DOWNLOAD: Cubic Zirconia Remix EP
To be fully prepared for Cubic Zirconia's live show this Friday, February 11 at Club Lambi, it'd be best to grab hold of the new EP of remixes their label LuckyMe recently made available for free online.
Frontman Nick Hook calls his group "live ethnic disco," but reworkings from club stalwarts Egyptrixx and Ikonika and left field G-Synth master Dam Funk spread and/or skewer the sound all over the dance music spectrum. The remixes come in advance of the NYC four-piece's upcoming album Follow Your Heart.
Grab the tracks here!
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LOOKOUT, LuckyMe & Dirty Gold present:
After an incredibly breakthrough 2009 that saw the massive critical and popular success of Hudson Mohawke, Rustie and Mike Slott with releases on Warp, All City and more, it seemed unlikely that Glaswegian label LuckyMe could top the level of excitement in the year to follow. However in the last year, they've expanded the label worldwide, adding several North American acts that have become some of the most talked about in the electronic music world, including Jacques Greene, Lunice, Ango, Machinedrum, and Cubic Zirconia. On February 11th, all of this monumental talent will be on display under Club Lambi's roof.
Friday, February the 11th
Club Lambi, 4465 St-Laurent
CUBIC ZIRCONIA (Live)
MACHINEDRUM (Live)
JAQUES GREENE (DJ)
LUNICE (Live)
ANGO (Live)
Seriously, this band will destroy your club, your concernt hall, your living room. It's acid inflected pop music that hints towards a tradition of great new york loft parties and the vacious structure of punk bands like ESG and Liquid Liquid. But you know, Cubic's music is more than that. It's not trying to be anything else than Nick Hook, Tiombe Lockhart & Daud Sturdivant going in as hard as they can. I mean, what shall we call it? We have to call it something -- that's the way of music journalism. Let's go for ethnic disco.
MIX FOR LOOKOUT: http://lookoutpresents.com/media/lookout-mixtape-6-cubic-zirconias-nick-hook-mix/
New label mate Machinedrum will be present as well, riding off his stellar new releases on LuckyMe and on Hotflush as his new garage/future dubstep project Sepalcure. With a combination of the songwriting skills of Timbaland, the huge club sounds of Daft Punk and the crafty experimentation of Aphex Twin, Machinedrum will take us all on quite the musical ride.
MIX FOR URB: http://www.urb.com/2010/08/18/machinedrum-footwerk-classixxx-da-revenge-mix/
Jacques Greene hails from Montreal, Canada, and you may or may not have heard some music he made under a previous guise. It doesn't really matter. His current focus is glistening house music with the perfect balance of reverence and idiosyncrasy, and an unashamed devotion to R'n'B. Releases with LuckyMe and NightSlugs have announced his arrival in the house music world in fine style, and hint at a pretty good year to come.
MIX FOR URB: http://www.urb.com/2010/11/30/urb-presents-jacques-greene-exclusive-mix/
Lunice is just THAT dude. So cool, so easy. But at night he’s a monster making bedroom dance videos to Footcrab and Sex Intelligent (remix stoopid). It was just over a year ago that Lunice started bumping his own beats at the Turbo Crunk nights. To think that he’s since played two European tours and attended Red Bull in London, cheeeez, Dude is doing those big things already.
MIX FOR LOOKOUT: http://lookoutpresents.com/media/lookout-mixtape-5-lunice-pretty-boy-mixxx/
Joining Montreal's community of influential DJs and Producers, this R&B beat maker has just begun to do his part to help rebuild the landscape of alternative dance music in North America. Ango's music is uniquely melodic and hopeful, bringing boogie-era synth and drum sounds into context with contemporary R&B bangers, electro and bass music.
