This is a deep and melodic tech-house mix, both for listening and for the dancefloor.I recorded it in my living room one afternoon in early 2009, with a certain mood in mind... That moment in the wee hours when you've just gotten home from the club, you're tired, but you're still awake.The sun hasn't quite come up yet, and you know you'll be up for a bit longer while you have a smoke, or that one last beer you saved in the fridge....

SAFE @ HOME - Rick Laplante dj mix
1. Doves in Paradise - Vincent Casanova 2. Cirrus (Unicus Remix) - Jeff Bennett 3. Rubix (Christian Viviano Sirene 009 Remix) - Sunthic Genius 4. After M - Danel 5. If Alone feat. Paul St. Hilaire (Chateau Flight Dub Mix) - Sideshow 6. Deer Code (Darko Esser Balans Remix) - Tommy Four Seven 7. Zeus - Smart Wave 8. NSTQ - Nikitin & Semikashev 9. Cold Hotel (Eelke Kleign Remix) - Hakan Unsal 10. Organized - Burrini, Pompili 11. Poltergeist - Williams 12. I Am Plankton (Album Version) - Mike Monday Bonus Track: Civarga - Basicnoise

Rick Laplante - Safe at Home

This is my set recorded live at Harvest Festival 2014.  I opened the new tech and house structure built this year, called Crystal 6.  I went for a more happy, melodic, uplifting, groovy and fun vibe with this set, since the weather at the festival had been wet and cold and muddy, so I thought we could all use a little pick-me-up to get the party started.

This version is available for download, as it's the one WITHOUT the fairy tale intro at the start, it just gets right into the music.  Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed playing it.   :)

TRACK LIST:

Super Flu – Jo Gurt (Ron Flatter Rmx)
Martin Waslewski – Floading feat. Sascha Reske
What Ever – Teabaggin Toni (Hanne & Lore Rmx)
Super Flu – Ooooooh
Ole Biege & Martin Waslewski - Indimushy
PANG! - Plan B (Kotelett & Zadak Rmx)
Ugur Project - Purple Maps
Lexer - Rusty Hearts (Original Vocal Version)
Sonny Fodero, Cervendos - Let’s Go
Ole Biege & Martin Waslewski – Odsbodkins (Hanne & Lore Rmx)
Sebastien Leger - Come Back (Hanne & Lore Rmx)
Arts & Leni - Come Out and Play
Arts & Leni - Broken Heart (Rick Laplante Edit)
Cascandy – Rammeln
Philip Bader, Britta Arnold, Nicone – Loud (Nicone Rmx)
Rummy Sharma - Plexico
Barni Granados - Human History
Monkey Safari & Super Flu – Me Roar (Format:B Rmx)




NO INTRO - Rick Laplante @ Crystal 6 Harvest Festival 2014

Hailing from Ottawa, Canada, Rick Laplante's involvement in the party scene began in London, ON in early 1992 as a partner of Prism Productions, a project committed to hosting intimate gatherings with good vibes and fresh music. Unable to resist the siren song of the turntables for long, Rick began basement DJing later in 1992, with his first professional gig the following year.

His main musical influences came through London's proximity to Detroit and Toronto, where frequent weekend visits to these cities exposed him to some of the most groundbreaking underground sounds heard in the world during the early 90's. Rick has now been professionally DJing for over 25 years.

Rick's preferred club style is anything that can be described as groovy and/or bouncy tech-house, yet he also draws influence from his eclectic music collection - with flashes of myriad genres, ranging from techno to disco, breaks to jazz and from latin to lounge. He hasn't forgotten his musical roots from running the Detroit-Toronto corridor for years, either.  You can always expect the unexpected while Rick blends several different auditory flavours into his Dj sets.

Rick is active in the local scene of our Nation's Capital.  He promoted a weekly afterhours event, Sunrise, for its run of over 5 years, and now with his current promotions company "Framework Music", hosts Sunday Sessions, a long weekend Sunday dance party at Ottawa's legendary Mercury Lounge, since 2015.  Since 2017, Framework Music continues to host Ottawa's only legal and licensed all night dance event, White Rabbit, on 2 to 3 Saturdays every month inside City At Night.  2020 sees Rick start a less than monthly Saturday night residency at Mercury Lounge.  

As well as promoting events, Rick has performed many out of town gigs, from Montreal to Toronto, Boston to New York City and across north eastern North America.   Rick now has his sights firmly set beyond Ottawa's city limits by starting to delve into production work, with aspirations of launching his own label in coming years.

https://www.frameworkmusic.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/frameworkmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/whiterabbitottawa/
https://www.facebook.com/SundaySessionsOttawa/

Rick Laplante

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