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Rae Spoon plans to busta move at Q Bounce, Ottawa’s newest underground dance party

Photo courtesy of QBounce.

Post by Noreen Fagan

Caitlyn Pascal is a woman who is seriously tapped into what Ottawa’s queer community wants, needs and loves.

Pascal is a music geek, an arts promoter and the maven behind the Divergence Movie Nights, a monthly event  showcasing LGBTQ documentaries. She is also the instigator of Pitch Black, an experimental music evening with live musicians where Pascal, a.k.a DJ CPI, performs live and spins edgy tunes for music lovers alongside Jairus (ad-ver-sary)..

Pascal’s latest metamorphosis is as the creator of Q Bounce, an alternative dance party that debuts on Saturday, Jan. 28 at SAW Gallery. Q Bounce is also Pascal’s chance to play what she is most passionate about – underground bass music.

“Underground music is a catch all that is often used to describe a lot of contemporary electronic music,” says Pascal. “Bounce, booty, jungle, breakbeats, deep house, and post-dubstep.”

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‘mo diggity – HEART BEATS edition

february calls for some heart beats that get you out yo seat!
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ON FEBRUARY 4TH,
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dj yalla!yalla! and dj meera will be showing some crew love, spinning favourite tracks by duos, trios, crews, collaborating artists, and mashups!
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Like the first ‘mo diggity, it’ll all be happening at Avant-Garde Bar (next door to Ritual Nightclub) but this time with better lighting, more bar staff, and more space to drop and grind.
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5$ at the door (no one will be turned away due to lack of funds)
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Accessibility info: My apologies for still not having found an accessible space for the party. A ramp will be available, seen as the entrance is on the ground level but there are 3 or 4 steps when you first enter the door. The bathrooms are on that level but they are not wheelchair accessible (in relation to size). There are also another 3 steps to enter the lounge area at the back of the bar.
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‘mo diggity is:
a sweaty grind monthly party for homos and their homies.
bringing heat to the dancefloor is all the right weaponry:
your favourite throwback hits, sultry r&b grooves, dancehall jams, reggae tracks, hip hop classics, and diaspora/homeland identity crisis mixes.
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you don’t want to miss this.
we like the way you work it. we wanna bag it, bag it up.

Electric Church Party – Fête de Clocher Électrique

Description

The Students’ Association of the Faculty of Arts x Kapacity x Good Problems

The Electric Church Party will illuminate your ear after you walk into the old St. Brigid’s Church, shuffling past the make-shift bar and the church pews to the reinvented altar and dancefloor.

● DJ DRASTIK ●
2010 Canadian Redbull 3Style Champ
Eh! Team, Stylusts

● DJ ILLO ●
EH! Team, Stylusts, Reap & Sew

Friday January 20th, 2012
St Brigid (310 St Patrick Street)
Doors @ 10pm 19+ Event

$10 for Student available at the SAFA Office (Café ALT)

$12 for General Public available at Tickets Available at: Reap & Sew (613) 562 4545, Fall Down Gallery (613) 423 3269, Top of the World (613) 237 4797 & NRML (613) 562 2043, and the SAFA office (0035 SMD).

More at the door.

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L’association étudiante de la Faculté des arts, Kapacity, et Good Problems
Vos oreilles sonneront comme vous entrerez l’église St. Brigid’s pour la fête de clocher électrique. Vous devez passer par le bar, les bans d’église, et l’autel pour accéder à la piste de dance.

DJ DRASTIK
Champion du Redbull 3Style 2010
Eh! Team, Stylusts

DJ ILLO
EH! Team, stylusts, Reap & Sew
Vendredi le 20 janvier 2012
St. Brigid’s (310 rue St. Patrick)

Débute à 22h00, 19+

12$ pour le publique générale disponible à : Reap & Sew (613) 562 4545, Fall Down Gallery (613) 423 3269, Top of the World (613) 237 4797 & NRML (613) 562 2043 et le bureau de l’AÉFA (0035 SMD).
Billets disponibles à l’entrée.