MIX FOR LUCKYME: http://luckymedia.s3.amazonaws.com/_MIXTAPES/81.mp3
Read Less ↑LOOKOUT Mixtape #6: Cubic Zirconia’s Nick Hook Mix
Cubic Zirconia's Nick Hook was kind enough to send over a mix full of jams that spell out why LuckyMe and Night Slugs were the labels that ruled 2010. The tape comes just in time for Cubic Zirconia's live performance alongside Jacques Greene, Lunice, Machinedrum, and Ango at the LuckyMe label showcase at Club Lambi Friday February 11th. Without further delay, the tracklist and mix is below:
mr. fingers- beyond the clouds
kim ann foxman- creatures
julio bashmore- battle for middle you
cassius- shark simple (l-vis and the neon dreams rmx ft shadz & cubic zirconia )
martyn and mike slott- all nights
jacques greene- (baby i don't know) what you want
richie hawtin-spastik
egyptrixx-liberation front
kingdom feat tiombe lockhart- remember
panteros 666- x lova (cubic zirconia rmx)
lunice- fancy fortie (rustie rmx)
LOOKOUT Mixtape #6 - Nick Hook
Read Less ↑Igloofest 2011 Preview
A common rebuttal by those fatigued and jealous of Montrealer's constant evangelizing on the vibrancy and community of their home is the assertion that the island goes dead during the brutal winter months. If that's truly how the rest of the world sees the city, consider Igloofest Montreal's extended middle finger, an outdoors electronic music fest that shows a joie de vivre in subzero temperatures most cities couldn't manage in perfect conditions. With too many acts to count packed into the fest's three weekends, here's our guide to what's worth seeing.
Week 1
Thursday, Jan. 13:
Start the fest off easy and pace it right by checking out Rilly Guilty at the Virgin Mobile Igloo at 8.
Saturday, Jan. 15:
Saturday night definitely has the heaviest concentration of Montreal's own sons and daughters and it's probably the night we're most excited about. For a constant stream of Montreal's best artists, start the night at the Main Stage to catch the Night Trackin DJs' 6:30 set, then head over to the Igloo for SHAYdakiss & A-Rock's set at 8, before sprinting back to the Main Stage at 9 for Lunice's epic swagfest.
Egyptrixx
Week 2
Thursday, Jan. 20:
The smart move is to sharpen your elbows and mob the Main Stage for all the night's best shows. Kid Sister, Terror Danjah, and Eskmo will definitely be worth staking out some valuable territory.
Friday, Jan. 21:
One of Igloofest's absolute-can't-miss-shows is Toronto native and Night Slugs warrior Egyptrixx. Do whatever you can to be front and center at his 8:00 Main Stage set.
Saturday, Jan. 22:
The shows at Igloofest don't run too late, but MTL native Hatchmatik's 10:00 Igloo set ought to capture the late night loft aesthetic to a T.
Ikonika
Week 3
Thursday, Jan. 27:
The safe bet for a great show is to stake out the Main Stage all night for Jordan Dare and the legend Carl Craig. Those more daring, or perhaps desperate for a change of scenery, might take a chance on venturing to Robyn's 10:00 show at Metropolis. Either way, there are no losers at Igloofest.
Friday, Jan. 28:
Let it never be said that fest isn't going out swinging. Once again, stake out the Main Stage all night for climactic sets by Ikonika and MTL's natural born riddim killer, Poirier. Miss any part of the night at your own peril.
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LUNICE / HOVATRON / SEB D TOKYO THURSDAYS
The biggest weekly party on St Laurent is kicking off 2011 with #BANGURZ. A truly all-star cast of Montreal's incredible producers is poised to show you what the future is all about.
Lunice is is poised to bring his infectious hybrid of hyphy/turbo-crunk/jerk/boom-bap to a much, much wider audience. Between an upcoming tour with fellow MTLien Jacques Greene, a collaboration with Diplo, and the imminent release of his "Stacker Upper" EP on LuckyMe, Lunice is keeping himself busy.
[MP3] Lunice - Pretty Boy Mixxx (LOOKOUT Mix #5)
A star to watch in the lazer bass galaxy. As half of the Mofomatronix DJ outfit, Montreal’s Philippe Aubin-Dionne was a fixture behind the decks at early Turbo Crunk parties, alongside Megasoid. As Hovatron, he went solo and evolved from DJ to producer/musician, fusing epic synths with beats to bomb the dancefloor. After a pair of mixtapes and a digital EP, Hovatron made his way to wax this year on his debut single “Gold Star Radiation,” backed by “Let's Get Wet.”
[MP3] Hovatron - Rain in Montreal Mix (LOOKOUT Mix #2)
Seb Diamond (Night Trackin')
In the sideroom:
Ro Riley + DJ Howards (Dirty Gold)
$5 -or-
FREE before 11:30 if you RSVP to tokyo@lookoutpresents.com
Come early to beat the line.
