Whatup world? To all those who took the time to vote for me, your support paid off. I took home “Canadian Club DJ of The Year” last night, June 1st, 2009 at The 2009 Stylus DJ Awards held here in Toronto.  I feel excited and humbled at the same time.  To have people whom you grew up looking up to, congratulate you and say you deserved it is an extremely humbling experience. I will continute to do my best to rep for this Country.  My team goes hard and we are just beginning..!
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In October 2007, I envisioned a mixtape project that would cross borders from one country to another. From one city to the next, I wanted to ‘Bridge The Gap’ and provide Toronto based artists, producers, labels etc. an outlet and opportunity to shine south of the border.

In December 2007, I put my ideas together and dropped BRIDGING THE GAP VOL. 1 – TORONTO TO NYC

It featured a freestyle by a 19 year old kid named Drake over Jay-Z’s classic, “Dead Presidents”

Listen – “Drake – Dead Presidents Freestyle”

3 years later and dude is in the studio with Jay-Z and even called it himself on the interlude to this freestyle.. All I can say is, congratulations homey.. The world is finally waking up 3 years later.. Get em’ !

Funkmaster Flex Introduces Drake to Major Radio via Hot 97 NYC:

So last night, myself, Sir Lancelot & DJ Tilt played a party 1000 feet in the air, on top of the CN Tower while over looking the city of Toronto.. What can I say, it got smashed..! 1200 people, 2 floors, a lot of alcohol and good music made for a great night and a historic event.  Tickets were actually sold out 8 days before the party and a lot of people missed out.. It ended up getting pretty hectic in there, and I don’t know if the Canadian Government would be up to do it again (The CN Tower is a government building).  Either way, I was happy to be a part of it.. Big shouts to Kleen Media, Dynamite Events & Voice Marketing for pulling it off and making it happen!

Pictures Courtesy of Brohawk / Kleen Media are below & I will upload video shortly.
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Thank you to everyone who took the time out of their day to vote for me at the 2009 Stylus Awards.. I’ll keep you posted as to what happens with nominations.. Let’s keep it moving!

This one will go down in the history books & is guaranteed to be crazy.. Imagine 1200 people, 1000 feet in the air, partying inside a glass room on top of the CN Tower, while overlooking the entire city?? Nuts. Shouts to Kleen Media for continuing to push the envelope in terms of booking amazing venues & throwing unique events.  Myself & Sir Lancelot will be rocking the Glass Room all night.   Oh yeah, It’s 8 days away and 84 tickets are left. If you slept, you are going to miss out.. Peace!

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Here is a long overdue re-cap of the west coast tour pt. 3 I went on a couple of weeks ago with my MC, Sir Lancelot.  We played 8 days straight (Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue) across Whistler, Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, & Niagra.  Here is a quick rundown of how it went down!

Tues Morning (Feb 24th)
Flew out of Toronto at 6am, and the idiot girl beside me on the plane broke my favourite pair of shades.. Great start.  We got to Vancouver early Tuesday Morning..  Chilled out with DJ Tanner for the day & drove up to Whistler later that night to rock Savage Beagle w/ Faction Soundcrew.  Whistler was good, as per usual, and I played sets back and forth with Tanner & DJ Arems.  The vibes were big (it was Lancelot`s birthday the night before, so he decided to continue celebrating), it seems like everyone in that little mountain town is always out to just get drunk and have a good time.  Right after, we drove back down the mountain to Vancouver, making sure to make a pit stop at 7/11 on the drive back.  As far as the last pic in this set, I found these products on top of DJ Arems fridge – what the..!

Wed Afternoon (Feb 25th)
Wednesday Morning, we took a bus, which then drove onto a boat, which then sailed to the island of Victoria.  Never before, have I been on a greyhound, which then proceeds to drive straight onto a boat, park, ride 1.5 hours across the water, get back on the bus, and drive off the boat..  Definitely weird, but also an interesting experience.. The boat itself was more like a 5-level cruise liner, complete with arcades, buffets, business lounges, and yes – used needle deposit boxes in the washroom :S The heroin problem is bad out there I guess.. After making it into Victoria, we checked in to the hotel, and played Felicita’s at The University of Victoria.

Thurs (Feb 26th)
We took the ferry ship back to Vancouver, cabbed it to the hotel downtown, checked in, went by the homie Hedspin’s crib where we got to preview some new remixes from Team Canada’s DJ Grandtheft. After kicking it with them for a bit, we went to Hunt.FM studio’s where I laid down another show/interview – which should be up in the podcast section any day now.  Straight from the studio it was back to the hotel to shower, get ready, and then walk down Granville St. to Tonic Nightclub where we played Thursday Night!

