jake fairley/james holden / drake underground, toronto / 13/09/07

Techno in Toronto has been bleak all summer, but last night made up for it. The ADD hosted event combined with it being a Toronto Film Festival party, attracted a full house to the Drake Underground. The $5 event was a full on dance party. Toronto native, Jake Fairley played a quality live set under his Fairmont alias. I love his Fairmont alias, but he definitely jacked it up a notch to keep the dance floor grooving. Gorgeous deep minimal techno with some new Berlin influenced Euro-trance sounds. Quirky James Holden did a DJ set with CD's. With his new album "The Idiots are Winning," I was hoping for a live set. Nevertheless, he played some quality tracks and finished off an amazing night of booty shaking techno.
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fairmont aka jake fairley

james holden

james holden / the idiots are winning / border community
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henrik schwarz live / studio !k7
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pass: iRis


Tara Donovan


Unfortunately, I'm unable to attend Decibel this year. If anyone is going and would like to submit a review and some photo's from the festival, I'd be more than happy to post them.