Tattoo Sponsors Select Events at CMW Festival!

We're amped to the "nth" degree about our Canadian Music Week branded partnership with MuseBox !

We'll be sponsoring the Living Room Shows on Thursday, March 10th to Saturday, March 12th from 2pm-5pm. What's the Living Room Show you ask? It's a series of stripped down acoustic sets from top Canadian artists in an intimate environment. Come join us at the Toronto Institute for the Enjoyment of Music to hear the ambiance of acts like Paper Lions, Allie Hughes, and The Elwins to name a few.

In addition, we're also sponsoring the Ballroom CMW Mixer which is an exclusive event to industry professionals and artists from the festival only. Secret location and secret time. We can tell you that the lineup will include the likes of Allie Hughes, The Lines plus some DJ action.

Stay tuned for further details.

Rock n'roll.

On this Day in 1947 David Bowie was Born

Sixty things you may not know about the artist at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6230201.stm

Hands & Teeth

http://handsandteeth.bandcamp.com/album/enjoy-your-lifestyle

http://handsandteeth.bandcamp.com/track/shine-on

Toronto based Hands and Teeth newest release is titled "Shine On" with the single available for download free of charge at their above link. 'Shine On' isn't quite an 'album'. It's a single they recorded as a gift for their friends and fans for their support over the past year. "Enjoy Your Lifestyle" is their previous album and is available for purchase from their site. Definitely worth a listen.

Enjoy!

Music: Cosmo Jarvis "Gay Pirates"

TA2:: The Wrong Block

Tattoo Sound + Music did all the audio & sound design for THE WRONG BLOCK, an animated thriller in development with Style5.tv. We're keeping our fingers crossed this gets commissioned - can't wait to see more.

Creator/Director/Writer: Sam Chou
Storyboards: Alex Cote, Max Haig
Character Designer: Firas Momani
Audio: Tattoo Sound + Music
Animators: Sam Chou, Pasquale Lamontagne, Andre Barnwell, Andre Guindi
Sales: Josh Bowen
Story Editor: Peter Burton & Ellery V

For more info, visit www.thewrongblock.com

TA2 BREAKING NEWS:: TYSON KUTEYI JOINS TATTOO!

Award-winning Producer, Composer, Recording and Mixing Engineer Tyson Kuteyi joins Tattoo Sound + Music's director roster. From K'naan to Ginuwine to Nelly Furtado, Kuteyi's mad mixing skills have kept him at the front of the soundboard for a plethora of North America's finest musical talent, as well as being the ad industry's right hand man for session compositions and mixes. Watch this space for more news on Kuteyi's arrival.

Many welcomes to you, Ty guy.

TA2:: Audi Quattro Magnet Cars

Check out Tattoo's latest original composition for Audi Quattro Magnet Cars. From Agency Lowe Roche: "The legendary Audi quattro all-wheel drive system sticks to the road like nothing else. Super-powerful rare-earth magnets were attached to miniature models of Audi vehicles, which were then stuck on metal surfaces in the midst of the crowds attending the Toronto International Film Festival. After people have struggled to pry the cars free, they see a message on the bottom of the car: 'Nothing sticks like quattro.'"

AGENCY: Lowe Roche
Copywriter: Michael Takasaki
Art Director: Glen D'Souza
Music & Sound Design: Tattoo Sound + Music

TA2:: Drive Change with Kia

Tattoo's latest highlights Kia's Drive Change program, a campaign centered around the brand's commitment to social responsibility. Read more about the campaign here.

AGENCY: David & Goliath
Creative Director: Israel Diaz
Copywriter: Greg Buri
Art Director: Basil Cowieson
Music & Sound Design: Tattoo Sound + Music

It's Friday. You need to listen to something to get you excited for the weekend. I stumbled across Light Year this morning. Of course, another amazing electronic act from Australia. Their bio says that Tiga drops this track sometimes, and I am no way surprised. Please check out Sex Education.

They've also got a mix that you can download here, featuring the following:
1. Switch & Trevor Loveys - Get Ya Dub On Part 2
2. Para One - Toadstool (Jesse Rose Made To Play Dub)
3. Ramon Tapia - This Groove
4. Shadow Dancer - Biscayne
5. Lemon Jaxx - Smok'n (Kenny Dope Edit)
6. Green Velvet - Cornucopia
7. Carte Blanch - Gare Du Nord
8. Etienne De Crecy - Hope (Alternate Studio Version)
9. Jan Driver - Tellyfoam
10. Surkin - Fan Out

Have a nice weekend!!

