Ottawa Prog Vibes 115 - August 21st 2021
Guest DJ: Joe Juarez (Ottawa, Canada)

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TRACKLIST
Datar - B (Danny’s B Cappella)
Tunnelvisions - Guava (Night Mix) 
Sasha & Kolsh - The Lights
Joe Rowe - The Pursuit Of Loneliness
Laroz - Close Feat. Hellogoodbye (D Formation Remix) 
Fabrication - Hot Foot 
Makanan - Limber
Guzzk - Passion
Dj Chus, Tosz, Rosewell - Who (Haze M Remix) 
Guy Mantzur - Homecoming
Alex Kennon - Blinding Lights (Joris Voorn Remix)
Space Motion, Kashovski - The Sun Can’t Compare
Budakid - Silent Summer
Schiller - Ruhe (Humate Remix)
Killahurtz - West On 27th

Our guest DJ this week is one of the giants of electronic music in our city and has a national and global presence built over the last two-plus decades of tireless quality work on a sound signature that is very much his own.

Mexican Canadian house music guru Joe Juarez (@aztech_love) broke into the Canadian electronica scene in the mid 90’s. Playing international and national parties with top residencies and gigs at legendary venues and events including Atomic, Velvet @ Icon, Stereo, Black & Blue, Industry, Cirque du Soleil to name a few. He has played and formed amazing friendships with many of the world’s top talents such as Chus & Ceballos, Deep Dish, Sasha & Digweed, Angel Moraes, D Formation, John 00 Fleming, Roger Sanchez, Hector Romero, Sydney Blu and many more.  

Currently he has launched a new project with fiancee Laura Austen called RZN8, a next level DJ -VJ series with over 10,000 views! The episodes can be seen on YOUTUBE on the AZTECH LOVE page or on the website where sets and episodes are available. Stay tuned for RZN8 LIVE events coming soon.

Joe is also the guy who gave me some of my own early opportunities as a DJ by letting me open some of his legendary Velvet @ Icon parties. If the scene in Ottawa is as vibrant as it has become, it’s thanks to guys like Joe who planted the seeds and did all the heavy lifting right from the early days and never stopped loving the music. 

It’s an honour to welcome him on OPV with this exclusive set he gifts us this week.

Ottawa Prog Vibes 115

Joe Juarez' Soundcloud

ABOUT OTTAWA PROG VIBES

Alain M.'s weekly podcast, Ottawa Prog Vibes, is now in its 7th year and is a recognized presence among Canadian Electronica shows. The show has two goals: showcase progressive DJ's from Ottawa (and Canada) to a global audience, and bring international DJ guests to an Ottawa (and Canadian) audience). 

Alain plays three out of every 10 shows. His mixing has been noted as particularly creative and smooth, a skill that allow his sets to be experienced as seamless stories.

An offshoot series, called Mellow Prog Vibes, is released every two weeks and focuses on more chill vibes, slightly more downtempo, to create a more relaxed vibe. It is curated by OPV resident DJ Boraa, who plays every other episode, with guest DJs playing the alternate.

Ottawa Prog Vibes and Mellow Prog Vibes are broadcast weekly on UK's Saturo Radio, New York's Chill Lover Radio and Ottawa's Blast the Radio.


ABOUT ALAIN M.

Alain M. started dj’ing in his early 20s and played a variety of clubs, big and small, in Ottawa, Montreal and Kingston. From teenage influences in progressive rock, metal and blues, and later New York and Chicago house, Dutch techno and early trance, his style has evolved towards the more melodic, infectiously rhythmic and thoughtful sounds of progressive house, with a particular fondness for Argentinian productions.

Over his 30+ years as a DJ, Alain has cultivated a signature melodic, danceable, and thoughtful style with enough surprises to keep even the most devout listeners on their toes. His live events, organized only a few times annually, are a hypotonic, transformational experience for attendees, putting the Nation’s Capital on the map for electronic music. He has organized and collaborated in a number of events including Levitar, Sunday Meet & Beat, Sit-Down Sessions, Shake my Thursday and Expeditions, attracting a thoughtful crowd who stay mesmerized by his melodic, danceable sets, always peppered with delightfully unexpected sonic elements.

Alain M. is also a guest DJ submitting regular sets to several radio and online outlets. He is a resident on X-Beat Radio (France, Belgium). He was a monthly resident on Abyss Sound Experience on QuestLondon Radio in 2021 and on UK-based Beach Radio between 2021 and 2024.

He has appeared as a guest on a number of shows in several countries including the UK, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Peru, Turkey, Israel and the US. In Canada, he has been featured as a guest DJ at several events by Ottawa-based Music.Art.Ppl, on CHUO FM’s Vanguard Pulse Radio, on CKCU FM’s Lost In Bass and Mapped Out Radio, on Montreal’s Afterhour radio show and on Toronto’s ION radio show.