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Art of Beatz is CFRO 102.7 FM's premiere electronic music show. Featuring local and international DJ's, the show covers everything from house, techno and trance, to drum'n'bass, IDM and ambient, and everything in between! You can hear the show live Fridays at 0800 GMT at coopradio.org Primary Format : Electronica Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Vancouver State/Province : BC Country : Unknown Region : XX User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Art of Beatz Podcasts Methings.com listings of Art of Beatz Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

May 26, 2011 with Caleb Fox Caleb Fox is a DJ and producer from Vancouver, Canada. He started playing records when he was in high school and hasnât been able to kick the habit since. One of his favorite quotations is âthe more it stays the same the better it gets ââ which is what one of his friends told his dad after throwing an all-night techno party in the basement of their house many years ago. Since that night not much has changed, and you can find Caleb playing (sometimes peculiar) techno music at places like ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 19, 2011 with Mike McSuede Mike is a master of thick bass and dirty beats and has helped define the Vancouver underground, Mike travels the world playing Wagon Repair label showcase parties in Barcelona (City Hall club) MyMy monthly in Berlin (Watergate) and a Liebe Detail Spezial in Hamburg (Golden Poodel) Mike McSuede (alongside with James Boatman) also hosts a super popular âPrivate Backroom Partyâ at Shine, where he can be heard playing the music he (and we) love! Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 12, 2011 with Filip Gorecki Filip Gorecki is an emerging electronic music producer who's fascinated with song structures based on sound exploration and storytelling. The recent release of his first album 'Subaqueous Works' gave it's listeners a taste of his ambition. Producing music that is dark in it's investigation yet brilliant and refreshing in it's subject matter. Performing livePA with only a few pieces of gear, Gorecki masterfully executes original live sample sets for your listening pleasure. Playlist at http: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 5, 2011 with an AoB Throwdown A throw down, a showdown, two DJs who won't go down. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/may_5_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 28, 2011 with Luis Machuca LUIS MACHUCA has been producing and DJing events in Vancouver since the early 90's with such celebrated names as Frankie Feliciano, Franck Rogers, Charles Spencer, Miguel Migs, Julius Papp, Mark Farina, and Marques Wyatt to name a few. Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/april_28_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 21, 2011 with Austin Phillips From a young age, Vancouver-born Austin Phillips has been living and breathing all things music. Studying saxophone for 14 years, Austin enrolled at VCC in the Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance program, and consistantly playied in numerous musical groups, including Natural Flavas, a Vancouver-based reggae band. It was only logical that Phillips would eventually take interest in electronic music. The electronic music composition course that was offered in his high school helped mould h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 14, 2011 with Tucker Foldin' and Jaidene Veda Chadio is one of Vancouver's best informed bass music heads (he's at every single show, everywhere), newly turned DJ, and also well established in the local rap community. Tucker Foldin, the only DJ on the bill, is set to bookend the night with choice selections to satisfy the both the heads and the dancefloor. Maximum brightness. We were then visited by lady of the house and favorite Art Of Beatz fish, miss Jaidene Veda for a chat, a tune and a laugh. More soul sized servings.. Playlist at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 7, 2011 presents the AoB 7 Year Throwdown Seven years of Vancouver's longest running electronic music radio show. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/april_7_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 31, 201 with Joe Muggs Joe Muggs. Music writer and reviewer, now DJ. Badman scribe for Mixmag, the Wire, Fact Mag, the Arts Desk and others. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/march_31_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 17, 2011 with Bevvy Swift started playing guitar and writing hip hop beats (which were too "electronic sounding" for most mc's i knew... a bit of foreshadowing for ya) in high school, and was djing breakbeats and drum & bass at local raves as soon as i graduated. three years later, longtime friend and dj partner the mongoose (then known as dj global) and i decided the half-time dnb/glitch hop we had been tinkering with on my old PC was ready to be unleashed on the unsuspecting city of vancouver. teamed up with new f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 10, 2011 with DJ T-Blaze M.O.V.E Productions is THE new Richmond-Based DJ/Production company, that was designed to be the answer and reinvention of the ultimate party and DJ experience , in response to the mediocre and sub-par DJ service that has been occurring in Richmond over the past few years. Started in January of 2010, M.O.V.E Productions employs the freshest talent, which means, no more 40 year old dudes hunched over the turntables playing 'The Y.M.C.A' and 'The Chicken Dance'.Instead, you've got the hottest ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 3, 2011 with The Librarian THE LIBRARIAN has a unique style behind the decks. Her sets are Energetic, Heavy, Melodic, & Moving. Her style bridges different types of bass music and captures the dancefloor with groove. In 2009, The Librarian played with RUSKO, CASPA, APPLEBLIM, 2562, Propa Tingz, MAT The ALIEN, Vibesquad, & LIGHTA! among many others. 2010 is now lining up to be a busy and exciting year. Her various productions have been heard across North America at: LIVE NATION Pemberton Music Festival (LIVE PA), on s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 24, 2011 with the Nina Mendoza RBMA Experience We discuss slow jams, swag raving and the Red Bull Music Academy. Playlist and more at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/feb_24_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 17, 2011 with Joel Armstrong Label head Joel Armstrong is a nerdy white guy that writes music and DJs a bit, mostly at Gorgomish cuz he likes late nights and loud music. He also runs Dot Dot Records, a label that is supported by the who's who of international dance music. Wee! Playlist and more at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/feb_17_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 10, 2011 with DJ She Originally from the East Coast of Canada, now based out of Vancouver BC, SHE is one of the top female DJ's on the Vancouver circuit. Growing up in a household filled with funk and soul, She quickly acquired a love for music. From funk and soul, a love for hip hop developed and her journey into music began. As a DJ, her style ranges from the roots of today's music; classic funk, disco and soul, but SHE also crosses genres of West Coast and Chicago House, funky mid-tempo Breaks and of course ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 3, 2011 with Dana D D is well known in Van City for his eclectic sets consisting of downbeat, hip hop, drum & bass, midtempo breaks and deep house plus whatever else captures his musical imagination. His abstract style has allowed him to open for many different people and bands such as Air, Kid Koala, Tricky, Morcheeba, Carl Craig, Luke Vibert, The Herbaliser, Mark Farina, Saint Germain, Cinematic Orchestra, Saul Williams and Anti-Pop Consortium, to name a few. Metal, Whiskey, Tacos, Craft Beer, Fine Wines, Ce ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 20, 2011 with Joseph Martin Droppin' tunes since '98 & a Shambhala resident since '04, Joseph has played many a memorable set in the legendary Fractal Forest. For 3 years he hosted The Shakedown radio show and with the Liquidbeat collective, helped to produce some of the B.C. interior's most inspiring parties. Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/jan_20_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 13, 2011 with Siavash Siavash possesses the amazing gift of showing people how to appreciate and live life through music. His showsmanship and stage presence are something to be experienced, and his magnetic personality is evident in his audience-unifying performances. All of his sets are unplanned, allowing him to accommodate the crowd's desires and expectations. Through his music, he establishes a personal relationship with each member of his audience, infusing any dance floor with explosive energy... Playlis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 6, 2011 with That African We caught That African literally days before he moved away... catch his last set in Vancouver on Art of Beatz! Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/jan_6_2011/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 12, 2010 presents Motomasa Birthday Steez The birthday boy plays a set. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/aug_12_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 29, 2010 with BPM and Jaidene Veda BPM (Bass Poetry Music) is a dirty fusion of hip hop, bhangra and dancehall. Tarun Nayar of "Delhi to Dublin" and "Beats Without Borders" juggles beats on turntables and palpitates rhythms on tabla. he has a rep for making the crowd need to step. Nadia Chaney scales all tall lyrics in a cynical bound, wrapping words like bondage... Rupinder Sidhu is a music producer and composer of many genres. As a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, he plays with BPM, Non Stop Bhangra and Sunskript. From ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 30, 2010 Best of 2010 Showcase Kuma and Motomasa draw for their best and biggest beats from the last year. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/dec_30_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 23, 2010 Christmas with Luke McKeehan A special pre-Xmas throwdown with Nordic Trax's own Secret Santa. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/dec_23rd_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 16, 2010 with Andrew Ryce A look back at 2010 with local writer and Resident Advisor, Little White Earbuds and Fact magazine contributor, Andrew Ryce. A little dubstep, a little techno and a little something something. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/dec_16_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 9, 2010 with Echo Wanderer Notorious San Francisco icon, post punk rebel, bad mofo, friend of the family and all around lovely guy. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/dec_09_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 2, 2010 with Hong Kong Soap Operas One day Adrian listened to the ballet score of "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky. Another day he saw the John Adams' opera "Nixon in China". One day he torrented Finale 2009 and started to write music. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 25, 2010 with Nicky Delgado There is little one can say about Nicky Delgado that hasn't already been said. Creator of one of the most successful club nights in Vancouver, "Believe" has been going strong for 5 years with no end in sight. Now with their own recording studio and label, Believe is set to become a launching platform for artists from across the Pacific Northwest! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 18, 2010 with Don-Ray Don-Ray is the producer behind the likes of Lady Alma as well as the abstract remixer for Fertile Ground, Wunmi, and Alison Crockett, among others. He's recorded for several labels including Marauder Music, Sony Music, and Gotsoul taking them to new heights with his nu-jazz and future funk productions... Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/nov_18_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 11, 2010 with Buzz Rozwell At the heart of Upstairs Recordings operations sits Buzz Rozwell, in a comfortable chair. In front of him is the computer at which he creates all things visual for the record label and its artists. A self proclaimed music junkie, Rozwell has always tried to blend his unique visual style with the sounds of modern music... Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/nov_11_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 4, 2010 with Speakerbruise Rob Solar flares and the presence of Satan meant that we have lost 45 mins or so of the broadcast but we still have a touch of beats and a chat with the man... Robert 'Speakerbruiser Rob' Squire, is a multi-disciplined artist/designer/musician/composer who creates semi-custom and boutique-run audio and visual projects for a wide range of brands and labels, has promoted some of the biggest and best club nights/illegal parties in the country. Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 28, 2010 with Hubbz The people's champion of the funk. Breakbeat scientist. Dubtacular individual. A hip-hop, breakbeat, rare-groove and funk DJ from Vancouver, Canada. Part of the Beatstreet Records shop which is often regarded as one of North Americas top breakbeat record stores. Hubbz has played alongside some of the best in the biz including the Stanton Warriors, Soul of Man, Malente, All Good Funk Alliance, Boca 45 and Ali B to name a few. With his rammed Saturday night residency 'The Payback' at the Bays ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 21, 2010 with Golau Glau Golau Glau are/is/??? an airy UK-based act who have/has made it clear that she/they'd like to hold on to as much anonymity as she/they possibly can in this day and age. An anonymous collective of musicians and artists who met in Wales many years ago, hence their very Welsh name. Golau (pronounced Goll-eye) means light, while Glau (pronounced Gl-eye) doesn't mean anything except archaic words for rain, sound and speed. Playlist and more at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/sho ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 7, 2010 with Pari Kishi Pari Kishi's love affair with music began at the age of 10 in Bristol UK, when she used to lovingly tape segments off the radio then listen to them on a loop. She did not know what this music was called, but she loved how it made her eardrums feel. She later learnt that this sound, jungle, belonged to a whole family of beats that had a similar effect on her. Since 1999, Pari has witnessed the rave culture in Hong Kong transform from "what it was then, to what it is now" and has made it her ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 30, 2010 with DJ Revise A collage artist and sculptor in a former life, electronic music artist Revise melds and shapes different genres and sound sources into his own art form. Imagine if Amon Tobin and Prefuse 73 got together to remix Boards of Canada, with DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist looking on as producers. Palettes to Burn, his debut album, showcases the variety of colours and concepts of this meticulous producer and DJ. Revise (Sam Lawton) was born in Mud River, a remote area of Northern British Columbia, and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 23, 2010 with Will Eede All the way from Argentina, now living in East Van, Will Eede has many treats from down south that he wishes to share with you. Playlist and more at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/september_23_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 16, 2010 with Love Dancing LOVE DANCING is the sum of dedicated digging + commitment to the spirit of sweat. DJs Warm It Up Chris + Jordan Grey draw across genres and time periods. Tracing connections from exotic disco to futuristic bass. Warm It Up Chris has been an instrumental partner in the success of such storied Vancouver parties as Glory Days, eatART afterDARK , and the New Forms Festival 10th year. Jordan Grey produces records for Jason Lev's Truth Is Light record label. LOVE DANCING is the duo and the party. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 24, 2010 presents an Ohm Resistance Showcase We go back many years with the Ohm Resistance label, having already featured notorious label head, Submerged, in the mix before. One of North America's longest running drum and bass labels, they have over a decade and fifty releases to their name with no end in sight. Playlist and more bio info at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/june_24_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 9, 2010 with the Return of Amalia Townsend CMW AWARD WINNER - BEST ELECTRONIC ARTIST JUNO AWARD NOMINEE - BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM 2 TIME CANADIAN URBAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINEE... Playlist and more bio at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/sept_9_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 2, 2010 with Schemia An evening's selections from the man behind the legendary Symbiosis podcast series. http://wwww.overlap.org Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/sep_02_20101/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 13, 2010 with TJ Hooker Tom Jeffrey emerged into Vancouver's underground house and techno scene in 2006 as TJ Hooker, bringing with him a captivating style of house and techno that has set him apart from the rest of the crowd, especially in Vancouver's underground electronic music scene. In just four short years, he has already dominated numerous clubs and parties with his selection's from anything deep, dark and druggy to twisted, layered industrial sounds that generates an incomparable vibe on the dance floor, t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 26, 2010 with The Willicist The son of a disco dj and a folk music fanatic, his passion for music developed from two very different places. High school was all hip hop as the turntables came out of the basement. While others were obsessed with "keeping it real", he kept it open, and dance floor friendly, hitting up a few raves and feeling the lasers. FFWD ten years to audio school in Vancouver, and another five partying in the house scene, then WHAM - IT'S DRUM AND BASS! Quick as a snare rush he assembled the SHAHdjs, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 19, 2010 with Vandal Vandal is one of the alias' of DJ & producer Sam Evans. Vandal music is combination of a love of electronic music with a lifelong addiction to metal & punk. Through his Vandal guise Sam has created creating some truly global underground and dare we say it timeless anthems that have established him as a key figure in the world of Breakbeat and alternative electronic music. His combination of trademark heavyweight breaks & beats, dirty electronic basslines and twisted techno bleeps & beeps ha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 5, 2010 presents Dark Arps Dark Arps is a Vancouver based Live electronic PA, the latest moniker of Jon Bierman, a Canadian-raised, British-educated electronic musician. This is where you read about the classically trained background, or how, falling in love with 80's electro-pop at the age of 3 he proceeded to buy every Bowie and Depeche Mode albums on vinyl, in duplicate, so he could beat-juggle with them just as soon as he was tall enough to reach the decks. Sorry. No. Bierman's childhood musical education was ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 22, 2010 with The AoB Disco Assault Squad Schemia has had to reschedule, so in his place, we present the return of the macks. Deep space excursions from the heart of the downtown east side as we boldly go when no man has gone in the lat week or the airwaves. We'll set the controls for the heart of the sun and take you one step beyond. No, no god damn sleight bells. Just soulful broken beat, lush ambience, ridiculous techno and other things that rock bassbins in the night. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 15, 2010 with Lady Eve Transmissions from the ether from the first lady of AOB. From classical beginnings as an oboist to creator of the global Pan Ambient events, Lady Eveâs influences are diverse... from The Orb, Debussy, and Maslanka to Inner City, Amon Tobin, and T Power. âI love music that touches the soul and engages the mind. Playlist and more bio at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/july_15_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 8, 2010 with Moto & The Bear Matt and Mike aka Blueprint's frontline of electro-house, dubstep and banging things that frequently wobble in the night were to join us. Instead, Moto and the Bear got funky. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/july_08_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 4, 2010 with the AoB Wrecking Crew KUMA: Born in Bristol, England and raised in western Canada, this self-proclaimed dub terrorist has made a habit of smashing sound systems through his years of intense involvement in the music industry. Founder of Vancouver artist booking agency, The Konspiracy Group, part of infamous ambient collective Team Lounge, his is a sound that rides the edge through droning ambience and serious amen abuse to create something rather different, unexpected and happily ready to shake your head and your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 17, 2010 presents Los Hermanos Del AOB Sharaab was turned away by Canadian Customs so Motomasa and Kuma threw down.. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/june_17_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 3, 2010 with Motomasa A veteran of the dance music scene and pioneer in Ottawa's underground, he has hosted radio shows on CKCU Ottawa, CJAM Windsor, and been a featured guest on numerous stations in and around Atlanta, GA. As a DJ, a producer, an engineer, and a graphic master, Motomasa's 17 years of experience in the music industry speaks through his diverse array of soulful house, broken beat, and downtempo knowledge Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/june_4_20 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 27, 2010 with Gameboy Gameboy is a BC born, Mexico raised artist who has returned to Djing to carry the neofolk latin rhythms of digital cumbia (koom-bee-yuh) into his own part of the America's. Working with other local artists like Self Evident and canadian cumbia pushers like Caballo on the east coast, as well as Argentinian Label and tastemakers ZZK records to bring south american swing and experimentation to the vancouver soundscape. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/may_27_20 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 27, 2010 with Hataken/Ken Machines Gameboy is a BC born, Mexico raised artist who has returned to Djing to carry the neofolk latin rhythms of digital cumbia (koom-bee-yuh) into his own part of the America's. Working with other local artists like Self Evident and canadian cumbia pushers like Caballo on the east coast, as well as Argentinian Label and tastemakers ZZK records to bring south american swing and experimentation to the vancouver soundscape. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/may_27_20 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 6, 2010 with Elonius Funk Up and coming Vancity bass producer and the evil mind behind the Sub Culture Sundays night at the Met pub joins us in studio. Look for a lot of bass, a bunch of originals and more funk than may be healthy. Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/may_6_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 29, 2010 with Skoi Sirius Skoi Sirius (born Shawn Lass) hails from the electronic underground with beats for the body, soul, and mind; his passion injects a cerebral element into the music that lifts his sets to a higher spiritual domain. Self-converted to the electronic side after a thick dose of jungle and drum & bass at the Ice House, an abandoned warehouse in Arizona in the early 00's, he now walks the path of the underground, pushing boundaries with experimental music in whatever way he can. Representing his ho ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 22, 2010 presents a Panospria Showcase with Scant Intone Scant Intone is the solo project of Canadian artist Constantine Katsiris dedicated to his explorations in modern audio. From stark minimalism to densely complex textures, his output incorporates elements of digital sound synthesis, field recordings and raw data. The compositions are experiments in abstract electronic music, with influences including ambient, lowercase, noise, glitch and drone. As a live performer he has brought his sound to many notable venues around the world, such as the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 8, 2010 with Niña Mendoza Niña Mendoza (pronounced "NEEN-ya," like El Niño) is a Vancouver based music enthusiast/ DJ. She is armed with eclectic and discerning taste; an extensive rare-groove, 80's funk, R&B classics, electro-boogie music library; and a magnetic je ne sais quoi. As a wee lass, she gravitated to artists such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Police, Wham!, amongst many other Pop and New Wave artists that continue to have a rotation in her library today. She is known for her strong co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 1, 2010 with JoeAve JoeAve was born to do this. The son of a disco dj and a folk music fanatic, his passion for music developed from two very different places. High school was all hip hop as the turntables came out of the basement. While others were obsessed with "keeping it real", he kept it open, and dance floor friendly, hitting up a few raves and feeling the lasers. FFWD ten years to audio school in Vancouver, and another five partying in the house scene, then WHAM - IT'S DRUM AND BASS! Quick as a snare ru ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 25, 2010 with Loscil Loscil is the electronic/ambient music project of Scott Morgan, from Vancouver, BC. The name Loscil is taken from the "looping oscillator" function (loscil) in Csound. Scott Morgan is also the drummer for the Vancouver indie band Destroyer. A self-released album titled A New Demonstration of Thermodynamic Tendencies caught the attention of experimental music label Kranky who signed Morgan on to release his first album Triple Point in 2001. Triple Point features six tracks off his first inde ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 24, 2011 with Downliners Sekt "...to be heard the oldschool way you must work hard. Work in a tiny room, a dark basement, one crappy garage, thinking that someday someone will eventually pay attention to your story - and then you have to make a package out of all those precious moments - a price thrown on the front of a jewel fucking case - but you still not sure - because some soulless cynical mind has decided otherwise - so what then, tell us now, what would you have done?... " Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 18, 2010 with Miguel Graça Montreal deep house producer Miguel Graça (pronounced "grass-a") has been turning heads for years with his unique production style and beautiful songs. His new album on Bombay Records, entitled "Monkey Mass," is scheduled to drop in April 2002, and a 12" single from the album, "The Wellbeing," is already drawing rave reviews from industry insiders lucky enough to get a white label. But Miguel Graça is no overnight success... As a choir boy in his native Portugal, Miguel discovered his mus ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 11, 2010 with Calamalka Beginning in the year 2000 Vancouver based producer/ musician Calamalka a.k.a. Michael Campitelli has been steadily releasing music and garnering praise in publications such as URB Calamalka is my chronic on this e.p., XLR8R we may have just stumbled upon the bastard child of Pole and Monolake and most recently with his latest effort Shredders Dub has managed to earn a hearty 8. on the much lauded Pitchfork.com. Over the last five years Calamalka has worked with labels such as the Miami bas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb. 25, 2010 with Gene Eric vs. Dermatitis TONIGHT WE UNLEASH THE BEASTS. Our recipe is simple: Combine the elements of SLEAZE, LEISURE and SEIZURE and you have the makings of a truly unique radio program that focuses on the lesser followed, not so popular, or plain out forgotten subgenres of electronic music. While there seems to be an abundance of house, techno, and trance, we have been known to play Ghettotech, Freetekno, Hardcore, Breakcore, Oldschool rave, Dubstep, and whatever else that doesn't flow from the mainstream. Playl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb. 18, 2010 with Vincent Parker Vincent Parker, the Vancouver based recording artist signed with Run Riot Records, has been crafting his own brand of live psyched-out power rhythms since 2003. Formerly the producer and beatmaker of the famed underground booty tech punk band Artemis Jackson, Parker has been hard at work tooling and tweaking his latest release, "Prism Myst", out in 2010 on Run Riot Records. Using a streamlined live PA setup consisting of just a PC laptop and double Kaoss pads, Parker makes new, genre-shunni ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb. 11, 2010 with Ali B A FABRICLIVE mainstay since the opening night, Ali was offered his residency immediately after playing at the venue's pre-launch press party. A vinyl-hunter long before he knew what DJing was, his music industry background included working at Acid Jazz Records and spells as Press Officer to the Plump DJs, Norman Jay and Gilles Peterson. He was once resident DJ at the Blue Note in Hoxton Square. Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/february_11_2 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 4, 2010 with Babe Rainbow "Babe Rainbow is another magnificent sea-shell washed up on our shores, except when we put our ears to this shell we don't hear the serenity of the sea, but the cavernous, bombastic sound of inverted dubstep cave recordings documented beneath an oppressive futuristic mega city that constantly rumbles above with the noise of titanic machines in the midst of a apocalyptic takedown." //20 Jazz Funk Greats Playlist and more bio at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/febuary_4 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 28, 2010 with Dub-U Dub-U aka Selector Dub U is a San Jose, California based DJ that began in 1994, inspired by his love for dancing, as well as dance and experimental music. Within his first year of dj'ing he was opening for Detroit techno greats Claude Young and DBX (Dan Bell). His initial inspiration came from listening to DJ Red Alert and Marley Marl mixing hip hop and soul on WBLX and Kiss FM in NYC in the early 80s and hearing Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and Tour De France by Kraftwerk. In addition, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 21, 2010 with Jonny Dubbs One of the masterminds behind Vancouver party powerhouse Perception Inc, Jonny Dubbs's focus is on exposing emerging sounds and talent to the local underground community. Recently inspired by the sound of the Bay Area and Vancouver's thriving dubstep scene, his sets can be range through midtempo bass and glitch, deep dubstep and dreamy downtempo. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/january_21_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 14, 2010 with Dave Dirk Dave can be seen every week at Sake Bomb Fridays at The Eatery on 3431 West Broadway. He's also been known to play the Lotus Long Weekend either solo or tagteaming as Bunsen Vs Beaker alongside Crown Vic. He can also be found busting seriousness in the Dungeon at Sin City. He's diverse. Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/january_14_2010/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 7, 2010 with Self Evident Born and raised in Wakefield Quebec, Ben Ulis AKA Self Evident is a producer and performer of all varieties of dance music that loosen limbs and touch souls. Ben represents the legendary Lighta! Crew which includes his brother Max Ulis & Michael Red. His tracks have been played by Dj Hatcha (Kiss FM London), The Bug, EDU K, Headhunter, Al-Haca & Kid Kameleon (XLR8R). He has collaborated on 2 soon to be released tracks with Warrior Queen. He has also played alongside Skream, Starkey, The Bug ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 31, 2009 Best of 2009 NYE Extraveganza Pt 3 As every year, we bring you our best of the year that is coming to a close - 2009. But being that our show literally falls on New Year's Eve, we decided to rock out the radio all night long. Yes, that means 6 hours of non-stop Beatz to keep you moving and shaking until the wee hours of the morning. So whether you were just celebrating at home, going home from a big party, or winding down after the after-hours, Art of Beatz was there to be the soundtrack of bringing in 2010! Use these podcas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 31, 2009 Best of 2009 NYE Extraveganza Pt 2 As every year, we bring you our best of the year that is coming to a close - 2009. But being that our show literally falls on New Year's Eve, we decided to rock out the radio all night long. Yes, that means 6 hours of non-stop Beatz to keep you moving and shaking until the wee hours of the morning. So whether you were just celebrating at home, going home from a big party, or winding down after the after-hours, Art of Beatz was there to be the soundtrack of bringing in 2010! Use these podcas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 31, 2009 Best of 2009 NYE Extraveganza Pt 1 As every year, we bring you our best of the year that is coming to a close - 2009. But being that our show literally falls on New Year's Eve, we decided to rock out the radio all night long. Yes, that means 6 hours of non-stop Beatz to keep you moving and shaking until the wee hours of the morning. So whether you were just celebrating at home, going home from a big party, or winding down after the after-hours, Art of Beatz was there to be the soundtrack of bringing in 2010! Use these podcas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 24, 2009 Christmas with Motomasa A veteran of the dance music scene and pioneer in Ottawa's underground, he has hosted radio shows on CKCU Ottawa, CJAM Windsor, and been a featured guest on numerous stations in and around Atlanta, GA. As a DJ, a producer, an engineer, and a graphic master, Motomasa's 20 years of experience in the music industry speaks through his diverse array of soulful house, broken beat, and downtempo knowledge. Tonight, it's a party up in AoB as Motomasa brings you tunes to rock out your Christmas nigh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 17, 2009 with Paul Puntz Originally from Halifax, call Vancouver home now, been dj'ing for about 8 years, from house parties, clubs, outdoor shows. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/dec_17_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 10, 2009 with DJ Ceebas DJ Ceebas plays at Sin City, and Saturdays at the Eatery Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/december_10_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 3, 2009 with Lady Eve "I've seen the future," says Annie Sloan of URB Magazine, about the musical journeys of this recognized selecta. Her influences span the spectrum from ambient to drum'n'bass and everything in between. Since 1993, she has worked in non-commercial radio, starting her career as the producer/host of WRAS Atlanta's influential electronic music show, Planet 8, which consistently brought in local, national, and international talent to expose audiences to premium, mind expanding sounds of the under ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 26, 2009 Woodson Lateral Records Showcase Awesomeness comes in the most unexpected places. Kuma and Eve were stirring it up at the Decibel Festival in Seattle earlier in the year when we were graced with a chance encounter with Ben from Woodson Lateral Records. Like minds intrigue like minds so we'll be showcasing a bunch of work from the label, including some of Ben's own work under the Splinters alias. Playlist and more bio at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/november_26_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 19, 2009 with Barbara Tucker Live at Ginger62 Barbara Tucker is to House/Dance is what Stevie & Aretha is to soul. Beatles & Stones are to rock. You get the picture. From her groundbreaking (Liza Minelli â esk) performances to her amazing classic recordings Barbara has truly become a living breathing fiery fierce legend that you must experience. Barbara has been a major part of the house community for over 20 years. Some call her the Queen or Mother of house, to sum it up Barbara Tucker is House. Art of Beatz broadcast for an extra h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 12, 2009 with Nils Nils has been connecting with and guiding Dance Floors in BC and around the world since the early 90's. In that time he has played at hundreds of events and has been on the same bill with such DJ luminaries as Cheb i Sabbah, Toby Marks, Adham Shaikh, Shakatura, and Bluetech. Never predictable, he has an uncanny ability to read the mood of a room and give it just what it needs. Playlist and more bio info at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/november_12_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 5, 2009 with Holzkopf A mashup of jungle, hip-hop, eardrum bursting feedback and a healthy does of psychedelia, Holzkopf uses broken machinery and homemade synthesizers to churn out this hellish cacophony as much influenced by beats, cuts and scratches as by total noise. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/november_5_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 29, 2009 with Thomas Osaze and Luis Machuca In May of 2009 Thomas Osaze and Luis Machuca co-founded the night "LuVToucH" at Club Ginger 62. This was born out of a vision both shared to create a regular club night in Vancouver that catered solely to NY House music. Since its birth it has received growing interest in both the DJ circles and club promoters of Vancouver as well as a growing number of fans who eagerly await their soul fix on a thursday night. Playlist and more bio at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 22, 2009 - Vancouver New Music Festival Showcase Every year, the Art Of Beatz welcomes the rampaging beast that is the Vancouver New music Festival with open arms. This year the 2009 Vancouver New Music Festival will focus on copyright and appropriation, and will be presenting musicians who have been working and reflecting on issues related to copyright/copyleft, using mash-ups and sonic collages and other approaches. Being crate diggers and sampledelic ourselves, we'll be down front each night, but to help celebrate this year's edition, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 15, 2009 with Jamie McCue Silent ~ making no sound; quiet; still: a silent forest. Season ~ One of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates. Silent Season is a dub influenced music label with deep influences of ambient and techno music based on Vancouver Island (Canada). We distribute our music via free high quality downloads or through short run cds. Playlist and more at http://w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 14, 2010 with Atma Atma's passion for music has been a lifelong obsession. Currently based out of Vancouver BC, he loves connecting people to music that inspires. Atma is creator of the Vancouver Producer's Forum and Co-Founder of the west coast mastermind known as Chainsaw Sound. Known for a range of styles, he pulls you in with beautiful melodies and warm subs, then unleashes a bassline assault on your senses that's sure to leave you wanting more... Playlist and more at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 8, 2009 with ToXiK A fairly new addition to the Vancouver music scene, DJ ToXiK has already quite a few impressive gigs under his belt and quite a loyal fan following. Playing mostly high-energy Tribal, Vocal and Progressive house, he like the crowd to be upbeat and always on their feet. He started to DJ just 2 years ago and has played at local clubs like Lotus, Gorg-O-Mish, Pride Vancouver events and has a new residency at Space Lounge. He has recently also played in some major clubs in India, Hong Kong and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 1, 2009 with Kuma vs. Motomasa Super happy sound clash time as the men of AOB go back to back in a battle for world domination, studio supremacy and who has to buy the next round. By way of rock-paper-scissors, Motomasa takes the first hour, and Kuma takes it home... Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/october_1_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 24, 2009 - Decibel Festival Preview Over the past six years the Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media has booked over 500 artists ranging from leading-edge electronic dance music to experimental multi-media performance. With a focus on live performance, interactive multimedia art, quality sound and technology based education, Decibel has solidified itself as one of the premier electronic music festivals and promotional organizations in the world. Playlist and more at http:// ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 17, 2009 with DJ Krusty Since I can remember, I have been surrounded by music. As the youngest of seven brothers, we all grew up listening to 80's pop and high energy industrial techno. When I was around 8 years old. one of my brothers took me to the well known club, "PATRICK MILLER" in downtown in Mexico City, which was in one of the huge colonial buildings. The place was full, and the line was around the block. My brother took me to the DJ room, and I was captured by the image of the people, the lights, the musi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep 3, 2009 with Robin Banks An evening of dub techno, ghost bass, disco, wanton depravity and other things that bump wantonly all over your dance floor. A former resident at Wanted!, Vancouver's pioneering techno fusion evening, Robin promises to bring it like it ain't ever been brought. