Simply Magnificent!

Well hello there,

Hope everyone's doing pretty damn alright. I'm doing pretty damn alright myself, thank you for asking. It has been an exceptionally BUSY ASS week for me, not that every week isn't busy, but since I'm not only the DJ, I'm also our manager, booking agent, marketing manager, producer, stylist, and web promo guy. SIGHHH, Wtf does Short Sirkit do??? lol I keeed. He's the MC, Public Relations, Street Promo & Sales Agent, plus he still holds down a part-time day job. Lots to do for 2 peeps, thank God for Blackberries. Not sure why I went into such depth there...what was my point again...? Oh yes, busy week, right right. However, in our biz, the weekend is even busier, and this is Halloween weekend so..... eeeyahhh! Here's what's poppin!

TONIGHT (Thursday Oct 30)

FEAR THERAPY inside BODY ENGLISH



4KORNERS will be doing our thing alongside my favorite DJ, pretty much the man who inspired me to get into this biz, The one & only, the magnificent, JAZZY JEFF!!!! (Can u tell that I'm stoked?) I actually had the pleasure of spinning with Jeff a few years ago when we used to do SPOTLIGHT SATURDAYS @ THE DOCKS (wow...memories) and can't wait to do it up again alongside the dude.

I'm far from what you'd call a Dick Rider, so make no mistake, I'm not on the dude's jock. But I truly respect what he does, how talented he is, and how he still remains at the top of his game after all these years, while pretty much every other DJ from his era have lost their edge. Here's a lil sample of what you're gonna see tonight.



SICK SICK SICK!!!!

AND....if you remember Halloween at Body English last year....YOU ALREADY KNOWWWW!!!! It is going to be absolutely BANANASSSSSSS in there. All bottle service tables are sold out! If you're coming....arrive EARLY!

The rest of the weekend will be no exception....

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TOMORROW (Friday Oct 31)

TORONTO RAPTORS HOME OPENER inside Air Canada Centre

Our Raps take on the Golden State Warriors in our 1st home game of the season w/ 4K DJing & hosting as always in front of 20,000 screaming fans!

And then....


GRAND HALLOWEEN inside LIBERTY GRAND



All I can say is OMG!!!!! This is going to be the most massive Halloween party toronto has ever seen. 3550 tickets already sold! 250 more tickets will be available at the door at 8:30pm SHARP! No ticket, no entry, so sorrrryyy!

Musically you'll be entertained by:

4KORNERS & DJ UNDERCOVER (aka The INCREDIBLES aka BROWNS & PINKS)
2 hours, 4 tunrables, 1 RETARDED set!!!!

Marko Bongo

DJ Addy

Joe Ghost

I can't explain how sick it's gonna be. Hope you got your tickets!

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Saturday Nov 1 - Part 1

SPRITE DUNK COMPETITION Preliminaries inside Air Canada Centre

4KORNERS will be DJing & Hosting this event, searching for Toronto's best dunkers to compete in a DUnk Off during a Raptors Game Halftime Show!

And then....

4KORNERS will be making our debut in BARRIE, ON spinning a special 2 hour set @ The Roxx. Barrie, get ready!!!!

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Gonna be a nutzo weekend! Hope to see you out, dressed up, partying hard & getting home safe!!!!

Happy Halloween people!

BACK IN THE DOT!

Okkkkkk!!!!

1 week, 6 shows & 1 new laptop later, we're back from our recent West Coast Tour! How was it? A BLAST as always! All the shows were awesome, and i didn't throw up once (well, I had a Tequila incedent in Vancouver & almost did, but I held it down..literally!) Yayyy me!

I DID however have to buy a new laptop during the trip b/c some stoopid BEP in Calgary spilled a lil Rum & Coke on my keyboard. FAKK! I got a good deal on a newer, better Macbook Pro than the one I already had, plus the old one is fixable, so it's all good. Drunk girls wilding out in the DJ Booth is just another occupational hazard that I've had to get used to dealing with :p

I did the last 2 tour dates in BC solo while Shorts came home to host parties at Body English & Reign Nightclub. We joined forces once again Saturday night in Toronto for our debut at CIRCA Nightclub. It was NUTZZZZ!!!!!! Big shouts to LYME PRODUCTIONS & The CONNECKTED DJs as well as BONGO MEDIA on hand filming the event. It was epic!

Side not....RAPTORS REGULAR SEASON starts this Friday (pumped!!!!)

Here are some tour pics & Pics from Circa!

Enjoy!

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RED DEER, AB











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CALGARY, AB











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EDMONTON, AB

















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VANCOUVER, BC











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CIRCA (TORONTO)











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So now you're caught up!

Got some HUGE SHOWS coming up this week, so expect more goodies real soon. Till then, peep the homie KARDINAL's new video!


KARDINAL OFFISHALL W/ KERI HILSON - NUMBA 1 (TIDE IS HIGH)



PEACEEEEE!!!!

K.K.

We Fly High!

YUPPPPP!!!!

Right after the Raptors game & Body English, we're headed to the airport and back on tour tomorrow and I'm soooooooo looking fwd to it.

Here's the schedule:

FRIDAY OCT 17
LAVA ULTRA LOUNGE (Red Deer, AB)



SATURDAY OCT 18
OPUS (Calgary, AB)



TUESDAY OCT 19
RAPTORS vs. NUGGETS @ Rexall Place (Edmonton, AB)
Party to follow the game @ DIESEL ULTRALOUNGE



THURSDAY OCT 23
KAP'N KIRK @ THE STANDARD (New Westminster, BC)



FRIDAY OCT 24
KAP'N KIRK @ THE MODERN (Vancouver, BC)



* Short Sirkit will be at BODY ENGLISH on Thurs Oct 23 & REIGN on Fri Oct 24 (Toronto, ON)

Will take lots of pics and vids to keep u all up on our tour / antics ;)

Stay Tuned....

