Interview: Lunice at LOOKOUT x Pop Montreal
Lunice (Photo: Ed Gumuchian / ForYourBenefit.ca)
Big welcome home to the homie Lunice, who's just coming off a whirlwind of European and Australian dates that followed our Pop Montreal show with Araabmbuzik in September. We caught up with Lunice before his set to rap about his new EP, One Hunned, his collabo with Ango and Prison Garde: Nouveau Palais, and whats next for the local producer turned globetrotter.
Lunice catches a couple days at home before heading out on a final tour of 2011, across the U.S. & Canada in November. Hats off to Montreal's finest young son. Get it! One Hunned.
Interview: Azealia Banks at LOOKOUT x Pop Montreal
Current darling of blogs and bootie-shakers alike, Azaelia Banks is on a one way ticket to the top right now. We caught up with her after she wowed the crowd with rapid fire raps at our Pop Montreal 2011 show. Away from the stage it's clear that beneath her exuberant persona lies a remarkably humble and self-effacing character for someone so talented.
INTERVIEW: AraabMUZIK at LOOKOUT x Pop Montreal
AraabMUZIK. Photo: Ed Gumuchian / ForYourBenefit.ca
It's easy to be dazzled by Araab's outrageous skill with an MPC. Sure, the guy knows his way around the buttons and knobs, but Araab's greatest skill is the precision with which he matches his samples to drums. There's no other way to put it, the man is a musician's musician. We were lucky enough to catch up with Araab after our show at Pop Montreal 2011 and spend some time with a producer who is surely only at the start of a long and successful career.
More coverage of the night in the live footage here, and photos
INTERVIEW: KINGDOM + NGUZUNGUZU
Kingdom + Nguzunguzu (Photo: Ed Gumuchian / ForYourBenefit.ca)
Kingdom has been around the musical block, so to speak. Over the last few years he's put in the hours and put out a range of genre-defying and forward-thinking tracks on a number of great labels. In fact he's even recently started his own imprint 'Fade to Mind'. First release on Kingdom's label? The 'Timesup EP' by Nguzunguzu, a duo similarly respected for pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance music. We managed to catch up with both Kingdom and Nguzunguzu before our show at Pop Montreal 2011, and the meeting of wise experience and youthful verve was as insightful off stage as their music is bumping on it.
Photos from the night over here.
Interview: Kid Sister at LOOKOUT x Pop Montreal
Kid Sister (Photo: Ed Gumuchian / ForYourBenefit.ca)
'Star quality'. They say you're either born with it or you're not. By that definition Kid Sister must have some of the best genes in show-business right now. Not only do her beats sparkle with the pizazz we would expect from a protege of Kanye West, but off stage she has the charisma to match. Her effortless charm almost disarmed our entire crew when we caught up with her for a chat before her show at Pop Montreal 2011.
PHOTOS: LOOKOUT x POP MONTREAL: ARAABMUZIK + LUNICE
photos by foryourbenefit.ca - view the full album here.
POP MONTREAL EVENING STANDARD
On Thursday, September 22, in association with Pop Montreal, Red Bull & Nudie Jeans, LOOKOUT proudly presents a gloriously stacked dance party.
KIM ANN FOXMAN (of Hercules & Love Affair, DJ set)
http://facebook.com/kimann
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PRINCE LANGUAGE
http://thenocomprendo.com/
CHARLES DAMGA
http://unonyc.com/
RILLY GUILTY
http://soundcloud.com/rill
CFCF
http://soundcloud.com/cfcf
MEMBERSONLY
http://membersonlydjs.blog
SEB DIAMOND
http://nighttrackin.com/
The evening begins with our friends from the Evening Standard nights at The Drake Hotel, who have graciously procured a prime trinity of classic dance music selectors, including residents MEMBERSONLY, and Montreal comrads CFCF, and Seb Diamond.
The main course is an American-sized serving of New York disco and house whipped up to a froth by the ordained apostles of seminal NYC label DFA Records. The vivid yet vulnerable charisma of Kim Ann Foxman (Hercules & Love Affair) sparks magnificently against the stoic restraint of disco maestro Prince Language, the evening all the while glistening and churning along with the support of prodigal label magnate Charles Damga (UNO) and Montreal’s own Hardest Working Man on Clark Street, Guilty. This evening flows from 9-3 A.M. and we recommend not missing a single second.
