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As the late Oscar Wilde once said: “life is too important to be taken seriously”, an ethos that Justin Martin is sticking with despite achieving soaring success over the last six years as a producer and international DJ. Justin initially pricked the ears of the electronic music community in 2003 with his first record ‘The Sad Piano’ on Ben Watt’s Buzzin’ Fly label.
Feeding off the energy of the San Francisco underground, Justin was intrinsically involved with the development of Dirtybird records, appearing on its first four releases. Justin was soon ready to take flight, releasing a string of solo EPs that flaunted a very unique sound and garnered further respect among fellow DJs and heavyweights of the scene.
Music journalists typically describe Justin’s sound as ‘melodic and tough’ with his music encapsulating both melody and emotional depth yet always with enough undeniable ass-shaking properties to translate to the floor.
“I’m always trying to find music for my DJ sets that rattles sound systems, but still has enough melody and interesting texture to expand your mind even if you’re sitting at home on a snowy or rainy day.”
Last year, Justin released his extremely well-received remixes for Rüfüs Du Sol and Ultraísta, as well as a collaborative project with fellow producer Ardalan, which was put out on his brother Christian Martin’s label, Trippy Ass Technologies.
In 2020, Justin launched his new label ‘What To Do...’, kicking things off with his first single ‘Needs’. The label will focus on his distinctive sound and include special collaborative works. With these upcoming releases, there will be no holding back. Justin launched his new project with the intention of diving deeper creatively and pushing the limits of his sound. To everyone who is curious about what’s to come, “expect music with emotional depth combined with raw dancefloor grit.”
Gone Gone Beyond is the brainchild of composer/producer David Block (The Human Experience - LA/NYC), and multi instrumentalist/singer/songwriters Danny Musengo (Iowa/NYC), Kat Factor (Santa Cruz), and Mel Seme (Cuba/Barcelona).
Comprised of both classically trained and self-educated artists, the group brings with them a unique and diverse perspective on sound. Gone Gone Beyond celebrates diversity and their unique formation of all multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters from around the globe, making for an incredibly dynamic live experience.
The band's music has been described as "mesmerizing future folk" (Consequence of Sound) and is constantly pushing the boundaries of blending folk, soul, and world music. Since their debut EP in late 2016, they have played a range of events and festivals, including Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle, the UN general assembly, Red Rocks, and many others.
Known for his wildly popular original songs, remixes, and rioutus content — which have amassed tens of millions of streams and billions of views, Thadeus Labuszewski aka Disco Lines, is perpetually touring, bringing his contagious laugh, larger than life presence, and high energy DJ sets to the college, club, and festival circuits, as well as his recently announced Baby Tour in Fall/Winter 2022.
Most experts agree that the success of Disco Lines' music career is matched only by his standing as an industry-leading amateur Dolphin enthusiast. When he is long gone, Disco Lines hopes to be remembered for his upbeat.
Handsome Tiger is an Anishinaabe Métis, North African music producer/dj from Turtle Island, residing in Vancouver BC. His production blends traditional sounds from his culture alongside other Indigenous sounds, interwoven into the contemporary sounds of electronic bass music today. Named in CBC music’s 6 Indigenous artists you need to know in 2021 and CBC’s Reclaimed artists to watch in 2020. No stranger to the Vancouver and West Coast music community, Handsome Tiger has played countless shows and gathered numerous releases under his belt. With a love of bass music he’s been a strong advocate in supporting and contributing to many events in Vancouver’s underground Scene. Quickly becoming Canadian festival scene favourite with appearances at Bass Coast, Shambhala, Mutek to name a few. His DJ sets mix many flavours of sound system culture and Global bass sounds including dub, grime, dancehall, afrobeats, rap, reggaeton and more all woven together to light up any dance floor.
A relative newcomer to Djing, Lil Cis has quickly proven her versatile taste and skills mixing between untz untz and wub wub realms of house and dubstep. Although her presence behind the decks is relatively new, her presence in the music scene is not. Lil Cis co founded Good Night Out Vancouver and has an immense passion for improving safety and promoting consent culture in the nightlife scene.
