Hot! New Joint & Video,The First Single “Whats it gon be” off of Rochester’s New Album Called “The Cook Book” Avalable at www.rochesterforever.com Make sure you Get The Album & Check out the Video. & You can Download the Track HERE .. Enjoy.

Make sure you Guys Check out Big Bricks,Hes Going to be The next Best thing to Come straight out of Toronto Doing it Real Big! in the Rap Scene , his rhymes Are nice And is Flow Tight.  so Keep your eyes open For him.

Check out his Video Below Big Bricks – Better Chill ( Filmed & Edited By W.Majik)

Jahron.B is going to make his acting premier with the help of fans and supporters by voting on his new scene card commercial , To Vote click HERE and please Give it 5.Stars hes at #1 Right now, so lets Keep it that way.

You can Also Keep Track of Jahron On Myspace, Twitter & Facebook

Check Out R-Tripz Feat. D-Pryde  “I Gotta Make it”  Prod. by RICH KIDD
& Check out www.rtripzmusic.com

Check Out new artist out From Toronto. By the Name of Cook Thomas, he has a new mixtape coming out Called “Forever & Ever“.  Keep a look out for that. you can also check him out on Facebook & MySpace at

myspace.com/cookthomasmusic – facebook: cook thomas

Ohshawn is an mc tryna make some noise in the industry.  “I love music and figured it was about time I really let people hear what ya boy has been cooking up with his brother Xpress in the GSX Studio. I make music for the people that is what I am about. I am not here to be something I am not but I am here to make music and make people feel good, or reflect, or wild out  or whateva it doesn’t matter because its time to get back to the music.“

I hope yall look out for ya boy Ohshawn and the next best producer Xpress and on top of that the young, talented and beautiful singer TerinaFaye who is also apart of the team so look out for her joints Coming real soon.

“I make music plain and simple its all I ever wanted to do” says Ohshawn So holla at ya boy !

The Game Starts Where the X is

Ohshawn Recently has a new join Called “Clueless” Produced by Xpress , So you can check it out on YouTube and if you would like you can also download it Here the song is Hot!! so make sure you check it out!

And make sure you keep your eye out for him, because i don’t think hes going anywhere with the talent he has. so for more Info,Updates and News on Ohshawn check him out On Twitter & Myspace.

Twitter: Iamohshawn
www.myspace.com/ohshawn

Aslo go to www.WhoIsGSX.com , To find out More From GSX

check out the New Reggae Artist’s & Dancers – Straight From Jamacia Now in Toronto, doin it big check them out at www.realbaddasquad.com you can check out some music & videos from them. and find there Facebooks & Myspace Pages. So be sure you guys check them out. going to be doing it big in the reggae scene.They tour all around canada ,Trying to take things to another level.

So Again Check out the Website

www.realbaddasquad.com

Check Out Big Bricks Feat. Da’Niro “Flight School Remix” Edited by W.Majik

2 Great Toronto Artist. doing it Big On This Track, Make sure you Request it on Your local Radio Stations,

TEXT “Roti” to 935 935

Roti Feat. Kim Davis – Lets GetAway …Hot! joint

Enjoy the video and make sure to visit www.kingroti.com & www.myspace.com/enterthedot

If you want to Download this Track Go to http://www.zshare.net/audio/67176052343d3481/

Melanie Hallim, (born July 4, 1983) better known by her stage name Melanie Fiona,
is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter from Toronto. Melanie was born to Guyanese immigrant parents
and grew-up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Melanie Fiona says
she always knew music was her passion. Melanie’s father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit
on the stage when she was younger as he practiced and remembers her mother playing music at home; everything
from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston.

Melanie Fiona’s debut album The Bridge will be released in the Fall of 2009. The debut single
“Give It to Me Right” was released to radio stations on February 28, 2009 and has peaked at #39 on Billboard’s
Canadian Hot 100.

Though Fiona had been writing her own songs for years, the introduction of songwriter Andrea Martin would prove seminal for The Bridge. “When I met Andrea, it was an instant connection,” she explains. “We developed this very personal working relationship where we were both inspired by each other.” Sharing each other’s life experiences, they collaborated on some of the defining songs in the collection.

