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INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND v10 featuring LUKE FAIR

I honestly can’t believe I’m writing this post.  It’s been a while since we hosted an INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND at Toika.  Sixteen months to be exact… a long time to be out of the game.

The last official bringthebeats party was The Rogue Show in August 2010.  Though we helped out at School Bakery last month, and with many HouseAddict jams throughout the year, it’s an entirely different animal to lead a promotion.  So often I wonder if I still have it in me, but then I put on a funky progressive house mix and instantly get the itch.

Getting these shows off the ground are often a struggle, in the lead up and throughout the night. But after each party, we always look back and know it was well worth the effort.  And let’s be honest, there’s a great team supporting INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND.

My right hand woman Adriana – still allowing me to play these games… damn, I love ya babe – is fierce at the door.  JD at re.form [avw] is always on point and on time with the media design; he has no idea how much I appreciate that.  Junior, Winston and the crew at Toika are always so awesome to work with. They’re ensuring as I type, the system will be tuned to sound just right.  So many friends are insanely helpful spreading the word, and for this one, my boy Craig Anderson has some high-tech digs to make the night’s memories extra special.

And of course there’s Luke, who’s gone above and beyond.  He’s sacrificed a lot to be here, as his incredible new agent, Joe from Nightlaw, has him constantly on the road with quality gigs.  Luke’s given up one of the higher-paying ones to be with us on October 1st.  We cannot thank him enough for that.

We’ll have the opportunity to show our appreciation to one of Canada’s all-time best by packing the dance floor and exuding the energy INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND has become famous for.  It’s always been the people in the room that take these parties to another level; you’re all why we keep coming back for more.

So join us as we celebrate nine years of bringthebeats and many more for Adriana and me on this earth.  It’ll be a party we hope to never forget.  That’ll definitely be made true if we’re lucky enough to experience this incredible night with all of you.

Check more event details here, and get yourselves ready with Luke’s most recent tunes…

Luke Fair – InTheMix.com.au Exclusive Promo by Luke Fair

Luke Fair – The Rogue Show – Episode 010 by Luke Fair

Luke Fair – F Club Slovenia – Part 1 – 03 June 2011 by Luke Fair

Luke Fair – F Club Slovenia – Part 2 – 03 June 2011 by Luke Fair

Luke Fair – F Club Slovenia – Part 3 – 03 June 2011 by Luke Fair

INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND v8 featuring LUKE FAIR & irGO

Finally the 2010 INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND season has arrived. We have big plans for our events at Toika this year and it all begins on Friday March 19th when we take full advantage of Winter Music Conference travel by booking one of our top supported talents, Luke Fair.

We couldn’t let a trip to this side of the pond pass us by, so we’ve brought in Luke for our third consecutive booking right before he heads to the WMC. With how he ended last season’s INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND and the magic of New Year’s Eve, Luke has a lot to live up to at the eighth version of our growing series. We know he’s absolutely up to the challenge and we look forward to letting lose with everyone who can’t make it to Miami and of course, getting it started with those who are.

This opening event also marks the introduction of a true HouseAddict to the bringthebeats crew. irGo is one of the most respected figures in the Toronto club scene and we are thrilled to have him warm the Toika dance floor with his deep tech and tribal house sounds. Luke is incredibly excited to have irGO spinning alongside as he returns to his hometown for another night of super funky fun.

As always there is NO GUEST LIST for this event. Advance Tickets are available at www.gettickets.ca for the extremely reasonable price of $12.00. They are limited so please be sure to get yours now, cover at the door will be $20.00.

For pre-party beats leading up to the big event, please become a Luke Fair fan on Facebook and subscribe to irGO’s Podcast on either iTunes or PodOmatic.

INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND – Belgian edition

Ricky Ryan’s Mob Festival world tour is in full swing. In the last month alone he’s been in Barcelona, Lisbon, Ibiza and Mallorca. He’s currently back in Tel Aviv working on more productions and then Ricky will be off to a very special event for the bringthebeats faithful in Izegem, Belgium.

Ricky’s always supported our vibe and vision through the many mixes he’s dedicated to our bringthebeats and EXPOSED movements, and with the btb endorsements he shares with all the music lovers he encounters throughout his travels. One such group is the Cube crew out of Begium who have gone as far as to adopt the INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND philosophy for their upcoming boat party featuring a headline set from btb’s #1 son himself.