Fri (Feb 27th)
I woke up earlier in the day and dealt with a bunch of emails/business at the hotel, & then just worked on music for the rest of the evening till we ended up making our way to dinner at The Cactus Club Cafe (my homeboy Matty’s god brother is the head chef – he hooked it up large!)  The food, atmosphere, and service were all top-notch.. I can’t wait for this place to come to Toronto! After dinner, it was back to the hotel to get ready and head down to SHINE Nightclub, which we smashed on Friday Night..! After the club it was off to Korean Food with some promoters/friends, and then finally back to hotel at 5am.

Saturday (Feb 28th)
This was our last day in Vancouver.. We hit up all the stores/boutiques in the city: Dipt, Complex, A-Life, Goodfoot, Stussy, Livestock, etc. Big shouts to all of our sponsors for taking care of as usual! After doing some shopping we linked with the homies Flipout & Jayswing for dinner at GUU (very good Japanese spot in Gastown) which, to my surprise ended up being a LOT of GREAT food.. After dinner, we headed back to the hotel, got ready, hit 94.5 The Beat FM radio show with Jay & Flipout where we met up with GMAN, and then headed to Gossip Nightclub (Big Up Saturdays) to play from 12-2am. After that, we went by Stone Temple to meet up with Craig from Frontline & DJ Scene 1 to say whatup, before heading back to the hotel and calling it a night.

Sun (March 1)
Sun morning had to wake up early, pack up the mess of a room that was clothes, computers, cables, wires, etc. scattered all over the place, check out and make it to the airport in time to catch our 1pm flight to Calgary, where we were playing that night. Big shouts to our cab driver on the way to the airport, because if it wasn’t for his driving, we would never have made it to the airport in time..  We landed in Calgary around 3pm, got together with some old friends, and caught up over dinner after having checked in to, yes, yet another hotel.  After dinner, it was off to Opus nightclub where we played Sunday Night. Ps. explain how we get to Milestones, and the damn sign in the door says `Closed For Spring Cleaning – Come Back In 2 Months` what the hell..

Mon (March 2)
Tour’s a wrap. Back to Toronto.. Rockwood Monday Night.. Yes, no night’s off.. On the flight I woke up to apple juice spilling all over my thigh/ass/leg which made for a really shitty plane ride back to Toronto.. As soon as we landed and grabbed our bags, we headed down to Rockwood Nightclub for Toronto`s local industry night which was packed – lot of new and old faces in the spot! I played a couple sets but in all honesty, was tired as helllll by this point!

Tues (March 3)
It’s now Tuesday, again..? Really? Geez. The whole week flew by.. We are in Niagra Falls every Tuesday for a New Residency @ Dragonfly Nightclub. Checked into another hotel, got ready, handled the club from 10-3, and finally got some SLEEEEEEEP.

We put in work.

Caught this on the homie Mick Boogie’s blog..

An inside look at one of my (and probably your) favourite rappers, business men, and icon’s in the game.
Click on image below to read.

Annnnd I’m off to The Guvernment for D’Luxe Lounge Saturdays. Peace.

Yes Yes..! Wanted to hit you up with some new Colin Munroe…

First up is producer/MC 88-Keys’ (Mos Def, Scarface) remix to “Last Cause” off the Unsung Hero Mixtape. 88’s called it the Cause N’ Effect Remix and he tells me it’s perfect for getting my Frankie Valli on though that could be real ugly….

DOWNLOAD
Colin Munroe – “Last Cause” feat. 88-Keys
(Cause N’ Effect Remix)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5584210495f5165f/

The other cut is called “I’m Fine” and features an appearance from Young Buck. Yes…that Young Buck. I know eh! WTF! But it’s good!! The track was produced by K-Salaam & Beatnick for the upcoming Where The Streets Have No Name project in conjunction with Imeem.com and IllRoots.com.

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Colin Munroe – “I’m Fine” feat. Young Buck
(Produced by K-Salaam & Beatnick)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5587522289cfc516/

Enjoy.

Last Tuesday & Wednesday (Feb 10/11), I opened for DJ AM at Dragonfly Nightclub (Casino Niagara) & This Is London (Toronto).  He wasn’t able to make it to the venue in Niagra on Tuesday due to passport issues, so myself, DJ Crunch, & Sir Lancelot held it down all night and rocked Dragonfly till 3.30am.