Other producers on the album include UK producers Future Cut, Vada Nobles, NYC’s J. Phoenix, Peter Wade,
Salaam Remi, Andrew Wyatt, Rob Fusari, and Angela Hunte, Jnay Sewell. Fiona also shows off her Caribbean
roots on Reggae Gold 2008, with Supa Dups’ “Somebody Come Get Me”.
Melanie also opened for Kanye West during his European Tour in 2008,
Pretty Good since she hasn’t released an album at this time

Check her out – www.melaniefiona.com

View some pictures & Her Newest Video “It kills Me” Below

From: allthings-fresh.net

A Grammy pre-nomination is a list of recordings that are submitted by record companies and individuals. Those songs are displayed in a list where they are voted to actually be an official nominee for whichever category. It’s kind of like the elections with a ballot voting system. The nomination and final voting processes requires that members vote only in their fields of expertise. The 5 recordings that earn the most votes become the nominees. So Drake has been listed 7 times in that list under 5 different categories. That means he hasn’t been nominated yet but there’s chances that he may be! The general public can’t vote but like we stated above, it is members of the Recording Academy(over 150 experts from the recording industry) who will be able to vote. Let’s hope the best for Drake! 7 Grammy Pre-Nominations without an album? That’s insane! Check out the categories & recordings nominated below.

1. Best Rap Solo Performance
a) Drake – Best I Ever Had

2. Best Rap/Sung Collab
a) Mary J. Blige ft. Drake – The One
b) Young Money – Every Girl
c) Drake & Trey Songz – Successful

3. Best Rap Song
a) Drake – Best I Ever Had

4. Record of the Year
a) Drake – Best I Ever Had

5. Song of the Year
a) Drake – Best I Ever Had

Check Out another RnB Artist From Toronto
By the name of Brandon Brown
Hes also a Independent Producer/Songwriter

Check him out on MySpcae @
myspace.com/itsbrandonbrown

he’s also on itunes @
itunes.com/brandonbrown

So make sure yall Check him out!

Some more Young Talent From Toronto , Make sure you check our there music and look out for them!

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Check Out 1 of Toronto’s Own Up Coming Rappers Priceless.
His Video to Ya Boy is Back/Why you Gotta Feat. Troy Black – check him out on
Facebook ( Price Daboss ) or MySpace @ Myspace.com/Passionoftheprice

Dillinja Shoots for Drum ‘n’ Bass Variety

There’s a song on the radio these days called “Only You”, which is credited to R&B diva Ashanti and her streetwise producer, 7 Aurelius. About 25 seconds into it, before the first kick drops, a nastily distorted bass line drills up from the Earth’s core and practically swallows Ashanti’s lustful gasps, turning the song into a ruthless slow jam for sex addicts.

It’s just the sort of tune that England’s Dillinja would love. The U.K. producer has no doubt noted that “Only You” sounds suspiciously similar to his own 1998 anthem, “Revelations”.

Since composing his first tune in 1991, the drum ‘n’ bass specialist has programmed more compelling rhythms than any other beatmaker, scrupulously engineering his bottom end to make dancers’ chests quake. If Goldie gets credit for introducing time-stretching to the mainstream, Dillinja is practically due royalties from big-time producers 7 Aurelius, Timbaland, and the Neptunes, all of whom have lifted his bass techniques.

“Listen, man, to hear those big American producers use my sounds, I have no complaints,” he says from his London home. “It’s just a great compliment. You look at the Neptunes: some of their tones are just blatantly drum ‘n’ bass tones. I think it’s great. It gets the commercial public more used to different-sounding frequencies, which ends being a good thing for all of us.”

Unlike most of his purely sound-oriented colleagues, the Englishman excels as a composer, capably producing all manner of genre-crossing staples, whether jazzy (2004’s “All The Things”), atmospheric (1995’s “The Angels Fell”), or hardcore (1997’s “Acid Trak”). Boasting such a varied palette, Dillinja finds it hard adjusting to the current scene’s fixation on anthems. “Most big parties are filled with children at the moment,” he says despairingly. “The bigger venues play the commercial stuff to keep the kids happy, and that shuts out the other side of it, the more adult side. I like to go out and hear a variety of drum ‘n’ bass, but when there’s less chance to hear that variety, I end up thinking to myself ‘What the fuck am I doing this for?’”

