FREQ SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE
A FREQ GUIDE TO SUMMER FESTIVALS commune with your fellow freaks MUTEK May 30 − June 3, Montréal, QC With the beginnin
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FREQ FASHION// Butter is Better
Butter Beauty ParlorWords by Tyler Engström Light, fun and original would be complimentary words for any business, but for
UNDER THE COVERS// Caleb Neelon
The accompanying artwork of any given album is a component that can serve to create a more thorough experience for the listener. Often the artists behind these creations go unknown to the majority of people that hold these works of art in their hands every time they pull a rec
GEARED// Club photography
For those of you who want to go a little further than your Instagram app on your phone, a band of Freq-y pranksters tested three different popular cameras. With the settings on dummy proof, cameras were stuffed into purses, shoved into pockets, and carried in cases to our favourite bars and nightclubs where we put our technology through a series of tests to find the optimal party camera.
CD REVIEWS// May 2012
C▲L▲M▲LK▲Gooey EP (10 Pin Records)In the realm of spatial, one-of-a-kind sound transformations, it has been said C▲L▲M▲LK▲ reigns as the baron of lop-sided, head-nodding skull-crackers. With that said, it's no surprise the Gooey EP from C▲L▲M▲LK▲ pav
DIGGIN' THE CRATE// May 2012
Sa-Fire — "Gonna Make It" While thumbing through some particularly old rec
VINYL TAP// Blondtron
The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for Blondtron, travelling from her home base in Berlin to showcase her brand of grimey, tropical, booty shaking beats from Miami to NYC and Calgary, where she stole the show at the Redbull
HYPE CORNER// Jacques Greene
Knowing the little personal details about producer Jacques Greene seem not to matter much when you hear the music he creates. It is music that floats from speakers, filling up the room, stirring up simultaneous urges to sway, to dance. There is no denying Greene’s ability to take something mundane and transform it into something special, capturing the attention of musical connoisseurs lik
MOCHIPET// ... is not evil
Try and think of a musician these days who is more endearing than California’s David Wang, aka Mochipet. The man dons a purple dinosaur costume for his performances, has a DJ name which originates from the tiny rice mould
PLUMP DJs// Break innovators reach for the stars
It’s hard to imagine what the breaks scene would be like without the Plump DJs. They were a breakout act in the early days of the movement, forever cementing themselves in with the likes of Fat Boy Slim, Chemical Brothers, and Prodigy. Since the late 1990s,