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/september_3_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 27, 2009 with Eric Lewis Eric Lewis is another true veteran of the game. With over 15 years of experience in the music industry, Eric's poetic blend of serious house has kept him at the forefront of the music scene since the early 90's when he played in the Dose regime under the alias Vitamin E. His technical skills is awe-inspiring and knows how to move a crowd. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/august_27_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 20, 2009 with Da Fluke Producer & co-founder of the Complot label with partner Mossa, Dafluke (Lucas Granito) has been keeping busy with his own productions, in addition to DJ and live gigs. Originally from Montreal's minimal house scene and Mutek veteran, Lucas moved to the west coast in '05 where he played gigs in L.A., San Francisco and more recently, Vancouver. Extracting from hip-hop, minimal techno and deep house, Dafluke has created a sound essentially unique and endearing, but also energetic and captivati ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 30, 2009 with Kuma Celebrate the fuzzy dancing bear's birthday with an exclusive two hour set... A veteran bass slinger of over a decade, Kuma continues to deliver sounds across the dub-based spectrum as both DJ, producer and spearhead for a new movement of sound art and soundsystem culture. Shaking ears and asses from Sapporo to San Francisco, he's been recognised internationally for his excursions into the dubstep realm and his ability to turn heads from 0 to 140 bpm. Playlist and more bio at http://artofb ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 23, 2009 with Steve the Creative Individual Steve wears many creative hats..... Steve is a professional fine artist, working generally with oil and acrylic on canvas. Completely opposite of his commercial work process, he leaves all planning, direction, and cute characters behind, to unleash raw expression on the canvas. Steve's works tend to explore feelings of sadness, fear, courage, death, insecurity, depression and other emotions of life experience. While not afraid to confront darker emotions, there is also a sense of humor, hop ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 16, 2009 with Jem Noble Jem Noble is visiting visual artist, DJ and producer from Bristol, UK. He's the former Director of Venn Festival - a leading left-edge event dedicated the best of the best in pan-genre music experimentation; one half of skewed arts duo Granzon Nodo, behind the tight-knit Bangin' Toonz compositions for Adult Swim and Cartoon Network (http://www.youtube.com/granzonnodo); and was a co-conspirator with Sweden's PiratbyrÃ¥n and Piratebay in Europe's Manifesta 7 biennale, 2008. Jem is currently c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 9, 2009 with Hataken/Ken Machines Making his second appearance in Canada, Hataken is an improvisational musician, composer, and DJ. As an electronic artist he has worked with musicians across a broad range of styles (ambient jazz, psychedelic, techno, trance, chill out) and has been a force in the Tokyo underground scene for over a decade. His project Ken Machines is a collaboration with ex-The Shamen artist, Richard Sharpe. Hataken and Ken Machines performed LIVE at Soundwave for their 10 year anniversary! Playlist at htt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 2, 2009 with Chuck LaVida In the early months of 1995 dance culture was very much in its youth and still an underground movement, the energy was raw and growth was exponential. It was in this era where Chuck la Vida experienced his first taste of beautiful electronica. For the next five years he followed the movement veraciously experiencing countless djs and producers, studying and analyzing the culture and the music. Stepping behind the decks in 2000, Chuck la Vida quickly picked up the skill and quickly began bui ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 25, 2009 with Sven Torpedo Notorious man of mystery, electro philosopher, poet laureate of the techno rhythm and always self-propelled, Sven Torpedo has been a guiding force in the sonic undercurrents of Vancouver for as long as we can remember. Frequent curator for Vancouver's New forms Festival, we have coerced Mr. Torpedo out of Open Studios and into the open, to come and lay down some heavyweight techno for us, alongside hat ever else he feels like. Playlist and more info at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 18, 2009 with Jewel_A Straight outta L.A, this renaissance woman comes to us reppin' the mighty Visionary Media House. This promoter and former host of the legendary Nitrate 88, a soundtrack and movie show on Atlanta's WRAS, will be bringing an eclectoc palette of sounds for a DJ set quite unlike anything else. If any of these name appeal to you, you're going to be in for quite the treat. Joy Division, New Order, Elbow, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, David Bowie, Supergrass, Bob Marley, Chemical Brothers, C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 11, 2009 with James Boatman Fresh out Sound Design School and working in Post Production and Sound Engineering James Boatman truly understands music more than ever before. Recently back from Europe James soaked up the sounds kickin' it with the likes of Mathew Jonson, Luciano, Ritchie Hawtin & Troy Pierce. His epic morning sets at Sound wave are legendary. Having played along sides the likes of DJ Dan, Dave Seaman, Jeno, John Digweed, Sasha and more many times over his surreal sick and twisted tunes have made him an i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 4, 2009 with Miss Myte After partying at an NYE rave in Kamloops BC, circa 2002, Lyndsy Brow (Miss Myte) decided that Dj'ing would be the perfect outlet for her to share her love of music with friends. A native of Kelowna BC, Miss Myte moved to Vancouver in the fall of 2004 , and since then has had the honor of opening up for some of the electronic music scenes most respected Dj's and producers, such as Alex Smoke, John Tejada, Miss Kittin & the Hacker, and has been lucky enough to play at some of the best festiv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 28, 2009 presents Eradik vs. J.F. Killah J.F.Killah began her DJ career in 2005. After moving from Halifax to Vancouver, she started making a name for herself playing most of the city's regular DnB nights. She quickly joined forces with the SHAHdjs and continued making moves, opening for Shimon (Ram Records), DJ Rap (Propa Talent), headlining various all night parties, radio shows and podcasts. Her training in piano and music theory have given her the ear to flawlessly combine diverse drum n bass styles flowing seamlessly from beg ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 21, 2009 presents Xan Xan started off in the late nineties running the Deep Space Lab Sessions at the Alibi Room, a series of mediated breakbeat environmental installations created by artist remixing D-Jays. In 2005 while producing under the moniker Faktion, his Drum and Bass track "Anfang" was featured on air by CBC Radio 2 as well as Grant Lawrence's "Breaking New Sound #25" . While playing select performances, he has focused his wide ranging energies into genre hopping compositions, lovingly crafted on his eb ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 14, 2009 with DJ Sage It's not difficult to see why Sage is one of the hottest upcoming producers in electronic music at the moment. With a style that constantly drifts between the realms of techno, progressive and electro, Sage's productions all have one thing in common; they absolutely devastate dance floors leaving club kids quivering! Having mastered his craft as a DJ, the transition from the decks to the studio was inevitable, as is the case with many DJs. The difference here is that Sage is one of the few ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 7, 2009 with Mr. Bump DJ/writer Paul Autonomic has been a mainstay of the North American grime and dubstep scenes for years. In early-2005, he founded Riddim.ca to help like-minded people on this side of the pond link up and organize. Today, the site is home to dozens of articles and interviews including the original Hyperdub UK garage archives. Paul also keeps a blog at Deeptime.net and is regular contributor to the UK-based reggae/grime/dubstep zine Woofah. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 30, 2009 with The 3 Kingz Reppin Youth Week 2009, 3 Kingz are the NeW and Phresh DJ Crew of RichCity made up of the upcoming Young and Hot DJz in Town. Each of the DJz has a style unique to his own as well as his own genre's of music. DJ Royale - the Hip Hop/RnB/Top 40/Scratch DJ DJ Monsta - the Drum 'N' Bass/Jungle DJ DJ T-Blaze - the Hardstyle/Techno/Mash-up/Party Rockin'/Scatch DJ The 3 KINGZ also have their own internet based RADIO STATION called RICHMIX RADIO Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 23, 2009 with the Men of AoB Sean Dimitrie never made it, so the men of AOB held it down with some full on membership-drive madness. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/april_23_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 16, 2009 with Myles Bigelow Myles is one of the movers and shakers of the Vancouver broken beat scene. A Percussionist/Producer/DJ/MC, this riddim-keeper has moved effortlessly from the sidelines into the production chair honing all the skills needed to work his magic on both skins and bassbins. After grooming his skills at Berklee College of Music, and the University of Music in Cuba, Myles has developed a sound that represents the knowledge of tradition with a vision of tomorrow. He has put out numerous releases on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 9, 2009 with Starkey PJ Geissinger aka Starkey and MOVES!!! is a fast rising star hailing from the electronic underground. His energetic dj performances combined with his original production sound are making him a hotly tipped act and producer of the future . Starkey is co-owner of Slit Jockey Records and a member of the Seclusiasis and TROUBLE AND BASS crews. Following his recent success stateside, Starkey was selected by Vex'd as one of seven new DJs for Radio 1's MARY ANNE HOBBS' low end special 'Generation ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr 2, 2009 Live from Bounce Ain't no party like an AoB party 'cos an AoB party's got Bounce! And to round out our 5-year anniversary celebrations, AoB has teamed up with ERIC LEWIS and the good folks who throw BOUNCE at the Lotus on Thursdays to do a LIVE SIMULCAST this evening. AoB will be reppin' with Lady Eve & Motomasa joining BOUNCE residents as we house you into the wee hours of the morning. If you're in Vancouver, be sure to come down to the Lotus and have some cake with us! It's more fun than partying in your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 26, 2009 with Automatic You know us, we like birthdays. Any excuse for cake and bass. So with Vancouver drum and bass institution, Automatic, celebrating ten years of rinsing it out at Open Studios March 28th, it made sense to have some of the boys come and throw down. Joining us in studio could be any number of individuals, who like the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, form a giant, rocket powered bottle of Stella Artois. Rumored guests on the night could Jay Auto, Matty Pacific, Soda, Dabbler, SF ex-pat Angst and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 19, 2009 with Nordic Soul We know Sean Horton as the founder and director of the infamous Decibel Festival, going strong for 5 years. But in his own words, his influences make him the one we know as Nordic Soul. "My mother, my friends, Detroit (first 18 years of my life), psychedelics, Brian Eno, John Coltrane, Aphex Twin, Henry Miller, Run DMC, David Lynch, individuality, Claude Debussy, Kompakt Records, digital music technology, lucid dreaming, Herbie Hancock (60's and 70's material), my girlfriends, Quincy Jones, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 12, 2009 with Agent X Having discovered dance music and DJing at the tail end of the original disco era in 1979, Detroit native Mike Clark submerged himself in the early-'80s post-disco era and continued developing his DJing skills throughout the '80s and '90s and into the early 2000s as one of the Motor City's most respected and talented DJs. Merging Chicago style with the Euro-disco sound popular in Detroit, Clark became a major figure in the birth of Detroit techno in the late '80s, alongside other DJs such a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar 5, 2009 - AoB Astronauts Celebrate 5 Years Five years in terms of electronic dance music is a long time. Club nights last barely six months. DJs buy and sell their decks in less time. Whole genres are born, praised and die in a two year span. So when we make noise to celebrate our birthday, it's loud. Seeing as we've spent a half-decade bringing everyone from bedroom DJs to international superstars to the airwaves, we thought it best to kick off the Art Of Birthday month with the people who started it all, the AOB Residents. Lady Ev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 26, 2009 with DJ Riot Currently one of the most prominent female djs in Vancouver's gay scene, Riot freshly jumped into it 2 years ago, but has rapidly gained popularity and currently resides at Lick club. With a classically trained background, she has gone from piano, to violin, to drums, guitar and took her knowledge and passion for music to the dancefloor. With monthly nights all over the city, her crowd hypin' electro bangin' style is catching like wildfire and there seems to be no end in sight for this girl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 19, 2009 with Lil Steven Lil'Steven's 20 Year Dj career has taken him from Coast-to-Coast and garnered him with countless residencies at some of Americas most infamous clubbing institutions such as Backstreet(Atl) & The End Up(SF). He has graced the decks with MONSTER DJs such as Tiesto, Josh Wink, DJ Dan, Satoshi Tomiie and Derrick Carter. Above all, Lil'Steven's sounds stay fresh & ahead-of-the-curve, and for this reason (and many others) he is respected world-wide and considered to be one of America's finest DJs ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 12, 2009 with Coin Gutter Graeme and Emma started making music in Feb. 2000. They have been largely ignored, save MUTEK, opening for Pan Sonic, Books on Tape, touring with Vitaminsforyou and beating the living hell out of Holzkopf. And that's kind of the way we like it. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/february_12_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb 5, 2009 presents Kernelcoremode Kernelcoremode is the mind behind Creative Space, an organisation created in athens in the beginnings of 2004. Their purpose is releasing and distributing innovative electronic music, experimental art magazines,books and media, while, at the same time, organising and hosting electronic music events with interesting artists of all genres. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/february_5_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 29, 2009 with Lady Eve Art of Beatz's own hostess with the mostess, the sultry siren of soundscapes is our feature this evening. Besides being one of the co-hosts of AoB for nearly 5 years, Lady Eve has been doing much work recently in the Vancouver area. By day, she mentors youth in the ways of radio broadcasting (through podcasts), and traditional DJing with a healthy emphasis on using good old vinyl records. In her own time, besides being a member of ambient live act Gunshae, she has also managed to produce an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 22, 2009 with Little Jen Jen Mitchell has been a DJ since 1994, performing under the name Little Jen throughout the North America with the biggest acts in electronic music. Little Jen has mastered the art of combining lush soundscapes over crunchy beats in everything from ambient to drum 'n' bass. Lullabye, her first electronic music endeavor, was released by Sonic Soul Recordings in 1997 on Cloudwatch: a Freeform Gathering. She was voted DJ of the year in 1998 on the Sonic Soul website and Reader's Choice: Atlanta ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 15, 2009 with The Square Root of Evil The Square Root of Evil is an electronic musician from Vancouver, Canada. While studying communications at university, she was introduced to electronic music production, discovering she could make all the strange noises that she loved into her own music. Since then, SROE has appeared on compilations in Canada, the US and the UK, has a netlabel EP release on Belladonna Records, various compilation appearances, and another EP on the way. On average she plays live shows monthly, regularly in V ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 8, 2009 with Tank Girl Tank Girl brings it raw with an irresistable combination of past and present dancehall, bashment, reggae, hip hop and anything else with a killer beat and lots of low end. From spiritual roots anthems to Passa Passa-worthy slackness to merciless gun tunes, Tank Girl hits all the bases to ensure maximum chaos on the dance floor. Creator and resident of the turning-infamous Thursday Ting and newly inducted member of the Lighta! Crew, this gal is set to keep the fires blazing. Playlist at http ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan 1, 2009 - the Best of 2008 As they do every year, your hosts give you a little taste of what they felt were some of the best and/or notable releases of the past year. Expect some well known tracks that you've heard numerous times on the show, to some that will be complete surprises. The AoB Best Of show will be a calendric journey for your ear-holes... Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/january_1_2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 25, 2008 Lady Eve & Motomasa Two of North America's most versatile DJs, they are known for their diverse span of musical styles, including downtempo, lounge, ambient, experimental, acid-jazz, house, electro and drum 'n' bass. They first began tag team DJing in 1998, and definitely made waves in Atlanta as two of the most eclectic DJ's on 2 or 4 turntables! Now based in Vancouver, they've been rockin the airwaves on CFRO's Art of Beatz for almost 5 years. Together, they have spun with such acts as Joey Beltram, John Kel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 18, 2008 with Dual Core & Toxic D 2 lads reppin Ukrainian styles from the RichCity scene, show us how they work the floor...trance, hard trance, and hard styles. Playlist at http://www.artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/december_18_2008/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 11, 2008 with Wendy Bee Wendy Bee has been involved in music from an early age, and is classically trained in many instruments including voice, violin, and flute. In 1993, while attending the University of Georgia studying for her BFA in painting; she met Bryan Boggs aka DJ Sploo and Dave Breakwell of Hoodwink Records. She was soon signed onto the label as a vocalist. A year later, Wendy wanted to create eclectic soundtracks which reflect her feelings and translated them into paintings. Wendy has sound synæsthesi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dec 4, 2008 with Todd Omotani Vancouver's Todd Omotani, is famous for tearing it up on the dancefloors of his legendary club residencies. Omotani was lucky enough to been introduced to house music in Calgary, Alberta by Canadian house music pioneer DJ Rice in the summer of 1987. Over the next 6 years Omotani had his skills tuned and sharpened by Calgary legends Dean Clark, Mike Eremita and DJ Rice.Omotani's following grew through notorious house nights at Vancouver's biggest clubs, Sonar, Shine, Bar None, Celebrities, S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 27, 2008 with Amalia Townsend Fresh off her move to Stockholm, the funktress returns to give us the scoop...and play some new music from her EP "All Systems Down" with Opolopo. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/november_27_2008/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 20, 2008 with DJ Merlin and DJ Mako Wiggle Kru was a DJ, MC and promoter collective based in Vancouver, BC Canada dedicated to pioneering the Underground Garage sound in the Northwest and beyond. They threw the first ever UK Garage club nights in Western Canada in the Spring of 2000 and have continued to innovate through club nights, raves and radio appearances. Comprised of DJs Merlin, Mako and the now London based Knightrider, the Wiggle Kru have been laying low as of late but Art Of Beatz is proud to reunite them for an ev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 13, 2008 with Future BC A special birthday set from one of San Francisco's leading ambienteers! In his own words "I've been a dj for over 10 years. I'm originally from Illinois. I left the jazz and blues of Chicago for sunny Los Angeles, CA. Now I live in San Francisco and have performed there for the past 6 years. Upon my arrival to the sweet styles of San Francisco, I was invited to join the downtempo dj collective Ambi-sonic. Ambi-sonic has been one of the major players in the downtempo and ambient worlds ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nov 6, 2008 with Lance Baptiste, plus Cure, HXDB and Bombaman Lance Baptiste Returning to grace us with a trip around the world...enjoy the ride... PLUS Aufect recordings owner DJ Cure join label artists Hxdb and Bombaman for an exclusive dubplate session in support of their gig with Headhunter at Dubforms 11. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/november_6_2008/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 23, 2008 with Noah Pred Noah Pred emerged from Vancouver's underground as a sought-after techno DJ with a sophisticated sound and unique style. Devoted to authentic and soulful strains of techno in all its permutations, Noah's sound continues to evolve while remaining firmly driven by the dancefloor. As a DJ and live act, Noah has travelled throughout Europe and North America, performing alongside such diverse artists as Funk D'Void, James Holden and Mathew Jonson. Recently relocated to Toronto where he's accepte ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 16, 2008 with Dan Kearley Returning to grace us with his presence is one of the principles behind the music programming of Sekoya - Dan Kearley! With projects ranging the gamut from programming for Nickelback, to remixes for Front Line Assembly and Palomine, Dan's musical depth sees no bounds. Be sure to tune in this week, as we have absolutely no idea what the man may bring with him - you can be certain though, it will be some exclusive goodness! Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/oct ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 9, 2008 with Rico Uno B-More. Be More. Disco. Ghetto Club Music. Vocoder Funk. Rico Uno is everywhere. Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/october_9_2008/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 2, 2008 - Residents Soundclash Moto and the Bear Toe to toe - it's Moto and the Bear! Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/october_2_2008/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep. 25, 2008 - Decibel Preview Show 2008 marks the 5th anniversary of the Decibel Festival, an annual event held in Seattle that has now become one of North Americaâs preeminent electronic music events. To coincide with this landmark year, Decibel has planned its most ambitious festival to date; featuring more than 100 acts from 12 different countries, organized within 24 showcases at 11 different venues over four days. The lineup is not only massive but also the most diverse yet, increasing the international stature and rang ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep. 11, 2008 with Shah DJs SHAH is an energy orchestrated through our djs, event planners, promoters and our audience. We create the desired atmosphere with a contagious vibe that spreads throughout the party. SHAH djs believe that individual taste and preference for musical entertainment is growing increasingly diverse in an ever changing industry. We feel that everybody should have an equal opportunity for creating and or enjoying the music they like. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep. 4, 2008 with Dr. J JASON OCULTO aka DR. J. has been operating as a DJ for over 10 years. He is an avid record collector and has a rich background in all things Jazz, Latin, Funk, House and related genres. One of the leading lights of the Vancouver broken beat scene, he's helped the city take its rightful place amongst the likes of Jazzanova and Bugs in the Attic. He is also the leader of the 17 piece soul orchestra know as 1Luv, who releases their debut album on Sonar Kollektiv in 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug. 28, 2008 with Dee Banse A tad note about myself. I come from the South Pacific (Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand) where i guess a lot of my sound revolves around. DUB, FUNK, BREAKS, EXPERIMENTAL, QUIRKY ELECTRONICA (at the same time im open to all music) would best describe the sound I create when making music/remixes. I grew up in a musical family where my Uncle was the head of the music faculty in the University of the South Pacific. I spent some time living in Japan DJing and working with The Lava Project (An electr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug. 21, 2008 with Kuma Born in Bristol, England and raised in western Canada, this self-proclaimed dub terrorist has made a habit of smashing sound systems through his years of intense involvement in the music industry. Founder of Vancouver artist booking agency, The Konspiracy Group, part of infamous ambient collective Team Lounge, his is a sound that rides the edge through droning ambience and serious amen abuse to create something rather different, unexpected and happily ready to shake your head and your ass. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 14, 2008 with Lady Eve "I've seen the future," says Annie Sloan of URB Magazine, about the musical journeys of this recognized selecta. Her influences span the spectrum from ambient to drum'n'bass and everything in between. Since 1993, she has worked in non-commercial radio, starting her career as the producer/host of WRAS Atlanta's influential electronic music show, Planet 8, which consistently brought in local, national, and international talent to expose audiences to premium, mind expanding sounds of the under ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug 7, 2008 with Motomasa A veteran of the dance music scene and pioneer in Ottawa's underground, he has hosted radio shows on CKCU Ottawa, CJAM Windsor, and been a featured guest on numerous stations in and around Atlanta, GA. As a DJ, a producer, an engineer, and a graphic master, Motomasa's 19 years of experience in the music industry speaks through his diverse array of soulful house, broken beat, and downtempo knowledge. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 31, 2008 with No Nine Recordings Join us for a romp around the sounds of No Nine Recordings, run by Me Raabenstein, and brought to us by Dee Banse. No Nine Recordings is a Berlin based record label specialised in upfront experimental electronica. The nonine artists are located in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, and the USA. Our biggest respect goes out to their individual creative choice and attitude. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 24, 2008 with Danjel Van Tijn The AoB Crew were all out of town in San Francisco this week, putting on the Pan Ambient Brunch. So our favourite station engineer and amazing techno producer Danjel Van Tijn is once again taking over the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 17, 2008 with Kuma Where to begin? A veteran bass slinger of over a decade, Kuma has brought sounds across the dub-based spectrum to ear and asses from Sapporo to San Francisco. Recognised by the likes of BBC Radio 1's The Breezeblock and their infamous "Dubstep Warz" show for his excursions into the dubstep realm and abilty to turn heads both on the dancefloor and in the sound-art field, his is not your average sound. Owner/founder of the Konspiracy Group, a music group, booking agency and p.r. hub for fut ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 10, 2008 with Hataken and Gunshae Making his debut in Canada, Hataken is an improvisational musician, composer, and DJ. As an electronic artist he has worked with musicians across a broad range of styles (ambient jazz, psychedelic, techno, trance, chill out) and has been a force in the Tokyo underground scene for over a decade. Hataken is straight off the heels of a show at South by Southwest, where he performed with Tokyo-based saxophonist Fujiwara Daisuke and their project Quartzhead. Gunshae is live ambience at its most ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul 3, 2008 with Bean 5000 Who is B5K? What does his hair look like? Why does he make such nice jungle noises? What does he rinse out? What he is inside and why does it ride? Do cactii dream of drum and bass sheep? What is the answer? Only the Bean knows. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 26, 2008 with Subeena Subeena, 22, was born and grew up in Italy to Bulgarian violinist parents. Before moving to London I lived in Berlin. I study Sound and Media and pack cds and vinyls and other random related things. Subeena is simply my first name spelled wrong, it's not bass or sub related... As my mate Dot and me were both making tunes but didn't know what exactly to do with them we started our own label called Immigrant Recordings. Immigrant Recordings for obvious reasons. Platform 1 is a nice small no b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 12, 2008 with Jay Auto Considered by many to be one of the hardest working men in Vancouver show business, Jay auto has been a mainstay of the city's jungle scene for as long as we can remember. Whilst being a resident of the longest running jungle night in the city, Jay is also a master of funking it up and breaking beats for you. We have coerced him into coming out of hiding to provide us with a selection of his favorite tunes of the minute. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jun 05, 2008 with Martin Turenne Martin Turenne's name should be recognizable to anyone who reads Vancouver's Georgia Straight. As the publication's specialist in electronic dance music for many year's, Martin has interviewed some of the best and brightest in the game and made quite a name for himself. Constantly searching for the next hot beat, we've invited Martin to join us in studio to play some of his favorite tracks of the moment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oct 30, 2008 - AoB Frightfest Your AoB residents bring an assortment of sinister sounds for your personal haunting....muwahahahaha! Playlist at http://artofbeatz.org/site/index.php/aobsite/showpage/october_30_2008/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 29, 2008 AoB Mutek Special Seeing as we can't make it out to Mutek this, we'll celebrate another year of Canada's finest music festival with a selection beats from Muteks past and present. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 22, 2008 with Kuma An evening of modern folk for robots and downtempo, so down, you'll wanna get on up. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 15, 2008 with Truth Addict "I grew up in Vancouver having moved here shortly after my birth in Toronto. Music was always my passion from a very you age. I fashioned my own home made instruments and was formally trained as a brass player in a local orchestra. At ten I purchased a Fender Strat and was engrossed in the guitar until the age of 15 when after holding down my first job for three months I bought a set of decks from Bassix. I started to play house, hard house and hip hop. I soon moved on to jungle and dnb aft ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 8, 2008 with Kuma and Lady Eve Ambient all night long...say what?! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 1, 2008 with DJ Lau Reppin the annual Youth Week celebration, JLAU is a force to be reckoned with. Hailing out of Richmond, BC, Lau has the massive screaming for hard style and doin the Melbourne Shuffle. Watch out for him at ELEV8 on May 2nd in Richmond BC Youth Week I hear it's going to be one heck of an art zoo! In his own words "I started DJing about 3 years ago on and off and I started because I loved trance music and it just seemed right to head into that direction. For the past year or so I've been rea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr. 24, 2008 with Poobah A veteran of the southern electronic dance scene, Poobah has a treat for us tonight: TECHNO To quote Outkast. "Its that southerplayalisticcaddilac funky music Now Players if you choose it You better make sure you don't abuse it " An hour of dirty south techno that pulls from crunk to funk to blazing detroit love. "I have 3 releases on Aerotecnica recordings and releases under the Daydream outfit which are both based in Atlanta. I started dj'ing in 1993. Brian Wills (Hippy B) and Jeff Car ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr. 17, 2008 with Nima From humble beginnings playing records with friends at a local industry night, Nima has quickly established himself as a staple of the Vancouver club scene. An ardent lover of many styles, Nimaâs diverse taste and keen attention to the mechanics of mixing have quickly earned him the respect of the sceneâs top selectors. With a collection spanning house, electro and progressive, his sound is eclectic yet congruent, favoring tightly programmed beats and bold basslines. With a night at Vancouv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apr. 10, 2008 AoB Roundtable Panel A Roundtable on Vancouver's Nightclub Scene. Featuring guests from every corner of the electronic music industry, discussing issues that affect the progression and image of clubbing in our city. From creativity and budding musical movements to the 2010 games and policing. If you missed this one live, you have to get the podcast! Our guests had a spirited, and enlightening discussion for the whole 2 hours. Our panel members: One of Vancouver's best-known DJ's, who is also a part of 2gueril ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar. 27, 2008 with Trevor Walker Credited as the primary catalyst and pioneer of the soul jazz and house movement in Ottawa, Trevor has been involved in the industry for the last 15 years. Walker brings a surrealness to his sets that take listeners on a journey. Jazz remains the binding influence behind the music he plays, giving him the flexibility to incorporate and investigate different sounds in his sets. A stalwart on the radio waves until just recently, Trevor hosted long running radio shows at both Ottawa and Carelt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar. 20, 2008 with Tomas Jirku Tomas Jirku likes music, art, mountains and rivers. Tomas has quickly established himself on the international electronic music scene. From his humble beginnings of independently released MP3s, first by No Type in 1999, and CDRs, his unpredictable explorations of techno have since been released on prestigious record labels around the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar. 13, 2008 with Secret Agent Gel Secret Agent Gel has spent ten years producing and performing electronic music, concentrating on the perfect mix of danceable and interesting. His mix of genres have lead to releases as diverse as DubWar001 (dubstep, 2006) tracks on Recordcamp's "Brooklyn Keeps On Takin' It" compilation (idm, 2003) and Badd Inc's first Electroclash compilation (electrohouse, 2004). He's toured the UK, Europe and around the US, playing with Kode 9, Hank ShockLee, Chicks on Speed, Datach'i and many more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mar. 6, 2008 AoB Exclusives and Rarities So, it's the first show of our birthday month and we have something wonderful lined up. An evening of rarities and exclusives! Dubstep plates fresh from London, Mo' Wax rarities, and an Orb extravaganza. We'd like to thank all of you that have supported us over the last four years. We have always done this for the community and it has been a pleasure to host so many of you on the show. Vancouver is truly a bright spot full of amazing DJs and producers and it's been a joy to present them to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb. 28, 2008 with Nicky Delgado There is little one can say about Nicky Delgado that hasn't already been said. Creator of one of the most successful club nights in Vancouver, "Believe" has been going strong for 5 years with no end in sight. Now with their own recording studio and label, Believe is set to become a launching platform for artists from across the Pacific Northwest! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb. 21, 2008 with Binhex Do not be lulled by the honeyed vibes of Binhex's secret ambient and downtempo frequencies. Like some oversexed African python, Team Lounge's first lady of the fish uses musical hypnosis to better take liberties with her victims (often small defenseless animals). In the past, she has used her sorcery to pull off such sordid capers as Centre Neptune, XMAS 2, and Devolution, as well as ruling Victoria's Temple of Sound. Watch as she takes pleasure from the snake that once corrupted man by usi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb. 14, 2008 with Jaxpratt In the mid-90's, influenced by his friends who were early pioneers of the electronic scene, Jaxpratt found his calling. A regular on the dj circuit, playing numerous events and venues, Jaxpratt quickly made a name for himself thru his unique selection, mixing and feel for the room. He has gained a dedicated following and has since landed the Friday night residency at Mercury Lounge, undoubtedly one of Ottawa's top venues. His style is defined thru the pulsating 4/4 rhythm of house, dirty el ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feb. 7, 2008 with Inkwell Inkwell is the product of two minds from vastly different backgrounds; cinch and sidetrack bring their musical flavours together to produce a unique live set that is improvised and composed of entirely original material. Rocking mostly homemade gear, their live performance centers around a battle ready PC built into a turntable flight case and a knob box that looks like it?s from 1902. Minimal Techno is the backbone of their set, but it often veers in other more diverse territory without wa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan. 31, 2008 with Lady Eve B-Day Steez Bounce with us folks, as we celebrate the birthday of the first lady of the Art Of Beatz. It's a full hour of Evebeat as she goes wherever the hell she wants across the dance music spectrum. If you don't know, you better ask somebody. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan. 24, 2008 - a Tim Hill Benefit Preview The "Tropic of Cancer" Rim Benefit Concert is a fundraiser to support and honour our good friend Tim (Rim) Hill. Rim has made a name for himself in both the music and visuals scene here in Vancouver over the past 20 years. He has done visuals for Soundwave, Skinny Puppy and Longwalkshortdock to name a few aswell as many talented others. He has put out music on his own as well as with Phil Western (Download, Frozen Rabbit, Kone) Rim is a wonderful man who has unfortunately recently been diag ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan. 17, 2008 with Love and Electrik Helping to lead Vancouver's broken beat and future jazz revolution, the Function area a reminder that the talkbox can be funky. Kevin Mah and Roxanne Alston drop mad future beats, lyrics and rhythms like there's no tomorrow, melding P-Funk with Domu and the Politik with Diana Ross in a soul/funk/beat fusion that looks to shatter your speakers in 08? Did we mention they're playing live too? This podcast is a special re-creation by L and E since something happened, preventing transmission of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jan. 10, 2008 with Hebegebe Noted Vancity purveyor of all things phunk like; Bobby brings his shoegazing breakbeat house to our studios for a debut like none other. Expect to be housed, broken and funked up. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jan. 3, 2008 with Submerged Kurt Gluck is Submerged. He is the founder of the Ohm Resistance and co founder of Obliterati, 2 of the US' most respected, creative and genre jarring drum n bass labels. A creator and arranger of electronic music of all types, he focuses mainly on blasting the boundaries of drum n bass wide open. Whether it is thru jagged breakbeat/blast beat structures, collaborations in the studio with musicians such as Bill Laswell, Pharoah Sanders, Enduser, and Corrupt Souls, or his confrontational art ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec. 27, 2007 - Best of 2007 The Art Of Beatz Best of 2007 Show Tonight, we pay homage to the best jams that have rocked our studio and your speakers over the last year. From house and techno through to dubstep, jungle, ambient, downtempo and broken beat, we cram a little of everything that has been killing it for us into the last AOB of 2007. As we come up on four years of AOB, we'd like to big up all of you for guesting, listening in and helping AOB continue to be the beast that it is. 2008 is already looking like it ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sep. 18, 2008 with The Bug and DJ/Rupture Beats, Bombs, Bass, Weapons, Congestion, Space, Concussion and Seduction. Past Techno Animal, God, Ice, The Sidewinder, , Experimental Audio Research, 16/17, Pathological Records, 'Macro Dub Infection', 'Jazz Satellites' and 'Isolationism' Present King Midas Sound, Ladybug, Pressure, Razor X Productions, BASH Label/Club Future Warrior Queen Album/Label, Dalek in Dub, Zonal, Curse of the Golden Vampire DJ /rupture's newest mix disc is called Uproot, and it comes out in early October via the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec. 20, 2007 with AoB DJs Eve, Kuma, Motomasa With it being the second to last show of 2007, we've decided to reach deep and deliver you one, final back to back session from your AOB residents. It's been a huge year for all of us so what better way to cap it off prior to our best of 2007 show with one last session from the three of us. You can expect a world exclusive airing of the Horsepwoer Productions remix of Kuma's Dawn Stepped Outside 12" as well as an airing of Eve's latest Holiday mix and a neck snapping selection of beats from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec 14, 2006 with Hasselhoff Beware of the cute blond ones as they are usually the most suspicious ones in the crowd. With over a decade's time logged behind the turntables, this hot tub frogman, political activist, and all-around bad man can be found all over Western North America pimping his filthy brand of electronic funk to unsuspecting young people everywhere. A founder of Vancouver electroniculture collective and downtempo legends, Team Lounge, and former co-owner of Victoria's Temple Of Sound record store, Quent ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec. 13, 2007 with Kristina Childs Kristina Childs is one of the hardest working DJs in the Northwest. As well as being a guest DJ at nearly every club in Seattle, Kristina has performed in Frankfurt, Bogotá, Medellin and various major US cities, sharing the stage with such notable artists as John Tejada, Joel Mull, Dan Bell, Speedy J, Thomas Fehlmann, Alex Under, Akufen, Kevin Saunderson, Bassnectar, Alex Smoke, Lusine, Jeff Samuel and Marcus Nicolai. She has held over 8 residencies since picking up her first record in 1999 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec. 6, 2007 with Shadow Jugglers With modern radio going the way of the conglomerate, campus and community radio remain the torch bearers for fresh underground sounds. CiTR @ UBC has kept an ear to the ground, and features tons of quality programming in all genres. Shadow Jugglers has held down the fort by mixing up jungle, drum'n'bass, dubstep, downtempo, reggae, dancehall, funk, hip hop, and breaks. Soo and MP come representing Shadow Jugglers in this yearly exchange between our shows (two days later, Eve and Motomasa ap ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov 30, 2006 - Lady Eve Freshly returned from the dirty south, she's got a whole new bag of choice drum'n'bass. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov. 29, 2007 with Betti Forde BETTI FORDE (Stacked Tuesays/Stinkmitt) is the undisputed queen of Vancouver's underground music scene, holding residencies at the biggest and best underground parties in Vancouver including Stacked Tuesdays @ Celebrities Nightclub, Sin City Fetish Night @ 23 West Cordova, and Flygirl events such as Hershe Bar @ Sonar. She is also a featured DJ for Girl4Girl in Seattle and Double Down in Portland, in addition to playing throughout the world in places like Paris, Berlin and Rome. With over a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov. 22, 2007 with Sharmaji Rolling like a ten ton juggernaut of desi bass nastiness, Sharmaji creates a bass-heavy, post-desi sound for the dancefloor that is as consistently powerful as it is diverse in background-- and completely NYC. His productions have been spun all through the states and UK by DJ's like Bobby Friction and Nihal, DaveQ, Shiva Soundsystem, Boomnoise, the Avaaz/G.O.O.N.D.A. crews, DJ Rekha, Mary Anne Hobbs, and countless others. As a DJ and percussionist he's brought his riddims to artists as dive ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov. 15, 2007 with Geoff Pye Geoff (Popkiller) became involved with electronic music in the mid-90s through his exposure to the Calgary rave scene and to artists such as Daft Punk and Bjork. Inspired by the sounds of house and techno music, and by local DJs Anwar, and Jon Delerious, he decided to take up deejaying as a hobby. Since then, he has gone on to play for many dancefloors, from small intimate events, to packed afterhours parties. Highlights of his career include headlining Vancouver's legendary Deepen night at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov. 8, 2007 with Robin Banks An evening of dub techno, ghost bass and other things that bump wantonly all over your dance floor. A former resident at Wanted!, Vancouver's pioneering techno fusion evening, Robin promises to bring it like it ain't ever been brought. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov. 1, 2007 - Signal invades AoB Take two Male Model Machines. Add a pinch of Abasi. Stir liberally with Clockwork. Garnish with Woodhead. Serve on a G-Rock. Add an Ollie Ple at the end. A recipe for signaling trouble as all the residents of leading Vancouver club night Signal Saturdays join us in studio. Seven DJs and two promoters enter. One man leaves. Whose Signal Styles will reign Supreme as Art of Beatz takes you beyond Thunderdome!!!!!? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Oct. 25, 2007 Beatz and Signals Warmup Tonight we are giving you a preview of the funky flavours you'll hear at our upcoming benefit show at Signal Saturdays (Lotus Sound Lounge) on Nov. 3rd 2007. The three of us will be joining Abasi and Woodhead for a jam and a half. It'll be big, come on down. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Oct. 18, 2007 with Mr. Tunes I have a story, and although it's nothing extraordinary. I think my story is fairly simple. I am just a normal guy born in Toronto who loves making music and working on all types of experiments in sound. Many nights I can't sleep cause I have so much on my mind and so many ideas for how I think I can change how people listen to music, but im taking it one step at a time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Oct. 11, 2007 - Aklimatize If you've ever lost yourself on a tropical dance floor, amid a haze of smoke and hypnotic riddims, chances are you were flexing to the Aklimatize bounce. Vancouver provides a solid home base of flourishing vocalists and musicians for this quickly maturing artist and producer. "I spent a couple months in Amsterdam tucked away writing beats, those songs came home with me to track vocals and and arrange at my studio mostly with local talents..." Like any movement, it starts with a few amazing ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Oct. 4, 2007 with R. Demon Macabre Unit started as an outfit about 5 years ago and was originally started by 9ner, then known as k-9. He started it out to be a Grime outfit, 2-3 producers, and a handful of mc's. As time went on, the unit started to change its sound, becoming darker and more technical, this went down well with a lot of people, but naturally it didn't go down to well with some of the diehard fans. In the last 2 years they've been developing a sound which is darker than any kind of 140bpm music, we call ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Sep. 27, 2007 with Eve and Motomasa We bring you some vintage tag team action, in addition to a selection of new cuts. All over the road, expect the unexpected and enjoy the ride! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Sep. 20, 2007 with Kid Kut Founder of Immerse Records, the vinyl based continuation of the music policy of Bristol, UK based club night, Noir. Like the label, his DJ sets, although centered around D and B or Dubstep can frequently be found diverting into other forms of music. Immerse's vision is true representation of breakbeat and subbass culture, choosing not to be held down by any constraint whatsoever as this guest mix will represent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Sep. 13, 2007 with Ekeem the Burly Beat Farmer AKA Mike Bodnar has been an active DJ since 1993. Ekeem's selection of House, Techno and other styles of dance floor friendly music, has been lighting fires under the feet of even the most wallflower dancers in and around western Canada. Ekeem has gained the reputation as one of the best underground DJ's on the west coast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Sep. 6, 2007 with Opolopo and Amalia Townsend Separately, they are major forces in the broken beat scene. Together, they slip into scattered beats and soulful grooves like they are one. Amalia Townsend is best known in Vancouver as the front-woman for Sekoya. Opolopo's 2003 debut album, Omnifarious, summed up the various elements that made up his musical universe to that point. Their music is best described through a quote by Herbie Hancock: "As much as I kept trying to make it funk, it kept integrating with these jazz elements, so aft ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug. 30, 2007 with Chris Lima From his 14+ years of playing at some of the Westcoast's most legendary nights and events to managing both of the world-renowned record stores Otis Music, Chris Lima has been passionate and driven from the start. Now, DJs from Ibiza to San Francisco, Costa Rica to Philadelphia are dropping his tracks and asking him to simply keep them coming. There's rawness to his style of music that people can't help but get in to and his skills on the turntables have left crowds scratching their heads an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Aug. 23, 2007 with Code Blue Heavyweight jungle sounds from one of Canada's more prolific purveyors of angry drums and angrier bass. Having decamped to Vancouver from his Toronto home alongside fellow producer Queensyze, Code Blue can be found scoring films and commercials, adding that cinematic edge to a brand of jungle that will already be sucking out your blood by the time you've noticed what's going on. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aug. 16, 2007 with Jesse Proudfoot Bringing the bass of garage and drum'n'bass together with the feel of electro and Miami booty shake, the passion of Bhangra and the madness of downtown Vancouver. Jesse was resident at the late, lamented Grime Sessions and is one of our favorite DJs. Expect the unexpected and then some and we let him loose to play whatever he damn well wants. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Aug. 9, 2007 with Motomasa As we break out the second AOB birthday of the summer, it makes sense to let Motomasa take over the show and see what happens, as you can never be quite sure what he'll pull out on a week to week basis. A veteran of the dance music scene and pioneer in Ottawa's underground, he has hosted radio shows on CKCU Ottawa, CJAM Windsor, and been a featured guest on numerous stations in and around Atlanta, GA. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Aug. 2, 2007 with DJ Pandemonium Promoter and resident DJ at Vancouver's longest running all-alternative dance party, Pandemonium could very well be the Vancouver equivalent to James Brown. Sanctuary is celebrating not only ten years of stomping the dance floor but a new move to Friday night at the Lotus Sound Lounge, so Pandemonium will be joining us in studio to cause, just a little bit of trouble. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jul. 26, 2007 with Evilbear The infamous tag team Kuma and Eve (written up in URB 2005 for their dedication to ambient and sonic adventures), bring a four turntable session to the airwaves. The two produce cross-genre tunes together under the name Abunaii and Gunshae, but their excursions in ambience steer the great dub ship. They've performed up and down the west coast and in Japan, and continue to journey into sound with The Konspiracy Group's Pan Ambient series (4th installment set for 2008 in San Francisco). It's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jul. 19, 2007 with FWDSound 004 The Konspiracy Group take over the airwaves. Watch your bassbins...this ship has landed! Hour 1: KID KAMELEON (XLR8R : San Francisco) mixed live at FWDSound 004 in Vancouver then Hour 2: KUMA (TKG/AOB : Vancouver) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jul. 12, 2007 with Eve and Kuma Tonight! The duo of ambient, chill your world for 2 hours: KUMA AND EVE (The Konspiracy Group/AOB). In the tradition of this summer's Soundwave festival and the force of Sunn and Earth, it's gonna be a beautiful time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jul. 5, 2007 with Paul Langley Paul Langley started djing in 85 playing Hip-Hop/Soul and mixed his way into the DMC mixing championships in 88. In late 88 started buying House, and Techno in 93 which was a major turning point, musically. Since then, he has gigged all over Europe. It's nothing less than world domination for this man. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jun. 28, 2007 - Vaccine vs. Intex Systems Vaccine is the production alias of Christine Clements. Having been involved with the promotions end of the industrial rock and IDM music scenes since she was a teenager, and running a drum and bass record label with her husband, ASC. Intex Systems is the pseudonym of producer James Clements; best known for his production under the ASC name, the Intex moniker became a melting pot for avante garde musical experiments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jun. 21, 2007 with Red Clover Our favorite lady of the Vancouver door. She's started out on her own, with micro korg/vocorder, accordian, korg kaos pad, toshiba satellite, ableton, acid, voice, fingers, thoughts, and emotions, and whatever is around to tinker with or smash together. AOB *hearts* Red Clover and if you've been to the club when she's working, you do too. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jun. 14, 2007 with Dan Kearley When not guiding the studio science and sonic wizardry of Vancouver broken beat/nu-jazz favorites Sekoya, Dan continues to explore the local audio industry and remix the science of sound. His prior projects have included programming for Nickelback and editing for Zimmer's Hole and Strapping Young Lad. Just a week prior to Sekoya playing the Vancouver International Jazz Festival with Bebel Gilberto, Dan will join us to talk about the band as well as debut slices of his own solo work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jun. 7, 2007 with Pan Ambient Bento Selections from the artists that contributed to The Konspiracy Group's ambient session in Tokyo this spring. Local Japanese talent include Mu-Tanz, Hataken, Yoshio Machida and AEN, as well as Vancouver's Gunshae. Lush synths, drifting steel drum, droning oboe, and siren vocals over flowing beatz... enjoy the chill out sounds of the Pacific Rim. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - May 31, 2007 with Crown Vic Addicted to music from a very young age, Graham Hicks has fed his habit constantly through performance, production and a never-ending search for funky sounds both new and old. Behind the decks as Crown Vic, Graham plays a mix of 70s/80s/90s/00s mashup, shameless, ass-shaking funky breaks and dirty electro. A firm believer that music requires a sense of humour, his mixes often run new, fresh-off-the-boat tracks together with forgotten classics from the early days of dance music, with the odd ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - May 24, 2007 with Connect_icut CONNECT_ICUT, the recording alias of Sam Macklin, an English abstract electronica artist living in Vancouver Canada, Connect_icut has released one CD ("Moss", Dehausset, January 2005) and one vinyl LP ("LA - An Apology", CSAF, March 2007). Sam is also involved with free-folk ensemble The Bastion Mews andcan be frequently found blogging his heart out at blogglebumcage.blogspot.com. Sam joined us for a live set as well as an chat and a few tunes off the new LP. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - May 17, 2007 with DJ John Cougar Joining us tonight will be Nordic Trax man, DJ JOHN COUGAR as we celebrate a decade of making music from Canada's premiere underground house label here in Vancouver. John's gonna swing by, have a chat, tell us about ten years of NT, talk about cake (c'mon, it's birthday week) and give us a couple of Nordic exclusives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - May 10, 2007 with Loetech LOETECH hail from Toronto, Canada, and are comprised of XI and Matt Carl, two charming lads that make tunes for you to skank to. Owners of a broken keyboard, they have survived this to become the leaders of the Toronto dubstep revolution, taking no prisoners, drinking too many beers and maintaining the low-end theory. It's an exclusive mix that's almost entirely CanCon, reppin' the Ontario massive to the fullest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May 3, 2007 - AoB Takeover! The AOB DJ's (Motomasa, Kuma, and Eve) take you on an ever expanding journey through sound. It only happens a few times a year, so tune in to hear the real art of beatz takeover their own show. With over 30 years combined experience in the electronic scene, these selectors know how to groove. Expect the unexpected, and enjoy the ride! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Apr. 26, 2007 with Vinyl Ritchie The man who defined breakbeat in all its many formats in Vancouver and a guy who has spent more years DJing than most kids today have had hot breakfasts. All the way back to â??91, from his Zoo Boogaloo night at the Starfish Room , Cherry Bombs at Sonar during the latter half of the â??90s (both with DJ Czech) to the Big Sexy Funk night at Shine today, Scotty's been spinning records trying to find that combination of different sounds that all revolve around one word: funk. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Apr. 19, 2007 with Danjel van Tijn Danjel van Tijn is a minimal techno enthusiast and synth/fx building geek, originally from Toronto but resident of Vancouver for the past 5 years. He's currently involved with the label Rivers of Recordings and collaborating with Tomas Jirku and Rob Warren. This past year has been spent a little under the radar building gear and finishing off new material. As CFRO's engineer, the Art of Beatz gives him full reign over the entire show! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Apr. 12, 2007 with The Peverilist Carrying on a long tradition of Bristol bass science that runs from Mark Stewart through DJ Pinch, the Peverilst has brought dubstep to a new level with beats that make dubstep heads and techno lovers foam at the mouth with equal abandon. Whether its releasing tunes from the likes of Rob Smith and Monkeysteak or slinging wax behind the counter of Bristol's Rooted Records, Tom is an unsung hero of dubstep and we are honoured to have him sling an exlusive set of Bristol bassweight on the show ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Apr. 5, 2007 with Jim Rebel Striding gallantly across genres and throwing all caution to the wind like there's no tomorrow, Jim Rebel is the kind of DJ you want your kids to grow up to be like. Connecting the dots from legendary reggae keyboardist Jackie Mittoo to minimal and across to hardcore junglism, he has the beats, the beats that go boom. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Mar. 29, 2007 with Tyler Johnson With over 10 years of DJ experience, Tyler J knows how to bring a crowd to its feet and keep the hands in the air. Holding down Residencies with many of the top Night Club and Rave promoters in Vancouver, Tyler has had the opportunity to craft his style next to some of the worlds most prolific DJs and producers. Weekly, you can find Tyler pushing "the black crack" for Boomtown Records and since opening night (Oct 03/03) holding down Gorg-O-Mish Afterhours. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Mar. 8, 2007 with Dickey Doo Dickey Doo has played up and down both coasts, from New York, to Montreal, from Vancouver to L.A, and has been recruited to play for the likes of Chanel, Miss Universe, Queer as Folk and Fashion Cares. Dickey has been handpicked to play alongside djs such as Peter Rauhofer, Roger Sanchez, Deep Dish, Derrick Carter, Lil Louie Vega, Junior Vasquez and many many more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Mar. 1, 2007 Live from Wanted! The AoB turns 3 this March, so we wanted to do something different. With a little help from our friends at Wanted (Thursdays at the Lotus Sound Lounge), we're dropping this week's show live from Wanted! Eve and Kuma rip up the dance floor as Motomasa mans the chair. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Feb. 22, 2007 with DJ Steve Brown Based in west Tennessee, DJ Steve Brown was a DJ and Music Director at WSMU, U. Mass-Dartmouth (1999-2001), and also founded the electronic music format at WKNC, NCSU, Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997 (called After Hours). Since graduation, his yearly pilgrimages for reunion shows at WKNC have become legendary. Steve's preferred styles are idm, tech-house, and electro. College radio gave him an appreciation of versatile styles in mixing, and he holds it down every time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Feb. 15, 2007 with Motomasa and Kuma The gentlemen of AoB get to frolic during the full 2-hours this week. Motomasa bringing the soulful grooves, and Kuma bringing out the grimey dubstep... enjoy as they bring you 2 very different styles of the AoB! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Feb. 8, 2007 with Kim Cascone We are pleased to help Vancouver New Music, by presenting a legend in North American ambient music, Kim Cascone. On Feb. 10 2007 at Video In Studios (1965 Main St.) he brought his new work 'Spectral Space' to the city. This performance focuses on the omnipresent din of our media culture, which provides a security blanket for many: when noise is present, we feel at ease; when it stops, we feel unease. In this paradoxical development of our cognitive apparatus we are now better able to assimi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Feb. 1, 2007 - Art of Beatz Tag-team It's our Lady Eve's birthday tonight, and her birthday wish was to tag-team with her co-hosts. Well, we can't deny our Lady, especially on her birthday, so here are all 3 of us, running down the metronome over the course of the show... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jan. 25, 2007 with DJ Ripley Ripley's fierce intellect and raw energy spark new uprisings and unseat preconceptions in the company of artists like Hrvatski, Kid606, Blevin Blectum, Dizzee Rascal, Kaffe Matthews, Bong-Ra, Criterion, Drop The Lime, and Dr. Israel. Her wreckstep raggaphonics spill over and rumble under into dubdownbreak sound experiments and bounce back into nastybeast beats. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jan. 18, 2007 with m:cast m:cast is Matt Acornley, based in London, England. His musical journey started with the discovery of his Dad's record collection and the likes of Chic, Herbie Hancock, Average White Band, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye and early Michael Jackson. The journey continued through Soul, Funk, Rare Groove, early Hip Hop and Electro. In 1988 came Acid House, then Techno, Ambient, Electronica and Chill...The journey continues... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jan. 11, 2007 with Kuma and Eve Tonight, the snow kept our regularly scheduled guests from appearing, so KUMA and EVE gave it their all! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Jan. 4, 2007 with Transit Kings The Transit Kings album is probably a once-in-a-lifetime combination of talents coming together to make a studio album. With talent including LX Paterson, Jimmy Cauty, Guy Pratt and Dom Beken, there was little doubt the album would defy typical categorization. Well for a new year exclusive, AoB has received a custom-mix from the Transit Kings... remember you heard it here! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec. 28, 2006 with Wilson Hart and Best of '06 3 hour show! Locals remember Wilson Hart for all the soul his nights brought to downtown. Well he's been at school in Montreal, and is home for the holidays, so we couldn't resist bringing him in for an hour of Hart love. Once he's done, the AoB Triad bring forth their faves of 2006 - as we always do at this time of year! Let the music flow as AoB takes over the airwaves for 3 hours... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec. 21, 2006 with Dee Banse What a better way to spend Winter Solstice, than with some warm island vibes. Raised in Fiji, Dee Banse made his way from New Zealand to Japan where he fell in love with DJing. These days, he's taking his piano skills into the studio to create beautiful electronic music. Since 2002, he has been the second half of The Lava Project (with Jacob James Henry), making a lot of soulful electronic music. "Coming from the South Pacific, have always been into the laid back dubby/funky sounds." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Dec 7, 2006 with Woodhead Dirty minds make dirty beats and Darren Woodhead is no exception. A man of many sonic talents, he holds residencies at Signal Saturdays at the Lotus, Lucy Mae Brown and the infamous Backstage Lounge on Granville Island. Bringing cutting edge electro and tech-house to the fore, he's not only good in the club, as one of the evil masterminds involved with the Sauna Sessions, he can be found dropping heavyweight beats in an actual mobile sauna. Hot eh? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov. 23, 2006 with Mike McSuede A staple of the early Vancouver house scene, Mike Mccuaig aka McSuede boasts an impressive resume from days long past. Mike has embraced new technologies to enhance the "DJ" experience. A loyal user of Abelton Live for the last 4 yrs, He weaves and layers an intricate mix of German techno, electro pop and dark house grooves alongside his own original productions. Like a true artist, Mike has managed to keep his sound fresh having not forgotten his roots and Vancouver's rich electronic herit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Nov. 16, 2006 withNick Argon Leading the North American charge into the pit of bass that is the dubstep experience, Nick Argon has turned the genre on its ear with a distinct take on the soundsystem music that's sweeping dance floors worldwide. Junglists may remember Argon Records as the label that helped unleash the notorious neurofunk stylings of Stratus, back in the heyday or North American jungle in the early naughties. Now, re-inspired by drums and bass he's dropping mad records and making dancefloors quake once a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Oct 12, 2006 with Deadbeat Montreal's dub-techno master Deadbeat returns after missing his prior engagement due to circumstances beyond everyone's control. He returns in virtual form to AoB with an exclusive recording from his live show at the New Forms Festival here in Vancouver. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Aug. 31, 2006 with Dangamouse Recent transplant from Scotland, and a member of the Tongue n Groove family, Dangamouse is known for throwing down virtually any form of breakbeat you can imagine. Hip-hop, dubstep, broken beats, drum'n'bass... it's all about the mashup to Dangamouse. You can hear more of him on Nu Skool Breaks Radio, and Subcity Radio (both available on the web). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of Beatz - Aug 24, 2006 with Robin Judge An electronic artist from Canada, Robin carefully constructs scenarios that explore processes within the digital realm. She likes to focus on the subtle relationships between rhythm and texture, shaping auditory space. This show features a heap of new music that Tomas Jirku collaborated on from their new joint release. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website