See you on the dansefloor!
LOOKOUT
LOOKOUT Mixtape #5: LUNICE “Pretty Boy” Mixxx
Recently signed to Scottish-born LuckyMe label, Lunice is poised to bring his infectious hybrid of hyphy/turbo-crunk/jerk/boom-bap to a much, much wider audience. Between a European tour with fellow MTLien Hovatron, a collaboration with Diplo, and the imminent release of his Stacker Upper EP on LuckyMe, Lunice is keeping himself busy. Still, he managed to find time to make us a little mix, just as a reminder that he is a maniac.
A blend of club hip hop and neo-soul injected with Lunice's unmistakeable turbo touch, the mix is a 42 minute long grimey club banger. The sound is familiar, but this is a more mature and confident producer, and frankly, we're excited. Get acquainted with the new and improved Lunice swag, but be careful-- your face might get stuck like that.
Tracklist after the jump.
LOOKOUT Mixtape # 5: "Pretty Boy Mixx" by Lunice
MP3: “Helipcopter (Diplo + Lunice Remix),” Deerhunter
Our boy Lunice is making moves. The Montreal producer has been making you go crunk in turbo fashion since the nights that booty bass echoed in the cave that was Zoobizarre. After sharing the stage with Major Lazor at this year's Osheaga festival, Lunice teams up with godfather producer Diplo to give Deerhunter a reworking of their new track Helicopter. One look at his dance moves to the soundtrack of his own production, and you know you'll be seeing him on a major festival stage near you very soon.
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Interview: Machinedrum
Check the album cover for perspective: Machinedrum has collected new faces, aliases, and styles on a pace with most KGB agents. Throughout his entire career, Machinedrum, né Travis Stewart and AKA too many other pseudonyms to count, has jumped from subgenre to subgenre whenever it suited him, systematically dismantling the barriers between each and pooling the remaining elements together to create his own distinct blend of production styling. His newest release is no different; its tracks are split down the middle between the deftly hyperactive beat fare one has come to expect from LuckyMe releases and an aggressively left field club sound that defies any real categorization other than, "Oh yeah, that's that new Machinedrum shit." One of Lookout's own recently got the chance to talk to the man himself, LuckyMe's first ever North American signing and a featured artist at the upcoming Lookout POP MTL showcase on Sept. 30 at the Belmont. Check it out...
Your new album, The Many Faces of Machinedrum, is split right down the middle in terms of production styles and influences. What was your intention when you set out to make the record?
To be honest I wasn't really making a "record" when i wrote those tracks, I was more or less just writing tunes for the sake of writing them. After accumulating loads of them Lucky Me decided that instead of puttin together a genre specific record we'd focus on a more diverse record instead. Writing in multiple styles has never been something new for me, it's how I've always approached music. I get bored writing the same style over and over.
It seems like your style is constantly evolving between releases. Where would you say your primary musical influences lie at the moment?
Like I said, I get bored doin the same style. Right now I feel like I'm being heavily influenced by Juke and Footwork tracks from Chicago. Other than that I've been listening to Carlo Gesualdo and lots of other choral music. Been singing on a lot of new stuff too.
The recent Sepalcure mix on XLR8R was fantastic. What can you tell us about how Sepalcure started and what you guys have planned for the future?
Thank you. Sepalcure started out of boredom and necessity to finally collaborate with my friend Praveen Sharma here in Brooklyn about a year ago. We have an EP slated for release in December on Hotflush.
LuckyMe is one of our favorite young labels. How did you get linked up with them for this record?
I've been talking on and off with the LuckyMe crew for a while, and earlier this year I sent them a load of tunes and they picked their favorites for Many Faces
How was it working with Theophilus London on your various projects together? Are there any other artists you’d like to work with going forward?
Working with Theophilus was definitely a great experience. We wrote a lot of songs together and he pushed for me to write hooks and brought me out of my instrumental electronic production shell. I've also been working a lot with Jesse Boykins III, Azealia Banks and Melo-X and have some really great music we've made together, but at the moment I'm taking a break from producing vocalists apart from remix work. I'd love to work with Autechre or James Blake on a tune or two.
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