Sonny's Sounds March 19 2012

Supermarket Recordings

I have become a big fan of house/techno label Supermarket Records lately. I always take notice of their releases when they show up in the pool or in promo. Their aim is to get the music from up and coming producers into the hands of the world's top DJs, and so far they have been achieving just that with support from Roger Sanchez, Erick Morillo, Jesse Voorm, Stonebridge, Olav Basoski, Niko Di Luka, Federico Scavo, Joe T Vannelli, DJ Wady, Jewel Kid, Luca Ricci, Aga Heller, Danny Verde, Markus Schulz, Peter Gelderblom, Dj Chus, Jerry Ropero, and many more. Check out JJ Mullor, Coqui Selection, Dani Sbert and Rico Martinez, they are some of my faves from Supermarket. Check out all their releases on Beatport here: Supermarket Recordings.




Quartz Composer

Mac OS X comes bundled with some very cool developer tools that can be used to create stunning visuals. One of those developer tools is Quartz Composer. "Quartz Composer is a visual programming environment, included with Xcode, that allows you to quickly create sophisticated motion graphics compositions without having to write code. By simply connecting together building blocks of graphics processing functionality, you can rapidly design dynamic visualizations that, for example, combine images and real-time information over video feeds. After perfecting your composition, you can use Cocoa bindings to embed it into your application."  Quartz composer files make nice tight little files that you can drop into Mix Emergency, Serato Video SL, Resolume Avenue, Modul8, or whatever your favourite VJ program might be. Quartz composer files can react to sound or to midi and makes an awesome VJ tool. There are lots of tutorials on line and there are a lot of examples you can find on sites like http://quartzcomposer.com, http://www.quartzcompositions.com, and http://kineme.net. 

Saint Patrick's Day at Oxygen Nightclub

What a crazy weekend! Saint Patrick's Day fell on Saturday night. Matty Jay and I teamed up at Oxygen Nightclub with a 4 turntable set up with extra lights and extra sound in the club. With a university pub crawl filling up the place by 11:00pm it was set up to be an epic night. Matty and I threw funk, hip hop, and moombahton back and forth for the first hour, which helped set the tone for the night. When the room really started to get going we stepped it up and played some electro club bangers, some moombahcore and dubstep remixes, and some really fun mash-ups. DJ Oli even dropped in for a few tracks as he hyped the crowd on the mic. All in all, a super great night. If you're on the East Coast of Canada, Oxygen is definitely somewhere you will want to visit. You can check out their Facebook page here: Oxygen. See Pictures from the night here: Pics.    


Mix of the Week

This weeks mix comes to you from Moncton duo, Cyn L and Opus. Cyn L has helped shape the face of the Moncton DJ scene and deserves mad respect. Her love of music and DJing is absolute. She always delivers an awesome performance, choosing tracks that really mean something to her.  Wether it's straight up funkiness or charging electro, it's always got that Cyn L flavour. And Opus, aka Ryan Greene, is one of the few cats in Moncton who can keep up with my obsession with nerding out on technology. He is very talented musician and a very talented DJ. He's been a staple in the DJ scene for years and is now ready to showcase what he's got. Even his Fan Page describes him as a "new old school artist". Check out their latest mix of electro house and breaks. It's funky and fun and keeps the pace up throughout.  http://soundcloud.com/viralsounds-ca/cynl-opus-bangin-da-funk-2012


Bonus: As an added bonus we give an entire evening of music from Rouge Premiere Lounge in Moncton NB presented by yours truly, Sonny D. As great as big clubs and festivals can be, I really like the intimate setting that is Rouge. Their "no request" policy means that the crowd is there because they like what I like: lots of house music, electro, progressive, remixes and mash-ups. Thursdays I play with Mizz LeiYa, Fridays I host "Trust The DJ" and Saturdays are presented by Eric Dee: All Roads Lead to the Dance Floor. The following is a recording from last Thursday. I split it up into 3 neat and tidy parts that fit on 3 CDs.   http://sonnyd.podomatic.com/

Chart

Shake The Pressure Deekline & Ed Solo :: Sony Music
Echale Candela Dr. Kucho! & Zenbi :: Disc Doctor
Get To Know You Better Block & Crown :: Sobel Promotions
Disco Vortex Jarvis :: Cable Recordings
Take Me Higher Rogerseventytwo :: Sony Music Group
Future Kevin Saunderson :: Defected Records
Mujeres Romano & Sapienza :: Ipnotika Italy Mas Que Nada Richard Grey, Nari & Milani ft. Alexandra Prince :: Ego
Let's Get Together Marco Fratty & Stefano Burra :: Adaptor Recordings
Shmoke De Pancake Nathan C :: Big & Dirty Records