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Beat Boutique
by FFWD StaffGet ready to wind it up for another dozen or so activities – there’ll be a second eclipse for you on Saturday and a complete melting pot for this weekend’s biggie options. Don’t forget to donate what you can to the annual CJSW funding drive.
Thursday the newly opened Carbon has Pulp Friction blessing the room – on hand will be Paradise, Pete Wilde, Khan-Fucious, Photo, Heat, Paul MC and Lotus Queen. The festivities will commence at 9 p.m. and there will be a nominal cover charge. Carbon is located at 602 - 11th Avenue S.W.
Further east, you’ll find the techno wizardry of Double D hosting the weekly edition of Family. Weekly guests will include Aardattack, Phelan, Five Alive, Duffy and Lotus Queen. Location, 1215 - 1st Street S.W. Doors open at 9:00 p.m.
Friday, the Herbaliser Band is in town to play an all ages fundraiser for CJSW up at the University of Calgary’s MacEwan Hall Ballroom. Doors open at 9:00 p.m. Put on late night shoes, too, as there are now three locales to service your all-night needs. The Warehouse has Horizon with resident Special Agent – this week’s guest will be Vancouver’s Cliff Vermette. Bounce holds court in Soul Tattoo, and has the sonic mayhem of Domenic G taking you until dawn. As always, Phunk and Vinne will be your hosts. Emerald Café has the intoxicating riddum of Ryan Phelan, Anwar and Taro taking you on your late-night sea cruise with visuals provided by Object. Doors open around midnight.
Two biggie parties to whet your appetite on Saturday. The first is Eclipse 2 – here you’ll find a tag team extravaganza featuring the talent of Czech and M+Emes. The other headliner of note will be DJ Micro. Along with MC Black Rose, local 2x4 tag teams will be Symbiosis vs. Symbiosis, Al Bass vs. Bazooka Joe, Skot Dub vs. Mike Grimes and Fat Pat vs. Ezkyl – plus Legin, Earl Von Bye, Commodore, Darren Yee, Freeze, Nick Luit and Lil’ Andy are in attendance to ply you with your dose of beat. For information, call 284-INFO, or buy tickets down at Feroshus. Portions of the night’s earnings will be donated to the Interfaith Food Bank and the Calgary Women’s Shelter.
In support of CJSW’s funding drive, the annual Melting Pot will happen down at the Embassy on Saturday. DJs from all walks of the beat spectrum will be in attendance. Sideshow Sid, Domenic G, Jon Delerious, LotusQueen, Shidoshi, Lawritioner, Bopper, Chan Dynasty, elisD, DJ Cosm, Magpie and several others will all play down in the four rooms provided. Trance, hard house, breaks, drum ’n’ bass and a chill room will be featured. Doors open at 9:00 p.m. Donations to CJSW are encouraged.
Junglistic Scientifix has your bass head needs looked after – Proph and fanatyk host in JJ’s Bar and Grill on Macleod Trail every Saturday.
Late-night Saturday has three options. Sanctuary down at Soul Tattoo with residents Mark Thomas, Mel Reyes and Freeze. Call 228-9370 for further details. Blissed goes at the Warehouse, doors open at 3 a.m. Pauly Dee and Anthem will be your trance men. Emerald Café has Feng Shui happening late the same night with residents Taro and Honeey Mustard. Yuriko will provide the visuals.
On Wednesday, Cherry Lounge hosts the hip hop fundraiser for CJSW – on the bill is none other than Canada’s DMC Champ, Pump, as well as Drew Atlas, PJ the Boy and a few others to hop your Wednesday away.
Fehrenheit has Domenic G and Delerious playing host with Tryptomene as guest down at the Embassy. Cereo, Fever, Testa and Clarke will hold up in the basement.
As you may or may not know, Fright Night 6 is set for next weekend – the supahuge DJ will be none other than HYPE. In an effort to subsidize your income with free stuff, Fast Forward will give away four tickets for this event, a pair per person if you can e-mail me the name of the label on which Hype is a featured artist. The first two correct entries will take free tickets with them on October 28.
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