Audiolust… in Ottawa!
So, It’s been a little while since I made a post. Yeah I’ve been slacking. And relaxing… Selaxing if you will. Now normally I hate mashing words together in completely stupid and unimaginative ways, but I just spent the weekend in Ottawa and saw more word mash ups than I care to admit. Now I feel like they must become an integral part of this post.
Saturday night was a great night. Went to Ritual Night Club –( which must be new because last time I was there I don’t remember seeing it)- to check out a friend of a friend’s band play. They were opening for a Montreal group called Nomadic Massive- a hard funk/soul/hip hop group. I will now dub this genre Foul Hop… or Hip Sunk, I haven’t decided yet. Either way, they tore that place apart. I think I counted 8 of them in the collective -6 men and 2 women. The men make some sick beats and rap in waves, sharing the stage and the joy with each other. They are a talented bunch of guys…. But it was all about the ladies as far as I’m concerned. Whether singing backup vocals, or taking center stage these two women stole the show. Their strong voices, sweet harmonies and amazing stage presence took over and pushed everyone’s performance over the edge of amazing.
The entire crowd was totally pumped and dancing like mad and the atmosphere was great. A super-fun show and a great way to spend the Saturday in Ottawa.
Check em out at www.last.fm/music/Nomadic+Massive and listen to some of their tracks. You won’t be disappointed.
p.s. more T.O-centric posts coming soon!