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Toronto Show Alert: Feed Me DJ Set @ The Hoxton, May 17

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  If you didn’t already know, we’re big fans of Feed Me here at SalaciousSound. His ‘With Teeth’ set is a great example of branding across interconnected media, stretching from [...]

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Toronto Show Alert: Tommy Kruise & A$AP YAMS @ Wrongbar, May 10

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  A$AP Yams’ name sort of speaks for itself; as the mastermind behind the A$AP movement, his tumblr is a culture mash all its own and his music speaks for [...]

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Interview: Gladiator

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  There was a blizzard rolling into town when our photographer, Jiani, and I shuffled through slush into the Renaissance Hotel to meet Ian and Danl from LA’ act, gLAdiator. [...]

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Podcast 019 – Lockah

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    Lockah’s here, bringing the Aberdeen Truth onto Salacious Sound for this week’s podcast. He’s seen a lot of artistic growth since we last saw him here in our [...]

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Bassnectar @ Sound Academy 10.11.12 [Show Review]

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  Nine o clock on a Saturday night in Toronto. The pier is quiet, and the Sound Academy is dark. The doors haven’t opened yet. A few are already in [...]

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Terravita – The Power of Fire EP [Album Review infographic]

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  I could talk about how well-put together the new Terravita EP is. I could mention how this is how you make a proper explosive, finely-tuned piece of bass music; [...]

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WEMF Festival Report

The Tower of Destiny at WEMF

WEMF is definitely a name that goes far back into Canadian Electronic history. It’s one of the events that signals the waning of summer, but always ends it with a [...]

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Interview: Terravita

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Terravita, AKA Matt Simmers, Jon Spero, and Chris Barlow are a rambunctious group, even by Bass music standards; I met Jon completely out of the blue via a discussion about [...]

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Introducing: Lockah

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‘Introducing’ is a weekly feature highlighting new and upcoming artists from the world of electronic music.

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Raf Riley – Dog Unit EP [Album Review]

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London’s Raf Riley has a track record that clearly doesn’t have him fitting into any one genre; appropriate, perhaps, that with the new EP Dog Unit on the Jeffree’s label [...]

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Hot Chip – Look At Where We Are (Major Lazer Remix)

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  Major Lazer hasn’t missed a beat in the past few months, offering up release after release which are nothing if not quality. Their new remix of Hot Chip’s ‘Look [...]

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Digital Dreams music festival report

The Dreams Stage on the inaugural day of the Digital Dreams festival

Canada Day long weekend marked the beginning of a series of electronic music festivals scheduled in Toronto over a two-month span that covers the dog days of summer. Some are [...]

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Mad Decent Block Party 2012 Dates Announced

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  Nothing quite beats the heat of summer than a free concert or two, and Mad Decent has you covered for five. It’s that time of year again and the [...]

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Diplo – Express Yourself EP [album review]

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Express Yourself is available on Beatport and iTunes. The long-awaited ‘Express Yourself’ EP has been a long time coming; originally scheduled for release before Christmas of 2011, it was pushed [...]

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Danger at Wrongbar [show review]

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Walking into Wrongbar to see last friday night’s Danger show seemed almost like walking into an alternate universe; it’s very strange to be in a venue you’re so used to [...]

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Mikkas – Moth [mp3]

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  Mikkas (probably best known for his remix of Porter Robinson’s Unison off the Spitfire EP) has released a free track on his Soundcloud page entitled Moth. It’s got a [...]

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Danger at Wrongbar [show preview]

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  This Friday Wrongbar, Toronto, will be taken over by the 80′s inspired video game electrohouse stylings of elusive French artist Danger. This show is one of the last in [...]

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Diplo, Skrillex, Pretty Lights, Grimes, Koan Sound, Tokimonsta announce Fullflex Express Canada tour

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A Locomotive across the great white north is certainly not how I expected an Electronic tour to go, but, well, here we are. The Fullflex Express Canada Tour is bringing [...]

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Paper Diamond – Wavesight EP Review

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Having never heard of Paper Diamond before, the Wavesight EP was my first exposure to his surprisingly deep collection of work. The Jeffrees label has had some quality releases on [...]

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The Partysquad – Badman Rave EP [album review]

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The Partysquad, probably best known in recent months for their high-profile work on Major Lazer single Original Don, are interesting musicians in their own right; they’re a group that keeps [...]

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