Portfolio Archives: the stage

Dub Loons with Special Guest Moon King – Sat, Jul 26 | FREE EVENT

Saturday, July 26 | 7PM – 11PM | FREE EVENT

Moon King is the synthpop project of singer and producer Daniel Benjamin. In the early 2010’s Daniel was part of the flourishing electronic music scene in Montreal and Toronto, touring with other artists as a drummer while beginning to write and produce his own music. A 2016 move to Detroit and immersion in that city’s vibrant dance music and DJ culture began to influence his own recordings, and a collection of new material found its way back to Montreal label Arbutus Records, who offered to release it.
Photo Credit Kirk Lisaj

DJ Ombudsman – Sat, Jul 26 | FREE EVENT

Saturday, July 26 | 4PM – 7PM | FREE EVENT

Hri Neil AKA Ombudsman has been feeding his obsession for new sounds across musical boundaries since an early age. He has taken that deep cross-genre musical knowledge in many directions over his career as a dj, playing sets focussed on everything from dub reggae to obscure soul and exotica, from dnb and jungle, and more recently exploring bouncy, deep and sunny House. As comfortable creating an atmosphere for art openings and dinner parties as he is playing a psychedelic forest festival or rinsing out at a late night club or house party, Ombudsman is passionate about telling stories through his track selections. OMBUDSMAN has been dj-ing for over 20 years, playing venues as diverse as the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (M.O.C.C.A.), the Solstice Festival (OM Reunion Project), and the Firelight Lantern Festival (Department of Illumination).

DJ Ombudsman – Fri, Jul 25 | FREE EVENT

Friday, July 25 | 7PM – 11PM | FREE EVENT

Hri Neil AKA Ombudsman has been feeding his obsession for new sounds across musical boundaries since an early age. He has taken that deep cross-genre musical knowledge in many directions over his career as a dj, playing sets focussed on everything from dub reggae to obscure soul and exotica, from dnb and jungle, and more recently exploring bouncy, deep and sunny House. As comfortable creating an atmosphere for art openings and dinner parties as he is playing a psychedelic forest festival or rinsing out at a late night club or house party, Ombudsman is passionate about telling stories through his track selections. OMBUDSMAN has been dj-ing for over 20 years, playing venues as diverse as the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (M.O.C.C.A.), the Solstice Festival (OM Reunion Project), and the Firelight Lantern Festival (Department of Illumination).

Dub Loons with Special Guest DJ EF Sharp – Sat, Jul 19 | FREE EVENT

Saturday, July 19 | 7PM – 11PM | FREE EVENT

Sam Fleming aka DJ Efsharp is the founding DJ of Evolved Entertainment. He’s filled dancefloors at over 3000 events across six countries since starting in college radio in Ottawa in 1994. To work with heroes is always amazing, and Efsharp has share stage with heroes like MC’s Guru and Jazzmatazz, Shad K & Maestro Fresh Wes to bands such as Sam Roberts, Dragonette, Keys N Krates, The Arkells, City and Colour, to world class songblenders Starting From Scratch, Mayer Hawthorne, Dopey and Skratch Bastid.

Sam was also the Musical Director and lead DJ & MC for Toronto Fashion Week for ten seasons mixing hundreds of fashion shows and afterparties. He’s started nights to play music he loves such as FOOOD, Recipe, True School Hip Hop, Time Machine Video Dance, For The Record and Wax Candy Disco

BTX CRVTT – Sat, Jul 19 | FREE EVENT

Saturday, July 19 | 4PM – 7PM | FREE EVENT

House music is a kind of playground for sample-based music to inspire dancing while also referencing musical history and enjoyment of a thunderous subwoofer with friends.

In a lot of ways, house is a perfect place to try and be communal and inspired in the moment on the dance floor, which is why you will see a lot of elements like jazz, disco, hip-hop, and even some psych blended into his sets. DJ culture for him is about musical appreciation and trying to share that appreciation in real time with the people on the dance floor.

DJ Ombudsman – Fri, Jul 18 | FREE EVENT

Friday, July 18 | 7PM – 11PM | FREE EVENT

Hri Neil AKA Ombudsman has been feeding his obsession for new sounds across musical boundaries since an early age. He has taken that deep cross-genre musical knowledge in many directions over his career as a dj, playing sets focussed on everything from dub reggae to obscure soul and exotica, from dnb and jungle, and more recently exploring bouncy, deep and sunny House. As comfortable creating an atmosphere for art openings and dinner parties as he is playing a psychedelic forest festival or rinsing out at a late night club or house party, Ombudsman is passionate about telling stories through his track selections. OMBUDSMAN has been dj-ing for over 20 years, playing venues as diverse as the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (M.O.C.C.A.), the Solstice Festival (OM Reunion Project), and the Firelight Lantern Festival (Department of Illumination).