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Pure Phunk began in 2000 as the brainchild of Toronto breaks
DJ
D-Monic with the goal
of raising the quality level in local breaks events.
Pure Phunk
moved quickly to raise the profile of breakbeat culture in Toronto.
In 10 years, the focus of
Pure Phunk has shifted a few times.
We have seen a
record
label, booking agency, and numerous more parties take place in a wide variety
of venues around the city.
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
How long do you think it’ll take for breaks to come around again? Any guesses? I’ve watched the genre that I devoted so much of my adult life to dwindle away over the past couple years, but I’ve just seen the final nail go in the coffin.
The UK Festival season is coming soon, and [...]
Tags: arthur baker, bestival, breakbeat, breaks, creamfields, deekline, dub pistols, freestylers, glastonbury, house, krafty kuts, plump dj's, stanton warriors
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
So, I was looking at some of the search terms that have been bringing people to the blog recently.
Here’s just a few:
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Sorry to all the loyal readers. We at Pure Phunk have been filed with national pride and super-obsessed with the
2010 Winter Olympic Games. It’s been an exciting games so far with some of our signature sports still to come!
This afternoon is spent watching Curling in anticipation for the big Canada vs. USA hockey [...]
Tags: 2010 olympics, canada, curling, hockey, pride
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
This has been a question that been bugging me lately: Could You Compile a TRUE Top 100 Songs of all time, IN ORDER?
How long would that take YOU to do? Just the thought of trying to pick the top 10 boggles the mind. Top 100? wow…
Could you do it?
What I do [...]
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Long time friend of the Pure Phunk Family is Terry Hooligan, one half of ATOMIC HOOLIGAN. This UK breakbeat/bassline superstar plays heavy hitting EDM to sell out crowds every week, but in his heart he’s a true hip-hop head (and on his feet, a true sneaker junkie).
Recently on the BASS MUSIC BLOG he compiled [...]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
When was the last time you were at a party that was this BONKERS?
Been a long time for me…
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Yes, it’s really old… but if you haven’t seen (or rather, ‘heard’) this, you should.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Last Night in Toronto
at one point today, the weather network said we reached 100% humidity. Ick.
(photo by Kevin Saunders)
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Richie Hawtin’ Traktor setup
The pride of Canada, Richie Hawtin, has always been at the forefront of music/DJ technology. He was part of the development team and the figurehead of Final Scratch (bonus points for anyone that remembers the original OS that Final Scratch was designed for), and now he’s championing a new technology.
I remember not [...]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
You know something’s not right when you hit up your favorite online music retailers to get some fresh tunes for the clüb and you end up buying 2 dance tunes…. and 20 classic reggae hits.
[audio http://www.dmonic.com/blogtunes/DustOutASoundBwoy.mp3]
Super Beagle – “Dust Out A Sound Bwoy”
Is it just me? or is ‘dance music‘ getting rather uninteresting these days?
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