Deepen Saturdays at the Lotus Sound Lounge. 455 Abbott Street in Vancouver.
10PM-2AM. Residents Vernon, Jay Tripwire and Tyler Stadius.
http://www.deepen.cc
March 01 alongside myself we present Mr. C from the UK....
"The Shamen's MC, a club owner, a techno/tech-house DJ and an all-round 'colourful' club character who's been on the UK dance music scene since day one, it's perhaps surprising that Richard West, aka Mr C, has taken this long to drop his debut solo album. What's possibly more surprising is that he would turn out such an accomplished and rounded work as 'Change', given that it's no half-assed Carl Cox-like effort destined to be disowned in future interviews. Wholly autobiographical, 'Change' is a distillation of the deep club sounds with which Mr C is now associated and so has a very contemporary feel, but one evidently refracted by a thorough schooling in past classics. The vocal insertions from Robert Owens and Victoria Wilson-James work well, the production is faultlessly textured and detailed, but never to the music's disadvantage, and what do you know, several of the tracks will even do the business on The End's dancefloor. In short, 'Change' is a very impressive and sophisticated work that's hard to fault. Frankly we're as astonished as you are. " Tom Magic Feet (Jockey Slut MAGAZINE)
"Change" is Mr. C's critically acclaimed first solo album since he first took dance music to the mainstream worldwide as the leadsinger of The Shamen, notching up 7 consecutive Top Ten hits in one year & selling nearly 3 million copies of the 'Bossdrum" album, including classic single "Move Any Mountain" & No. 1 hit "Ebeneezer Goode". As co-owner of the world renowned London club - The End, and End Recordings, host of UK's MTV-Dance channel, & pioneer of the now dominant 'tech-house' sound, Mr. C has played a pivotal role in the proliferation of dance music on a global scale. Wholly autobiographical, 'Change' is a distillation of the deep club sounds with which Mr C is now associated with, refracted by a thorough schooling in past classics, featuring guest vocalists house legend Robert Owens & Victoria Wilson James of Soul II Soul fame as well as Mr. C's own on several songs, with remixes including by 16b, Murk, Tom Parris, Impossible Beings and Layo & Bushwacka!
More info & soundclippings:
http://www.the-end.co.uk/record/album/change/change.htm
Feb 24, 03