Weekend Roundup

Photo courtesy of Andrew Ratite

With holiday excesses still a vivid memory, Ottawa appears to be taking it easy this week (if you beg to differ, comment below and let us know what craziness you’ll be up to). There are lots of virtuous low-key happenings to help you keep up your New Year’s resolution for a least a little while longer.

For example, how much trouble can you get into at the movies? There are at least three documentaries to catch this weekend, one on an Ottawa resident and refugee from Burma, another on chocolate farming in Belize, and a third on a SoCal skateboarder. If experimental cinema is more your thing, Saw Gallery is screening their member’s new work.

Visual art is another safe bet, and there are a lot of openings this week with topics like ballet in the streetsbureaucracy or fashion (check out our Arts Editor’s roundup of art events this month for more details). If the written word is more your thing, Dusty Owl launches its 2012 series with Brandon Wint and the A B Series is featuring Henry Beissel.

For all of you who vowed to practice a new skill in the new year, how about an open mike night (complete with cheese table) at Fall Down Gallery or Alcorn Music Studios? Or, (pushing the definition of the weekend), sign up for a sushi making class or a workshop on sourdough!

Of course, playing it safe can be overrated. On Friday night, head over to the comedy night at the Draft Pub - it’s for a good cause (all proceeds go to the local food bank and Sustainable Prosperity). Those of you looking for a party on Saturday night should check out Mavericks for Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays (pictured above). Also on the music lineup this weekend is Math Rosen, RLMDL and Adam Saikley at Raw Sugar, Ray Harris at the Elmdale and John Carroll (Ottawa’s answer to Tom Waits) at the Black Sheep Inn.

Finally, stop by The Guest Room (Fresco’s) on Sunday evening for EF Magazine’s first year anniversary paper party (come dressed in your finest paper bag gown).

kitchen party 7

Kitchen Party Presents:

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Kitchen Party 7. Come out and dance to some funk // soul // disco // hip hop // electro // beats!
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Thanks to your patronage, kitchen party will happen on every 2nd Friday of the month!
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djs hobo & sweet cheeks
http://djhobovssweetcheeks.bandcamp.com/
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SPECIAL GUEST: dj calkuta
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502 Rochester St.
9:30pm-2am
$5

Deep Sound Saturdays @ Ritual Nightclub

**LOCAL LOVE EDITION OF DEEP SOUND SATURDAYS**
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To ring in the New Year, this months edition of Deep Sound Saturdays will offer you grooves from some of Ottawas grooviest tastemakers. Bringing you the best in House, Electro, Tech House, Techno & UK Garage, this will be an event held upstairs that you will NOT want to miss if you are interested in any sort of electronic dance music.
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Tech House, House, Deep House, Techno, Garage ALL NIGHT LONG!
Come out listen to some nice beats & great Djs.
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*Photos By the Lovely Photographer Kristen Bromiley*
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DJs This Month:
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IGGY SMALLS | Ottawa – Deep, House, UK Garage, Bass Music
Straight Goods, FRENZY
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DANYA D | Ottawa – Electro, House, Bass Music

http://soundcloud.com/danyaaa

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CONG | Ottawa – Garage

http://soundcloud.com/cong

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Cong is a Winnipeg born producer, who has turned to DJing to show his skills. Spinning an arrangement of experimental, garage, and even some soulful deep house, Cong will keep you vibing to the funky UK bass all night long.
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PASSION | Toronto/Ottawa – Deep House, Tech House

http://soundcloud.com/spassion

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Passion, also known as Serena Passion was raised in the Toronto area, and turned her own passion and love for house and electronic music into fun filled sets. Primarily spinning funky and bouncy tech house, she also spins an array of house beats, techno & deep house.
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Doors at 10PM
Ritual Nightclub, UPSTAIRS
$5 Before 12, $8 After
+19 Event
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Ritual Nightclub
137 Besserer St
Ottawa, ON

Weekend roundup: What to do in Ottawa

Photo courtesy S.L.M. from the Apartment613 Flickr pool.