It’s super exciting and flattering that a promotion so far from our home will be implementing our concept into their own vibe. We wish Cole and Ken Dust, the two awesome talents that will be spinning alongside, only the best of luck with this party. Please if you’re in area, get to that dock early on the 26th, we promise an amazing time with Ricky on board. And be sure to check out these two Belgian superstars, I’m certain they’ll put on an incredible show in their own right.

Cole (www.djcole.be)
Cole is on a quest to make good music, and play good music. He checks the crowd, checks his record bags and picks what fits the occasion. Belgium’s prime clubs are no unknown ground, since he played at Decadance, Petrol Club, Culture Club, Fuse and more, but also at Belgian festivals such as Laundry Day, Pukemarock, Rock Werchter Stella Stage, and festivals abroad in Italy and France. And last but not least, he’s also the youngest member of Galaxie Gangbang Soundsystem, a collective of DJ’s supported by Discobar Galaxie, who have their own spot on the Rock Werchter Festival each year.

Ken Dust (www.djkendust.com)
Ken Dust plays a hybrid style of electronic music like electro house, tech house, and progressive house, depending on the concept, or the vibe of the audience. Ken has always been very passionate about music, but the end of 2008 was a major breakthrough, since he was selected by Young Talent Corner (Poppunt) to play on New Year’s Eve at the famous concept Beats of Love, organized by Kozzmozz in the Vooruit in Ghent, to share the decks with big international artists. A few months later, Ken was invited to play at the concept Thursdayz, at Noxx Antwerp.

INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND v5 featuring DORY & Jade

This one really has been a long time in the making. Dory and I have been trying to work something out since the WMC ’07, but without any real tech-house roots for bringthebeats, it’s been difficult trying to sort out the proper party for Dory’s Canadian debut. That was until we met Jade this past December.

We’ve seen Frances Zibulski (Jade) out and about in the Toronto scene for some time now. It’s tough not to notice her and her super slick friends ripping it up on the dance floor. But when I realized she DJed and noticed her starting to get gigs with the No.19 crew (Kenny Glasgow, Jonny White, etc.), I became extremely intrigued by the prospect of Jade spinning alongside Dory at Toika for our first ever tech-styled INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND.

Frances stopped by our Boxing Day after party and after sitting on the sidelines for a bit, she decided to head to her car and slip her promo into rotation for the Club 1000 crazies. Admittedly we were all a bit sceptical about what we were to hear; as everyone knows we’re a pretty “jaded” collective when it comes to techno talent. But we were all pleasantly surprised to hear a deep, groovy promo that was most certainly techno, but definitely not soulless like we had feared and have heard way too much of over the past couple years.

It took a lot of guts to throw in those beats for group of hardcore progressive house heads that had just ingested a half a day’s worth of Luke Fair. For me it sealed the deal on the Dory gig as we finally had someone within the genre to spin alongside; do it well and with incredible enthusiasm. Dory and Jade is a match made in tech-house heaven.

Download (left-click and unzip):
Dory – Winter Promo Mix – 2008-09

INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND v4 featuring ADD2BASKET

Add2Basket is a key player in the resurgence of the funky progressive house sound worldwide. He’s infused a serious groove in the underground scene with his stellar productions and ultra successful label Add2basket Records.

Andrew`s produced music for Sick Watona, Alternative Route, Stealth and Extrema. He`s travelled from Argentina to China, all over Europe and is currently touring North America, with Toika being his only Canadian stop.

He’s worked with and spun alongside the likes of DesynMasiello, Ricky Ryan, Luke Fair and Jody Wisternoff. With such huge accolades it’s an incredible honour to have Add2Basket at INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND.

Please check out Add2Basket’s super cool YouTube collection with tons of production samples and club videos.

And of course check the choons:

Download (left-click and unzip):
Add2basket – Discoteca on Frisky Radio – January 22, 2009

FREE MOBILE TICKETS!!!

Once again we’ve partnered with the Rogers Wireless Box Office to offer FREE MOBILE TICKETS to Rogers Wireless subscribers (sorry, no mo Fido). Go to our mobile-tickets page to request info on how to acquire yours at urMusic (www.urMusic.ca), the only music service you need.

The Wireless Box Office is now closed, guarantee your entrance all night by sorting advanced tickets at www.GetTickets.ca until 5pm Friday.

INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND v3 featuring GABRIEL SORDO & FELIPE CALLADO

We sure saw 2008 in fine style. The first two instalments of INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND at Toika Lounge produced parties that were as close perfection as we’ve ever organized in our six years of event promotion. We’ve found the ideal size and style to accompany the sounds we’ve always known to be the most dance floor friendly. It’s a formula we hope to further improve upon as we continue the series throughout 2009.

