Utopia Festival: Women in Digital Culture ft. Peaches, Tanya Tagaq, Isis

W2 Storyeum in Vancouver will host Utopia Festival on March 5, 2011 to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day. Proceeds to support W2's Second Annual Girls Creative Tech Summer Camps.

The event will feature Peaches as keynote speaker, and showcases by Isis and Tanya Tagaq and many others. You won't want to miss this if you're a lover of beats!

Here's a quick description of the event from its organizers:

"For women interested in electronic music and media, Utopia Unconference wristbands provide all-access and 3 meals: Breakfast, Music Maker Workshops, Lunch, Mobile Dance Party, Unconference, Dinner Reception, Concert, and Showcase. We are anticipating 150 women participating in five creative streams: electro, hip hop, bass, electro-acoustic and live cinema."

For scheduling and further information, check out Utopia Festival's event page.

Tunes of the day - 09/09/09

It's technically past midnight now, but who's complaining?

Below are some songs that I saved in my CBC Radio 3 personal playlist. As I was looking through the playlist and deleting songs that have since been purchased, I came across a few gems. So this is not only for your listening pleasure, but to remind myself to look even more into these artists!

So below are a sampling of songs that have caught my ear over the past couple of months, with short introductions. Enjoy!

P.S. I've turned off the autoplay, which should make things a lot less annoying.


1. Jesse Matheson - The French Song
Can't catch the lyrics? You should've paid attention in French class.




2. Handsome Furs - I'm Confused
Sex appeal oozing Polaris long listers make undeniably danceable track.



3. K'naan - Soobax
An infectious track from the debut album of this twice Polaris short-listed Somalian-Canadian MC.



4. Peaches - Talk To Me
An electro-dance track. Songs that trigger involuntary hip swaying seemed to have grasped me over the past couple of months, apparently.



5. Doug Paisley - Broken In Two
And now, to slow you down after the twitching dancing the past couple of tracks may have induced.