Wednesday Night was a packed industry night downtown Toronto, despite the shitty weather and rain all night long.  The night went well, and AM most definitely did his thing and was a very humble dude, which is really refreshing to see… Got some crazy cuts too! JFK (MSTRKRFT) was also in the building and ended up going back to back on the set around 2.30 am!

Video/Pics Below:

DJ AM x DJ Wristpect @ This Is London [Toronto] – Heineken Industry Event 11.02.09 (01) from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.


DJ AM x DJ Wristpect @ This Is London (2) [Toronto] - Heineken Industry Event 11.02.09 from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.


DJ AM x DJ Wristpect @ This Is London (3) [Toronto] - Heineken Industry Event 11.02.09 from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.


DJ AM x DJ Wristpect @ This Is London (4) [Toronto] - Heineken Industry Event 11.02.09 from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.


DJ AM x DJ Wristpect @ This Is London (5) [Toronto] - Heineken Industry Event 11.02.09 from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.

Shout out to Jenno for forwarding this to me..

This six-part documentary is a very interesting and in-depth look at the science of our brain, and how it correlates directly with music.  For example, they studied Sting’s brain and how it works when creating melody’s in his head.. They also conduct studies with babies, and what our brain register’s as a ‘hit’.

Check this out when you get some spare time – well worth it!

Part 1 – http://watch.ctv.ca/news/w-five/w-five-presents-the-musical-brain/#clip135228
Part 2 – http://watch.ctv.ca/news/w-five/w-five-presents-the-musical-brain/#clip135231
Part 3 – http://watch.ctv.ca/news/w-five/w-five-presents-the-musical-brain/#clip135232
Part 4 – http://watch.ctv.ca/news/w-five/w-five-presents-the-musical-brain/#clip135233
Part 5 – http://watch.ctv.ca/news/w-five/w-five-presents-the-musical-brain/#clip135234
Part 6 – http://watch.ctv.ca/news/w-five/w-five-presents-the-musical-brain/#clip135235

I’m getting late for the club.. Guvernment tonight!
Let me know your thoghts.. Peace!

Colin Munroe’s Management just sent this over for me to post and share..
Enjoy.

February is already a crazy month..  A couple weeks before I head off for West Coast Canada Tour, I’ll be playing two back to back Industry Nights with the one and only DJ AM.

Musically, it will be a free for all.. Expect any and everything, blended, remixed, and cut up live.

Let me know if you need guestlist, bottles, etc!

Details Below:

Tuesday, February 10, 2008 – Dragonfly Nightclub [Casino Niagra, Niagra Falls]
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Wednesday, February 11, 2008 – This Is London Nightclub [Toronto]
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Jahvon is a problem. Youngest in charge.

Artist: Jahvon x Kardinal Offishall
Track: Drop
Producer: Polow Da Don

Download x Listen x Share x Enjoy!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/54492821abccb2fb/

Haven’t found time to update the blog/site for a little while; things have been hectic.  History was made today.. Barack Obama – President of The United States of America. I bet if I asked you to repeat that very sentence outloud 2 years ago, you would have laughed.  Is it really time for a new world order?  Time will tell.. Regardless, it is a proud moment for human beings in general, and I’m excited about where we stand, and where we are heading..!

One of my partner’s in crime, and my emcee Sir Lancelot along with DJ Tilt are actually in Washington as I type this.  Mediaphase (site will be up very shortly) booked them for Google’s aferparty for Obama’s Inauguration! It’s only 3 weeks into the year and the squad is already beginning to make history.  We don’t sleep.  You really shouldn’t either..

So as I was saying, we’re just about 3 weeks into the year, and it’s going to be a great ’09..

This past Thursday I got to re-connect with The Clipse (Malice, Pusha T, DJ Rick Geez).  Last time I was with them was in May of 2007 when I opened their concert here in Toronto.

Almost 2 years later, we met up again..

Last Thursday/Friday was a hectic 40 hours.. It went something like this:

I met up with DJ Rick Geez & Pusha T at the hotel.  We discussed the Bridging The Gap Mixtape movement, and it’s now official – Volume 4 will be Hosted by The Clipse, co-starring N.E.R.D. ! From Toronto, to Virgina, we stay building bridges and crossing borders. Pay attention!


DJ Wristpect x The Clipse - Bridging The Gap V4 Mixtape Coming Soon from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.

