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Wanted to throw this up now that the interview itself is off the main page just in case you missed it last week . Sines exclusive. Big things poppin.

TRACKLIST FOR FULL EFFECT

1. Arae-Lyon 
2. The Weeknd-Gone (Sines Slowed Remix) 
3. The Weeknd-The Host (Sines Slowed Remix) 
4. Clams Casino-Treetop 
5. oOoOO-SedSUMTING 
6. Team Sleep- In Loco Parentis 
7. The Weeknd ft Drake-Crew Shit(Xavier McDaniel rerap) 
8. Kirko Bangz-Knowtalmbout 
9. Fatima Al Qadiri-Hip Hop Spa 
10. Holy Other-Feel Something 
11. The Weeknd-Thursday 
12. Team Sleep-Formant 
13. Terius Nash-Wake Me When Its Over 
14. Drake ft Lil Wayne-HYFR 
15. Maal A Goomba-The OOKIE (Produced By Morri$)

schoolofremix:

Second best thing to wake up to this morning. Annie Macs free music Monday’s are back.

• Foamo - Sherlock
• Brodinski - Oblivion
• Proxy - Raven
• ZZT - The Worm
• ZZT - The Worm (Erol Alkan Extended Rework)
• Kid Goodman - Last Night Theme (Go Go Bizkitt Remix)
• Honey Shain - Hvad Han Far (Drippin Re-Fuxxx)
• Beyonce - Dance For You (Babe Rainbow Funtime Edit)
• Marty Party - We Don’t Give a Damn
• Dillon Francis - Beautician (Gavin Johnston Remix)
• ZEBRAh - I Be Blastin
• Blind Prophet - Glower
• The Hood Internet - Some Creeps (TLC x Holy Ghost x Michael Mcdonald)
• Jokers Of The Scene - Black Mountie (Shadow Dancer Lovley Horse Remix)
• Terror Dactel - DEF Wckids GO DEF! Remix)

schoolofremix:

Keeping it local we have a banger that just dropped last night from Wepa!, Gameboy, Lighta! and Self Evident. Be sure to get familiar with these guys. Big things poppin.

Steeze. Upped this before the The Come Up. Chris Zep reppin AOTC, BMXFU & The Take.

I primarily listen to classic rock when I’m in the car or at work, when I’m riding I’ve got a constantly changing playlist of songs in different genres. Right now I’ve also been listening to instrumental stuff from Clams Casino.

And heres the link to my newest web edit that CB Coombs filmed the other night at Oil City Skatepark. AOTC 2 section and Chris Zep “Stuff” edit coming next week.

1. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
2. Get Back - The Beatles
3. Echoes pt 1 - Pink Floyd
4. Heartbreaker (Doo Doo Doo Doo) - The Rolling Stones
5. Hotel California - The Eagles
6. All My Friends - LCD Sound System
7. I’m God (Instrumental) - Clams Casino
8. Realist Alive (Lil 

Zebras have better taste in music than I care to admit.

Tracklist for full effect:

1. LOL Boys - Bang Them 
2. Kry Wolf - Crossfire 
3. Wiley - It’s Wiley (Royal T remix) 
4. Youngsta - Bongo (Dubbel Dutch Edit) 
5. Lunice - I See U (Girl Unit Remix) 
6. Myrryrs - Feel U (Teki Latex & Bambounou Remix) 
7. Kingdom - Take Me (feat. Naomi Allen) (Accapella) 
8. Dark Sky - The Lick 
9. L-Vis 1990 - Lost In Love Feat. Javeon McCarthy (Night Slugs Allstars Street Mix) 
10. The Weeknd - The Morning

Leroy Bella aka Sines is one of the busiest producers around. With two labels going, mix’s, partie’s, interview’s and just networking at an amazing pace Sines is quickly becoming one of Texas’s best known. Amidst everything he’s got going he threw down an exclusive mix for you all here today to accompany the interview. Tracklisting and mix following the words. Enjoy. And thanks.

Who are you, where are you from, where are you now?

Im Leroy Bella, born in Brownsville Texas and raised in Houston Texas.

I currently reside in Pasadena TX (15 mins outside of Houston).

What were some landmarks of 2011 for you?

