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RA: Clubbing in Toronto
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| geroin |
An article published by Denise Benson about Toronto nightlife which is featured on the main page!!
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1310
won't be copy/pasting, check it on the link above.
Denise Benson is a Toronto-based journalist/broadcaster, award-winning DJ and event producer long into championing diverse electronic sounds. For two decades, she’s been one of Canada’s top sources for info about emerging artists and trends, digging in deep through her Extended Play column for Eye Weekly (now The Grid) and projects including the long running Mental Chatter program on CKLN FM (1987-2008). She loves good music and good people. |
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| jon jon |
so comprehensive! a few parts gave me goosebumps lol
her write-ups on FW and CZ are so bang on it's spooky for me to read them....
| quote: | On any given weekend at Footwork, you can expect to find the likes of Derrick Carter, Jimpster, Steve Bug, Carl Craig or Plastikman playing alongside Toronto talents like No.19's Nitin, techno stalwarts Jamie Kidd and Greg Gow or versatile party rockers including Jelo and Deko-ze. "A key principle to the programming has always been to diversify, while maintaining quality," says co-founder Smye AKA DJ Baby Joel. "Not everyone will get their cup of tea every time, but the open-minded music fans will get it most of the time."
Friday nights at Footwork, dubbed Luv This City, are devoted to Toronto jocks while Saturdays regularly feature top touring DJs alongside two or three locals. The club has been fundamental for countless Toronto DJ/producers—Jelo, Jonny White, Carlo Lio and James Teej among them—as they've developed their sounds, styles and audience from Footwork's DJ booth. Sets can be extended and adventurous, especially as the club remains open for dancing long after Toronto's bars stop serving alcohol at 2 AM.
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| quote: | | At the corner of College and Spadina, on the edge of both Chinatown and Kensington Market, is infamous afterhours dance club, The Comfort Zone. Opened in the late '90s in the same space once known as Buzz, the barebones CZ is where serious partiers start, end or bookend their weekend experience. Though frequent drug busts have given CZ a seedy rep, it is, above all else, about loud music and dancing. There's a noticeable booking crossover with the house and techno DJs who also play Footwork, but sets here tend to be extra dark, heavy and charged. |
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| LightsOut |
| Very well wrtten article. It's pretty one sided though, Toronto is amazing because ______________. Doesn't really touch on the factors that are holding the scene back here. |
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| jon jon |
ya you're totally right...
tho I think its intention was to serve as more of guide |
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| geroin |
was kind of surprised that platform wasn't mentioned though.
the fact that for 5+ years they've played a massive part in toronto's underground scene + intl talent booking |
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| jon jon |
sure, but she had to keep it within some reasonable reading size...
I mean she barely gets into the giant rave days in toronto, you could write a book on that saga and all the promoters/dj's involved...
I would have liked to have seen more about Matt C, Carlo, Nathan, Mark Oliver, Addy, + Joe & Fab... |
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| LightsOut |
Yeah I think its definitely more of a guide instead of a review/critique of the city. Definitely a great colesnotes for people coming from outta town.
+1 to Platform, shoulda been mentioned for sure. I even would have thrown in Box of Kittens, they've been doing a lot of the more interesting parties in this city for a number of years now. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
sure, but she had to keep it within some reasonable reading size...
I mean she barely gets into the giant rave days in toronto, you could write a book on that saga and all the promoters/dj's involved...
I would have liked to have seen more about Matt C, Carlo, Nathan, Mark Oliver, Addy, + Joe & Fab... |
agreed but at least some of them were mentioned. I know it may be hard mentioning everyone involved that do something related to electronic music in toronto but I think platform deserves at least getting their name put in even without a writeup.
| quote: | Originally posted by LightsOut
+1 to Platform, shoulda been mentioned for sure. I even would have thrown in Box of Kittens, they've been doing a lot of the more interesting parties in this city for a number of years now. |
BOK were there i think :) |
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| LightsOut |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
BOK were there i think :) |
missed that, glad to see it though, well deserved. |
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| Shaya007 |
good article, but no matter who writes them these days there's always politics behind it one way or another...
sad |
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| jad |
| Enjoyed reading that. |
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| StereoPrincess |
| RIP System Soundbar. <3 |
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