Volume 3 goes deep underground by presenting the Toika return of Gabriel Sordo and the North American debut of the original “Discomaniac”, Felipe Callado.

Gabriel will showcase his funkier side with a very special opening set that is sure to warm the floor to absolute perfection. We all heard how this phenomenal talent can rock a room at peak time during his awesome Toronto debut in September, expect the same high quality tunes in the warm up roll this second time around.

Felipe Callado comes with a glowing endorsement from bringthebeats number one, Ricky Ryan. Felipe and Ricky have collaborated in the booth and within promotions circles for many years, so expect a Can Costa-like vibe when this Brazilian bomb artist unleashes the heavy artillery on Feb 6th.

And making this event even more intriguing is the new look you can expect when you walk through the doors of the already spectacular Toika Lounge. After every event we’ve hosted in this space, we’ve walked away extremely satisfied, but we knew that if the layout of the room was tweaked just a bit, it would take the party to an even higher level. Its amazing to know that there are others out there willing to sacrifice some cash and energy to reach these levels, as renovations are taking place as I type. So exciting!!

Click below for some some promo choons:
I&U Preview featuring Exclusive Beats from Felipe Callado

We’ll also be celebrating the birthday of someone very special to the btb crew at this party. Jen Meneses will be joining the 29 plus club this month and thankfully she couldn’t think of a better way to spend it than on the Toika dance floor. Jen has brought an incredible amount of energy and support to the bringthebeats cause over the past couple years, come help us make this birthday one she’ll never forget.

INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND v2 featuring LUKE FAIR

We’ve reached that reflective time of the year. For me it’s always a period of deep soul searching. Right now I’m extremely fortunate to have the family and friends that I do, to have a job and passions that I can pursue. But unfortunately not everyone is as lucky as I am.

There are a lot of people right here, close to home in the GTA that have never been offered the opportunities I’ve benefited from, never even given a start. Thankfully there are organizations like the Yonge Street Mission that do their best to fill the gaps, supplying hope to impoverished families who encounter daily struggles just to get by.

We try to end each year with some good karma by dedicating our final event to this life giving group. We started two years ago with the legendary Deli party and followed up last holiday season by sharing some of our early EXPOSED success.

This year we celebrate the return of Luke Fair in support of the YSM by once again teaming up with the Rogers Wireless Box Office to make this already very special event even more memorable.

For every Rogers Wireless or Fido subscriber that obtains a pin code redeemable for one FREE mobile ticket at the Rogers Wireless Box Office AND has that mobile ticket scanned off their phone at Toika Lounge on December 26th, Rogers will donate the advanced ticket price of $15 to the Yonge Street Mission on your behalf.

We are completely out of free mobile tickets, the only way you can guarantee entrance is to purchase an advanced ticket at gettickets.ca.

The Get Tickets box office closes at noon on Boxing Day so please do not delay in securing your spot on the dance floor of the most INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND event of the holiday season.

INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND featuring RICKY RYAN

Since DeePDiSCo & ROCkNRoLL, HOuSe & SuB GeNReS and ELeCtRO & FuNK we’ve been fascinated by the sounds, style and spirit of Ricky Ryan. We were one year into the bringthebeats project and fresh into our preferred sound of the day, progressive and funky. Five years later, because of Ricky Ryan, it’s still the groove we’re all about today.

Ricky’s btb 5th anniversary performance at The Mod Club was nothing short of magical. He enjoyed the experience so much he created seven spectacular EXPOSED inspired promo mixes this year.  Somehow we had to recreate that vibe at our new, much smaller home this year. Enter the cutting edge technology of the Rogers Wireless Box Office.

Thanks to some very forward thinking friends at Rogers, we’re making the impossible, possible by presenting Argentina’s Ricky Ryan “INTIMATE & UNDERGROUND” at Toika Lounge on October 24th. And for much of the tight btb crew, it will be FREE!!

To help properly celebrate our 6th anniversary, The Rogers Wireless Box Office has graciously provided 75 FREE MOBILE TICKETS to pass on to our most loyal and enthusiastic supporters. If you’re a Rogers Wireless or Fido subscriber you are eligible to receive a pin code redeemable for one mobile ticket at the Rogers Wireless Box Office, accessible directly from your handset!

The Rogers Wireless promotion is now over, as is advanced tickets sales. If you hooked up with either… see you tonight!! If not, you’ve missed out on a rocking party!!