By Waldorf Hotel on Jan 24, 2012 in Weekend at The Waldorf
Lazer Sword, Salva and Nguzunguzu – Friday March 9
The Waldorf and Vancouver’s Very Own Present a massive multiroom party with some of the hottest names in dance musc.
Lazer Sword (Low Limit + Lando Kal)
Lando Kal and Low Limit made a name for themselves on their vivid live shows and bass-heavy bootlegs, before releasing the six-track Golden Handshake EP on Numbers earlier this year. Their music, which is rooted in rap but also takes in 8-bit, Daft Punk, Jimmy Edgar and more, has been described as everything from “electro crunk” to “future blap”, but we’d rather just consider it a modern, wide-reaching take on hip-hop.
www.lazersword.net
Salva
Paul Salva has been on quite a tear as of late. In February 2011, the Frite Nite label head released his ‘Complex Housing’ LP on the Friends of Friends label to rave reviews (Resident Advisor, Pitchfork, FACT, XLR8R all recommended) and has quickly become one of electronic music’s most exciting and diverse producers.
www.fritenite.com
Nguzunguzu
From house-inflected UK bass to kuduro to hi-tech reggaeton to Chicago juke to leftfield grime to zouk to cumbia, the Los Angeles based duo Nguzunguzu take a grab bag of worldly sounds and re-imagine them into the familiar framework of a contemporary R&B and hip-hop. Creating something much greater than the sum of its parts, Nguzunguzu makes futuristic global club music made to bump in Jeeps, knock out on world-class sound systems, and transmit into the unknown.
With local favourites Expendable Youth and Eames.
