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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6 January 2008
BITCHSLAP! RELOADED
Never Mind the Mainstream at Fly Nightclub, Friday, Jan 18th.
TORONTO -- Friday, January 18th, join the Bitchslap! family for Reloaded at Fly Nightclub. This 12th installment in the special event series features Bitchslap! resident DJs Sydney Blu and TK, plus special guest, Patrick Dream!
Patrick, born in India but transplanted to Canada at the age of four, started DJing and organising events and club nights in 1991 in Toronto, and made the move to Montreal in 1994. Over the next five years, Patrick held residencies at all the major clubs in Montreal and flew around the country and select international destinations sharpening his DJ skills. In 1999, Patrick scribbled the name Bombay Records on the back of an envelope and from there set out to build Montreals first truly international House Music Label. Along with business partner DJ Nav, and a host of Montreal Producers (Fred Everything, Miguel Graca etc.), Patrick built Bombay Records into one of the most prolific house labels ever to come out of Canada.
In early 2005 Patrick found that being identified as the head honcho of a prominent Deep house label was somewhat limiting for an artist whose Djing, song and remix productions tended to have a more hard-edge club-inspired sound; so Patrick sold his shares in Bombay to concentrate on being a Producer-DJ. [http://www.myspace.com/patrickdream]
Sydney Blu is Canada's foremost female DJ and a co-creator of Bitchslap!. She performs regularly all over North America and Mexico. With production partner Fabio Palermo, she has remixed for numerous labels including Hibias Records, PBR Recordings, Robeter Productions, COF Music, and Rawthentic Music to name a few. Their latest offering, a remix of the new club banger “L.O.V.E. Machine” released on Double Frequency Records, is out now and enjoying airplay worldwide. She has also collaborated on signature bootleg remixes and a number of original tracks (also co-written by Toronto vocalist Mandy J and lined up for international release). In 2007 she will release her highly anticipated full length artist album on Hibias Records, with a tour to follow. [http://www.sydneyblu.com]
DJTK, a long-time favourite of Toronto's gay community (both Fab Magazine and Xtra! Magazine’s readership voted her their favourite local DJ in 2005), has become a fixture in the city’s after hours scene, with residencies at Footwork and The Comfort Zone. An accomplished film music producer, 2007 saw TK producing original music for documentary films: "The Metroscope" (a project of the National Film Board), as well as more EDM (electronic dance music) production. After countless shady remixes and original beats being turned out to clubbers' delight, you can look for forthcoming digital releases with Don’t Look Productions. She is also a regular contributor to Scenester Magazine. [http://www.djtk.net]
Bitchslap! is a special underground dance event series in Toronto for forward thinking music lovers. Now in its third year, Bitchslap! has blossomed into a fabulous city-wide event series.
Bitchslap! Hosts: Shanna Kelly, Screamin Gina, Walther Agular, Sasha Niveole, & Daniel McBride.
Bitchslap! Never Mind the Mainstream.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Fly Nightclub [ www.flynightclub.com ]
8 Gloucester Street, Toronto
Fly Info Line: 416-410-5426
Doors: 10 PM – 5:00 AM
Cover: $5 before 11pm, $10 Until Midnight. $15 After Midnight.
Web: www.bitchslap.ca ; www.myspace.com/nevermindthemainstream |
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