An Italian, Dutch and Canadian kind of weekend!

Davide Squillace, the Italian superstar will be spinning his melodic lounge and tech house track this evening at Cobra Nightclub Dec 14.  Davide has recently graced the legendary Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 hosted by Pete Tong this past September.  The Essential Mix is a platform where new and already discovered talent can express their music to the world in a digital form.  Tickets can be purchased for the Cobra event here.

If you haven’t already heard, Afrojack will be in Toronto on Friday playing at Uniun Nightclub for their stellar ‘Factory Fridays’.  The Dutch sensation is one of the world’s top house Dj’s and producers who continues to light up festivals and dance floors across the world.  The beauty of this event is that it is a small venue that will leave no restrictions for the Dutchman to play his bangers or experiment a bit with his style. Friday show is currently sold out as of today but there will surely be resale tickets available online and outside the event. 

Friday will also see a Hed Kandi Christmas held at Cinema.  Here you will find Andy Warburton featuring his “Good looking house” music.  Hed Kandi events are always a good time have seen there way around Toronto at various venues in the city.  Online tickets can be found here for purchase.

Toronto, the new Miami?

With Decembers ‘Factory Fridays’ posted you would think that INK is on its way of making Toronto the new Miami.  Get ready for it: Roger Sanchez, Afrojack with Shermanology, Funkagenda, and Calvin Harris with Jacob Plant. I know, I still cannot believe it! The weather might still be cold outside but you know it's going to be hot inside Uniun.

But before December comes we will have the Swedish duo AN21 & Max Vangeli Phasing out Novembers ‘Factory Fridays’ at Uniun.  The two Swed’s are known for their banging house sounds and their releases and remixes with some of the industry’s greats such as Tiesto, Swedish House Mafia, Michael Woods and Ellie Goulding.  You do not have to dig to deep to know that AN21 is the brother of the world famous Steve Angelo of SHM.  Steve has seen the talent Max and his brother and has signed them to his label, Size Records.  Opening for them is NO_ID and Friday residence Manzone and Strong.

You can find all event ticketing on the INKtickets.com website, get them soon as they are subject to change.

M&S to DVBBS to R3HAB, Toronto loves you!

Toronto was in for a serious treat Friday night when all 3 heavy hitters took over Uniun Night Club.  Manzone & Strong, DVBBS and R3HAB took over the second ‘Factory Friday’ hosted at the newly opened venue.  M&S the resident duo opened the club in usual fashion elevating the crowd early on in the night.

As it hit 12:00 you got the wild woozy sound of DVBBS smashing the speakers and really energizing the crowd.  The two Toronto brother, who recently passed 31, 000 fans on facebook, are becoming a real favorite of mine.  It is more than a show it is an experience, the combination of cranking out powerful tunes and interacting with the builds and incredible atmosphere. It is no wonder that these two are opening for acts like Calvin Harris and sharing the stages of greats like Tiesto, Steve Aoiki and MSTRKRFT.

Then we had R3HAB taking the reigns and really getting deep into the crowds senses. You could truly feel his passion and participation in the crowd’s energy.  He took people to a level and kept them there increased slightly and let them play there for a while longer until the massive drop hit! That along with the coordinated light system made it an epic moment that the club has not yet seen. R3HAB is on a world tour and is set to be a part of an epic New Years Eve party ‘JACKEDNYE’ in New York City along side Afrojack, Shermanology, Bobby Burns and Quintino at pier 94.

It is somewhat unbelievable that Uniun Night Club has only been open for 2 weeks now and it feels like home to most clientele.  This show has been the favorite of the Factory Friday so far but there is so much more coming up that one cannot imagine where these next set of DJ’s will take us.

Upcoming events at UNIUN:

Nov 16, 2012 Sidney Samson

Nov 23, 2012 Fedde le Grand and NO_ID

Nov 30, 2012 AN21 and Max Vangeli

Toronto needs R3HAB!

On Friday November 9, 2013 Toronto will receive a much-needed dose of R3HAB.  The 26 year old Dutch DJ and producer will be playing at UNIUN nightclub along with DVBBS and Manzone & Strong. R3HAB who has hit the DJ Mag top 100 at spot number 73 is well accomplished in his field and is in the ranks among the best in the world.  He has contributed to remixing for artists such as:  Calvin Harris, Lil’ Wayne, Ne-Yo, Pitbull, Dada Life, Snoop Dogg and Bob Sinclar.

In an interview, Fadil El Ghoul who is known as R3HAB expresses "AfroJack helped me a lot. I was support act on his tour, he helped me with lots of stuff and advice. We did lots of gigs together, which was amazing." The industry has changed over the last few years and Dj/producers are not so much as competing with each other but are making an effort to collaborate. 

DVBBS are not to be under estimated, they are a big-ticket item on this ballot.  They are popping everywhere opening for huge acts such as Dada Life and playing at festivals internationally.  They have a great sound and I look forward to the energy they bring to the nightlife scene. There recently announced the New Years Eve event “Golden” held in Niagara Falls Canada will be epic and will see them alongside Deadmau5, Chris Lake, Burns and the Scour Dj’s.

Uniun nightclub recently played host to CHUS+CEBALLOS and did an excellent job at making the duo feel at home with a packed crowd at the clubs soft opening night.  The sights and sounds kept the party going past 4am and it is no doubt that the anticipation for R3HAB will be no different. Be sure to get your tickets now and arrive early to avoid disappointment!

Upcoming events at UNIUN:

Nov 09, 2012 R3HAB and DVBBS

Nov 16, 2012 Sidney Samson

Nov 23, 2012 Fedde le Grand and NO_ID

Nov 30, 2012 AN21 and Max Vangeli