Reminder: Get Up Get Down and Faction Sound Crew presents
DJ Arems "Faction Sound Crew - Worldwide" CD Release Party
Friday Nov 7th (TONIGHT)
Shine - 364 Water St
DJ Arems is back from a European tour and he's got a new CD that we'll be giving away tonight at Shine. It's also his birthday celebration as well as Finale Fall 2008 Release Party and Matt's (from Finale) birthday as well too. It's also good homies the twin's (Roddy and Freddy) birthday too. And Hana's (who has rocked the back room lots before) birthday as well. Tons of birthdays, tons of swag(ger like us), tons of giveaways all night long.
Got this in the mail the other day. This teams up two of our residents at Get Up Get Down. U-Tern runs a weekly online radio show on Brooklyn Radio and he's also been killin it in the back room every single Friday @ Shine. Hedspin is a member of the Eh! Team and destroys any party he steps too, especially at Get Up Get Down.
U-Tern puts in WORK into his One Day Later radio show. With special guests, theme mixes, and exclusive production work from U-Tern himself, your best bet is to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast.
"One of Canada's finest DJ's stepped in this week and destroyed the interweb airwaves! Do not sleep on this one people, this is pure class." U-Tern
Les Emerson - Time (Wicked Lester Remix) Mr. Wiggles - JB Style Speedometer feat Ria Currie - Am I Your Woman Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Pick It Up Lay It In The Cut The Blackbyrds - The Runaway (Hedspin Party Edit) BT Express - Give Up The Funk The Barkays - Holy Ghost (Bad Ass Extended) The Commodores - Brickhouse (Hedspin Remix) Dizzee Rascal - Pussy Hole N.E.R.D - Kill Joy The Diplomats - I can give you love The Wild Magnolias - Soul Soul Soul The Rimshots - Dance girl Can - Vitamin C (Hedspin Edit) Head Automatica - Brooklyn Is Burning Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love Jimmy Bo Horne - Gimme Some Armand Van Helden - Ghetto House Groove (Hedspin Party Edit) Zapp & Roger - You Should Be Mine (Grandtheft Remix) Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Chromeo Remix)
U-Tern steps in for the second half...
Van She - Kelly (Breakbot Remix) Kent - Vy Fran Ett Luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix) Ot Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down (Lifelike and Kris Menace Remix) Sammy Bananas - Work Me Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows (Knightlife Remix) City Life - San Francisco feat. DD (Fred Falke Dub) Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars Panthers - Goblin City (Holy Ghost Disco Dub) Raymond Scott - Lightworks
Skratch Bastid is the shit. He's coming to destroy our party Nov 14th @ Shine. He's a super talented DJ and there really ain't no party like a Skratch Bastid party. That college dropout is a fan - he blogged about the above remix. It's a hella gouda. Yes. That's what I said. A hella gouda.
The best thing about Bastid coming to town means I get to see a whole bunch of people I haven't seen in ages! The heads will definitely be out for this one. There's stuff you can read like his bio (which is pretty funny actually), but then there's video interviews, Scribble Jam championship routines, live party rockin footage, mixtapes, remixes and articles. Remix and mixtape above, videos below (with time duration 0:00):
Live party rockin DJ sets:
Skratch Bastid - Live @ Shambahla 2008 (Part 1) (2:33)
Skratch Bastid - Live @ Shambahla 2008 (Part 2) (4:01)
Live Scribble Jam Battle Routines:
Skratch Bastid - Scribble Jam 2001 - Death Star Beat Juggle (0:48)
(I lost my shit the first time I heard him do this live - although local legend Astrix also destroyed the Death Star with a full 6 minute Star Wars inspired DMC routine - I'd like to see Astrix's routine again anyone got footage?)
Skratch Bastid - Scribble Jam 2003 Champ (the video/battle that started it all)
showmanship, style, and skill - yes he still puts on a show when he's DJ'ing a party
Skratch Bastid - With Live Footage from a previous DJ set @ Shine Parts 1 (9:06) & 2 (6:18)
Bio below followed by quick links:
So... What do the South Bronx and Skratch Bastid have in common? They're both the birthplace of hip-hop and they both have red hair. That's what's up. And from here on in, we'll be referring to the subject as ‘Bastid’. Some people do call him ‘Skratch’ and some people also hate fried chicken. It's just a matter of taste. You know how Bastid makes nachos? One at a time, that's how. He puts a dab of salsa and grated cheese on each individual nacho chip and then puts them all into the oven like little nacho cookies. That's dedication to a craft. That's attention to detail and a creative mind. That's a mad scientist. That’s also a really slow way to make nachos. What it do? Bastid is a real DJ (no iPod). He started DJing as a teenager in his Halifax basement and will someday be a grown up, though, he will most likely never be Filipino. However, he can rip the cuts, as evidenced by his competition history, taking home the Scribble Jam DJ Title 3 times. Professionally and for a living he makes cheese by rocking crowds everywhere and anywhere. Canadia, United Snakes, Europe, you better ask somebody. …That’s it? Oh yeah, and he's nice on the production tip, too. After releasing an album independently, his beats caught the ear of longtime hometown associate Buck 65, planting the seeds of collaboration. Buck's ‘07 release, 'Situation' (Warner Music/Strange Famous), has been critically acclaimed as a return-to-form for the artist, with notable enthusiasm on Bastid’s production, scored on 12 tracks. Plus there's his mixtapes. A professional blend of selection, skill & humour; with a little bit of cocky-prick on the side. Hot like in the kitchen, they are. Hot like a polar bear in Texas. Check out his 2007 installment “Get Up!” for the evidence. He once heard it blaring out of his own grandmother’s Dodge Spirit. Basically, Bastid gets busy. What it look like? He stands 5'10". Sometimes sports a beard. He plays anything and everything from James Brown to 3-6 Mafia to U2 and makes it sound good. Years of sleepless nights practicing routines for competitions have left him with more-than-ample skills and not much of a social life, providing the perfect combination of wanting to win the crowd over and doing it quite fancily. Like a modern day Axl Rose. Or something. Loosies: Bastid is from the land of the fisherman and the McLobster: - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Currently he lives in Montreal and has residencies locally and in Toronto. Oh, and on Fridays he hands out blankets and reads stories to orphans. Both Bastid's parents and Jazzy Jeff think that he's a good DJ. He owns more records than mp3's. He enjoys the musical energy of M.O.P. more than that of Benny Benassi. He's allergic to being broke and most importantly, Bastid never trusts a big butt and a smile.
