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Victoria Ska Fest: a love story
On the third night of the 15th annual Victoria Ska Fest, there was a moment that crystallized and reflected everything I’ve come to love about the festival. Ska legend Lynval Golding – supported by one of the finest live acts in music today, the Aggrolites...
Shambha-Lessons Vol.2 – “General Foundations of EDM” with Featurecast
EDM is, by its very nature, an incestuous genre of music created from the interbreeding of genre after genre and propagated by a generation with little to no musical allegiances. Few of the genre’s champions embody this idea better than Lee Mintram, better known as...
Shambha-Lessons Vol.1 – the hip hop history of EDM with DJ Nu-Mark
Before my first trip to Shambhala last year, I was leery. Not of the EDM mecca itself — legendary in music-loving circles all over B.C. and beyond — but of the music. I was repeatedly assured that the roots of electronic music lay in the genre closest to...
Music rags: An awkward date with a teen pop idol
When my associates discovered the impending Aaron Carter show at 9one9 here in Victoria, I was inundated with requests to try to arrange an interview. How could I pass up the chance to talk the precocious youngster who spent the late 90s winning over the hearts of...Our Digital Print Issue
