Ottawa Prog Vibes 165 - August 6th 2022
Guest DJ: Ar-Men Da Viken (Bordeaux, France)

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TRACKLIST:
Roy Rosenfeld - Stevie
Roy Rosenfeld - Son Of Sun
Roy Rosenfeld - Lift Of Love
Roy Rosenfeld - Tuti
Roy Rosenfeld - The Biggest Heart
Roy Rosenfeld & Sebastien Leger - Creme
Sebastien Leger - Firefly
Above & Behond/Aname feat. Marty Longstaff - Gratitude (Sebastien Leger Remix)


This week we are thrilled to welcome Ar-Men Da Viken, a DJ/producer born in the north of France. Like many of our guests, he’s been at it for a while. At the age of 13 he began to take an interest in music and started mixing in his bedroom with old turntables.

In 2018 he started production at Morninglory Music and Findike Records. In 2019 he joined Deepest Mind Records, Lincor Apex and in 2020 Conjured Records, Universal Love Tribe, Emperor Recordings. 2021 marks the year when his title signed to Findike Records "Taksim Voice" meets a huge success with djs and radios, with remixes by Christian Monique and Findike, his mentors. 2021 also marks the entry of Ar-Men Da Viken into Proton Music, AH Digital, Farawayscope and Bonzai Progressive. In 2022 he signed with 48 Records as well as Brique Rouge. 

His melodious, hypnotic and melancholic style invites you to close your eyes and transport yourself to another universe whether for his productions or his remixes. Regularly invited to play his sets in radios like Proton, Frisky, to name a few, you can find him every 4th Friday of the month on Cosmosradio.de for his Record Club show.

Ottawa Prog Vibes

Ottawa Prog Vibes 165

Ar-Men's Soundcloud

Ottawa Prog Vibes 165 - Ar-Men Da Viken (Bordeaux, France)

DJ, Audio Tech
House & Techno

Recent events:

Montreal, Canada - Club Pelícano Monthly Residency

Ibiza, Spain - Ibiza PlayAbout Festival 2025 May 17-25

Ibiza, Spain - May 16-23 Ibiza PlayAbout Festival 2024 (Cafe del Mar, Space Ibiza Beach Terrace, Rio Ibiza, Tropicana Bar San Antonio)
UDGK Festiv Kollektiv 23 - Dec 29
Ibiza, Spain - Aug 28 - Jet Apartments Pool Party / Rio Ibiza
Ottawa, Canada - July 28 - Expeditions with Ottawa Prog Vibes - Berlin / 56 Byward
UDGK Festiv Kollektiv 22 - Dec 26/27
Montreal - Nov 5th UDGK presents Bryan Wolf Ear - Blue Dog
Amsterdam - Oct 20th UDGK at the Amsterdam Dance Event - Oosterbar
Ottawa - Sept 23rd with Ottawa Prog Vibes - City at Night

Member of Underground Kollektiv
Audio Production Techniques graduate from Musitechnic, Montreal, 2014
Audio Recording Tech at Piknic Electronic, 2014
Former Resident DJ at L'Ambroisie, Montreal
Former Resident DJ at Bar Istori, Montreal
Former Resident DJ at 1001 Noches, Guatemala City
Former Resident DJ at Maya Lounge, Guatemala City
Former Resident DJ at the UK's HouseFreqs Radio and Strictly House Radio

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.

Progressive Deep Organic House DJ
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