Astral Harvest 2017

Earlier this year I did a feature with Stickybuds, he gave me a list of his most memorable festivals in Canada to play at. Astral Harvest in Driftpile Alberta(this weekend) being one of his all time favourites to play and party at! With the added bonus of my German brother Martin Horger being announced of the fun and funky line-up I've been counting down the days to this 4 day music and art camping adventure. 

Below are my top five acts to see this weekend, with their set times, where they're playing, links to my favourite mix for you to listen to on the drive to Alberta!

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Come check Kelsey's set workshop at Angelica's Basket on Saturday night, expect spoken word in its raw, real and evocative form as well as a couple of uke jams. Oh and you can ead Kelsey's 5 Tips for a bountiful Astral Harvest here!

Unfortunately I'm no longer able to attend Astral Harvest as I've just scored an amazing opportunity to head North to work on Artswells Festival. Kim will be covering the festival instead, follow her story on Instagram here for live updates from all the stages!

And lastly, if you feel like having a YOLO weekend, you can purchase your Astral Harvest ticket here! 

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Marten Hørger 2017

Reminiscing about slammin' sets I've seen in different cities n who I've witnessed the most of them in different countries, Marten Hørger tops my list. From blazing at Breakfest in the Belvoir bowl in Australia, Feel Festival in the summer fields of Berlin & the hard-to-forget silly Seville experience Spain I now look forward to be adding Canada to that list. With the meeting of my favourite Bacon lovin' German brother on the horizon I caught up on where we left of, talking tunes... 

How would you describe the sound of music you’re producing right now?
I've been thinking about that for a while to be honest. It’s House vs Trap vs Breaks vs Techno somehow. The most important thing for me is that it is unique as I can make it. A friend of mine called it 'ATTIC' the other day...I liked that!

Is it different to what you’re playing out in your sets?
In my sets I play pretty much everything that influences me. That could be House, Breaks, Drum n Bass or Trap. But a big part of it is my own music.

You’ve recently teamed up Canada’s own Neon Steve to deliver 'You Don’t’ is this the first time you’ve teamed up on a track and how did the collaboration come together/what was the process?
Steve stayed at my house while he was touring Europe. He told me that he had writers block. So I said "let’s get in the studio & do something that is purely fun. No boundaries, no genre politics". One night later we had 'You don’t' and his writers block was gone! It stayed at #1 of the beatport bass charts for 4 weeks.

It’s been a big 2 years for Punks Music which you’re signed too. As the label evolves has it’s success contributed to you as a solo artist?
Yes, I’ve been a part of the punks family from the early days. It’s so hard to do stuff that is unique, and once you do something unique it’s even harder to get noticed for it. Now we’re getting recognized on a global scale, it’s so fulfilling. We've created our own sound, festivals and producers as well as music fans want to be a part of it. So yes, it has definitely helped me as a solo artist as well. Thanks to everyone who helped making that happen!

Your returning to Glastonbury again this year. How was your 2016 experience?
I have seen so many festivals over the years. But Glastonbury is in a league of it's own. They sell 250.000 Tickets within hours. It’s crazy. You’re walking around for days, discovering new things. You might walk down a hill and find a stage with Coldplay in front of 30.000 people that you never heard of. Just to find another stage with Fatboy Slim in front of 15.000 behind the next hill. It’s so cool to be a part of such a crazy thing.

You’re one part of Smash Hifi (with ex-Prodigy member Leeroy Thornhill) what can we expect from you guys this year?
The album we just put out did super well... which I’m eternally grateful for. The whole concept of the project is to tour as a electronic live act. Lucky enough, we have achieved that a lot earlier than we thought. Apart from touring with my solo stuff I’m also doing a big European festival tour with Smash Hifi this year.

Your Motion Notion family welcomes you back, for the fifth year in a row! Why is MoNo so special to you and what makes the festival unique?
It’s the whole vibe. The place, the people, the organizers... it’s so awesome. Especially for me, coming from the other side of the planet it’s like nothing else. The whole crew, the regular attendees and me have become a family. I wouldn't miss it for anything!

You’re also playing some other outdoor parties in Canada this summer, where can we catch you?
Hell yeah! It’s Motion Notion, Shambhala Music Festival and Astral Harvest!!!

And lastly, if you could choose any artists (dead or alive) to perform with or play B2B who would it be?
Leeroy Thornhill. I can’t imagine that it could be more fun with anyone else!

Keep in the loop with all things Marten Hørger Here!

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Volunteer at Canadian Music Festivals

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Whether you’ve been slogging it out in a ski resort on minimum wage or you’ve spent your 2016 tax return on a one way flights to Banff to pop your pow-cherryhole (#worthit). Or maybe you brought your ‘dream van’ leaving f*ck all coin in your pockets... reality is, summer is coming!

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Now, I don’t want to stress anyone out but British Columbia's just and blissful AND expensive in the summer season as it is the winter. The mountain landscapes stay lit longer, the nights become balmy and every weekend you’ll find one if not several events going down. All of sudden the thought of living the “Canadian Summer Festival Dream” whilst trying to recover from what was the biggest winter bender of your life might seems financially unachievable.

Never fear Evie is here (that’s me)!

Below is a list of Summer Festivals that for a V limited time have volunteer position open. There are no promise you’ll secure spot but you can try!

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Astral Harvest Music & Arts Festival Opens in April

ArtsWells Festival Open Now

Bass Coast Festival Open Now

KAMP Festival Open Now

Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival Open Now

Motion Notion 2017 Open Now

Tall Tree Music Festival Open Now

Tiny Lights Festival 2017 Open Now

Shambhala Music Festival Open Now

Starbelly Jam Music Festival Opens April 30

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