2011 was a pretty good yr for my label Freshmore. We had 5 releases and did a mini Texas Tour.

Over the years you’ve moved through a number genres, dubstep, juke, I was just listening to some moombahton on your soundcloud. Where are you at with moombahton?

Yea man I try to add alot of variety by making different genres. I dig some moombahton and seem to only be making the more chill stuff. My sound is forever changing.

There have been a couple of other people under the name Sines. Is it just you now?

Well there are 2 of us that dj together as Sines but im more on the production end when it comes to Sines.

How often does Sines come together for a live show?

Anytime we play out we usually play together.

With so much on the go, Formant Recordings, Fresh More and Sines. How do yo manage all to work smoothly at once?

Its a long process for everything. I try to spend time on everything equally. Juggling being a father and a full time job it tends to be hard but I think ive done a pretty good job.

Right now im mainly focusing on Sines and Freshmore. Formant at the moment is in the air. Vinyl sales have been down so kinda hard to keep on with it.

The internet and social media are wonderful. Online promo is where its at right now promoting everything. Blogs,soundcloud,twitter,facebook and the list goes on.

I have linked with so many people cos of the web.

Houston is known as a musically diverse place. Has your creation of two labels been a move to accommodate the diversity of the city?

In a sense it has. Houston is a big diverse city with so much music you can get engulfed by the amount of it.

I just try to do my part and spread what i think is good music.

Its a long process for everything. I try to spend time on everything equally. Juggling being a father and a full time job it tends to be hard but i think ive done a pretty good job.

Right now im mainly focusing on Sines and Freshmore. Formant at the moment is in the air. Vinyl sales have been down so kinda hard to keep on with it.

808/ southern rap beats are pretty well mainstream atm. Any thoughts on the recent popularity of this particular sound? And who would you say took the sound to the top of the charts? Granted the sound has been around for a solid minute.

That 808 sounds has always been around. I forever have been a fan especially living in Houston. Way too many artist to name on that. But in the past few yrs its been incorporated alot with electronic music.

Can you list up three artists both on and off of Fresh More that you’ve been listening to as of late?

• Morri$  http://soundcloud.com/phillybaby
• Sinjin Hawke  http://soundcloud.com/sinjin_hawke
• Dj Sliink     http://soundcloud.com/djsliinkbbc

Top 3 sources for new music? 

• Soundcloud
• Blogs
• XLR8R

Tons of remixes dropping soon and more to come.

Words to sign off with?

Yea, shouts to Gritsy.

1. Arae-Lyon 
2. The Weeknd-Gone (Sines Slowed Remix) 
3. The Weeknd-The Host (Sines Slowed Remix) 
4. Clams Casino-Treetop 
5. oOoOO-SedSUMTING 
6. Team Sleep- In Loco Parentis 
7. The Weeknd ft Drake-Crew Shit(Xavier McDaniel rerap) 
8. Kirko Bangz-Knowtalmbout 
9. Fatima Al Qadiri-Hip Hop Spa 
10. Holy Other-Feel Something 
11. The Weeknd-Thursday 
12. Team Sleep-Formant 
13. Terius Nash-Wake Me When Its Over 
14. Drake ft Lil Wayne-HYFR 
15. Maal A Goomba-The OOKIE (Produced By Morri$)

NOTE: This was originally posted before Christmas 2011 but there was a format change on the blog and the text was hardly legible. Some of the info here is a touch dated but for the most part the content is on point and the music is just to good to leave in the archives.

Who’s Gameboy, where’s he live and what doe’s he do?

Gameboy is Dustin Zwaryck, Who lives in east vancouver, Doing art.

The name Gameboy, is there a story behind it?

Yes. I was born in 85, And my first love was the NES, I lived in the glory days of console gaming, Ive always loved and cherished the Gameboy portable system, And when i discovered chiptunes it was a natural synchronistic evolution of a silly yet key part of my experience as a kid into my current self as an artist.

How do you explain digital cumbia to someone hearing for the first time?

I usually let people just get there own impressions, But when people ask about digicumbia and i cant give them an audible example, i usually say something about its south american folk roots and the fact that lots of people currently in south and central-america (and to a lesser extent globally) are taking classic cumbia as a sample source or reference point, And bringing the style into the present in their own unique ways.

