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Miles Jones – Satisfied
I laced my man, Toronto rapper Miles Jones with this beat a while ago and this is how he flipped on it. This track is currently available as an album cut off of his Jones Act III full length that dropped late 2012. I don’t think enough peeps have heard it, so here it is…
GRAPE JUICE @ THE MIDFIELD (01.19.2013)
Grape Juice: Vintage tunes and vintage beverages December 15th (And the 3rd Saturday of every month) Midfield Wine Bar 1434 Dundas st. W Music by DJ Serious and Arcee Soul, Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop Let’s be honest. You’re way past standing in line at the club, getting yelled at by douchebags and cleaning up your best…
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (01.12.2013)
GRAPE JUICE @ THE MIDFIELD (12.15.2012)
Grape Juice: Vintage tunes and vintage beverages December 15th (And the 3rd Saturday of every month) Midfield Wine Bar 1434 Dundas st. W Music by DJ Serious and Arcee Soul, Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop Let’s be honest. You’re way past standing in line at the club, getting yelled at by douchebags and cleaning up your best…
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (01.21.2012)
Once again its on!!! Come down to the Red Light to get your monthly fix of classic raps and r&b crooning… oh and BTW, Happy New Year!!!
24K- 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY w\ STARTING FROM SCRATCH
Yes its been two years of 24K-IZM! Were bringing back our homie the Superstar himself STARTING FROM SCRATCH!! He will be joined by the our own TWO superstars DJ’s SERIOUS & KAEWONDER who have held down the party since DAY ONE!! Come join the 24K family(HEIST, KAE, SERIOUS AND BENZO) As we celebrate 2 years…
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (11.19.2011)
last month was amazing, lets do it up again!!! R.I.P. to the one and only Heavy D.
CRATERY LIVE @ The Red Light (08.06.11) feat. Frank Dukes
This month, CRATERY LIVE brings you a special edition summertime heaterywave courtesy of FRANK DUKES & KAEWONDER (the crateboyZ). This will promise to be an epic geekdown with all kinds of musical goodies for your listening pleasure. from foreign psychedelic rock records, to boogie to rare groove to soul and even some jazz, we’re gonna…
NFA (Never.Forgive.Action) @ The Drake Underground (08.05.11)
G’yeah! Been a minute since i’ve rocked out at the Drake. I love the way the system sounds in the room and the NFA gang always has an amazing crowd. Let’s get ready to rumble!
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (07.16.2011)
Another month, another jam. Strictly Business, strictly 90′s hiphop and r&b bangers. extra large daps to my man dj Numeric who kills the flyer designs every month, not to mention the living room dance floor inside The Red Light. Dope backyard patio in full effect! Word.
THREE AMIGOS! @ THE CRAWFORD (07.15.11)
Heistdro & Benzo presents: THREE AMIGOS! KAEWONDER SERIOUS TAKTIKS Yes. we know the flyer is AMAZING. Act like you know. $5 after 11. HIP-HOP/FUNK/SOUL/GOOD MUSIC. IT ALL GOES DOWN @ CRAWFORD 718 COLLEGE STREET (Little Italy) TORONTO
Arcee + Kaewonder + Dj Serious = CRATERY 30
The beauty of collecting records for as long as we have is getting bored. Believe it or not, boredom is the friend of the record collector. We at Cratery started out collecting soul, funk and jazz – the cornerstones of hip-hop production. But after 5-6 years of focusing on these genres, we got bored. Why?…
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (06.18.2011)
Another month, another jam. Strictly Business, strictly 90’s hiphop and r&b bangers. extra large daps to my man dj Numeric who kills the flyer designs every month, not to mention the living room dance floor inside The Red Light. Word.
Arcee + Kaewonder + DJ Serious = Cratery 29
Back for more and now up to date! It seems like we took a little hiatus over at cratery.com the lst few months but this simply is not true. We are always hard at work, and even though we slipped on our deliver times a bit. It doesn’t mean the we lost that passion, au…
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (05.21.2011) – The Party Continues
Blaow!
THREE DJS AND A PARTY! @ THE CRAWFORD (05.20.11)
Heistdro & Benzo presents: THREE DJ’S AND A PARTY. KAEWONDER SERIOUS TAKTIKS Yes. we know the flyer is AMAZING. Act like you know. $5 after 11. HIP-HOP/FUNK/SOUL/GOOD MUSIC. IT ALL GOES DOWN @ CRAWFORD 718 COLLEGE STREET (Little Italy) TORONTO
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (04.16.2011) – 1 Year Anniversary!
I Can’t believe its been a whole year already. Shout outs to my man Noel Dix for the ill flyer designs month after month… This Saturday April 16 2011.
TAKTIKS, SERIOUS & KAEWONDER ARE: 3 NINJAS! @ The Crawford (04.15.11)
DJ TAKTIKS KAEWONDER and DJ SERIOUS …Are three bad motherfuckers on the cut. 3 Ninjas theme? Who thought this was a good idea? who knows? who cares? what you need to be concerned with is the amount of good music being played. HIP-HOP/FUNK/SOUL/BEATS $5 cover.
