Party: Art Of Beatz 11 Year Anniversary with Kuma & Motomasa

Party: Art Of Beatz 11 Year Anniversary with Kuma & Motomasa

Kuma and Motomasa invite you to celebrate eleven years of Vancouver's longest running, anything goes, electronic music radio show, Art Of Beatz.

Friday, March 13th,
Fox Cabaret
Projection Room
10pm-2am

11 years on air. 572 shows. Over 500 guests ranging from internationally renown talent like Kode 9 and Alex Paterson of the Orb to local legends like Tyler Stadius, Jay Tripwire and Luke Mckeehan and kids on the come up, literally getting their first sets in public, on air.

Broadcasting from the heart of East Vancouver, every Thursday night at midnight on CFRO, Vancouver's Community Co-Op Radio at 100.5 FM, Art Of Beatz continues to deliver the best in electronic music from 0-200 BPM and beyond.

It's a celebration of Vancouver's finest across the sonic spectrum, keeping it on point and if you know the squad, always keeping it cake. Not bad for a team with a pedigree that includes a former CBC Radio 3 host and an Ottawa college radio legend.

Expect Kuma and Motomasa to go deep, to cross tempos and to shake both that mind and that ass, you know how we do.

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About The DJ's:

Kuma:

To paraphrase the title of John Cale’s autobiography, what’s Canadian for Zen?

A DJ of almost twenty years, Kuma has brought sounds across the dub-based spectrum to ear and asses from Sapporo to San Francisco. Recognized by the likes of BBC Radio 1’s The Breezeblock and their infamous Dubstep Warz show for his excursions into the dubstep realm and able to turn heads both on the dance floor and in the sound-art field, his is not your average sound.

Owner/founder of the Konspiracy Group, a music group, booking agency and p.r. hub for future music of all kinds, he’s a leader in the North American bass music field, helping deliver dubstep and jungle basslines to waistlines across North America and around the world. A former host and producer with CBC Radio and current host of Art Of Beatz, Vancouver’s home for electronic music on the radio, he’s got one hand on the pulse and the other on on a Red Stripe.

From early days throwing parties on B.C’s Vancouver Island as a teenager to legendary ambient shows as part of Vancouver’s Team Lounge collective and brining Kode 9 to Vancouver for the city’s first ever dubstep show, Kuma has a remained a steadfast figure on the cutting edge of Cascadian bassbins.

Motomasa:

Motomasa started spinning as a new musical outlet. “When I could no longer dedicate the hours necessary to effectively practice an instrument, I wanted a new outlet.” As an afficianado of the club/party scene in his hometown Ottawa, Canada, he was fascinated with all the forms of dance music being woven together. “Especially Club Zinc – you could hear Hip-Hop, Reggae, House, Techno, Soul/Funk, all in one night, on the same dance floor!” he reminisces

So in 1989, he bought his first 12″ singles, and started on a journey that would take him through all of those forms of music, and more. In 1991, he started DJing on CKCU-FM with co-host Andres, playing only “conscious” Hip-Hop and Reggae during the graveyard shift on Tuesday nights. Both being architecture students, they had a captive audience of late-night listeners through school, which soon spread throughout the Ottawa area. The show was one of the most listened to graveyard shifts in the city, as was proven by the volume of pledges made during CKCU’s annual Funding Drive.

Later that year, Motomasa would also start to co-host “Planet Rave” on CKCU, Saturday nights from 2:00 to 7:00 a.m. with DJ Teknobrat. The show featured everything from House, Breakbeat, Hardcore, Trance, and Techno. Motomasa soon became known for playing sets that started at 120 bpm house, and evolved into 150 bpm hardcore/breakbeat within 90 minutes.

Through the power of radio, and CKCU’s presence, he and some friends started throwing the first “raves” in Ottawa, often only attracting 50-100 people. “It was all local talent only, and there were kids into it, but not enough.” They kept pushing, however, and after teaming up with some promoters from Toronto, put together a party called “Pure Sensory Experience” with 2 rooms in a central downtown space. “We didn’t know what hit us!” Motomasa recalls. “There was a line half-way down the block! All of a sudden, all the kids came out, and the scene blew up from there!”

In 1993, Motomasa moved to the birthplace of Techno – Detroit, Michigan – pursuing a job in the music industry. While there, he worked at CJAM-FM in Windsor on a weekly show, and played a few smaller events. Before having the time to fully establish himself, the company he worked for – Undercurrent Records – decided to move.

Moving to Atlanta in 1995, Motomasa has since established himself as “one of the city’s most under-rated DJ’s” according to many. Hooking up with Faust and Shortee in 1996, he was quickly inducted into SKC. He also met DJ Eve during the Olympics. “She did so much to help me – hooking me up to play on her show ‘Planet 8′ a few times – we even had a Space Kadets night with Faust, Shortee, and Usul came down from NYC!”

In his now-hometown, Vancouver, Motomasa continues to weave exquisite musical journeys through many styles. “My favorite style is still house, after all these years. To me, it most represents what the ‘Scene’ is supposed to be about. House is joyous, uplifting, feel-good music, and that’s what I started spinning for – to give you that feeling.”

Invited: Em O'Neill, Matt ExYouth, Ria Nanashi, Matt Trent, Kasha Marciniak, Rico Uno, Wilson Hart, Melissa Dee, Zia Hirji, Andishae, Jake Dub, Ryan Burke, Anton Oosthuizen, Dre Morel, Gabriel Tran, Sarah Awe Seeka, Brenda Holmes, Mirah Valdes, Jesse Bru, Nevin Colak, Olivia Carmen, Selene Liisa Suzue Arden, James Marshall, Justin Wiebe, Jaclyn MacRae, Bill LeHotsauce, Jon Campbell, Adrian K. Yee, Austin Phillips, Brian Tiger, Siren Starbrite, Anthony ROhmz Romeo, Scott Jack, Kevin See, Ryan Trann, Jared Love, Rowan Lipkovits, Kearse Kurse, Buzz Rozwell, Adrienne Picard, Shawn Amanda, Chadio Treetrunk, Nicky Delgado, Russell Cunningham, Keith Stone, Xop Xop, Trevor Wyat, Cassandra Metz, Kevin Rrkade Mcneil, Kir Mokum, Laurent Munier, Jonathan Ng, Jonathan Bierman, Adam Evo Petipas, Matt Dauncey, Leanne Joy, Liam Da Mantis, Daniel R., Tara Reeves, Jonathan Webster, Lila Privée, Donald Mensah, Ed Knudson, Tyler Fedchuk, Joni Love, Tanner Matt, David Adrian Mattatall, Matt Troy, George Krusha, Chris Lima, Shelley Peck, Bret Hames, Tyler Stadius, Rob Anhofer, Paul Bennett, Ricardo Almeida, Matty Harris, Thilina Ratnayake, Tanya Goehring, Romila Barryman, Krista Lomax, Sam Lawton, Mark Hjorthoy, Ian Tosch, Phyllis Chan, Rennie Foster, Alex Yesilcimen, Adam Atma, Greg Michael, Filip Górecki, Travis Bourque, Richard Edwards, Jeff Malcolm, Shawn Rafuse, Vincent Parker, NaRai Dawn, Karen Hardie, Shaun Antonio, Rob Caruk, Sebastien Nault show more »