Back to SXSW!

I’ll be there for the whole week, having 5 gigs/showcases. Some with MC Zulu, some alone.

March 17 (Wed.)
@ TORMENTA TROPICAL - IRON GATE (1am)

March 18 (Thur.)
@ POP IT - CUBA LIBRE (12am)

March 19 (Fri.)
@ NINJA TUNE SHOWCASE - THE INDEPENDANT 501 STUDIOS w/ MC Zulu (11pm)

March 20 (Sat.)
@ FADER FORT (3pm - 5pm)
@ POP MTL SHOWCASE - CANADA HOUSE w/ MC Zulu (1am)

Wha-La-La-Leng feat. Face-T have been nominated for the Juno 2010 (Canada’s Grammy/Brit Awards) in Reggae Recording of the Year! It’s the first time Poirier is nominated at the Juno. The galas will be on April 17 and 18 in St. John’s. Wha-La-la-Leng video here.

In the meantime, Face-T and Poirier are in the studio, recording Face-T’s first solo album. Expect it late 2010.

I’m working on that great project/documentary called US of Africa (Les États-Unis d’Afrique) directed by Yanick Létourneau from Périphéria. Obviously, I’m working on the music. I’ll do the whole soundtrack for the movie and that’s very exciting and challenging. It will be my first time being involved in a projet like that.

The movie, a long-feature, to do a long-short story, is about Hip-Hop, about black leaders in Africa and North America, about social and political views, about Dakar, Johannesburg, Bronx, about hope, about a new vision and way more.

So last week I had a meeting to see some of the pre-edits and rushes. I feel very involved in the project since I know and met some of the key figures in the movie. I was in Burkina Faso when Norbert Zongo was killed/calcinated in 1998… It was such an intense and troubled period there… You can see Awadi (top picture), Smockey (just below) in the rushes, some of the best rappers from Africa that met long time ago.

Last week it was the official digital release of Las Americas v.1 “Kalima Shop Titi feat. Boogat” on Zizek Records. It’s an EP with massive remixes by Uproot Andy, El Remolón, Douster, Lagartijeando. Special edition vinyl also being released shortly after.

All you need to know is there :
http://zzkrecords.com/ZZK_Records/lasamericasv1/

Buy via iTunes

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In the meantime cop the Lagartijeando remix via XLR8R.

Or listen to all the tracks via soundcloud.

And if you really wonder where the title come from, watch that.

It’s a one-liner day.

Oh and if you wonder who is Boogat? The answer is :
“A montreal based Vocalist-producer of latin american descent, firmly rooted in the post-hip-hop-world beat fusion of styles.”

Since September I started a series of podcast/selection for Bande à Part on Radio-Canada. It’s very nice because I can play all the music I like but not necessarily in a “dancing context”. I’m touching to a lot of genres of music, like usual, and the first five episodes are online. Download them :

Podcast 1 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 2 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 3 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 4 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 5 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 6 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 7 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 8 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 9 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 10 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 11 (direct to mp3)
Podcast 12 (direct to mp3)

Nice to have in my hands the promo CD of my next album Running High on Ninja Tune! The album (2CD) not only features great vocals by Busy Signal, Face-T, Warrior Queen Burro Banton, YT, MC Zulu, Mr. Slaughter, Mikey Dangerous, Serocee, Boogat, Erup but also awesome remixes by Sticky, Douster, Stereotyp, Maga Bo, WILDLIFE!, Baobinga, Mungo’s Hifi, Uproot Andy, Marflix, Hovatron, Dub I.D., Machinedrum. You can’t ask for more!

A big Canadian tour is coming - see the dates on the right - and also an European tour in May to be added soon with all the confirmed dates.

Release dates :
- Canada : March 30
- Japan : April 13
- UK/Europe : April 26
- US : May 4

De retour pour la 2e édition de KARNIVAL ! Cette fois-ci le tout se déroulera pendant l’incroyable soirée Nuit Blanche du Festival Montréal en Lumières. Vous devez absolument vous promenez au centre-ville cette nuit-là et atterir au Club Soda où les meilleurs rythmes vous feront danser et oublier l’hiver !

POIRIER feat. FACE-T & BOOGAT
http://poiriersound.com/
http://www.myspace.com/boogat

GHOSTBEARD
http://ghostbeard.com/

BONJAY
http://www.bonjay.net/

VALEO
http://www.myspace.com/khiasma

ET C’EST GRATUIT !
AND IT’S FREE !

Samedi 27 février
Club Soda - 1225 St-Laurent
9pm - 3am

Winner : Dub I.D.
Listen : HERE !

There were plenty of friendly soldiers on the front line and it wasn’t easy to decide who used their best artillery when remixing Poirier’s dancefloor banger Enemies. However, the choice had to be made and the leading cadet is San Francisco’s Dub I.D., who won the contest with his melodic reggae take on Face-T’s acapella. Dub I.D.’s remix will be part of the digital album package of ‘RUNNING HIGH’, to be released in early 2010 Ninja Tune! He will also receive the three EP on vinyl which will makes the first CD of the double album Running High, as well as a CD copy of the album. Dub I.D., we salute you!

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