This week is a special week for us here at Plugged Not Thugged because it marks the 1-year birthday of our highly popular MAJOR RAGER party series. Major Rager was born from a need to move our nutty 2-story Foxtrot parties (originally held at Mr. Mandelephant’s King St. loft) to an actual venue, as we were bringing in over 250 people every other month to Deezy’s abode — which became a filthy and costly affair. MAJOR RAGER — which has been running and steadily growing for twelve long months — has been held at the Augusta House, our favorite Kensington Market hangout. Despite the fact that Augusta’s staff and management are the best people we have worked with, the Rager parties have simply outgrown the venue’s maximum capacity of 198 patrons. Life is a series of eras, and we would like to sincerely thank the Augusta House staff for the wonderful year that Major Rager enjoyed with them — we wish you all the best and thank you for everything!
To commemorate the end of a wonderful era, the headliners of the show — Tape Deck Bros and Gooffee — have both recorded their exclusive plugcast mixes for PnT. The Tape Deck Bros “Plugged in the Tapedeck” exclusive has just been posted — and the hot Gooffee mix will be posted later today so keep your eyes peeled. The Rager series will be moving to legendary College Street hangout Andy Poolhall for the September 4th Major Rager, which will increase capacity to approximately 500 patrons, and provide a gigantic amount of bar space – so the booze will flow like the Nile. Get wild!
Sky Surfing Ft. Wayne Marshall (Douster Remix) – Toddla T
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Toronto’s own DJ Barletta is a man on a mission. Dude just cranks out sooo many dirty tunes its almost ridiculous. In between producing on a regular basis he is out rocking crowds all over the fucking place. He came through and just murked out our Major Rager monthly last month and recently sent us over a few juicy little bits for you to sink your teeth into. The first one is a nice little edit of the Doctor P dubstep anthem “Sweet Shop”. The first 2 minutes is pure Barleezy fiyaaa and then he lets the original rolllll out.
Doctor P – Sweet Shop (Barletta’s 420 Edit) <—–(right click, save as.)
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This next remix has got summer anthem written all over it. I’m really feelin this one. T-Dot oh yeah, we so larrrrge.
The Others – Gravity (Barletta Remix) <—–(right click, save as.)
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We are excited to announce that Toronto’s DJ Barletta sent us a special little treat that he put together for the fans of Plugged Not Thugged. To pump up the party monsters who are attending MAJOR RAGER #8 at Augusta House this coming Saturday, Barleezy—who is headlining the event—has assembled an Exclusive Plugged Not Thugged Minimix that is sure to get the Rager crowd amped for another mega-gnarly shaker in Kensington Market. The minimix is nothing but pure fire, and gives fans a small taste of Barleezy’s new work which includes the likes of Toronto natives Paul D & Terror Tone, among others. The track list is provided below, along with a link to the mix.
Barletta – Exclusive Plugged Not Thugged Minimix
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TRACK LIST:
Paul D + Barletta – Intro
Funkagenda – H3lix
Reflekt – Need To Feel Loved (Barletta Remix)
Max Alexandre + Barletta – Is it all gone (Paul D Remix)
Terror Tone – Sunday Morning (Barletta Remix)
The first Saturday of the month is once again before us, which means that it is time for Toronto’s party animals and beat freaks to prepare their hottest clothes and best dance moves for the 7th installment of the poppin’ MAJOR RAGER party series. The Major Rager Crew has put forth a real greasy line-up of local selectahs including Rager resident’s Billionaire, O-God and Ballistik, all of which have been known to get the dance floor shaking with bass-heavy heaters. The headlining act of the night will be the real treat however, as the crew has brought in party-slammers UKC, or the UK Connection, which consists of DJ Freeza Chin and MC’s Plain English & Riddimz. I have personally seen these guys get dance floors sweatier than soccer locker rooms after championship games, and they are known in Toronto for their high energy sets which evoke nothing but the stankiest of skankin’ among party goers. For more information on this month’s Rager, check out the facebook event here.
Check out some of what to expect from our boys @ UKC:
Freeza Chin & Plain English – Toronto Funky Volume 1
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Freeza Chin & Plain English – Toronto Funky Volume 2
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Skream and Benga are currently on their world tour which has seen them pass through much of Europe and are now set to tear up Western Canada this weekend with a Sunday stop in Toronto @ Wrongbar. $20 Advance Tickets can be bought online HERE and are in stock at Play De Record and Rotate This in Toronto.
Here is a very recent set from the dynamic duo live @ FWD from June 7th, 2009.
Skream & Benga live @ FWD – June 7th, 2009
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MP3 @ 128 kbps
1hr 48mins
Tracklist can be found below….after the jump…..
Also, back in September of 2008 they played to an outdoor audience in Barcelona, Spain. MC LowQui is on the mic and the tunes are heavy. Ive been rinsing this mix for a couple months steady anticipating the slaughterhouse that will be Sunday night!
Skream & Benga ft. MC LowQui live in Barcelona – Sept 2008
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MP3 @ 192 kbps
1 hour
Tracklist after the jump…
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Billionaire, myself and our extended family will be throwing our first loft jam at the Zoo this Saturday, March 21st. We’ve got some serious reggae heat out of Italy coming from Toni of the Bomchilom crew. He’ll be throwing down a straight 45 set which will most definitely be filled with firey gems and straight reggae bangers… Jamaican music from the 60s to the present if you will. Billionaire’s going to bring the dubstep heat and I’ll be on that one, two, three, four get down kind of thing. We also got our boy Fully Blown on the extended reggae and dancehall tip. Send me an email for directions if you’d like to link us, we’re always down with new friendly folk.
