Murr doing his thing mixing our album

As you can see from the picture above we are in the process of mixing and mastering the Thunderheist LP. Yes boys and girls, its actually coming out! Keep looking to the stars, it'll be here sooner than you think...

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This is pretty much exactly what I was hoping would come out. You see, when I'm stuck in an airport, or on the train or in a hotel for long periods of time, I need to make beats. Now, there's a way to use the laptop keyboard to play notes, but it's totally rubbish. i've been looking at midi controllers but they are always super bulky and would not fit in my serato bag. And it was frustrating cause theres no need for that added bulk. just put some keys on a thing and bam, hook me up. Well Korg is coming thru. As you can see they are the same width as a macbook so it should fit in my bag no probs!!!

WANT.

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So the video contest is going great! We've had about 1400 votes since Friday and I love how many opinions we have gotten on the site. Yall seem to really care what happens and that warms up my little heart. The contest will run until July 1st. The reason for this is to allow time for votes to come in from all over the place... It's also going to time well because our 12" is going to drop about a week and a half later.

Man I had a great weekend in MTL. Friday night I DJed at this b-day party for a friend of a friend. It was all models and fashionistas. Beautiful people. You know, nobody understands how hard it is to be really really ridiculously good looking. GASOLINE FIGHT! Also, Mitsous sister was there. She is very nice and dances like nobodies business. She was almost crushed by a chair that was hanging from the ceiling. We all had quite a scare. Saturday was spent on many terrasses of St-Lo as the street was closed for Grand Prix. There was a BBQ on the roof of Tokyo which had some tasty ass burgers. Ran into a million people... Mana was on acid. Have you ever seen a Burger on ACID? It's like the burger is talking to you!!!! It seems like everyone was out that day. And man, it was hot as shit! I always forget how exhausting it is to live in that neighborhood cause there's always booze involved!!! Sunday I DJed at Blue Dog with the homey Grand Theft and Brendon Duvall. Highlight of that night was GT playing all 80s new wave and freestyle (except the fact that I had planned to do just that, fucking bastard!) and me faceplanting off the DJ booth onto the concrete floor. I gave myself an 8 out of 10. I would have had more points but no one saw me do it and so I just had to scrape myself off the floor and hobble off to the bathroom to check for broken bones. When I got back to the DJ booth I told GT what happened and he was like 'Are you OK?' and I was like 'I NEED BOOZE STAT'. So he got me some shots and I proceeded to DJ in sheer agony. I bet people thought I just have one of those intense DJ steez. They are wrong, I was hurtbag. Also, every single night was topped off with Poutine or cheeseburgers. I gained about 40 pounds.

I fucking hate FAt Boy sLim but this video rulez.

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Here are the 3 finalists for the Jerk It video competition. In order to participate, please follow these simple instructions:

1 - Watch all three videos. Give them some time to buffer if it's choppy. Watch them either on this page or by clicking the title of the video below which will take you to vimeo.

2 - Pick your favorite by voting at the bottom of the page. Only one vote per person will be counted.

Vote for your favorite. Pick one of the following

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"let's hug it out, bitch"

Oh my! We have alot to talk about so let's get to it.

Shows

Lee's Palace was set aflame by our show with freinds Vitaminsforyou and Bonjay! Pics can be found at TakeMorePhotos and Eye Weekly and a write-up can be found here courtesy of Ben Boles. 600+ people showed up to party with us. We had dancers (shouts to swagger crew), pyrotechnics and a moving stage that I've dubbed "the thunder dome". Definately one of our favorite shows ever and so much love was in the crowd, it almost brought a tear to my eye!!! Thank you for being part of this experience and we look forward to doing it again!

Sunday was spent dans la belle province at the newly renovated Blue Dog Motel. My boys, Team Canada bought it out and are throwing ill jams on Sundays. The sound system is incroyable and people were super rowdy for a sunday night. Only in Montreal. esti.

Video Contest

All the submissions are in and we are still going through them. We want to narrow it down to the top 3 in the next week before we go on tour (more on the tour below). We had a shitload of submissions and most of them are really well put together. It really amazes me how much effort everyone put into this and I'm kinda humbled by the whole thing. We will be placing our favorite top 3 on the site with a voting system real soon.

T-SHIRTS

We have restocked and have added a few new sizes. If we learned anything is that these Men's mediums go like hotcakes so dont wait too long to pick these up!

JERK IT 12"

All of the remixes are done. They are currently being mastered. The artwork is done. We are getting real close people. I think it's really tough to decide which remix is best, they are all really awesome in their own way.

VICE/COLT 45 TOUR WITH THUNDERHEIST AND BLACK GHOSTS!!!!

YES YES! We are about to embark on a 5 city US tour (LA-ATL-CHI-PHI-NYC) with these awesome dudes from the UK. The best part for you all is that these shows are FREE OF CHARGE. You just have to RSVP here:
http://www.viceland.com/talesofcolt45/rsvp.html

Oh yeah, one more thing!


