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Residents' Sets - Ottawa Prog Vibes - 2024

Ottawa Prog Vibes 093 - March 20th 2021
Guest DJ: Blake Sutherland (Ottawa, Canada)

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TRACKLIST
Electrypnose - Un Peu De Ciel Bleu (Stereo Underground Remix)
Helsloot - When We Meet Again
Golan Zocher - Wonder Way
Jaap Lighthart - Grass Walking (Karmon Remix)
Jeremy Olander - Rubicks
Shifter - Heart Over Head
Gregor Tresher - Trident
Tommy Farrow - Let's Just (Jansons Extended Remix)
CJ Peeton - The Shining Moon
Nicky Elisabeth - Celeste

Our guest this week is someone very special to our city. Blake Sutherland has blazed the trail in Ottawa for progressive and melodic electronica, a trail we now get to walk with the ease of knowing that our collective taste buds for this music have benefitted from his relentless and passionate work to cultivate and expand them. 

Blake Sutherland has been at the forefront of melodic dance music for over two decades. As founder of Wide Angle Recordings, he has introduced original music from some of scene's most innovative artists, including Max Cooper, Gab Rhome, Deepfunk, Cid Inc, Antrim, and Pole Folder. 

Blake's seminal podcast Cityscape Sessions served as a platform for cutting edge progressive mixes for over 10 years, eventually giving rise to an event series of the same name in his hometown of Ottawa, Canada. Under his direction, Cityscape Sessions ushered in a number of highly influential mixes and played host to some of the biggest melodic dance music names in the world, including Jeremy Olander, Eelke Kleijn, and John 00 Fleming. 

As a DJ, Blake Sutherland's passion for his craft has taken him around the world, with appearances in Canada, the United States, Germany, Netherlands, the UK, and Australia.

This is an exclusive mix by the man himself for Ottawa Prog Vibes, for which we are grateful. Enjoy!

Ottawa Prog Vibes 093

Cityscape - Soundcloud

Mellow Prog Vibes 06 - April 27th 2021
Guest DJ: Nikoli - Ottawa, Canada
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Instagram: @the_nikoli | @musicartppl | @ottawaprogvibes | @dj.alain.m

TRACKLIST
Kora - Fragile
Lee Burridge - Diving Bell - 
Oliverio Sofia - Agua (Sebastian Busto Mix)
Wassu, djimboh - Kavi
Ezequiel Arias - Solar (Extended Mix)
Pambouk - Forest Language 
Phoessy, Bodaishin - Sur Le Feu 
Lee Burridge - Satellite Girl (Tim Green Mix)
Soul Button feat Violin Girl - 3A Silhouettes (Clawz SG Remix)
Angus Powell, Westseven - Go Right Through (Sound Quelle Extended Mix)
Sebastien Leger - Stevie 
Gorillaz - Busted and Blue (Yotto Remix)
Moonwalk - Enigma
Nils Hoffmann, MARGARET - Wherever You Are (Tinlicker Remix)

Nikoli is a co-founder and co-creator with the @Music-Art-Ppl collective. He and the MAP team have been working diligently the past few years orchestrating events in the Ottawa area which spotlight talented musicians and artists. Behind the decks, Nikoli strives to captivate the dance floor. and move his listeners. He started out spinning at Ottawa venues such as Surface, Heaven, Helsinki, MTL, The Mercury Lounge, City at Night and many more. His Nikoli Sessions on Soundcloud are sought-after by those looking for deep, progressive and soulful grooves.

Mellow Prog Vibes 06

Music.Art.Ppl Sndcloud

Ottawa Prog Vibes 239 - January 6th 2024
Resident DJ: Alain M.

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A special one this week as we recap the best tracks of 2023. So much good music, such a dynamic year for new producers and for up-and-coming labels! It was very tough to bring it down to a selection but here it is. This is the full 2½ hour version with the 25 best tracks.

