Start the new year in style with Electropical on Saturday, January 21 at the Backstage Lounge.
We’ll serve up more of our favourite sounds of 2011, as well as some future sounds of 2012.
And we’ll dig deep into our ever-expanding collections of Brazilian beats, Caribbean grooves, African rhythms, Arabian waves, and Balkan bangers to keep you moving.
So shake what mama gave you, enjoy our mix of urban sounds with a tropical edge, and meet friendly people and great dancers from everywhere.
Last month, we mentioned that our friends at Highlife World Music had posted their best-of-2011-albums list.
Well, there are plenty more such lists, so we thought we’d round a few of them up. Here we go:
Worldbeat Canada: Rather than rank his best albums of the year top-ten style, Worldbeat Canada’s Cal Koat organized his list by month.
With Christmas behind us, the next big question is, “What am I doing for New Year’s Eve?”
Our friends at City Salsa Vibe have an answer for you. It’s The Empire Affair: New Year’s Eve 2012. Salsa and swing bands, samba and belly dancers, a fire dance show, James Bond girls, and six DJs, including DJ Michael Laycock of ELECTROPICAL.
Four themed party rooms, five live shows, and two dance lessons help make this a don’t-miss event at the Empire Landmark, an elegant downtown hotel.
UPDATE: Today (Dec. 26) is the last day for advance tickets at the discounted rate of $70 + HST. Prices go up tomorrow, and previous editions of The Empire Affair have sold out, so act soon.
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Come say goodbye to 2011 with the most cosmopolitan and festive crowd in town on Saturday, Dec 17 at the Backstage Lounge.
The concept is quite simple: if you have an office Christmas party that night, please go — it won’t hurt as much as you think.
The good people at Highlife World Music recently released their Best of 2011 albums list. It’s well worth a read, and there are some Electropical gems in there.
Check it out here.
A slice of Electropical life from a while back featuring Navaro Franco, our friend and percussionist extraordinaire. Thanks to another talented friend, Carelle Dunn, for the video.
We don’t like to rush things here at Electropical. DJ Marc Fournier and I (DJ Michael Laycock, that is) figure that’s why it took us seven years to get around to putting a real website together. Oh well. Good things take time…
Speaking of good things, we’d like to send out HUGE thanks to our web designer extraordinaire, Annett Forcier, for bringing us into the 21st century web-presence-wise. Marc and I highly recommend her. Do yourself a favour — hire her.