She’s been dedicated to creating safer nights out for all but it's now her turn to get a little silly and start the party. Inspired by those 2am dancefloor moments she hopes her sound brings people together.
She is also a co-founder at @audiosocialvancouver, which aims to cultivate culture and create a platform for an inclusive community to connect through sound. Her love of music and event planning is the driving force behind why she picked up djing.
Her debut festival set was at Shambhala 2022 where she played a Latin, afro and progressive house set at the Cedar Lounge. Her second festival booking was at Envision 2023 in Costa Rica.
These boys bring the party! Their highly energetic blends of remixes and mashups combined with heavy bass-lines will have you dancing on your chair in no time. With a residency at Canada’s premiere Apres skis bar, Longhorn Saloon (Whistler), they have been pushing the boundaries of apres ski for over half a decade.
Fidel Cashflow hit the ground running, and fast, sharing the stage with Chris Lake, REZZ, Jauz, Claptone, RÜFÜS DU SOL, What So Not, Golden Features, Flight Facilities, & countless other international touring artists. Right after arriving in Whistler he started the Sunday Glow Party weekly at Moe Joe's, and is mastering his craft, getting ready to release his own productions.
Andrea Graham, better known by her stage name The Librarian, is a celebrated DJ, producer, and curator. She is the co-founder and music director of Bass Coast Festival – known internationally for its forward thinking music programming and installation art – and is widely considered one of bass music's leading creative minds and tastemakers. Equally an artist and entrepreneur, Andrea’s reputation as an inclusive community-builder in the electronic world has brought her a legion of fans and industry followers across the globe.
As a DJ, The Librarian's sets move through many genres of bass music – from UK Bass, footwork and jungle to 130, 140, UKG, and drum and bass – tying those diverse genres together with powerful low end frequencies and a deep connection with the dance floor.
The Librarian performs throughout Canada, the USA, Australia, Central America, India and Southeast Asia. Past performance highlights include Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Coachella, Electric Forest, Lightning in a Bottle, Beyond Wonderland, Bumbershoot, Rainbow Serpent, and Shambhala.
Andrea currently resides in Squamish, BC, Canada. When not touring or programming Bass Coast Festival, she is curating her label Chapter Three Records, hosting a monthly radio show called Book Club, and writing new music.
Mat the Alien is nothing shy of a prolific and iconic DJ who is emblematic to the electronic music scene. Since the late 80’s Mat has been exploring diverse facets of sound and elevating them to an otherworldly level so his stage name is quite appropriate. Mat has recorded a diverse array of music exploring bold soundscapes, goosebump inducing beats and dance floor erupting sonic explosions. Mat has played at legendary Venues & festivals across the globe from Russia to Asia and South America in Venues from Fabric to Low End Theory. He is notably a local favorite in the BC festival industry. His performances at Shambala (for 18 years no less) and Basscoast is a massive attraction to audience members. Mat has also sustained a 8 month residency in Las Vegas, Toured with Monster Energy DJ's and DJ Jazzy Jeff for 7 Inches of Pleasure across Canada and was officially sponsored by Monster Energy Drink as an established artist for 8 years. If that wasn’t impressive enough, his music has been featured on BBC Radio 1 and Rinse FM many times, he has performed at some of the world’s best festivals and was the winner of the first ever Red Bull 3Style Dj Contest.
While he is a household DJ name his music defies electronica, his material belongs in any music lovers collection.Mat has played at legendary Venues & festivals across the globe from Russia to Asia and South America in Venues from Fabric to Low End Theory He is notably a local favorite in the BC festival industry. His performances at Shambala (for 18 years no less) and every Basscoast is a massive attraction to audience members. Mat’s life changed when he experienced a catastrophic mountain biking accident in Oct 2020. This left him paralyzed from the Armpits down, transforming his world into something completely different. His resilience throughout this experience has truly illuminated his undeniable strength.
Hailing from Vermont, UmAmi spent years exploring dance floors far outside the green mountain state and gathering inspiration as a selector. Fueled by worldly sounds, dancehall culture, and hip hop bass, UmAmi stays focused on the energy of the dance floor. Join the party, get sweaty and enjoy a curated journey of sexy and energetic vibes.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/umamiumami