Tracklist
Armen Miran & Pambouk – The Senses (Original Mix)
Sebastian Busto – Last Year (Original Mix)
Ocean of Emotion – The Road to the Sun (Santiago Rossi Remix)
Luman – La Gravité (Nicolas Soria Remix)
Hicky & Kalo – Coming Back Home
Alan Cerra – Timeout (Original Mix)
Callecat – Axolotl
Influence (IN), Berlin Man – Skylark
NAHS, Nishan Lee, Sarah Chilanti – Two Faced (EMPHI & Amhain Remix)
IZAZA – Yakana
Stereo Mind – Time Is Up (Darren Bray Remix)
Mike Turing – Good Looking (Omar Yasser Remix)
Dmitry Molosh – Butterfly (Hicky & Kalo Remix)
Agustín Vallejo – Mutar
NAASA – Little Dream (Tryger Big Dream Extended Mix)
Sanjay Dutta & Dharmalogy – Invoking Spirits (Simos Tagias Ritual Remix)
amháin – Crowe (RIGOONI Remix)
Digital Mess – Find Yourself (Alex O’Rion Remix)
Jamie Stevens, Zankee Gulati – Utveckla (Original Mix)
Pierre Sebastiano – Into The Woods (Weird Sounding Dude Remix)
Nicolas Leonelli, Juan Buitrago – Exilium (Claudio Cornejo AR Remix)
VENAO – ID
Kamilo Sanclemente, Velveta, Arbey Gonzalez – Free Falling feat. Velveta (Original Mix)
Taylan – Magic Wednesday (Extended Mix)
Vandelor – Happy Man (Original Mix)

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Ottawa Prog Vibes 239 - Alain M. (Ottawa, Canada)

Ottawa Prog Vibes 240 - January 13th 2024
Resident DJ: Alain M.

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Tracklist
Kamilo Sanclemente – Introduction
Sounom & Sagou – Into the Mind (Francesco Pico Remix)
Ricardo Piedra – East and West (Original Mix)
Juan Barrera, B.I.G. (AR) – Griffin Door (Original Mix)
Cloaked – Cloudboarding (Original Mix)
The Real Carter – Minerva (Sebastian Campo Remix)
Nicolas Petracca – Bubbles (Break Mix)
Nicolas Petracca – Space
Stan Kolev – Sensible
Grazze, ARC – Fading Away From You feat. ARC (Analog Jungs Remix)

Ottawa Prog Vibes 240 - Alain M. (Ottawa, Canada)

Ottawa Prog Vibes 243 - February 3rd 2024
Resident DJ: Alain M.

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Tracklist
Inherent, Tristan Care & Covsky & FRAIS – Arts Mantis (Cris Rosales Remix)
MEL BELL – I’m Sorry
Camilo Montezuma – Reborn
Mario Puccio – Harmony (J.P. Velardi Remix)
Hrag Mikkel – Silver Night
Darren Emerson, John Digweed & Nick Muir – Fanfar (Alberto Blanco Unofficial Remix)
Mayank – Antarhita
Luis Damora – Space Mountain (Forty Cats Remix)
Beat Factory – Journey (Robert R. Hardy Remix)
Steve Finney – ID

Ottawa Prog Vibes 243 - Alain M. (Ottawa, Canada)

Ottawa Prog Vibes 246 - February 24th 2024
Resident DJ: Alain M.

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Tracklist
Keistep – Closure
Niko García & Alain M. – The North (Original Mix)
Kay-D – Over the Óperencia (Sergey Muzarks Remix)
Keistep – Magma
Namatijra – Dark Chocolate (Original Mix)
GMJ – Silver Sky (Original Mix)
Nicolas Soria – I’m Here Now (Mass Digital Remix)
Dimitris Palikaris – Trippin (Lightning Effect Remix)
Agustín Pietrocola – Introspection
Niko García – Energy

Ottawa Prog Vibes 246 - Alain M. (Ottawa, Canada)

Ottawa Prog Vibes 250 – March 23rd 2024
Resident DJ: Alain M.

