (just copy and paste it)
NOTE: If you don’t like house or electronica, you probably won’t like this. If you do, I hope this makes for a good hour of solid jams. Gards  dj Jason Bye - Club Air These days, there are no shortage of ways to find, listen, and download music. Recently I have adapted a new strategy on my quest to find those golden tunes. Mp3 blogs are gaining popularity and are popping up all the time. At some point, this site will likely become one too… They are geared more towards new releases and remixes, but there are plenty of old gems to be found as well. Here’s how you find the blogs with the artist/song you are looking for. Start at HypeM and go to the search bar. Search for a song or artist and hopefully you should get some results. To get to the actual post and downloadable song fastest do the following. Hold the command key down to open the links in new tabs. Don’t do it one at a time… (MAC USERS) – scroll down the page (just hit space bar) while holding command and clicking all the pages (with songs) you want. Click the link that says “read full post” and a tab will open up with the post and desired song. The other links just keep you circling around on the hypem site… From here, you can further search the new site you found, that seems to share your liking for said artist or song, or you can carry on to the next blog. This is a great way to find new tunes and source out some new and upcoming artists. Most blogs will provide links to the artist or a site to purchase from as well, so if you find something you like, show some support. An example (and plug for a band I am loving right now): Go to Hypem and search for The Whitest Boy Alive From the list of songs, download – courage, 1517, and Island. Their new album “Rules” is awesome and should be picked up, stat! These are a few of the sites that have been getting a working lately by yours truly If you’re into collecting complete albums, this won’t likely turn out so well for you, but if you are into singles and remixes, you’ll be laughing. It’s as easy as right click and save most of the time, some of the sites use rapidshare or other file hosting services but they’re still free, just takes a little longer. If you’re looking for some jazzy numbers, search for these songs: Balicky Bon and Make the Road While Walking If you just want to download torrents, look for the pitchfork 100 best tracks of 2008 A nice sampling of the year that was 2008. Mostly indie rock, but also some hip hop and electronica… |
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