Arcee + Kaewonder + Dj Serious = Cratery 27
Get rid of that wax in your ear. Now throw some of our wax in your ear. Cratery returns for it’s 27th consecutive month with another hour of musical goodness from the personal collections of Arcee, Kaewonder and DJ Serious. Cratery isn’t just free. It’s free of mp3’s, CD’s, reissues, and compilations. All vinyl. All…
Synthetic Substitution
I know this isn’t the pressing on Sunburst, but i’ll gladly take a crisp copy on Contempo any day.
STRICTLY BUSINESS @ THE RED LIGHT (03.19.2011)
This Saturday March 19 2011. Its that time again… The third Saturday of the month.
Arcee + Kaewonder + DJ Serious = Cratery 26
Our 26th edition of Cratery signals another milestone: The intelligent Cratery tracklist. Up until now, listeners had to refer to the blog to find out what song they were listening to. From now on, each Cratery mix will house and display song titles in iTunes – as you listen. Simply import Cratery into your iTunes…
Strictly Business @ The Red Light (02.19.2011)
This Saturday Feb. 19 2011. Its that time again… The third Saturday of the month.
Arcee + Kaewonder + DJ Serious = Cratery 25: Dollarate II
I am really proud to be a part of this monthly podcast called Cratery… Download It Here! What began as a humble, hour long dig-diary is now a vital, vinyl ritual, complete with it’s own cult following, monthly party and award-winning logo. We begin our 3rd year of Cratery with a 2nd. The 2nd official…
Strictly business @ The Red Light – tonight!
another dope flyer by: Noel Dix
Albino Zebrah Celebratory Hip Hop Hoe-Down – 13 YRS in This!
B-Boys and dancers of all forms take precedent when it comes to my dj sets. The funk just oozes from my pours. With that said it should not come as a surprise that I see a lot of Toronto’s best dancers at my jams. Some of these kids (well i guess they aren’t kids anymore)…
Ekambi Brillant – Nayo Nayo
This ain’t worth more than a dollar… just kidding. I spent a lot of my formative years digging in MTL. Back when it seemed like on every random street, you would find a record store that would pop up and then disappear within months, me and the crew would easily come up on Lee Gagnons,…
Lyn Christopher – Lyn Christopher
Excellent Psych-ish/Soul tune on this obscure rock album. Its kinda hard to find and sort of sought after because some of the dudes from Kiss sang backup vocals on it. Back in the day, these were pretty easy to come across, as for the most part, it looks like a pop vocal record. I found…
Melba Moore – Standing Right Here
YES!
The Rimshots- Dance Girl b/w Who got The Monster
One helluva little record. Both sides bang.
The Charmels – As Long As I’ve Got You
The Charmels. I’ve been told that this is one of the Volt Labels rarest 45s, not sure how true this is, since it keeps popping up on eBay… Having said that it does go for some hefty loot. Never the less, I can’t help but to feel proud flossing this beat to shit 99cent find.…
Sylvia – Sylvia
The art work on this LP makes Sylvia seem so messed up. Some good soul tunes though. Bonus:
The Emotions – I Like It
This Staxx/Volt vocal trio are responsible for some classic hip hop material courtesy of thier song “Blind Alley” and are probably best known for the boogie/ disco hits “Best of My Love” and “Boogie Wonderland”. But long before the disco hits, these Chicago born females had some really great soul tunes. This particular song is…
24 Carat @ Andy Poolhall w/ Sweet Touch Foundation
Strictly Business @ The Red Light
another dope flyer by: Noel Dix
Freddie James – Freddie James
This shit is tight. Found it on a recent digging excursion with my homie Arcee… Freddie James Self Titled LP one solid tune with that typical generic boogie banger sound. Never seen this one before but I always used to see some of his other joints in MTL all the time. Makes sense because this…
The Notations – Super People
Having eluded me for a years now, I finally caved in and copped one of these recently. I just got it in the mail today. I would consider this a fairly well known funk/soul record that has made it to a few compilations and re-issues not to mention having been sampled by early nineties Hip-Hop…
Miles Jones – Rhyme Like This (feat. Percee P)
This is a joint I produced on Miles Jone’s Runaway Jones album It featuring the likes of the legendary random rapper Percee P. It’s called “Rhyme Like This”. I kinda treated the song as some what of an ironic throw back to the type of Hip Hop i listened to when i was growing up.…
Strictly Business @ The Red Light
another dope flyer by: Noel Dix
Three Times Dope @ Augusta House
Strictly Business @ The Redlight
another dope flyer by: Noel Dix
Butter @ The RedLight
First Touch – Pleasure For Your Treasure
I’ve been keeping this song under my hat for the last little while, but i think these dudes deserve some shine. It’s a current staple in my dj sets and the whole album is nothing short of “tight”. If you like Dam Funk, and 80’s synth boogie, then First Touch will be right up your…
New Weekly Event – 24 Carat @ Andy Poolhall every Tuesday
The title of this post pretty much says it all… Long time buddy, loud mouth, all around good guy and, BBoy dancefloor killer Heistro (Ready2Rock/DDK) has decided to get in the promotion game. In creating this night dedicated to dancers and their audience, Heist has enlisted Kae Wonder and myself to throw down the funk…