Conflicted or not, the producer is soldiering ahead with a clutch of new projects, including a solo album (planned for release in 2005) and a forthcoming compilation of the artists on his Valve label. Then there’s the maintenance of his famed travelling sound system, which he designed after becoming fed up with sub-par speakers. When he plays Atlantis next Thursday (December 16), he’ll be using the club’s in-house system, but he hopes one day to tour North America with his own stacks.

“There’s nothing that can compare to it,” he says of his system. “With the frequencies that we use in drum ‘n’ bass, there’s no commercial club that can cater to it. If I was growing up and going out to hear drum ‘n’ bass the way they’re hearing it, I wouldn’t have liked it at all. But somehow, the people are still into the music, even when it sounds awful. To me, that says something about how powerful this music really is, and how special.”

On a Side Note…

THIS is the lastest painting I have made.

Its one of the largest I have painted.

About 4.5 ft by 3.25ish !

Its done with oil paints,

sorry that there is a glare but

I used flash when I

took the picture.

-Suzette

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How-to: record cleaning devices and fluids

[Italian version]

Everyone knows how important is the quality of the record in order to get good results from our stereo system. Simply put, our hi-zoot stereo systems can do nothing if the record we’re trying to listen to is poorly recorded or damaged.
And while there’s nothing we can do to improve the performance of a poorly recorded disc, there are many things we can do to keep our good records in perfect condition.

How to store those LPs: horizontal or vertical?

Vinyl is a funny material: it is black (normally), flexy and with a very strong memory. What does this mean?
It is very easy to deform it but very hard to make it flat again once it has been tacoed (from tacos, those hot Mexican thingies).
So the best way to store our beloved records is the one that minimizes mechanical stresses: keep them as vertical as possible.
Storing them horizontal will, depending on how many records we have, put excessive load on the first ones in the pile, causing unwanted deformities, tacoings and groove damage.
Once the disc is warped we can only try to make it flat again: put the record under dozens of hi-fi mags, their heavy load will help, at least in this situation.

How to play those tacoed records

This is a problem, dudes. If the deformation is serious there’s nothing we can do.
For example, if the record is bell-shaped, whenever we try to make if flat by pushing down the vertex, it will reverse its shape symmetrically with respect to the standard horizontal plane (ok, I confess: I’m a mathematician).
If the situation isn’t so tragic we can try to flatten the LP using a disc clamp.
This is a device you place over the platter that, either thanks to its weight or to the fact that it can be firmly secured over the spindle, pushes the disc against the platter, flattening it (the LP not the platter ).
The clamps that work by gravity do have a shortcoming: they put an unwanted stress over the platter and the spindle, and wrong placement can permanently damage the turntable. You’ve been warned
The clamps that can be locked over the spindle seem to be harmless.
I use a simple device called The Pig, made by the SEE Company (Revolver TT, for example), a rubbery “nose” that almost glues over the spindle. It does not do wonders, but it works, is light, cheap and cool.
What else ?
Some hi-end turntables use air pumps to glue the record to the platter but the high cost of these devices has had some consequences on their popularity.
Then there are some platters or even record mats that have been designed to work without any clamping device.
The Ringmat is a well-known example. You should know what kind of ideas the designer of your turntable had in mind before using any aftermarket fancy device.

How to clean our vinyl

If you are a clever guy you should try to keep your records as clean as possible i.e. you should try to avoid the dust reaching the grooves.
Some advice: keep the mat of your turntable as clean as possible.
If you have a felt mat it could be a difficult task: dust is everywhere and felt seems to like it a lot. Don’t try to wash a felt mat. Never. Use a vacuum cleaner instead if at all possible. Then try to keep the inner record sleeves (use antistatic sleeves) as dust-free as possible.
Also, playing records with the dust cover on may help keep dust away from our grooves but many feel this is the worst way to use a turntable.
The dust cover acts like a microphone and passes any unwanted air vibration (Music from the speakers, for instance) to the needle, the cantilever and the cartdridge, causing acoustic feedback and a lot of other terrific side-effects

Some turntables have been designed to work best with the dust cover on, so listen to a record both ways for the possible differences. Choose the solution that sounds better.

