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Frank & Oak “Escondido” Capsule

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Frank & Oak is I think our favourite menswear discovery of the year. Actually based in Montreal, the brand aims to provide the best online shopping experience while offering quality, affordable, stylish, and handcrafted products… Pretty much heaven if you ask me!

We randomly stumbled upon this video, showcasing their summer collection “Escondido”, with inspirations of Co-Founder Ethan Song… Notice that the beginning of the video was also shot at Voro, one of our top restaurants/café/bar in the city!

***Summer is almost here folks, keep on believing!

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Easy Sundays – KAYTRA TODO

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KAYTRANADA, originally known as Kaytradamus, is a Montreal based producer getting quite a big amount of attention lately. In a pool full of young emerging DJs, we would say that Kaytranada is probably definitely the most promising rising star of his genre! Known for his implication in the Piu Piu documentary, and the ARTBEAT and Alaiz crew, his powerful DJ sets for Igloofest & Osheaga festivals, and his many remixes, Kaytranada is one of the next beat music successor you’ll want to keep an eye on! We fell in love with his music about a year ago, with his Erykah Badu’s “Love of my life” remix, and has since then released a great amount of amazing remixes like Janet Jackson, TLC, Justin Timberlake, and many more.

- From nothing to everything – Kaytranada just released what we could call his most complete work of art only a few days ago. The “Kaytra Todo” EP was released for stream on Jakarta Records (Berlin) and HW&W (Los Angeles), and has been a success since. It’s still fresh out of the oven, and we just can’t get enough…!

It’s sunday, so let yourself dive into this musical goodness and forget the world exists for a little while…

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Funkshion Creation presents Edit Murphy

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Funkshion Creation is a multi-disciplinary team made up of young architects, designers and managers brought together by a common interest in art. The organization works as a public platform leveraging exchanges on art in the design of interactive events. Passion for visual arts, electronic music and design converge into a unique experience involving the public in a collective creation process.”

And that’s exactly what’s about to go down this Friday, March 1st. In collaboration with USA based house music DJ Edit Murphy, and the Montreal duo The Royalty, Funkshion Creation promises some groovy sounds completed with some interactive space designs and a live experience in which guests will have the chance to show their photo skills throughout the night with a “Smart Phone” feature specially brought you by Eventify … On that note, here’s a little playlist we made to put you in the mood. Are you ready to groove?

Check out the Facebook event HERE 

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Easy sundays – Sango

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Easy Sundays, our dedicated day to music and sounds. Everything you need to keep the good vibes going and the soul grooving.

This album has been out for a couple of months now, but Sango’s Da Rocinha can seriously help you get pass through these cold winter days! His sounds are mixes of brazilian “funk carioca” samples with low eletronic hip hop and deep dub, and the result is impressive: you feel completely transported into his world and into the sensual vibes of brazilian music culture.

“After spending time just searching for music outside the US, I luckily landed on some of the most influential, unique and most develop sound that has been out for quite some time. The sound I speak about is Brazil’s own, baile funk or what they call it, “funk carioca”. This mixtape is more so a sound study of baile funk. I felt this sound is still somewhat untouched in some music scenes. I wanted to give my interpretation of the music, and was also curious of how baile funk’s distinct loops and provoking sounds would sound layered under my ideas. This EP is loud and real.

The name Da Rocinha simply means, in Brazilian Portuguese, “Of Rocinha”. Rocinha is one of the most popular favelas in Brazil, which is located in Rio De Janeiro. Rocinha pretty much birth the baile funk sound and what I want to show is how Rocinha influenced me.”
-Sango

Bom domingo!

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Here’s the album teaser:  great visuals!

Sango – Da Rocinha EP (Teaser Video) Forthcoming Soulection from Soulection on Vimeo.

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WISHLIST: SUNPOCKET

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Sunpocket established itself as a brand known for its style, authenticity and quality in the early 70′s in French ski culture. Its innovative folding design has been copied numerous times since then. This spring/summer, Sunpocket created the Glaciers for the slightly more serious wilderness explorer. With an all mirror lens cat.4, to protect from extreme sunlight in high-altitudes, and with removable hand perforated leather side blinders, these sunglasses really are a gem! The leather blinders have tastefully designed details and are very well executed. The brass screws add great refined details to contrast to the natural tan leather that compliments the dark tortoise pattern.

Maybe you wont be hiking a mountain anytime soon, but spring is around the corner and that means these babes will be perfect for anyone who rides motorcycles, bikes or mopeds… or even just for a chill afternoon at the park!

 

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easy sundays – STWO

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Easy Sundays, our dedicated day to music and sounds. Everything you need to keep the good vibes going and the soul grooving.

This Sunday we’re presenting you a great Parisian producer called “STWO“.

His electro-House beats are smooth, calm ans sexy, just what you need for a Sunday hangover!

Hope you enjoy it!

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easy sundays – Stefano Ritteri

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Easy Sundays, our dedicated day to music and sounds. Everything you need to keep the good vibes going and the soul grooving.

On this sunny sunday, we thought we would share some great dance house tracks from London based Dj Stefano Ritteri. Previously djing under the name of SOLO, Stefano Ritteri has had many releases on renown labels like Dirtybird, Sound Pellegrino, Exploited, and just recently, Defected Records. His sounds are groovy and will without a doubt confirm your love for house music…. So here’s a playlist including his most recent piece “Nothing Stays the Same” available on Beatport and Traxsource, and some of our personal favourites!

