Grand-Prix weekend in Montreal, we strongly suggest you take the day
off on Monday! Ostrich & Vincent Lemieux are on the bill alongside
the Secretsundaze guys (Giles Smith + James Priestly) at Piknic
Electronik. If that's not enough, we've invited Shur-i-kan to continue
the party at Salon Daome.



Shur-i-kan aka Tom Szirtes' trademark blend of musicality with cutting
edge electronic production has been turning heads and making fans for
over six years now.

Whilst learning his chops playing keyboards with various jazz, funk
and rock bands around London, Tom was working on his own material on
the side. At his first solo gig he was discovered by renowned producer
Tom Middleton (Jedi Knights, Global Communication) who released
Shur-i-kan's debut track "Niomi's Dream" on the now seminal Jedi's
Night Out compilation for Mixmag.

Shur-i-kan is a favourite and long time contributor to Freerange
Records label - a relationship that started with the distinctly dreamy
jazz influenced "Advance" album in 2001 that caught the ears of
luminaries such as LTJ Bukem, Mixmaster Morris and Pete Lawerence of
Big Chill. The more dancey follow-up album "Waypoints" (2004) cemented
Shur-i-kan's reputation as a producer to watch for.

2006 was a milestone for Shur-i-kan with a string of highly acclaimed
house influenced EPs such as Living Inside (remixed by Mike Monday)
and Future Fantasy, I Want It, Finding Goa and Special Powers
(collaborations with deep house don Milton Jackson), Underground Soul
and remixes for the likes of Dave Lee, Trackheadz and Miguel Migs. Tom
is now a firm favourite amoungst the house community with his
productions and remixes in constant demand.

As a result of which Shur-i-kan has been building a reputation as a
formidable international DJ and has traversed the world many times
bringing his unique sound to clubs as far flung as Tokyo, Moscow and
LA.

This only tells one half of the story however as Tom's other projects
include hip-hop production (having produced on Katch-22's front man's
HKB Finns MOJO award winning album Vitalistiks), regularly performing
with Tom Middleton's AMBA project and improvisional super group The
Bays. Tom has also collaborated with the likes of singers Elizabeth
Troy, Clara Hill and has been producing/remixing for clients such as
Universal, EMI and Virgin Records as part of his Showbizkids
partnership with Dan D'Nell Jones.

To hear some DJ sets by Shur-i-kan - http://shurikan.libsyn.com/

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Ostrich
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04.03 | Daome w/ Shed & Deadbeat
04.18 | Stereo w/ Matthew Dekay
05.01 | Salon Daomé
05.17 | Stereo w / Sven Vath
05.18 | Piknic Electronik
05.18 | Le Bleury