The conception and creation of a piece of recorded music is a complex, expensive process. Guitars must be tuned. Levels must be checked. Sequencers must be sequenced. Armed only with the deepest intimacies of the soul and large quantities of illegal narcotics, the songwriter wrenches an idea from the dark places deep within. Some weird old guy who wears sunglasses indoors must “produce” the whole thing, crafting a single crystalline song from a messy stew of money, sweat, technology, and emotion.

And then you ruin it by playing it through those chintzy PC speakers. How dare you, sir or madam? How dare you?

Give the artists the presentation they deserve with RBC desiFEST this Saturday. Matching a real live sound guy with hundreds of audio channels and a thumpin’ sub to deliver the kind of sound that warrants all the work that goes into the music. Rich, buttery bass and crispy, pan-seared treble are on the menu, and you can have all the seconds you want. If you balk at the free price tag, just think of the musicians. After you’ve stolen bread from their mouths and heroin from their veins with all your illicit downloading, the least you can do is come to Gastown on Saturday and listen to them at the free outdoor concert.

WHAT: RBC desiFEST
WHERE: Water Street between Cambie and West Cordova Street, Vancouver
WHO: A-Slam, Academy of Cre8ive Arts, Camille Arneja, Cassius Khan, Chin, Daksh, DilVog, DJ Publicity, En Karma, FootEdge Dance Company, Hemant Rao, Jagua, Jay Ravindra, Joti Shergill, Kaka Canadian, Priya Kumar, Sabrina, Sunny Matharu, Brandon McIntosh, Shez Khan and many more.
WHY: How often do you get free, live concerts in Vancouver?
WHEN: THIS Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 10:00AM - 8:00PM
HOW (MUCH): Zero, Zilch, Nada

More details: http://click.urbanmixer.com/20080430/desifest.asp

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Cool... what about the afterparty, Nina?


We had dreams of scouring the globe for the perfect afterparty. We imagined bouncing from port to port, following unreliable leads and keeping unsavory company. We’d schmooze in leather-appointed parlors full of cigar smoke. We’d search through musty, seaside warehouses. We’d cultivate connections with crooked cops and black-marketeers, anyone with the knack for getting his hands on what we needed, for the right price. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

But then one of our reglar partners called us with a modest offering of Vancouver's largest privately-owned cruising vessel, the MV Brittania, so we scrapped the whole plan and created the afterparty, desiQUEST. It’s just as well—we get the worst kind of motion sickness. Or as we call it, “the globetrots.”

And anyway, desiQUEST is just what we would’ve hoped to have create. See, we like our afterparties like we like our men: cheap, compact, South Asian and able to satisfy hundreds of guests simultaneously.

You know what? Forget we said that.

Focus instead on this cruise which starts shortly after 9PM. It features Canadian talent, DJs Baba Khan and DJ Publicity from Toronto and our own local DJs Reminisce and DJ Lajit. It’s so straightforward and easy to find that a baby could probably figure it out. And not, like, an especially smart baby, either.

We must insist, however, that no matter how smart your baby may be, this is a 19+ event. Events like this can stunt kids’ growth—and frankly, that’s like the best-case scenario.


WHAT: desiQUEST, the Official Afterparty
WHERE: The MV Brittania, board at the Harbour Cruises Marina, 501 Denman Street, Vancouver
WHO: DJs Baba Khan and Publicity from Toronto, our very own DJ Reminisce and DJ Lajit
WHY: Mix with friends, new friends to cutting edge South Asian music, performers from the day event, present
WHEN: Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 9PM - 3AM
HOW (MUCH): $55 in advance, $80 on May 3rd. Purchase ten tickets online (you and 9 friends), $45

Register online: http://click.urbanmixer.com/20080430/signup.asp

More details: http://click.urbanmixer.com/20080430/desiquest.asp

Stay tuned - we have lots more coming your way. See you this weekend.

Regards,

Nina Sohi,
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr matey!

Urban Mixer

phone: (800) 688-1868 x 912
nina@urbanmixer.com
www.urbanmixer.com

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