Time to get your groove on and get things done on this beautiful sunday afternoon with this playlist … Damn, we just can’t wait for summer!

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Bo Beep – Shlohmo ft. Jeremih

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“Inspiration of the week” posts are back! Haven’t been posting much lately with all those stupid fun midterms, but expect some cool inspirations and projects from us in the next month! This week we are sharing a new song that we are completely in love with, produced by L.A dj Shlohmo featuring vocals from the one and only Jeremih. Time to let your body move just right!

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EASY SUNDAYS – Beats, Blunts & Broads

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Easy Sundays, our dedicated day to music and sounds. Everything you need to keep the good vibes going and the soul grooving.

Yay! Heart Streets finally released a new EP “Beats, Blunts & Broads” !

This Montreal R&B duet still keep their unique personality with this new EP, adding even more sexiness to it. As always, they stayed true to themselves with some cozy, smoky, and mysterious vibes.  We like their mix of soul, r&b and hip hop sounds, and like they said it themselves : “the mood is mellow and fun, thats what were all about.”

Beats, Blunts & Broads is the second Ep of Hearts Street and the evolution of their music quality has been constant. Why we like them? Because of their complementarity ; they have very different voices. Emma Beko has exceptional rap skills and a great flow and Gabrielle Godon has an amazing soul & low tone voice. They fit together so well… its like a solved puzzle!

We asked them : What would be the perfect situation to listen to Beats, Blunts, & Broads?

” It depends on the song, but we would say BBB ep is a playlist for any activity: waking up or sleeping in, getting it in, driving nowhere specific, taking the subway and pretending you’re in a movie, whatever rocks your boat! Theres a song for everyone on there. ”

Have a great sunday !

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Artist: Christina lee

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“Artist”, our dedicated posts to artists and artworks that inspire us in our everyday lives.

Christina Lee is a young artist with an old soul currently based in Pittsburgh. We love the originality and the personality that is transmitted through her work, that undeniably stimulates and encompasses pop culture, color, and potty humor into a beautiful mess. She seems to pinpoint all the pleasures of life and translate them into intricate collages, while somehow being able to make a steaming pile of shit into a thing of beauty.

Her youthfulness and innocence effortlessly fill her canvas but her line works and techniques are premeditated and intentional. We’re pretty impressed by the way she is able to compile sushi, diamond rings and flowers in a same drawing! “Less is more”, is a concept that simply doesn’t apply with Lee, since we can’t seem to get enough of these freaky drawings.

Christina Lee is currently studying Fine Art and communication design at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as previously having studied in the field of Illustration, Graphic Design, and Visual Arts .Her goal is to one day have her own series on adult swim.

Check out her website HERE for more info about her amazing work!

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Meet : Piu Piu Crew

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We had the pleasure to hang out and photograph some of the “Piu Piu” members about a month ago… This crew of Montreal beatmakers is quite something of its own!

“Piu piu”, or simply another term to describe “beats”, is a place where electronic sounds and hip hop influences merge perfectly well together. What we like about this movement is their amazing beats – obviously – and also the fact that they are redefining electronic music as we know it today while taking it to another level. Inspired and fuelled by the L.A and West Coast beatmakers’ state of mind, the Piu Piu crew probably has nothing to do with the usual “DJ” stereotypes you have in mind. They are clever, funny, interested, laid back, and most of all, talented… And you will be able to experience all of that in a near future with the approach of the Piu Piu Documentary, a film by Aïsha C. Vertus whom we interviewed this summer, remember?

For now, they will be releasing their Beat Tape Vol.3 in the next few months, featuring both Montreal and West Coast producers. So here’s a little something for you ears, as well as the “Class of 2014″ photo shoot we did. The idea came from the fact that “Piu Piu” always tries to be ahead of time with some new and upcoming beats!

Enjoy!

*Special thanks to Citizen Vintage, Oxford Shoes & Books, and Les Montures for the hook up!

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Easy Sunday – Goodies Mix

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Easy Sundays, our dedicated day to music and sounds. Everything you need to keep the good vibes going and the soul grooving.

Happy Easter everyone,

We are sharing for the occasion a very “spring awakening” playlist this Sunday. Mixing slow and soft hip hop beats, hot R&B, girly voices & down tempo electro. Its now time to relax during your holiday, enjoy the sun, eat chocolate, have a drink, and listen to this sweet little mix.

Love,

Musicshesaid

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Eat : Poppies Fish N’ Chips

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- LONDON – Oi! It is well known. London is famous for its music, its pubs, and obviously, its amazing fish n’ chips! This traditional dish is kind of like our own poutine ; it is present at almost every corner of the streets and makes a perfect drunk 3am delight! We were lucky enough to try Poppies, an old fashioned fish n’ chips diner that claims to have the “best Fish N’ Chips in London town”, located in the trendy Shoreditch. Not only was the food simply delicious, but the unpretentious service and decor really added a charm to this cute retro english diner. We say it’s definitely a MUST if you want to experience fish n’ chips to its full potential next time you’re in London!

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Easy Sunday – Walla P

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Easy Sundays, our dedicated day to music and sounds. Everything you need to keep the good vibes going and the soul grooving.

Another sunny Sunday spent studying, waiting for spring weather to arrive! (Come on Montreal, you can do it!)  “Eille loveur” is a smooth & romantic mix by Walla P , a Montreal DJ with great musical taste. We love the mood this mix puts us in, also featuring songs from Jimmy Whoo, Dam Funk, ChromadaData and more. Hey lova !

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