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YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCm6Bzr0sB1KwWGpb9CrPJIQ

Tracklist
Meeting Molly & MAZE 28 – Oceans In Between (MAZE 28 pres. Futura City Remix)
Meeting Molly & MAZE 28 – Oceans In Between (GMJ & Matter Remix)
Ishan (SL) – Via Lactea (Tirso Enriquez AR Remix)
Steven Wells – Somewhere in the East (Callecat Remix)
Dimel de Silva – Nimbus
Nicolas Leonelli & Andres Moris – Away
Beautiful Errors, Pinkowitz – Our Eyes (Extended Mix)
Steve Finney – ID
Emulate – Clarity (Rebus Project Remix)
Juan Beldarrein & Unai Garcia – Big Droplet (Neuralis Remix)


Wait til night. Turn off all the lights. Let your windows bring you whatever illumination they give you from the outside – city lights, moons and stars, maybe both… Pop on the headphones and hit play. This is the 250th OPV and it’s a deep and hypnotic one. Enjoy.

Ottawa Prog Vibes 250 - Alain M. (Ottawa, Canada)

Ottawa Prog Vibes 266 – July 13th 2024
Resident DJ: Alain M.

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Instagram: www.instagram.com/dj.alain.m/ | www.instagram.com/ottawaprogvibes/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCm6Bzr0sB1KwWGpb9CrPJIQ

Tracklist
Panayiotis Tassis – Illusions of a Dreamer
Anton Tumas, Treavor Moontribe – Secret (Luca Bacchetti Endless Remix)
Liam Sieker – Pacemaker (Original Mix)
André Moret – Aruanda
pakolive – On My Mind (Kamilo Sanclemente Remix)
2 Tall Keith, Eileen James – Calinda (Extended Mix)
Maximo Gambini – Fragments (Original Mix)
Ricardo Piedra – Abandoned (Original Mix)
Iberican Storm – 1000 Pictures (Original Mix)


For this one, I decided to reach deeper into the crate and put together a set with some of my unplayed tracks of 2021 – tracks that I kept because of how good they were but for some reason never managed to put in a radio show or gig. And am I glad to have done this, as you’ll see these are all little gems that deserve their place in the sun!

Ottawa Prog Vibes 266 - Alain M. (Ottawa, Canada)

Ottawa Prog Vibes 084 - January 16th 2021

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TRACKLIST
No Result – Sunrise (Original Mix)
Hermanez – Heavens of Seven (Original Mix)
Anatolian Sessions – Salda (Rasi Z Remix)
Alex Zambrano – Epic Game (Original Mix)
JFR & Juan Sapia – Wander (Original Mix)
Wolf Ear & Fassbender – Hummingbird (Original Mix)
Lucia Haze – Take My Body (Groove Killah 3 am Terrace Remix)
Gonza Rodriguez & Facundo Losardo – Ruta 9 (Original Mix)
RoyCaster – Panacea (Original Mix)
LP – Lost on You (JFR Unofficial Remix)

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Ottawa Prog Vibes 084

Elementals

We have entered 2021. A year of hope, a year of immunization, a year of rebirth. Music will always accompany us, help us, lift our spirits. This session is immune to pain and sadness. This set is energetic and hopeful. Enjoy it.

TRACKLIST:

1 - Godinbols - Nebula (In the Void Remix)
2 - Godinbols - Nebula (Original Mix)
3 - Sha-Ullo - Mamish
4 - Einmusik - Immense
5 - Pavel Khvaleev, Miss Monique - Rider (Extender mix)
6 - Dmitry Molosh - Orchard (Tantum & Arude Remix)
7 - Cid Inc & Orsen - A blessing in Disguise
8 - Orsen - Continuum
9 - Dosem - Eternal Summer (Marsh Remix)
10 - UMEK & Cosmic Boys - Evolution

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Godinbols Immune February 2021

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.