Give us the deets on night of the minotaur.

The Minotuars Lair is a very ambitious series of art events, Showcasing local artists, With a focus on artists working in the DTES, Who work outside of the traditional commercial art community, Kind of like a Guerilla art society. Its a monthly show where we pair artists of many mediums together in an attempt to blend cliques and communities that wouldn’t dare go outside of themselves and give everyone a chance to see what we are all up to. In essence to create and nurture symbiotic relationships in the art community.

List up your top favourite 3 parties in Vancouver.

1. Ben ulis/Self Evident throws the best one-off shows at the astoria, Always an amazing cutting edge headliner backed up by select Lighta crew and his friends. Always a great time. The shows are not too frequent, But always worth waiting for. 
2. Thursday ting also at the Astoria is always great. 
3. W2 Lights New Years Eve Party, There has only been one so far with the sequel in a few weeks but the lineup is always massive and full of local talent

Whats the appeal of DJing for you?

I love and hate Dj’ing. I worked an entire summer for my dad to buy my first turntable setup, Beautiful SL1200’s and a vestax PMC-05, It was even more fun than Nintendo pushing around the vinyl, scratching etc. 

As a kid who started out with drums and bass and guitar it was a whole new world of musical possibility, But the more i got into music production and engineering as well as having a profound respect for musicianship, More and more Dj’ing seemed to me like the most lazy form of music performance, And many experiences working in clubs made me very scornful of the lazy self-aggrandizing Dj Douche.

Thats not to say that there are not any hard working and musically skilled dj’s, Its just less common.

Digital DJ setups like Serato, Traktor, Ableton, whats your take on them? Do you use them?

Scratch live is great, I mourn the death of the vinyl, But I am enthralled with where digital audio technology is headed, Traktor is great too, I like the easy effects setup and midi mapping in traktor, I think scratch live should be more configurable like traktor.Scratch live is great, I mourn the death of the vinyl, But i am enthralled with where digital audio technology is headed, Traktor is great too, i like the easy effects setup and midi mapping in traktor, I think scratch live should be more configurable like traktor.

Ableton is my baby, Version 7 all the way. I cut my teeth and ableton 7 and know so much about it, But im still finding new potential all the time. Ive personally been trying to use ableton exclusively in my sets, Doing basically a hybrid dj/live set. So i have the potential to perform original material live or stick to the security of a dj set. Im trying to replace the decks with my novation launchpad and so far so good. But i still have scratch live and itch and other programs to fall back in emergencies.

Drink of choice?

Warm sake, if anything. Trying to reduce my alcohol consumption, Its all to easy to go overboard when the drinks are free.

What’s the funniest pre-show ritual you’ve seen or heard of?

Rituals by their nature always seem a bit funny when viewed objectively, but i cant say ive heard of any specifically funny ones.

Whats your take on the EDM scene in Vancouver/ What does it need more or less of and who’s pushing it in a forward direction? Granted EDM has such a broad spectrum. 

The scene in vancouver is strong but erratic. The style and culture I think is well supported, but it needs to branch out and evolve. There needs to be more cross-pollenization between electronic music and other realms of art and expression.

I think everyone is pushing it. From the bedroom DJ’s to the local artists who have earned international acclaim. But we are not necessarily pushing it forward, we are pushing in many different directions.

Which i think is a very “Vancouver” way of doing things. Independent and diverse, which is why you can have something like a fledgling digital cumbia scene in canada a long way from colombia.

But the downside of that is, people often forget that artists mutually respecting and supporting other artists is the cornerstone of real artistic community. You dont have to like everything that everyone else is doing but you have to be honest about art, and how you interpret the work of others.

Without that honest dialogue there is very little growth.

What has been your connection with East Van Digital?

Ive been a fan of quite a few of their releases and I am really appreciative of their community-level focus. They represent a lot of talented east-side artists and there is a forthcoming album by myself and Self Evident available in the new year.

Do you have a selection process for tracks you remix/ how do you select a track to remix?

Just by intuition, Ill just hear a track or remember one and think to myself “i have to remix that”

Are you in the production game and what are you working with?

Yes.