Now that we know how to avoid dust we should learn the best ways to remove it. The No.1 rule of record cleaning is to avoid that the dust reaching the bottom of the grooves.
In other words we should take extreme care to NOT worsen the situation.
There are poorly cleaned records which are only apparently dust-free. Actually the dust has been moved from the surface to the bottom of the grooves where it is more harmful and difficult to remove.
A lot of devices have been developed to avoid this problem. Among these are the carbon fiber brushes (Decca-style) and some self-adhesive rollers.
Some of these carbon fiber brushes have the handle made out of a conductive material in such a way that static electricity can be easily moved from the record to our body and then grounded. This trick works thanks to the conductive properties of the carbon fibers.

Speaking of rollers, one of the best of them -dunno if it is still available- is the Rolling Cleaner by Nagaoka. It is made of a very strange sticky rubber compound that literally detaches the dust from the surface of the disc. Once the roller gets dirty it can be washed with water et voilà it is ready to stick again as new.
I must say that after 10 years of regular use it still works as efficiently as the first day.
If you can find one, buy it. It’s a bargain (usual disclaimers apply here, eh).
When the dust combines with moisture, fingerprints and other agents it’s time to take a shower.
The market is overcrowded with dozens of magic fluids that promise to be the ultimate solution (pun intended) to our cleaning problems. Normally these magic bottles don’t come cheap. So audiophiles all around the World have started to make their own cleaning fluids at home at a fraction of the cost of the official ones.

Thanks to the Analogue-Addicts mailing list, particularly to the ubiquitous friend Steven -Enjoy the Music- Rochlin) and to Bruce Kinch, Editor of the renowned newsletter “Primyl Vinyl Exchange” (PO Box 67109 Chestnut Hill MA 02167 Tel/Fax 617-739-3856) here are some secret recipes for you:

The following recipes are for a 4 liter (1 gallon) solution unless otherwise stated.

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I know there are more “solutions” but these are just meant to be starting points and/or examples.

After washing the record with one of these fluids it is wise to rinse it with pure distilled water. This way any remaining particles of dirt will be washed away from the grooves.
Then you can dry the record using a soft chamois leather or a soft cotton cloth.
Esoteric drying can be done by clamping the record to a drill and turning it at the highest speed possible. Seriously

The bottom line is: keep your records as clean as possible, use antistatic inner sleeves, try to remove dirt with brushes or rollers and do some home-washing once they get very dirty.

LadyLaconic a.k.a SuzetteZuch 

short mix—>

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About this Mix:

SuzetteZuch is a Vancouver DJ who has a passion for Drum N Bass.

Liquid Style is her thing and today you get a chance to hear that flavor.

Do yourself a favor and don’t just listen through regular computer speakers.

 WHY?

This is Drum N Bass.. You need to hear the subBass.

so…..  Listen to this mix by plugging your computer INTO your stereo.

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The above link takes you to:

http://www.divshare.com/download/7895654-66c

Rinse it Out ... SpinCycle

 

the flyer 4 the night

OASIS Ultra Lounge

location: 1240 Thurlow

(Thurlow @ Davie)

(above Dennys)

Thursdays are: Bass Music

DJs: DJ Dextra,   Def,     DJ Seiz,    DJ Pate,     Lady Laconic,    ElbowKickin.

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with MC Tripp

Listen to DriveByFM

      with Jennifer and Suzette.

Sounds of Drum and Bass & Dubstep. 

…a little Grime and other forms of Bass Heavy Beats as well

     DriveByFM is on CiTR 101.9 fm

this is the beginning to ALICE…

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Show me show me how its done.

I wanna go up, go down
I wanna
I wanna, sum sum

Only now its just begun
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

dee, baa, dee, doo, doo…

DriveBy FM Radio
Why should Radio play Drum n Bass?

Its too bad ‘regular radio’ like Virgin or The Beat will not play Drum and Bass. They play your regular, Top 20 songs you can hear at any ‘regular’ station in North America.

Enter DriveBy FM !

DriveByFM is Drum and Bass – from Canada, from the UK, Germany, Russia and from where you live.

If you have made a track – even half a track, send it in!

Our talent can only get better when it is fostered by opinion. Taking into consideration all sides to get to our own final conclusion is important.

Its a way of growth.

Go to CiTR radio.

V-Tega of The MegaCity ProblemChildz Label Group ™ presents..
“The Price of Success M-Tape” 5 song Preview ,
professionally Mixed and Mastered for u to ENJOY.

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