Good day art lovers! We have a new art show hanging in the eBar. The show, which features works by Guelph artist Chris Ahlers, is aptly named Paintings From Not Long Ago. We are planning an opening soiree for Chris's show, so keep your eyes peeled. I had a chance to sit down and talk with Chris at his studio today. Check out this video for some insight into his artwork:
Terrence Parker with The SkiKing, Edwin the Cat, and Chad Breen
Sunday, Feb. 17 (9:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.)
Tickets $10 advance/$15 at the door (available at the eBar, online via klublistings, or via email at openhousemusic
Detroit is one of the soul music capitals of the world, spawning legendary
artists like The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross, just to name a few. In the mid-1980s, Detroit's Underground Music Movement has brought rise to artists such as Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter, Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes, UR, Jeff Mills, and a host of others. But unlike the aforesaid names, Terrence Parker has established himself as a producer, remixer, and DJ of the classic sound of Detroit House Music, and is known as a pioneer of the Inspirational/Gospel House movement!
As a DJ, Terrence Parker (known to many as "TP") has become legendary for his quite uncommon yet skillful turntablism style of playing House Music. TP has also become widely admired because he uses an actual telephone handset as a headphone, causing some to give him the nick name "Telephone Man." Others call him the Telephone Man because he has answered the CALL to bring us music to feed our souls! TP has performed as a DJ in hundreds of cities throughout the world. These events range from night clubs (large and small) to music festivals with more than 100,000 people.
Since 1988, TP has released more than 100 recordings on various labels, and has had top 20 hits with his songs "Love's Got Me High," "The Question," and albums like Detroit After Dark in the U.K., The Netherlands, Germany, and France. Terrence's high quality of music productions, remixes, and DJ skill has been recognized by organizations such as the Detroit Historical Museum's History of Techno International Exhibit and Indiana State University's Department Of African American Music And Culture. TP's collective musical works and pioneering efforts have been recognized as a valuable contribution to Detroit's music history.
Terrence is also a well respected remixer. His remix projects include such popular artists as Kelly Rowland, Vickie Winans, Lyfe Jennings, Michelle Williams, Trinitee 5:7, Omarion feat. Bow Wow, Aaron Carl, Tiffany Evans feat Ciara, Wyclef feat Akon, Beyonce & Shakira, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera, Shaun Escoffery, Ce Ce Winans, Dr. Charles Hayes & The Cosmopolitan Church Of Prayer Choir, Amerie, Chris Brown, Anointed Pace Sisters, Upper Street, and many more.
Terrence has also been busy working on his own projects with artists like Coco Street which are featured on TP’s digital music label called Parker Music Works! In addition to TP's first label venture known as Intangible Records, TP's music has also been released on labels such as Studio K7 (Germany), Network/Six6 (UK), KMS (USA), Simply Soul (USA), Deconstruction (UK), Superb Ent. (Japan), as well as major labels Universal, EMI, Virgin, and Sony/BMG.
There was some serious turntabling and dancing action at the eBar last Saturday as JFB, a world-champion scratch DJ from Brighton, UK, showed his stuff. Here are two brief tastes of what went down:
This Sunday at the eBar, catch Detroit house music legend Terrence Parker for more great grooves.
JFB, with Edwin "the cat" and DMS Saturday, Feb. 9 (9:30 pm - 2:30 am) Tickets $12 (19+)
We're bringing in the best. We say this with absolute confidence because scratch DJ JFB from Brighton UK has proven it at the world's premiere DJ competition, the DMC Championships, where he's come out on top not just once, but twice. Check out his bio:
In recent years the art of turntablism has spun off in myriad new directions, with techniques such as video scratching and instant sample creation representing a dramatic sea-change for the discipline. Few artists have been further to the fore of these fresh developments than JFB, a scratch DJ and party starter extraordinaire who won the UK DMC Championship in 2007 and 2011.
Here's a practice run of his winning 2007 routine:
Unlike many turntablists, JFB also knows when to stop beatjuggling and start dropping bombs--ultimately, it's all about making the people dance. Many of the tunes you'll hear him spin will be his own recordings on labels like Sludge, Hospital, or One Eye Records. This is an artist who's fully immersed in bass culture, and just as happy spinning hip-hop or jungle as he is breakbeat and dubstep. Allow him free reign to do his thing with a full range of equipment at his command, and the results will be utterly groundbreaking, but set him loose on two turntables and a decent scratch mixer, and the boy will set about producing results that are just as jaw-dropping.
For more info about JFB and more videos, check him out on Facebook and YouTube.