A late 2008 15” macbook pro that has taken a lot of abuse, Event TR6 monitors which I love, this old technics synth/organ (with bass pedals) that i found in a warehouse on powell, Audio Kontrol 1 sound card (seriously need to upgrade), Soundcraft 4 channel mixer, 2 original DMG-01 Gameboy units (one has a few mods), a few mics and various bits and bobs.

What was your favorite album in 2011? Favorite song?

Nobody makes real albums anymore, But the song Eisbaer by Grauzone has been my fucking anthem. Its hard to explain why.

When all the partying is over how do you like to chill out?

Anime, blunts, more sake, good people.

What do you do outside of the dance music scene?

Restore vintage japanese motorcycles, Tailoring and fashion design mainly in leather, Leather tooling (making art/images on leather hides) Art in general.

Shambhala 2012?

Basscoast 2012 for sure, Hoping to be on the bill.

Anything else you’d like to put out there?

Stop being so selfish and insincere vancouver, show your vulnerabilities and wonderful things will happen. Big ups to my partner in grime Ben Ulis, Much love to the Lighta crew for massively maturing and growing the vancouver scene, Much love to our WEPA crew and all the regular cumbiamberos.

Animal Bike’s ‘Can I Eat’ was the first BMX video I ever saw. All the NY x NJ street moves were just the coolest shit ever. Steve Hamiltons section was a huge part of that video and brought so much attention to it. Bought myself a bike shorty after that. Here are his top 10 most played tracks off his iTunes.

most played songs in my itunes January 26, 2012

out of 4080 songs, since I got my computer. Lately I’ve been listening to the Grateful Dead and Nurse with Wound

• Sparklehorse and Dangermouse - Jaykub (Dark Night of the Soul) (featuring Jason Lytle) 75 plays
• Sparklehorse - Shade and Honey 72 plays
• Sparklehorse - Ghost in the Sky 70 plays
• The Sea and the Cake - Coconut 67 plays
• Sparklehorse - Getting It Wrong 67 plays
• Sparklehorse - See the Light 67 plays
• Ducktails - Landscapes Wishes 61 plays
• Sparklehorse - Cow 59 plays
• Gorillaz - Stylo (featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def) 58 plays

Second 90’s gaming console theme interview we have this week. Gameboy, a Vancouverite making waves with the Wepa! crew bringing a little much needed variety and latin flava to the scene. Read on.

Who’s Gameboy, where’s he live and what doe’s he do?

Gameboy is Dustin Zwaryck, Who lives in east vancouver, Doing art.

The name Gameboy, is there a story behind it?

Yes. I was born in 85, And my first love was the NES, I lived in the glory days of console gaming, Ive always loved and cherished the Gameboy portable system, And when i discovered chiptunes it was a natural synchronistic evolution of a silly yet key part of my experience as a kid into my current self as an artist.

How do you explain digital cumbia to someone hearing for the first time?

I usually let people just get there own impressions, But when people ask about digicumbia and i cant give them an audible example, i usually say something about its south american folk roots and the fact that lots of people currently in south and central-america (and to a lesser extent globally) are taking classic cumbia as a sample source or reference point, And bringing the style into the present in their own unique ways.

Give us the deets on night of the minotaur.

The Minotuars Lair is a very ambitious series of art events, Showcasing local artists, With a focus on artists working in the DTES, Who work outside of the traditional commercial art community, Kind of like a Guerilla art society. Its a monthly show where we pair artists of many mediums together in an attempt to blend cliques and communities that wouldn’t dare go outside of themselves and give everyone a chance to see what we are all up to. In essence to create and nurture symbiotic relationships in the art community.

List up your top favourite 3 parties in Vancouver.

1. Ben ulis/Self Evident throws the best one-off shows at the astoria, Always an amazing cutting edge headliner backed up by select Lighta crew and his friends. Always a great time. The shows are not too frequent, But always worth waiting for. 
2. Thursday ting also at the Astoria is always great. 
3. W2 Lights New Years Eve Party, There has only been one so far with the sequel in a few weeks but the lineup is always massive and full of local talent

Whats the appeal of DJing for you?

I love and hate Dj’ing. I worked an entire summer for my dad to buy my first turntable setup, Beautiful SL1200’s and a vestax PMC-05, It was even more fun than Nintendo pushing around the vinyl, scratching etc. 

