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NEWS & VIEWS

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Here's a lil taste of what's been happenin!

Festival Spotlight: The Big Time Out

When it comes to Vancouver Island festivals, there's a few that really stand out - and The Big Time Out is most certainly amongst them! The Big Time Out = 8 Musical Venues ...
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August 2012

Gallery: BBI’s Battleship

If you've been around the Island music scene for awhile you are pretty familiar with Breakbeat Island, a group with deep roots here having played a major ...
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August 2012

Ektoplazm 2.0 Indiegogo Campaign

Ektoplazm is the world’s largest distributor of free and legal psytrance, techno, and downtempo music. The site has served up more than 6.7 million releases on a shoestring ...
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August 2012

Reflections of an Astral Harvest

When Kristin & I were invited to Astral Harvest Music Festival it was one of those EASY YESES. Aside from the curiosity to discover a new event, some of the festivals ...
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July 2012

Art of the Week: Urbanheart – Wolf

Kristin Urbanheart Grant transforms model Eric Mazimpaka into a wolf at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's 25th Annual Moss St. Paint-In. Prints from Kristin's newest project ...
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July 2012

Festival Spotlight: Bass Coast

Bass Coast Festival is easily my favorite festival that I've never been to. When it first came to life and introduced itself to the world, it was just so obvious there was ...
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July 2012

Gallery: DJs In A Box (June)

What a fun night - not many can bring so much fresh music and high-octane stage presence as the DJs In A Box crew! With a loyal fanbase of young music lovers, the Boxed ...
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July 2012

Longwalkshortdock Madness

This last weekend over 1000 awesome people gathered in northern Alberta for Astral Harvest Music Festival, and for many, the whole thing was just bookends... Read More
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July 2012

Red Lightning Indiegogo Campaign

Red Lightning is planning epic programming and ceremony to elevate consciousness and fuel personal transformation amidst our wider collective awakening at Burningman ...
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July 2012

Festival Spotlight: Intention 13

INTENTION is a time for us gather, celebrate, dance and come together as a community. It is an opportunity to practice the universal art of community, deepen our ability ...
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July 2012

Partner Highlight: MacProVideo.com

At Sunset Labs, most of our time is divided amongst producing beats, taking pictures, making art, shooting video - and then sharing all that through our events, web presence ...
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July 2012

Victoria Night Life Awards

On Sunday the annual 'Victoria Night Life Awards' arrived to 9one9 to celebrate our diverse night life culture as a whole, and to shine some light on the many outstanding ...
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July 2012

Festival Spotlight: Shambhala

Shambhala Music Festival is easily one of the most amazing, fantastic, sophisticated, diverse, fulfilling, depleting, enriching, collaborative and inspiring gatherings one might ...
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July 2012

Art of the Week: Totemical – Diversity

"Justin Guse (Totemical) continues to grow in the northcoast of North America in Vancouver, BC.Utilizing photo manipulation tools since the age of 12, Justin has found himself ...
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July 2012

Gallery: ReAwaken

What do you get when you cross two amazing local music crews (acting as one) and one amazing non-local musician (acting as two)?? Although it's NOT a riddle, it remains ...
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June 2012

Festival Spotlight: Burn in the Forest

This is Burning Man Vancouver's annual summer event that takes place in the beautiful surroundings of the Squamish Valley. This year, as in the past, we will build a temporary ...
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June 2012

Best Friends – The Funginears

BEST FRIENDS! The first single off of the debut EP “make it up” – download for free at fungineers.com The Fungineers are a super group... Read More
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June 2012

Art of the Week: Mugwort – Evolvefest

This beautiful new piece by Mugwort was inspired by the upcoming EvolveFest - an annual four-day Festival of Yoga, Music and Art Culture held in New York. Of this piece, ...
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June 2012

Festival Spotlight: Ska Fest

Victoria’s Annual Ska Festival is the largest and longest running festival of its kind in in North America and has become one of Canada’s most anticipated music festivals ...
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June 2012

Gallery: Living Room Experience

When we were first contacted by the Galactivated Tribational Frequency Oscillator Project, well.. based solely on their name we naturally assumed they had traveled ...
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June 2012

Art of the Week: Reptillian Goddess

This week's featured art piece "Reptilian Goddess" is another amazing collaboration between Kristin Urbanheart Grant and local model extraordinaire Night Sprite ...
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June 2012

Festival Spotlight: Diversity

Diversity Festival celebrates diversity in people, music, and arts during the weekend of July 6, 7, 8, 2012 on Texada Island, B.C. The event will be held at the Shingle Beach ...
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June 2012

Sunset Labs Welcomes Khan

We are super excited to welcome Khan to the Sunset Labs team! Since arriving in Victoria in 2006, brother Khan has been a rather active fella! With over 100 shows to his ...
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June 2012

Art of the Week: Wildflower

Not all art is created equal! In fact some of it requires a whole different type of artistry, and when it comes to local textile art - is there anyone who stands out more ...
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June 2012