After that, we took Rick Geez to the studio (see: 2 studios.. One of the 1200s at Remix was broken, so we had to relocate to another location) so he could record his mix show which he had to submit to the radio station in Virgina the next day..

Now by the time we got to the 2nd studio in the west end, it was already 11:30pm. He had to record an hour long mix, which brings us to 12.30 am..


Rick Geez (Clipse's DJ) Live in the Mix from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.

Now in the midst of all this running around, I still had my club night in Guelph at Van Gogh’s going on.. The homies Tilt & Illiment were holding things down up there, but Lancelot and I still needed to go up and play our set before the night was over.. This is another 45 minute drive from Downtown Toronto lol

After dropping Rick Geez off back at the hotel after making sure he got his mixshow recorded, we made our way to Guelph.. We finally arrived there at 1.45am, and hopped straight on the tables!  It was a takeover, even though it was a short set, the vibe was crazy – lights on at 2.30 am and no one leaving the club till 3 am type of vibe. I love those nights..!  We are out there every Thursday at Van Gogh’s 2nd Floor – $2.50 drinks & $100 Grey Goose. Come through.

By the time I got home it was 5 am.. 4 1/2 hours later I was up and on the way to Seneca College to do a sound check. Famous was opening The Clipse show (they had two shows in one day, an early and a late night at Circa), and I was DJ’ing his set.  Ran into Malice, Pusha, Ab-Liva there once again:


The Clipse @ Seneca College 'Hot Damn' from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.

After that it was off to Livestock, where they were promoting their new Play Cloths line:

While kicking it at Livestock, Kid Cudi passed through as well.. He’s a real humble dude & hopefully I will be able to bang out a mixtape with him around summer time.. Here are some more photos courtesy of PhotoWill:

Straight after that it was off to another out of town club gig in Waterloo.. Got home at 5am again.. 4 1/2 hours of sleep every 48 hours. That’s how it goes sometimes.. Till next time.. Peace!

Here’s a little clip from back in September.. Show at The Koolhaus was crazy with over 2000 people. My bad on the grainy footage, I messed up a setting on the camera!

Take it in:


DJ Wristpect & Sir Lancelot Opening for Redman & Method Man from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.

Big shout’s to two of the nicest emcees from the city of Toronto. Check for both on the ‘Bridging the Gap’ series under the mixtapes section.

Track’s crazy!! Black Milk murdered the beat..! Watch for the sample at 1.51..!!

TONA FEAT. PROMISE – GOT MILK [PRODUCED BY BLACK MILK] – DOWNLOAD

Peace to my man Jesse from The Manifesto Festival for putting me on to one of the biggest shows I’ve had the pleasure of rocking/opening up.  Two dude’s whose records’ I would always be digging for and buying up when at Play De Record – DJ Premier & Pete Rock.. Head to head. For the 2nd time ever. In a 3500 person venue, to end off the greatest hip hop festival the City of Toronto has ever witnessed. I opened for Scratch, who then opened for Premo & Pete Rock.  Check some of the footage!


DJ WRISTPECT & STARTING FROM SCRATCH OPEN FOR DJ PREMIER VS. PETE ROCK @ CiRCA! from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.


DJ WRISTPECT & STARTING FROM SCRATCH OPEN FOR DJ PREMIER VS. PETE ROCK @ CiRCA Pt. II! from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.


DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock - Manifesto 2008 from DJ Wristpect on Vimeo.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
’08 was great.. Thank you ALL for the support.

NYE 2009
NBA CELEBRITY SOIREE @ GOSSIP RESTAURANT & LOUNGE on the Waterfront!
(50 Prince Edward Island Crescent, CNE Grounds, Toronto)
“Toronto’s Premiere 23+ Event For The Grown & Sexy Crowd”

Facebook Event

Music By:
Wristpect – Ill Kidz – Tilt – Wikked

Playing:
A Mix of Everything from Old School & Classics, to House, Reggae, Hip Hop, Electro & R&B!

Hosted By:
Celebrity Guests from The Toronto Raptors & Denver Nuggets
alongside MC Sir Lancelot & Ricochet from The Ill Kidz

Dresscode: Chic & Sexy
Gents: 23+ Preferred
Ladies: 21+ Preferred

With that said, wherever it is you end up on New Years Eve I hope you are all safe, with close friends & loved ones, and that you have a great time.  Here’s all the best to everyone; your support throughout this past year has been overwhelming! Let’s make it a bigger 2009..! Cheers!

New LP, “YES” in stores soon.

Check this single, here.

Hmm… Check it. Shouts to the homie Shake.