Friday Feb 15th, 2013 Whitebird Events in association with Radio Contact are very proud to present ...


Gramatik [ NYC ] [ Pretty LIghts Music ] 

Generic / Whitebird Events 

Georgia Murray / georgiamurray.net

Opening act tba..


*** the first set of $16.80 Early bird tickets will be available at Coastline Surf & Sport - 1417 Broad Street, (250) 382-2123 in the coming days.

Online tickets will also be available in the soon.



Gramatik has always been an early adopter. It began at the age of 3, when his mother would catch him glued to the radio in his older sister’s room, checking out the cassette tapes with American funk, jazz, soul and blues. He started making his first beats on an early PC by the time he was 13, and soon the kid from Portoroz, Slovenia figured out how to harvest the power of free file sharing to build a following throughout the US & Europe. Tracks spread, hype grew, tours followed, and before long his digital persona forged the initial inroads into the US market, landing him both a label and an agency. 
Gramatik landed on US soil as a fully formed artist who knows how to do things his way. He signed to a label, Pretty Lights Music, that gives all of its music away for free, which went hand in hand with his own philosophy about 'freeing music by making music free'. Soon after, he scooped up his hometown crew and moved to Brooklyn, NY. Alongside Gramatik, the multimedia collective known as Dream Big features guitarist and producer F.A.Q, video director and filmmaker Anze Koron and graphic and web designer Martin Kenjic, with whom he has been friends since they were kids, sitting in a small town on the Adriatic coast, dreaming of breaking out into the wide world beyond. Now’s the time.

Of his new record #digitalfreedom Gramatik says, "My new EP bares the title #digitalfreedom. As an artist that based his entire career on the platform of free file sharing, I'm dedicating it to the fight against severe internet censorship bills we've been hearing about so much in the past months. Bastards have been trying to cripple the internet on a global scale with bills like ACTA/SOPA/PIPA and I'm sure there's more of them coming, so this one goes out for spreading awareness! Reject them all, they will never stop the sharing, the Internet is our realm, DIGITAL FREEDOM!"

With over 100,000 tracks sold on Beatport.com, topping all kinds of genre charts, Gramatik has clearly matured into a world-class producer. He earned nominations for “Best Chill Out Artist” and “Best Chill Out Track” at the 2010 and 3 best track awards at the 2012 Beatport Music Awards. More recently, after posting a clever remix of Zeppelin's “Stairway to Heaven”, he shot to number 1 on HypeMachine in a matter of hours, and has been since appearing in the site's 'popular' top 10 chart with every new release. Within the US, it’s been a huge year of growth for Gramatik, performing at festivals across the US and alongside labelmate Pretty Lights, including epic sold out shows at Red Rocks. This summer promises even more high-profile appearances, including gigs at Lightning in a Bottle, Wakarusa, Electric Forest, Camp Bisco, Wanderlust and many more.

#digitalfreedom will be released April 3 on Pretty Lights Music.

www.gramatik.net
http://www.facebook.com/gramatik
www.twitter.com/gramatik
http://www.beatport.com/artist/gramatik/78890


DJ Generic 

http://www.facebook.com/DeejayGeneric

https://soundcloud.com/dj-generic

Whether he's opening for international superstars like Tipper, Bassnectar, Zeds Dead, A Skillz or Pretty Lights; rocking a headlining slot at an outdoor party or providing backdrop beats in a local lounge, Generic is the kind of DJ who fully brings it, whatever the gig. His combination of technical skills (the guy has taken several Vancouver Island DJ competition titles), impeccable ear for crowd-rocking tunes and a fun-loving attitude makes Generic (nee Cole Magnusson) one of the Island's most sough-after disc jockeys. Expect one of his sets to be chock-a-block with broken beats, glitch hop, drum and bass and dubstep—including some of his own tracks, edits and remixes—with plenty of cutting and scratching thrown in for good measure. With skills like that, it's no surprise this 10-year vet behind the decks rarely goes a weekend without dropping a set




Georgia Murray - Georgiamurray.net


LATEST NEWS: Georgia Murray has just been named one of the Top 20 artists in the 2012 Peak Performance Project! The Peak Performance Project is BC’s most coveted music competition with over 400 submissions from the best up and coming bands and artists from across BC. Previous to that, Georgia was chosen as one of Canada’s top 8 bands competing for $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Music on CBC’s nationally televised show, Cover Me Canada. Georgia also just won the “Fan Favourite” award at the 2011 Times Colonist Music Awards and was named “Favourite Urban/R&B Artist” at Monday Magazine’s “M Awards”. Georgia has also been nominated for “Urban Recording of the Year” at this years Western Canadian Music Awards for her Just a Dream EP (winners are yet to be announced).

Only a heart hungrier than a black hole can navigate utterly random phenomena, like performing with the Canadian Tenors one night and opening for Talib Kweli the next. Singer/songwriter Georgia Murray lives for this and her music and determination have gained the respect of another captain-on-a-mission. “I can tell you that Georgia Murray’s songs and melodies put a smile on my face,” William Shatner said. “She writes her own music and her passion for her craft comes out oh so well.”

Georgia may have grown up at her parents’ remote fishing lodge in northern BC, but her sights were set higher than sea level. After spontaneously belting out a Little Mermaid tune to their diners at age 3, Georgia became the lodge’s feature performer. Blast ahead. Georgia got a major break from one lodge patron, TV writer/producer David E. Kelley who wrote a part for her as a lounge singer into his show, Boston Legal.

The randomventure continues, opening for artists like KRS One, Warren G, KOS, Shad, Atmosphere and Jurassic 5, privately performing for Warren Buffett, earning credit for a single by Korea’s biggest star, which copied Georgia’s original song note-for-note and topped Korea’s charts. You might’ve even seen her singing anthems at arenas like Madison Square Gardens for NHL and NBA teams.

Georgia’s flown through all of Victoria and Vancouver’s best venues, with a sound labeled “alternative” and “dark soul,” mixing Gnarls Barkley, Portishead and Adele. Live performance is where Georgia blows minds. Her voice and presence commands the focus of every eye in the room. She’s blipped on many radars, like The Province’s “Monthly Musical Pick” twice in six months, and Entertainment Tonight called her “Canada’s own singing sensation.”

And another exciting trek begins, Georgia’s currently recording material with her creative partner, D Whiz and Grammy winning producer Chin Injet (Eminem, 50 Cent), and has recently worked with Juno winning producer Gavin Brown (Metric, Billy Talent) and Ryan Kondrat (Broken Social Scene, Shad).