[VANCOUVER] FILASTINE, BASKETBALL & SORCERERS Fri Aug 21

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Lighta! + SUB OSC present Filastine live alongside Basketball and Sorcerers for a night of total dancefloor insanity at the newly reopened Rickshaw Theatre.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 admission at the door. Doors at 9:30, show starts at 10pm.

All three acts are renowned for their amazing live performances, innovation and dancefloor sensibility. This is a night not to be missed.

Tickets at Beatstreet, Zulu, Scratch, Hi Life, Audiopile and Skull Skates.


Bios:

FILASTINE:

Grey Filastine is a producer/musician based in Barcelona but rarely found there. Among his 60+ gigs last year you might have caught him at a club in ... (more) London, on a junk raft floating down the Mississippi, at Shambhala festival in British Columbia, at a tiny breakcore party in Osaka, or in front of forty thousand at the Boulevards festival in Casablanca. In any context it gets riotous- Filastine bangs out his music, jumping between a tangle of electronics, acoustic percussion, and an amplified shopping cart, firing off riddims and synchronized live video.
In 2006 Filastine dropped his debut release, Burn It, to much critical acclaim. Vibrant and original, Burn It made inroads among music fans from the hiphop, world, electronic, and experimental scenes; it was snatched up and re-released by French label Jarring Effects, Japanese label Romz, and US anarcho-collective Crimethinc. Tracks from the album received airplay on the radio shows of Mary Anne Hobbes & John Peel. Less visible are the spins on pirate stations across Latin America, or the more than fifty thousand downloads of his dj mix commissioned by Blentwell.com. Other releases include pirate mixtapes and a selection of sold-out vinyl. Look for his latest 12" on Tigerbeat6's Shockout with partner Maga Bo in their duo project Sonar Calibrado. With his sophmore album, Dirty Bomb, Filastine returns with a gritty transnational soundclash of urban rhythm. Freely splicing dubstep with balkan brass or hiphop with bollywood, Dirty Bomb parties in the mud puddle of our increasingly polluted world.

http://www.myspace.com/filastine

BASKETBALL:


Basketball; an energetic three piece driven by live electronics, spirited vocals, and massive percussion that grows into pulsating dance beats. From Tome's vocals in his native tongues, Croatian and English, to the Persian scales, to the gypsy-esque spirit, Basketball exists amongst a history of music played on street corners and at celebrations around the world. The combination of their sound has drawn comparisons to artists such as Modeselektor, Gang Gang Dance, and Konono N°1.

http://www.myspace.com/basketballanimal

SORCERERS:

E. Vans own Sorcerers combine elements of Hardcore Punk and Dub and feature Lighta! Sound's own Mike C aka. Calamalka on Drums. They have been causing a ruckus and blowing up dancefloors in a serious way recently and have just released their debut record on the Skull Skates imprint.

http://www.myspace.com/sorcerersdub

[jonas]

very nice
it is gonna be a dope show for sure,

[truthaddict]

Wikkid tings!!!

've been kinda of bumping off one another for the past while Jamie,
I'll have to make sure we get a chance to exchange top fives!

[tusk]

Tickets are now in at: Zulu, beatstreet, scratch, audiopile, hi life and skull skates.

See you there!
T

[fluffy]

aw man I thought there was a band/dj/etc called "Basketball & Sorcerers"

[tusk]

After party at Red Gate w: Max Ulis, Michael Red and maybe DJ Filastine...

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TONIGHT!!!

Sorcerers have been replaced by CAVING (who rule) due to illness. Admission is only $15 at the door. Afterpartty at Red Gate from 2am till ???. $5 with Stamp/ticket stub $10 without. See you tonight!!!!