HASHMODER

TODAY: SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2014.
30 YEARS AGO TODAY THIS MIXTAPE: SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1984.

The Twilight Zone was truly my favorite nightclub at 185 Richmond Street, Toronto.  Its doors were opened in 1980 and closed in 1989.  

Denise Benson --a Toronto-based journalist/broadcaster and DJ-- in her article for TheGrid (which is a weekly magazine) described the nightclub in her own words:

"...a magical late-night place where the mix of people was just as eclectic as the music itself. The Twilight Zone embraced the collage of sounds that came to define the 1980s, as local and international DJs played disco, funk, electro, early hip-hop, new wave, freestyle, house and techno over the years, and on an infamously state-of-the-art sound system. The Twilight Zone was the place to be, with large, diverse crowds dancing until morning week after week."  (http://www.thegridto.com/culture/music/then-now-the-twilight-zone/)

On a Sunday night, September 16th, 1984, at the young age of 13 years old and supposed to be in bed for school the following day, my elder brother snuck me in The Twilight Zone.  He took me straight to the DJ booth.  As I entered the booth, I gave the DJ a blank 90-minute TDK cassette tape.  He took my tape, inserted it in the deck, hit record, and I just sat on the sofa next to the booth and listened to the music all night long.

The DJ that night was no other than the legendary Greg Howlett.  He was Toronto's best who broke new grounds. Howlett's friend and DJ comrade, Vince Degiorgio (songwriter/producer), describes Greg "as masterful DJ who played in clubs straight and gay.  His mixing style was described as positively sublime and built a rush. Howlett was a rock star before DJ's were allowed to be.  He would spin music (which never lets you off the hook) for hours, more than four nights a week" at all the clubs and gigs.  Greg Howlett passed away in 1992, and his music and memory will forever live on.

In honor and tribute to both Greg Howlett and The Twilight Zine club, I have digitized in Protools the tape mix (which Howlett recorded for me on that Sunday night, September 16th, 1984). I took out most of the hiss-noise and did a little mastering for your listening pleasure.  Please sit back and enjoy this time capsule of sounds from 30 years ago.

I am Hashmoder

TWILIGHT ZONE CLUB - Live MixTape (September 16th 1984)

Recorded at The Island Arts Centre, Bristol 03.10.14 (includes added intro). 

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Greg Wilson @ Super Weird Happening Bristol 03.10.14

This is a recreation of the set I play at Solstice in October 2014.  Mix is track for track the same set that was played that night.  Mix starts out relatively deep and builds from there, all at 121bpm.  Mixed and recorded using Technics tables, Traktor and Pioneer mixer. 

Brian Pfirrman Solstice 2014

NOVEMBER 2014...
Recorded live @ Hashmoder's Cave at the top of the British Properties in West Vancouver, on a beautiful sunny day. Food, coffee, couches, large 80" TV, music studio, vintage synths, old drum machines, a DJ booth, loud speakers, and GOOD VIBES :)

Recorded, mixed, engineered and mastered @Hashmoder (aka Omar Hash)

GOOD VIBES @ HASHMODER'S CAVE (DJ MIX-SET)

Central American born Silent Servant has performed worldwide in clubs from LA, Berlin to Osaka. A chance meeting with Karl O'Conner in 1999 would establish a friendship that would open the door to the Sandwell District label in 2006. Silent Servant's sound is a reinterpretation of early '80s post-punk electronics, paired with the deep, metallic sounds of Basic Channel and Downwards.

Silent Servant - Live at Honey Soundsystem [4-21-13]

In the process of updating my SC page in include almost everything I have done since the late 90's.  If you click on each mix I have included a brief description of the mix as well as bits and pieces of what was going on in general during these years.  I want to utilize this page as my audio blog of sorts, cataloging my old stuff as well as sharing new.  Hopefully in the process a few people out there will take something away from it.