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5$ avant 23h / $5 before 11pm
BILLETS/TICKETS: $8 ADV.
Paypal: http://bit.ly/nWEpu9
MOOG Audio: 3828 Saint-Laurent
Atom Heart: 364-B Sherbrooke E
Off The Hook: 1021a Sainte-Catherine O
Aux 33 Tours: 1379 Mont-Royal E
Phonopolis: 207 Bernard O
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LOOKOUT x POP MONTREAL
WED, SEP 21
22h • ARAABMUZIK + LUNICE + VILIFY + GUILTY
http://www.facebook.com/ev
FRI, SEP 23
22h • KID SISTER + AZEALIA BANKS + SHAYDAKISS + DIRTY GOLD DJs
http://www.facebook.com/ev
SAT, SEP 24
22h30 • KINGDOM + BOK BOK + NGUZNGUZU ++
http://www.facebook.com/ev
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more info:
http://lookoutpresents.com
http://twitter.com/lookout
http://facebook.com/lookou
in collaboration with:
KINGDOM + BOK BOK + NGUZUNGUZU
LOOKOUT, POP MONTREAL & RED BULL present:
KINGDOM - http://kkingdomm.com/
BOK BOK - http://nightslugs.net/arti
NGUZUNGUZU - http://www.myspace.com/ngu
w RILLY GUILTY + SEB DIAMOND
BILLETS/TICKETS: $12 ADV.
Paypal: http://bit.ly/nEzbbX
MOOG Audio: 3828 Saint-Laurent
Atom Heart: 364-B Sherbrooke E
Off The Hook: 1021a Sainte-Catherine O
Aux 33 Tours: 1379 Mont-Royal E
Phonopolis: 207 Bernard O
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KINGDOM
http://kkingdomm.com/
http://www.xlr8r.com/podca
With major releases on Night Slugs and Fool’s Gold, as well as his own recently founded Fade To Mind label, Kingdom has been on a tear as of late. This New York/LA based producer experiments with a wide range of musical styles, mixing house and R&B influences with a darker collage of bass-heavy rhythms to create a sound that some have qualified as “a Brooklyn take on UK Garage.” Beyond his own releases, a steady stream of remixes for artists as divergent as Sleigh Bells, NGUZUNGUZU, and Montreal’s own Jacques Greene have cemented his status as one of the most sought-after, dependable, and inventive artists pushing the boundaries of dance music today.
BOK BOK
http://nightslugs.net/arti
http://twitter.com/bok_bok
NGUZUNGUZU
http://www.myspace.com/ngu
http://www.facebook.com/pa
The primary influences of Los Angeles-by-way-of-Chicago duo NGUZUNGUZU are as hard to pin down as their name is to phonetically parse out (the fist ‘N’ is silent). Daniel Pineda and Asma Marroof together form one of those rare musical partnerships whose work is truly international in scope and earnest in approach, rather than gimmick-driven or exploitative. Beyond a shared adoration of Chicago institutions like juke, footwork, and house music, the duo’s work as NGUZUNGUZU blends in the intricately overlapping areas of cumbia and reggaeton. The result is a stunningly organic form of dance music: driven by darkly insistent layers of bass yet filled in with an eclectic richness of detail that few producers can manage. Their new EP ''Timesup'' is the initial release from Kingdom's new Fade to Mind label.
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GUILTY http://soundcloud.com/rill
SEB DIAMOND http://nighttrackin.com/
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LOOKOUT x POP MONTREAL
WED, SEP 21
22h • ARAABMUZIK + LUNICE + VILIFY + GUILTY
http://www.facebook.com/ev
THU, SEP 23
21h • EVENING STANDARD w CFCF, MEMBERSONLY, SEB DIAMOND
23h • DFA DANCE PARTY w KIM ANN FOXMAN + PRINCE LANGUAGE ++
FRI, SEP 24
22h • KID SISTER + AZEALIA BANKS + SHAYDAKISS + DIRTY GOLD DJs
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more info:
http://lookoutpresents.com
http://twitter.com/lookout
http://facebook.com/lookou
in collaboration with:
http://redbull.ca/
http://facebook.com/scionc