You’ve made it, Ottawa, to the grand old year of 2012. Let’s kick start it with a few great shows to get us pumped for what the year’s going to bring…

Tonight Sonic Defense gets off on a good foot with a new album release and party at the Elmdale, while across Centretown the self-described ‘biggest, baddest, drunkest, punkest folkcore’ Dreadnoughts will take the stage at Mavericks. Friday, catch the electro-dance spinnings of Andy’s iLL at Ritual or the poppy sounds of Swaying Tuesdays and the mellow tunes of For the Birds at The Rainbow. The Black Sheep kicks January off with local roots artist Brock Zeman putting on two shows Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the launch of his 9th album. Irene’s has a lot going on with an acoustic soiree featuring Amanda Bon and music collective Abstract on Friday, and Ken Workman and the Union‘s alt-country sounds will be heard there Saturday night. Also that night? Phil Motion and the Easy LO-FI will be groovin’ at the Elmdale with the Marlow Beat Kings.

If you’ve got New Year’s resolutions to get started on, use this weekend as an excuse to complete a few. Is sledding down Ottawa’s highest toboggan hill one of them? You’re all set. Becoming coordinated by taking fancy dance classes? Done and done. Improving your singing voice and knowledge of 90s classics lyrics? No problem.

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Daft Punk Tribute and The Makeover at Ritual

DAFT PUNK TRIBUTE with THE MAKEOVER at Ritual Nightclub
SATURDAY JANUARY 21 – 10PM DOORS
Presented by Wfm & Kapacity Entertainment

TICKETS $12 advance at Compact Music(s), Reap & Sew, Record Shaap, Vertigo Records, and online at www.worldfamousmusic.net

DAFT PUNK TRIBUTE:
A 9-piece band who reinterpret some of the world’s most popular electronic dance music with a horn section, rhythm section, vocals and electronics, the DPT emerged from Toronto’s esteemed Humber College jazz program in 2009 and have been melting faces at Canada’s most prestigious clubs and concert halls ever since.

THE MAKEOVER (DJ / live performance):
Remix / mash DJs turned live electronic musicians, Rod Skimmins and Jeremy Glenn are THE MAKEOVER. With years of combined experience behind the decks they bring a fresh spin to the party performance, taking the concepts of the remix/mash to the live venue. Jeremy and Rod rework their own and other artists’ music with live vocals, effects and instrumentation to create a new show and a new sound.

Q-BOUNCE premiers at SAW Gallery feat. Rae Spoon

Saturday, January 28th:
Q-BOUNCE premiers!
featuring Rae Spoon [ http://raespoon.com/ ]
with CPI [ http://djCPI.com/ ]

A massive evening of sweaty dance music, Q-Bounce is a new series happening quarterly from CPI. The focus is on quality underground bass music for queers and their friends.

Polaris-nominated Rae Spoon bring the Berlin dance party sensibilities to Canada’s capital, complete with full video accompaniment.

CPI has been pushing the boundaries of contemporary DJing for 14 years and is here to pay homage to the things she loves: Queers. Underground sounds. and BASS.
a dance party benefit for Divergence Movie night and The Venus Envy Bursary Fund
@ SAW Gallery, 9pm. $10-$15
Q-Bounce is the new QUEER BASS UNDERGROUND. http://q-bounce.ca/

Advance tickets go on sale soon!

facebook event:  http://www.facebook.com/events/265886433468691/

Browncoats Burlesque presents geeKISSexy II: Shindig!

Browncoats Burlesque brings you another geektastic, bra-busting adventure when we present geeKISSexy II: Shindig!

For our second annual geeKISSexy show we’re bringing you a night full of nerdlesque, comedy, vaudeville and drag kings!

Joining us for the first time on the Browncoats stage we have:

Montreal’s Nerdlesque vixen, Sucre a la Crème!

Ever-sexy local geek darling, Rhapsody Blue of Rockalily Burlesque!

Joining us again are the founders of Ottawa’s first all drag king troupe the Capital Kings, Mr. Randy Marshall and Mr. Jasper Cox.

Gracing us again with their presence and antics are the Mansfield Brothers Vaudeville Troupe.

Come on down to the Rainbow and join us for a shiny good time!

Doors @ 9pm, Show @10pm

Tickets will be $10 @ the door

19+ must show valid ID