NA NA NA NAA NA NA NA NAAA HEYY HEYYY HEYYY GOOOOD BYEEEE

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THATS RIGHT YALL. WERE GONNA PLAY LIVE ON MTV NEXT THURSDAY AND WE WANT ALL OF OUR TORONTO FRIENDS TO COME AND BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. BE THERE FOR 5PM. AND REMEMBER THAT THE NEXT NIGHT IS OUR FIRST TORONTO GIG OF 2008 WITH BONJAY AND VITAMINS FOR YOU AND THEN ON SUNDAY WERE IN MONTREAL WITH TEAM CANADA OH GOD THE PARTY NEVER STOPS HOLD MEEEEE HOLD MEEEEEE

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I finally stayed up till 5am making a new episode! Go grab it, im going to bed!!!!


CFCF - Color dreams (CD-R)
Kano - Ikeya-Seki
Hercules & Love Affair - Athene (DFA Records)
Holy ghost - Hold on (DFA Records)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XXXChange Remix)
Lindstrom - I feel Space (FEEDELITY)
Grahm Zilla - Saggitarius (CD-R)
Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor (Fools Gold)
The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke remix)
The Juan Maclean - Happy House (DFA Records)
Kevin Saunderson - Big Fun (SMD remix)
Fred Falke - Love Theme
Del Shannon - Gemini (Pilooski Edit)

http://www.thunderheist.com/radio_show.php?radio_id=19

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A few things:

Our Jerk It contest has been extended until April 7th. There was so many requests for an extension and so we felt compelled to give an extra week. We didnt want to overdo the extension however since we know alot of you probably cut things out in order to get it in on time. Trying to do best of both worlds here...

Now some of you have been asking how to get these videos to us. You can either

a) Upload them to Sendspace or Zshare or some other big file host, or you can mail it to the following address:

c/o Thunderheist Video
1458 Queen St. W, #5
Toronto ON M6K 1M2

Secondly we have a few very important shows coming up, including our first one in Toronto in 2008. We are going all out with this show and so we want to make sure everyone comes out to this!!! Our friends Bonjay and Vitamins for you will be performing LIVE. And we got DJ Caff on the decks between acts.
Do us both a favor and pick up your tickets in advance, you'll save money and we can sleep easier knowing how many people are coming!! Tickets are available at Rotate This, Soundscapes and Ticketmaster.

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NEED.


The KORG DS-10 is a music-creation software for the Nintendo DS that combines the superior interface of the Nintendo DS and the design concept of the famous MS-10 synthesizer.

The sound sources in the KORG DS-10 come from KORG - one of the world's top musical instrument producers - and no effort was spared in creating these ultra-high-quality sounds. The Nintendo DS's dual-screen touch panel is used to the fullest to provide a feel and operability that is unsurpassed, and combined with the sensory input mode at the touch-control screen, this unit can be appreciated by the complete novice as well as the seasoned professional.

In addition to the two analog synth simulators and drum module, a 6-track/16-step sequencer enables precise control and provides a wide range of musical possibilities. Several units can be connected and played together through a wireless link, and this and other features make the Nintendo DS and KORG DS-10 almost limitless in their application - they can take you places that no single synthesizer can. 

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Well!

We did our first shows since January. Felt good to be back out there!! I tell you there's a serious depression that sets in after travelling constantly for a year and then suddenly stopping. Speaking of travelling, we are not going to SXSW next week. Why, you ask? Well, one of us (hint rhymes with crisis) has some visa issues that aren't going to be resolved in time. Therefore we had to cancel everything. Sucks because we were super stoked to blow shit up down there. Definately check out our canadian homies that will be all over the place.

Now for some good news: the Jerk It 12" is coming along nicely with 2 out of the 3 remixes having been handed in! We're still waiting on the Nacho Lovers who had computer problems this week. Speaking of which, Megasoid has put their remix on a new mixtape so you can check it out here:
http://www.weaponshouse.com/megasoid-tank-thong-mixtape-sxsw-action.

It slays!!!

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As Isis mentioned last week, we're having a video competition for our forthcoming 12" Jerk It. This release will feature by some of our favorite Canadian producers, namely: Jokers of the Scene, Nacho Lovers and Megasoid. We're offering you the opportunity to create the official video for this song which will inevitably get airplay on Much Music, MTV and who knows where else.

Here's the rules:

1- Be creative!
2- No leaking of the video before we have judged and decided a winner to the contest.
3- No content that will get the video banned from the networks. We need something usable here!

The prize:

1- Braggin rights as the first producer for a Thunderheist video.
2 - Worldwide exposure on TV and the internet.
3 - We will submit this video whenever any TV interviews need footage.

Deadline: April 1st, 2008

Download the song here: http://www.thunderheist.com/videocontest/ (Sorry for the low quality but we need to keep it safe for now)

Please submit your completed video to Thunderheist [at] thunderheist [dot] com as soon as possible!

