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Porter Robinson Facebook Posted on Mar 6th 2013 1:00PM by Jesse Ship Since electronic dance music adopted its latest moniker EDM, a massive surge of corporate dollars from companies hungry to keep up with the trends and demands of an ever-growing digital fanbase have made it as …
1.10.13 GET YOG Peter Pelberg and the guys behind running app Yog wanted a more social fitness experience. So they built one. STORY JESSE SHIP PHOTOGRAPHY MINNOW PARKPHILLIP LEE “Veronica and I are trying this new fad, I believe it’s jogging or yogging. It might be …
Posted by Jesse Ship / JANUARY 7, 2013 As the name implies, Feast In The East is a monthly event that brings together a mix of indie bands and pairs them with a full meal (or snack, depending on your appetite). Every month features new foods, bands, and curated …
Right place, right time, that’s what it’s all about. This was caught at King & Bathurst on my way to meet some friends at Spirit House coming from the Digital Dreams 2012 documentary media screening at a club in Liberty Village. I think it was …
Posted by Jesse Ship / DECEMBER 4, 2012 May could be the answer to the rampant gentrification that’s been hitting Toronto’s urban western corridor between Bathurst and Ossington. While revitalizing a former Vietnamese underworld karaoke bar (formerly Café May, now simply running as May) counts as neighbourhood revitalization, …
Once again, I was scared, frightened, yet quite excited to be tackling another assignment for Musicworks, the world’s leading magazine in experimental music. This month’s issue had Juno-winning electronic artist Tim Hecker on the cover, whom I helped nominate this past spring! Click the articles …
Posted on Oct 25th 2012 3:00PM by Jesse Ship There was much-excitement awhile back amongst fans of fast-rising dance act Azari & Illwhen British paper The Sun announced the foursome would be opening Madonna‘s MDNA world tour. Unfortunately, that wasn’t exactly the case. Madonna had actually fingered Avicii to open for …
Smug, nerdy, and in full I-told-ya-so form, inventor Ray Kurzweil expounded to an audience of hipsters, futurists, and mad scientists at the Danforth Music Hall last Thursday night. Kurzweil talked about the future of artificial intelligence and a few topics from his upcoming book, How To …
A little bit of a shameless plug here. No, I’m not working directly with the Sapient, the artist, but I was hired to write the press release for his new album, SLUMP, thanks to GoLightly Media. It’s actually a really tight sounding record, so …
With the release of his new album, ‘Until The Quiet Comes’, Flying Lotus is reaching new highs in his spiritual vehicle, vimana, merkaba, or just plain old cosmic chariot, I guess you could say. Inundating our eardrums with a mix of his own tunes and …