The night will be opened up by two of Guelph's pioneer DJs:
Edwin "the cat"
Edwin’s first professional DJing gig was in the early 90s opening for Dj Czech’s Famous “Soul Kitchen Sundays” in Whistler, BC. Taking Influences from Scott Arkwell, aka Dj Vinyl Richie, and Tommy Africa’s resident DJ, Scott Elliot, Edwin became a student of multi-genre DJing. From Whistler he moved back to southwestern Ontario to take up several residencies playing with DJs from the world-famous “Industry Nightclub” in Toronto. During the mid-90s, “the cat” moved to Halifax where, along with Harry Mathers, Mike Paine (aka Hoola Hoop), and Sara Spicer (aka Lioness), he helped open Vitamin Tribe Records on Hollis Street. The Vitamin Tribe crew helped to pioneer the outdoor music festival scene in Halifax, throwing free full-moon parties at renegade locations by the Halifax airport. These underground events soon turned into the most famous parties of that era, such as “Go the Distance” and “Go Further.” If you attended these parties you will certainly remember Edwin’s epic sunrise sets, dropping timeless classics like “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” literally as the sun reached the horizon. In 2000 Edwin moved to the Caribbean with John Farrugia, aka Big Toe of Big Toe’s Hi-Fi, to explore and learn about the grassroots of turntable culture. More recently Edwin played at both the 2009 and 2010 “Shambhala Music Festival,” one of Canada’s premiere international outdoor music festivals, held in the Kootanay Mountains of BC. In the summer of 2012 Edwin played at Evolve Music Festival in Nova Scotia, also considered one of the top outdoor music festivals in Canada. To download some of Edwin's mixes, check him out on SoundCloud.
DMS
Baseline Studios
Demonstratin' Many Styles
He's been DJing for nearly twenty-five years--scratchin' funk & hip hop records and literally breakin' in the lunch room since 1988. Uncle D has shared the decks with folks like A-Trak, Q-Bert, and DJ Dopey, but was also the DJ for wordPEOPLE, who have collaborated with Moka Only and have been billed alongside Ike Turner, Bedouin Soundclash, and Miles Jones. DMS hosted his own radio show, Time Stretch, on CFRU for almost fifteen years and ran Guelph's hottest record store, Baseline Studios, for more than ten! Check him out on SoundCloud.
Congratulations to Kitchen Manager David Bazinet and partner Amy on the arrival of their son Jasper Finn Bazinet on January 27 at 12:31 p.m. Jasper weighed in at a respectable 9 lbs and was 21 1/4 inches tall. David is looking suspiciously well-rested for a new father; apparently Jasper shares his easy-going, unflappable nature and responds well to bribes.
I have a friend who makes regular trips to Nepal. The problem is,
because she looks local, as she wends her way past various customs desks in
various airports she’s accosted with something more obviously western
travellers are not: demands for bribes. Her solution? She stuffs her pockets
with Canadian Tire money. By the time the agent is wrinkling his brows at the
eccentric political figure on the bills and realizing that all he can purchase with
them is a bike pump some 11,000 kilometers distant, her flight is long gone.
Canadian Tire money is possibly a more potent national symbol than
our newly plasticized currency, as much as it still tickles me to peer through the
transparent film of a new $20 bill. But you may not know that you can purchase
art, and specifically great music, with it. No, don’t go to your local store
looking for CDs beside the air guns. Whereas classical musicians like Bach or
Mozart relied on the gold coins of noble patrons, popular country/folk/roots musician
Corin Raymond (who will be at the eBar this Thursday) turned to crowdfunding
and financed his latest album, Paper Nickels, entirely with Canadian Tire money
donated by fans—over 60 pounds of Sandy McTire’s printed face, worth just over
$6000. Corin's innovative approach to music production has earned him wide coverage, including articles in the Globe, Star, and the Wall Street Journal.
But while Corin's methods may be getting the press, it's his product that should get the praise. The result of Corin's efforts is “the world’s first coffee table CD,” which includes
not only a generous heaping of fine, warm music, but a 144-age booklet that
outlines the stories behind both the songs and the “caper” that allowed him to
pull them off.
Congratulations to eBar/Greenroom manager Edwin Hammond and partner Tarah on the arrival of their daughter Ruby Nash Walsh-Hammond last Thursday at 6:25 p.m! Ruby obviously marches to the beat of her own drummer, as her arrival breaks a decade-long Bookshelf streak of boy-babies. Mom and baby are doing well, and we look forward in the future to having Ruby DJ at Flashback Fridays, featuring the amusing fashions of 2010-2020. One baby here, two more to come!
