Saturday | July 19, 2008
Contact info and online mixes
For bookings please send an email request to djbliss@videotron.ca or contact Bliss at
(514) 603-3766
Aside from his weekly residencies Bliss regularly guests at a variety of clubnights and concerts around the city.
Please routinely check the Bliss's myspace calender for more info on upcoming events at:
http://www.myspace.com/djblissmtl
To send promotional material please email Bliss at http://www.myspace.com/djblissmtl for address.
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On a weekly/monthly basis you can catch Dj Bliss:
Voyeur (Monthly) at the Societe Des Arts Technologiques.
Musical Stylings: Electro/Acid House
Listen to a older Voyeur mix at: http://www.archive.org/details/DjBlissElectroMutantDisco
ELECTRO/HOUSE: I play the latest in Nu Electro and Acid House at my monthly Voyeur residency (www.myspace.com/voyeurelectro) and regularily guest at Electro clubnights around the city. Artists I'm into lately: Fake Blood, D.I.M., Surkin, Touche, Proxy, Data, Congo Rock, Petits Pilous, Bloody Beetroots, Crookers, Vandalism, Riots In Belgium, Digitalism, Para One, Bangkok Impact, Steve Bug, CLASSS, Basement Jaxx, Modselektor, Chromeo, Sweetlight, MSTRKRFT, Boyz Noize, Agoria, Switch, Hot Chip, Christopher Just, Justice, Abe Duque, Headman, Daft Punk, Dsico, Booka Shade, Etienne De Crecy, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Armand Van Helden, Simian Mobile Disco, Riton, Answer, Ascii Disco, Spektrum, Console, Who Made Who, DK7, Klaxons, LCD Soundsystem, Prototypes, Mr Oizo, labels such as Turbo, Kitsune, Ed Banger, Metal Postcard, Skint, Rephex, Mute, Traxx, some Nu Rave, Italo Disco & British Indie Dance. Influences: New Order, Cabaret Voltaire, Lil Louis, 808 State, Jedi Knights, Daft Punk, Plastikman, Front 242, Armando, Model 500, Kraftwerk, Green Velvet, Nitzer Ebb, Throbbing Gristle, Phuture, Nexus 21, Ministry, Les Rythmes Digitales, LFO, Depeche Mode, Yellow Magic Orchestra, NJOI, Laurent Garnier ...New Wave, Belgian New Beat, Acid House, Industrial, Detroit Electro, Bleeps, Warp Records, Manchester music scene
Review from the latest issue of the prestigious American music magazine Urb
Review from Toronto's Tribe Magazine
Buzzant Blizzarts
Annie Martineau
collaboration speciale, La Presse
La popularite de la soiree Voyeur du samedi entraine les amoureux de musique electro a venir dans ce refuge situe au-dela de la partie etourdissante du boulevard Saint-Laurent, au nord de l'avenue des Pins.
Clientele : Jeunes ages de 20 a 30 ans, arborant une coupe de cheveux inspiree et des vetements griffes ou du comptoir familial; Plateau, ghetto McGill et Concordia. Ratio gars-filles: 1/1. Ratio de belles personnes: 99,9 %.
Musique : Tellement bonne... Samedi dernier, les DJ Jordan Dare et Bliss nous ont balance un electro-trash-sombre-mais-entrainant qui nous a fait bouger et sourire toute la soiree et qui nous fait sourire encore en ecrivant ces lignes.
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BREAKBEATS: In 1999 Bliss cofounded Montreal's first breaks weekly The Grill (Blizzarts Thursdays), a night that ran for close to 5 years making it the longest running breaks weekly in the citys history. The Grill was the first local night to introduce the then emerging Nu Skool breaks sound, bringing in some of the biggest names in breaks to the East Coast for the first time. Artists such as Krafty Kuts, Atomic Hooligan and Scissorkicks as well as some of the biggest Canadian breaks djs at the time such as D-Monic and Czech and paved the way for other upcoming local djs such as the Broken Crew. Bliss continues to be one of the most in demand breaks djs in Montreal playing everything from funk and downtempo breaks to the lastest in nu skool and electro breakbeats on a weekly basis across the city. Artists such as: James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa, Boabinga, Genaside II, Krafty Kuts, Bassbin Twins, Bassnectar, Mantronik, Freq Nasty, JDS, Rakka n'roll, Stabilizer, La Funk Mob, Koma & Bones, Czech, Tayo, Coldcut, Altern 8, Stanton Warriors, Digable Planets, Chemical Brothers, J-Dilla, Ghislain Poirier, Kool Herc, The JBs, Hardkiss, Plump Djs, Fatboy Slim, Quantic, ESG, Whodini, UMCs, The Prodigy, Acen, 2 Bad Mice, Diplo, Public Enemy, Prince, Run DMC, Dj Zinc, Soul Of Man, Freestylers, Dr Dre, Rza, Kicks Like A Mule, Amon Tobin, Hollertronix, Beastie Boys, Cymande, Curtis Mayfield, Rennie Pilgrem, Deekline, 2 Live Crew, Dj Shadow, De La Soul, Phantom Beats, Jimmy Castor Band, Howie B, 4 hero, Baby Mammoth, Groove Armada, Dream Warriors, Ursula 1000, Antibalas, Liquid Liquid, Depth Charge, Fort Knox 5, NOW, Luke Vibert, Land Of The Loops and many others...Labels: Finger Lickin, Mob, Ninja Tune, TCR, Against The Grain, Moving Shadow, Mo Wax, Hollertronix, Pussy Foot, Pork, XL Recordings, Air, Rat Records, Funktional Breaks, Tommy Boy, Ubiquity
BREAKBEATS:
Download Bliss's Apeshit breaks/electrofunk mix and read an interview at:
http://www.breakbeat.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=42
Download Bliss's "A Mix For The Headz" at :
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/djbliss-amixfortheheadz/
Download Bliss's "A Mix For The Breakers" at:
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/djbliss/
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Chez Roger: Every Thursday:
Musical Stylings: Downtempo/Breaks/Jazz/Dub/House
http://www.barroger.com/
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Yeah, yeah – he’s the “hardest working DJ in Montreal”: I know, I see him walking up the Main, heading back home after his sets almost every other night I go out. While I would tend to concur, that’s unquestionably not the sole reason to appreciate Bliss.
A thru melomaniac, Bliss is not content to just sit back and limit his selection to the latest hits. Rather, he disperses just the right amount of surprising new grooves and classics cuts throughout the whole of his mix, providing opportunities for both green and seasoned clubbers to appreciate his selection and/or wonder what the hell is going on.
Of course, all this is done with the finesse and confidence of a vinyl veteran whose resumé is highlighted by a trio of Montreal breaks & electro institutions: The Grill, Chemistry & Voyeur.
A down to earth guy, Bliss always elevates a party’s mood to heavenly heights, which is kind of funny considering he shares his residency at Voyeur with the Prince of Darkness: Jordan Dare.
Steve Lalla, that guy who writes for The Hour, recently picked him as his number one DJ in Montréal, and we consider ourselves lucky to count him as one of our top 10 friends on MySpace.
From the MirrorBalls & Mirrorshade feature on Dj Bliss (December 2006)
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http://www.hour.ca/music/lallaland.aspx?iIDArticle=9960
Bliss is mentionned as Montreal's top Dj in a recent article in the Hour!
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http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=c57779f4-6ebb-4719-8e61-751cec034130
Article in the Montreal Gazette on the Canadian Center For Architecture Ball which Bliss Djed in June
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Another article published in the National Post