Rezz

Rezz is on fire lately, given that each new track from her upcoming album, Mass Manipulation, proves to be heavier than the last. This week’s album teaser sees the queen of bassy minimal tech joining forces with the Toronto enigma knodis, for ‘Premonition’ – a track which, as compared to ‘Diluted Brains‘ and ‘Relax‘, shows that it has a lot…

Isabelle Rezazadeh, best known to the world as the Dark Queen Rezz, has her debut album Mass Manipulation slated to release on August 4th. She’s planning on dropping a new track every Friday up until then, and starts off with her widely-discussed ID, ‘Relax’, which has been played in sets and passed around for almost a year now. ‘Relax’ sports…

Joshua Steele, best known as Flux Pavilion, made a pit stop in Toronto on May 4th as part of his Around the World in 80 Raves grand tour – accompanied by Kayzo, Moksi, and a special guest who helped turn up the hype and revel with us, on that rainy Thursday evening. I hadn’t been to UNIUN Nightclub in some…

With four months to go before the big celebration, BC’s iconic Shambhala Music Festival delivers a pretty stacked lineup, with more names to be revealed over the following weeks. Tickets for this year’s event sold out back in September, in a record-breaking 16 hours – it goes without saying that the hype for this has been building exponentially since. Now…

Zeds Dead’s Deadbeats imprint just unleashed their first compilation and it’s massive. The 9 track release sees some of the finest musical exports from Toronto and around the globe. Local favourites like REZZ, Pusher, Memorecks and of course Zeds Dead all make appearances while Megalodon, Kid Froopy, Nebbra, SMLE, Blount & Heckz rep the rest of the world. The sounds and…

I first heard of REZZ when I was going to see Zeds Dead at TD Echo Beach for Deadbeats back in August. I typically give a listen to the artists on the lineup to get an idea of what they are like and if I can get down or not. The first track I listened to from her was ‘Edge’ and from…

As Toronto producer Rezz, gears up for the release of her upcoming Something Wrong Here EP, she’s released an astounding new single. ‘Purple Gusher’ draws you in from its first breathe. It’s a mysterious sound that hooks your brain early and leaves you sweating with anticipation. Keys begin to entrance you further and scratches only build into the mystique. When…

Shambhala is a name that’s been popping up as of recently in the electronic music scene – and rightfully so, given that the British Columbia-based festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next year. This year’s 19th annual event took place from August 5th-7th, at the Salmo River Ranch; however, thanks to early entry up to two days in advance,…

This Friday (August 12th) Zeds Dead are set to takeover Echo Beach in Toronto with their first ever Deadbeats festival. The one day event will feature the Toronto natives alongside an eclectic line-up of hometown stars like Pusher, Rezz and Memorecks plus big names like Jauz, Lil Dicky and Drezo. The stacked line-up is guaranteed to deliver and the beach…