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Hennessy Artistry x KEYSNKRATES

I thought it was pretty damn cool when I got to interview Matisse and Jr. Flow for Spinner way back in 2010 for AOL Spinner at the time and other interactions right here on Shipwrckd back in 2008!  I knew…

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ARE THE JUNOS OUT OF TOUCH? – Vice Noisey

FEATURES ARE THE JUNOS OUT OF TOUCH? By Jesse Ship After a talk with Juno Awards Chair of Voting and Nominating, Kim Cooke, the 44 year old awards show is starting to sound a bit like a slightly out of…

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Q&A: DJ Maxim explores life beyond the Prodigy – AUX Magazine – 2013 Year-end Issue

  December 19, 2013 Jesse Ship   The Prodigy have had massive influences on the field of dance music, but what set them apart from the handful of emerging groups in the mid-‘90s was not just their use of a hypnotic…

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RAPT (live) – Gingy & Starving Yet Full (of Azari & III) – BOILER ROOM TORONTO

Boiler Room touched down on our first frigid Monday night of the season for a surprise show hosted by the inimitable Fritz Helder (Bathurst Bus Route reprezent!) featuring Egyptrixx, Basic Soul Unit, Nautiluss, Kevin McPhee, Bruce Trail and headlined by…

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Maxim Reality of The Prodigy DJ Tour & Mix

The first time I saw Maxim Reality DJ was on New Years Eve 2007 in Taipei at an ice skating arena called The Egg.  It was a little let down that it wasn’t The Prodigy but it was still an…

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Sound PellegrinoThermal Team on Boiler Room TV

  Teki Latex & DJ Orgasmic (Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team) have been in business for over ten years making music and now curating the Sound Pellegrino label out of Paris, selecting the finest in up and coming sounds and styles….

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Rewind: Toronto’s Jungle Scene In the Late 90s – BlogTO

  Summer 1998 was a time in Toronto’s history when our town was a mecca on the North American party map. Hordes of loved-up music fans would flock from all over the continent to experience up to 5,000-strong warehouse parties…

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Andy Stott gets dark and danceable at Foundry – BlogTO

If Andy Stott is the future, then the future is dark. Very dark. The celebrated producer of 2012’s sleeper hit album, Luxury Problems played at Mansion’s Foundry series in the Blk Box Theatre, beneath the Great Hall on Saturday night. His set was a technical exploration…

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Afrojack: Bleep Right And Work With Michael Jackson And Chris Brown – Huffington Post

    Huffington Post Music Canada  |  By Jesse Ship Posted: 12/14/2012 2:52 pm EST  | When I call Afrojack the 6’10 gentle giant is the studio with David Guetta, Akon and Shermanology working on new tunes during our call. But his physical size,…