As a kid who started out with drums and bass and guitar it was a whole new world of musical possibility, But the more i got into music production and engineering as well as having a profound respect for musicianship, More and more Dj’ing seemed to me like the most lazy form of music performance, And many experiences working in clubs made me very scornful of the lazy self-aggrandizing Dj Douche.

Thats not to say that there are not any hard working and musically skilled dj’s, Its just less common.

Digital DJ setups like Serato, Traktor, Ableton, whats you take on them? Do you use them?

Scratch live is great, I mourn the death of the vinyl, But i am enthralled with where digital audio technology is headed, Traktor is great too, i like the easy effects setup and midi mapping in traktor, I think scratch live should be more configurable like traktor.

Ableton is my baby, Version 7 all the way. I cut my teeth and ableton 7 and know so much about it, But im still finding new potential all the time. Ive personally been trying to use ableton exclusively in my sets, Doing basically a hybrid dj/live set. So i have the potential to perform original material live or stick to the security of a dj set. Im trying to replace the decks with my novation launchpad and so far so good. But i still have scratch live and itch and other programs to fall back in emergencies.

Drink of choice?

Warm sake, if anything. Trying to reduce my alcohol consumption, Its all to easy to go overboard when the drinks are free.

What’s the funniest pre-show ritual you’ve seen or heard of?

Rituals by their nature always seem a bit funny when viewed objectively, but i cant say ive heard of any specifically funny ones.

Whats your take on the EDM scene in Vancouver/ What does it need more or less of and who’s pushing it in a forward direction? Granted EDM has such a broad spectrum. 

The scene in vancouver is strong but erratic. The style and culture I think is well supported, but it needs to branch out and evolve. There needs to be more cross-pollenization between electronic music and other realms of art and expression.

I think everyone is pushing it. From the bedroom DJ’s to the local artists who have earned international acclaim. But we are not necessarily pushing it forward, we are pushing in many different directions.

Which i think is a very “Vancouver” way of doing things. Independent and diverse, which is why you can have something like a fledgling digital cumbia scene in canada a long way from colombia.

But the downside of that is, people often forget that artists mutually respecting and supporting other artists is the cornerstone of real artistic community. You dont have to like everything that everyone else is doing but you have to be honest about art, and how you interpret the work of others.

Without that honest dialogue there is very little growth.

What has been your connection with East Van Digital?

Ive been a fan of quite a few of their releases and i am really appreciative of their community-level focus, They represent a lot of talented east-side artists and there is a forthcoming album by myself and Self Evident available in the new year.

Do you have a selection process for tracks you remix/ how do you select a track to remix?

Just by intuition, Ill just hear a track or remember one and think to myself “i have to remix that”

Are you in the production game and what are you working with?

Yes.

A late 2008 15” macbook pro that has taken a lot of abuse, Event TR6 monitors which I love, this old technics synth/organ (with bass pedals) that i found in a warehouse on powell, Audio Kontrol 1 sound card (seriously need to upgrade), Soundcraft 4 channel mixer, 2 original DMG-01 Gameboy units (one has a few mods), a few mics and various bits and bobs.

What was your favorite album in 2011? Favorite song?

Nobody makes real albums anymore, But the song Eisbaer by Grauzone has been my fucking anthem. Its hard to explain why.

When all the partying is over how do you like to chill out?

Anime, blunts, more sake, good people.

What do you do outside of the dance music scene?

Restore vintage japanese motorcycles, Tailoring and fashion design mainly in leather, Leather tooling (making art/images on leather hides) Art in general.

Shambhala 2012?

Basscoast 2012 for sure, Hoping to be on the bill.

Anything else you’d like to put out there?

Stop being so selfish and insincere vancouver, show your vulnerabilities and wonderful things will happen. Big ups to my partner in grime Ben Ulis, Much love to the Lighta crew for massively maturing and growing the vancouver scene, Much love to our WEPA crew and all the regular cumbiamberos.

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And here be the first Green Ova release of 2012, a remixed version of the MAN EP with production from Blue Sky Black Death, Ryan Hemsworth, Sea Things, Julian Wass and others.