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James Jamerson.

He was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s (Motown did not list credits on their releases until 1971), and he has become regarded as one of the most influential bass guitar players in modern music history. 

Jamerson's discography at Motown reads as a catalog of soul hits of the 1960s and 1970s. His work includes Motown hits such as, among hundreds of others, "Shotgun" by Jr. Walker & the All Stars, "For Once in My Life" by Stevie Wonder, "Going to a Go-Go" by The Miracles, "My Girl" by The Temptations, "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight and the Pips, and later by Marvin Gaye, and most of the album What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, "Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops, and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes. He is reported to have played on some 95% of Motown recordings between 1962 and 1968. He eventually performed on nearly 30 No. 1 pop hits -- surpassing the record commonly attributed to The Beatles. On the R&B charts, nearly 70 of his performances went to the top.

Jamerson is noted for expanding the role of the bass in popular music, which until that time largely consisted of root notes, fifths and simple repetitive patterns. By contrast,many of Jamerson's bass lines for Motown were more melodic, more syncopated, and more improvisational than had been heard before. His bass playing was considered an integral part of the "Motown Sound".

WATCH THIS MAN PLAY, ONE FINGER NO LESS:

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1974-2006

Wow can't believe it's been two years already...
Even tho hiphop has been kinda shit lately, I can always put on Fantastic Voyage Pt 2 or Donuts any day of the week.

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If you're in Toronto and don't know what to do tonight, come check out Circa! I'll be playing in the Sky room with T-wrecks and Dougie Boom and apparently some no-namedj named Premiere is playing in the main room. Oh and apparently some dude named Futura is doing live art in there too. Who are these dudes!??

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Like some fucked up J. Crew ad

Blogging is so 2002.

That being said, Isis has been blogging up a storm lately. And I was thinking to myself, if this girl is gonna pour her heart out to the world in text form, it may as well be done on our damn website!!!

So now we have a full blog engine. With comments and all. You can reach ISIS' new superblog through the menu at the top or directly by going here. It's worth it cause not all of her posts will end up on the home page:

www.thunderheist.com/isis

I also have one as well. But definately not as exciting or regularly updated as Icey ICe.

www.thunderheist.com/grahmzilla

Also, we were selected as one of CBC's top 10 bands to watch in 2008!! We're in good company, but inevitably, there can be only one winner. You can vote for us over here. We also recently did a short live set for Sun TV in Toronto from which the above picture was taken. That should be entertaining!


Oh and please leave comments to this entry so I can see that my work does not go to waste!!!

Check this crazy fucking instrument that BJork tours with. NEED ONE.

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So I'm sitting in a Second Cup in Ottawa, our nation's capital, waiting for Linus and Chris to get back from Vancouver, our nations drug capital. We're doing this little shin-dig tonight with Mr. Paul Devro of Mad Decent fame as well as previously mentioned Jokers of the Scene. Speaking of which, have you heard their last few remixes? Badonkers. Anyhoo, I am bored out of my skull and so here I sit trying to get inspired. It's not working. However, theres this one dude that spoke to me about how he works for the government and thinks that I better not be sending his information out (points to the ceiling) there. Okay Mulder, please step away from the Soy Mocha Capuccino Latte Smoothie. Okay and just now an old guy with a guitar case sat down next to me and said, and I shit you not, 'Are you in the Mafia? Are you in the Mafia? Are you in the Mafia? Are you in the Mafia?'. I said yes. I also had the sketchiest Shish Taouk of my life. The man who made the sandwich also handles the cash. No gloves, just plain old bacteria. Gross.

As we enter the deep throws of winter (but really though, where is the freezing cold winters of my youth), Thunderheist is hibernating with only the occasional exodus to somewhere equally snowy. Slowly but surely figuring out which songs and which label(s) we will be putting out our EP and/or LP with. There have been murmurs about who will be lucky enough to put our music out and some of these rumors just might be truthiness. Expect a big announcement very soon!!! There's also rumor of another 12" featuring remixes by a bunch of our favorite canadian producers.

I have been watching alot of quality shows lately. My short-list: Dexter (fuck you Doakes), The Wire (all 4 seasons...again), Curb your enthusiasm (pret-ty pret-ty good) as well as The Office which has me laughing so hard (thats what she said...or he said... i never know). It's official: Streaming TV is the best thing about the internet.

No blog entry would be complete without a little shameless self-promotion:


New Macbook Air.

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First of all. Happy New Years to everyone. 2007 was a crazy year and we hope nothing but the best to each of you in motherfucking 08!!!

I know it's been too long since the last update, but to be honest, I'm glad to be busy finishing up the Thunderheist LP. I will do a proper update soon but I wanted to leave you with this. This is Model 500 in Detroit  at the DEMF with this dance crew called the X-men. Shit is off the hook!

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