Amongst a myriad of different attributes, from its lovely location within the Canadian wilderness and jaw-dropping manufacturing to trailblazing hurt discount companies and holistic non-musical programming, Shambhala Music Pageant is thought for internet hosting performances from the world’s greatest digital music expertise.
When the four-day tenting pageant returns to Salmo River Ranch subsequent weekend, July 26-29, large headliners like Disclosure, Excision, Subtronics, Dillon Francis, and James Blake will carry out for shut to twenty,000 festivalgoers on a 500-acre cattle farm within the West Kootenay area of British Columbia.
However past world touring artists, Shambhala continues to make waves by showcasing the perfect musical expertise from inside Canada’s borders, a lot of whom have a protracted historical past of taking part in the occasion, are concerned in its manufacturing, and have been instrumental in its success.
From quiet legends of the Canadian pageant circuit and worldwide ambassadors for the nation’s digital scene to rising stars and distinctive collaborative tasks, learn beneath for 5 can’t-miss acts from the Nice White North at Shambhala 2024.
SkiiTour
Whistler, BC-based home duo SkiiTour is thought to shred the slopes and shred the decks. The pair of DJ-producers—Tim Livingstone and Dave Rollie—have been beloved throughout Canada and past for nicely over a decade for his or her vigorous funk-filled DJ units and colourful retro ski aesthetic.
Festivalgoers present out in pressure for his or her Après Skii occasion on the AMP yearly, that includes actual snow machines and loads of feel-good four-on-the-floor tunes to start out the weekend proper.
However don’t let their ski bum look idiot you. They’re veterans within the studio, too, dropping charting singles on revered labels like hau5trap, DND Recordings, Area Yacht, Kyle Watson and Wongo’s Field of Cats, and extra.
SkiiTour’s latest observe, “Sandwiches,” landed on DJ Dan’s InStereo Recordings final week and sees the pair staff up with the Pacific Northwest legend for a fun-loving tech home slapper. Test it out beneath, and you’ll want to pack your goggles earlier than you permit for The Farm.
Joanna Magik
Joanna Magik is likely one of the Canadian home scene’s foremost rising stars. The DJ, producer, and former skilled snowboarder brings athletic vitality and hard-edged groove to her performances and productions.
Getting her begin in Calgary after time spent working as an announcer for the 2010 Olympic Winter Video games, she broke by means of on the worldwide stage final yr with “Vitality,” a swaggering tech home collaboration with fellow native heroes Smalltown DJs and Los Angeles’ Techno Tupac.
Together with the Dirtybird debut, Magick’s rising arsenal of dancefloor weapons on labels like Field of Cats, Kevin McKay’s Glasgow Underground, and Gene Farris’ Farris Wheel, in addition to her newest, “Kick Out,” a bassline-heavy debut on Black V Neck’s Retail Information, have seen her hailed a “Way forward for Dance” award winner by 1001Tracklists.
She’s a presence on the decks, profitable Pete Tong’s 2023 Apple Music combine contest, and likewise an envoy and teacher for LP Giobbi’s FEMME HOUSE, an artist collective working to spice up under-represented genders in digital music. Her third consecutive efficiency within the Fractal Forest needs to be a deal with. Hearken to her 2023 set beneath.
The Chillage hosted by ailing.Gates
Although it’s maybe essentially the most mysterious act on this shortlist, we received’t be lacking The Chillage. Shambhala icon and veteran producer-DJ ailing.Gates has assembled a staff of gifted low-end bass selectors for his downtempo takeover.
The Toronto-born artist, whose decade-long catalog of wildly experimental bass tunes contains six studio albums and collaborations with CloZee, Excision, Apashe, KJ Sawka and extra, can be joined by Australian experimental bass favourite Mr. Invoice, and rising abilities shmani and Slowform, for what’s certain to be an anything-goes set filled with deep dub and wubs.
Along with their heady originals and remixes, each ailing.Gates and Mr. Invoice have showcased their manufacturing prowess in 1000’s of hours of on-line academic content material and are beloved within the bass scene for sharing their DAW strategies with the subsequent era of style masterminds.
With a pulse on the scene and an ear for cutting-edge sound design, we belief they’ve received one thing nice cooking for the Village on Saturday.
Bodysync
Bodysync is the indie-dance supergroup of Halifax-born producer Ryan Hemsworth, identified for his work with Tinashe, Tory Lanez, and Mitski, amongst others, and Girraffage, a veteran California electronica artist who’s collaborated with the likes of Japanese Breakfast, Porter Robinson and extra.
The duo’s carefree, pop-infused dance cuts have made noise on revered labels like A-Trak’s Idiot’s Gold, Final Gang, and Counter Information, and their new self-released album, NUTTY, is solely constructed for the dancefloor, that includes high-octane, euphoria-inducing grooves like “Rock It” and “Bailar (I Need To Dance).”
Because the surging sounds of hardgroove and Eurodance proceed to snatch the worldwide scene, we’ll definitely be holding our eye on Bodysync, and we’re amped for the little bit of soulful uptempo taste they’ll deliver to the Pagoda on Saturday.
The Librarian
Andrea Graham is a Canadian pageant legend. Along with her concurrently bass-heavy and groove-laden DJ units as The Librarian, the classically skilled Toronto-born artist is thought world wide for co-founding British Columbia’s different heralded digital music haven, Bass Coast.
Within the 15 years since she launched the pageant in 2009, she’s constructed a prized popularity as one among bass music’s main creatives and tastemakers, and her dwell performances mirror simply that, spanning a myriad of digital stylings, from 140BPM dubstep and storage to jungle, breaks, and whopping techno.
Together with her work behind the scenes with Bass Coast and her label, Chapter Three Recordings, in addition to a formidable efficiency resume with appearances at Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle, the celebrated late Symbiosis Gathering, and loads of earlier units at Shambhala, The Librarian brings a wealth of expertise to the decks.
We will’t wait to listen to what she’s pulled from the crates for her set on the Grove on Saturday.
Featured picture credit score: Bass Wizard Visuals.