Urban Mixer Blog

Welcome to the week of May 5th - 11th, 2008. Buckle up and prepare for takeoff. Please stow all hand baggage in the overhead bins, and toss all inhibitions out the window. Welcome aboard!

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CALGARY | VANCOUVER

Coffee, tea, or me? Or her? Whichever airline you fly, Urban Mixer welcomes you aboard. We’re highly experienced with the red-eye, so just relax, recline and let us service you. Urban Mixer flights lift off seven nights a week, to a plane of stratospheric delights. White silk scarf and bomber jacket optional.

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On Saturday, RBC’s desiFEST and 3000 fans, supporters and onlookers rocked Gastown from 10am ’til 8pm with acts including En Karma, Jagua and DJ Publicity from Toronto.

RBC desiFEST, which supports Canadian music produced by South Asian artists, was originally conceptualized in Toronto and has since done events in Toronto, Montreal and now Vancouver.

Adding a bit of Vancouver flare to the event, local groups A-Town Productions, Virsar Media, Urban Mixer and Toronto’s By Sathish united to throw desiQUEST, the official afterparty and boat cruise.

DJ Baba Kahn with DJ Publicity from Toronto united forces with the sounds of Vancouver’s own DJ Reminisce and DJ Lajit and made an event you didn’t want to miss. Stay tuned for more footage, soon!

On Thursday, May 1st, Five Alarm Funk, the 11 piece Funk and Afro-beat juggernaut, launched their new album ‘Voodoo Hairdoo’ at Richards on Richards.

Along with the band came a packed house and a dynamite sound - the group is truly in their element at Richards which some of the best tuned acoustics in the city for live music. Check out the original release and some exclusive video footage after the jump. Read more

Over the course of the week, events have been taking place in Gastown, building up to desiFEST which occurs this Saturday. On Thursday, May 1st, we enjoyed the desiFEST VIP Party, a salute to the sponsors, Telus, RBC and many more at Canvas Lounge. You can find out more about desiFEST at www.desifest.ca.