Music Vid: TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB | SOMETHING GOOD CAN WORK

DOUBLE GOLD FOR RAMAGNANO!

Tattoo's superstar intern MARCEL RAMAGNANO cleared up at last night's TARA Awards Ceremony in Toronto. Ramagnano is in his final year of Ryerson's prestigious RTA Programme and won for both Best Audio in a Practicum and Best Practicum. Congrats Marcel! You wear that suit better than Kanye.

Have a listen here.

Animal Collective: In The Flowers

Robyn remixes El Perro Del Mar

Ballin'. Listen to it here.

The Submarines: Submarine Symphonika

R&B Release Party: Songbirds

For those of you who are fans of R&B and really, really, really amazing singers, Revival is hosting Songbirds, a dual record release concert featuring Toya Alexis & Kim Davis. As someone who has personally heard Toya belt out the tunes from about 1000 yards away & thinking she was in the same room, you are definitely in for a treat. This gal has got taaaaaaaaalent!

Toya is releasing her new cd "The One" and Kim Davis is commemorating the digital release of her album “Live, Love, Learn”.
The ladies will also be joined by Shianne Phillips, Linda Luztono, Nadia Edwards and Kyauna Clarke.


November 24th at Revival [783 College Street West]
Doors at 7PM, Show starts at 8PM
$10 at the door

New Ravers On The Block - C-Ch-Cha Mixtape

NROTB - C-Ch-Cha Mixtape

Tracklisting:

Miike Snow - Animal (Fake Blood Remix)
CLP - Homecourt feat Kovas
Fagget Fairys - Roll The Dice (B.Rich Remix)
Rye Rye - Bang (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)
Major Lazer - Pon The Floor
Chuckie - Moombah (Afrojack Remix)
Alvaro - Ultimate Rise feat Luxx (Seductive Remix)
Momma's Boy - Give it Up
Harvard Bass - Caked
DJ Gant Man - Juke Dat Girl
Pony Pony Run Run - Hey You (NROTB Official Remix)
N.A.S.A. - Whachadoin (NROTB Remix)
NROTB - Miam Miam
Chuckie - Let the Bass Kick
Diplo & Laidback Luke - Hey
SonicC - Stickin'
Rampage - Loving U is Easy (Heavyfeet Remix)
Drums of Death - Breathe (Curses Remix)
B.Rich - Bump feat. Sue Cho & Whiskey Pete
Rico Tubbs - It Gets No Better (Udachi Remix)
Nero - Act Like You Know - Dubstep mix
Rusko - Sound Guy Is My Target

(via SyntheticRocks)

Music: StillSoul

Our very own assistant engineer Dave Clarke has spent the last year of nights and weekends in the TA2 studios on his first step to taking over the musicverse: co-producing, mixing, and playing bass on StillSoul’s debut album Guess The Way It Goes. Live dates and iTunes updates as we get them. Enjoy.

To listen to Poor Boy, click here.
For Paradise, click here.
Or for Guess The Way It Goes, click here.

Music: Chief Pinkton

Glastonbury starts tomorrow and for all of you situated outside of the UK needing a great Brit rock fix, look no further than London's Chief Pinkton. They've yet to headline any festival, [maybe even their own gig?] but this band feels like Coldplay in the making.

Have a listen here.

Watch: Mad Avenue Blues

For all those feeling the effects of the Wall Street Meltdown, here's the Mad Avenue Blues for you. It's even 9 minutes in length for those who have time to kill, wee! Happy Monday!

Listen: Julie Doiron

Whenever anyone mentions "female vocalist" and "Canadian" in the same sentence, most likely the F word is used...
Ahhh Feist. We all got sucked in to Let It Die.

Crooning her way through Feists and falsettos, Julie Doiron is a new found fave. The New Brunswick native is touring her way across Canada and the States this summer - try to catch a gig if you can. Gig lists can be viewed here.

Check out the track "No More" on her Myspace page. To view, click here.