K.K.

GAMETIME!

Just Dance...da da doo doo!

Hey people,

Just taking a quick studio break to check in & continue the streak of good consistent blogging! Right now I'm in the midst of recording my 3rd annual MUCHMUSIC Compilation album, MUCH Dance 2009! Most of you probably don't know that I do these, but ya...i do. Kinda cheesey, I know..but it's a VERY good look business wise. I mean, how many other DJs in Canada can say they've mixed a platinum selling compilation?

That's it for now. Gotta get this done by tomorrow.

And be sure to check 4K out the rest of this week at the following:

Tues - Raptors vs Moscow @ ACC
Thurs - Raptors Fan Fest (morning) @ ACC
Thurs - Raptors vs Timberwolves @ ACC (afternoon)
Thurs - Body English (night)

Friday we head back on the road. Tell u about it later

PEACEEEEE!!!!

K.K.

P.S. I voted today...did you?

VOTE VOTE VOTE!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone,

I'm not one for politics, but it seems we're coming to a pivotal time in history and I can't help but pay close attention. Both the Canadian & American federal elections are about to go down & it's mui mui importante that we all VOTE! If you're a proud Canadian like I am, please do take the time to go out & vote this coming TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 2008. If you're not yet registered, here's the official web link to get it done. Only takes a few minutes.

CANADIAN VOTING REGISTRATION PAGE - CLICK HERE

Although our election is always important, I feel like the upcoming US federal election is probably their most important election EVER! If BARACK OBAMA is elected, and it seems like a VERY strong possibility, it will be the beginning of a new era in politics. NOT just because he is a Black man, but because he is a man for change. A true man of the people. But YES, it IS also important because he just might be the 1st Black president. It was not that long ago that black people didn't even have the right to vote that country, and now look. It will be interesting to see what happens, and we all know that American federal politics largely affects not only Canadians, but world politics on a whole. They've done an excellent job of making it that way.

So AMERICANS....you go vote too!

Of course, there's a musical tie-in to all this. No I'm not going to post a video of me singing some kind of "Go Vote" song. Here's a mix done by DJ Z-TRIP that is a very interesting listen. When people think of us DJ's, generally it's all about partying etc. I love that Z-Trip has taken the time to do this. Take a listen.


Z-TRIP - OBAMA MIX (click here to download)




PEACEEEEE!!!!

The GIFT of MUSIC

I realize that I've been preaching WAYYYYYY too much, making myself sound like a jerk at times. So NO PREACHING today. In fact, I come bearing gifts! Here are a few mixtapes that I'm bumping right now, orchestrated by a few of my DJ friends. Check em out and feel free to let me know what you think of them:

FACTION SOUND CREW f/ DJ TANNER (Vancouver, CAN)

Faction Sound Crew Radio Episode 5:
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (zshare Link)

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ALLOUT DJs (Edmonton, CAN)

Remember The Time Mix:
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (zshare link)

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DJ PSYCHOLOGY (Montreal, CAN)

Decks In The City
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (zshare link)

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DJ PSAR & DJ ND (Brussels, Belgium)

HYBRIDZ Mixtape
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (megaupload link)

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Mick Boogie (Cleveland, USA) / DJ BENZI (Ann Arbour, US) / NEOTERIC (Vancouver, CAN) / Hosted by LIL JON (Atlanta, USA)

Motivation Mixtape Volume 2
RIGHT CLICK & SAVE AS (direct link)

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That should be enough to keep the ear drums beating for a hot minute. Look out for new mixes from yours truly 4KORNERS coming real real sooooooon!

Till next time....

K.K.

A Cross The Universe

DAMMIT!!!!

So me & my homie from Belgium DJ PSAR were talking the other day about this mixtape collabo we've been planning to do together for a while now. We've FINALLY decided that we're gonna drop it this November as he'll be doing a Canadian Tour (his 3rd this year...awww yeahhh) and we (4KORNERS) will be doing another overseas tour as well (World Tour this time...not just Europe). Sooooo timing seems perfect to release the CD at that time. We decided to name the CD "ACROSS THE UNIVERSE" based on the fact that together we're touring all over the the planet and also it's the name of a classic BEATLES song & also the title of a Beatles based movie I recently saw by the same title "ACROSS THE UNIVERSE" (Note: It's a musical, and oddly enough, I hate musicals...just talk...why u gotta break into song about shit?...however I HIGHLY recommend this one. SOOO DOPE!) Skip ahead, skip ahead, yadda yadda yadda....we can't call it that b/c I TOTALLY forgot that JUSTICE, one of my favorite DJ/producer teams from France, is releasing a documentary DVD called "A CROSS THE UNIVERSE" and also doing a world tour by that same name. Needless to say, I'd feel like a biter if we did it now, cuz they did it first. So I repeat....DAMMIT!!!!

I'm not THAT upset though (upset....UPSAR lol...inside joke :p), b/c they're DVD looks NUTZ!!!!! I've posted the trailer below. Big shouts to my homeboi DJ PSYCHOLOGY from Montreal for web link. Make sure you check his blog out as well. It's hawt shyt! www.DJPSYCHOLOGY77.blogspot.com

Here it is....

JUSTICE - A CROSS THE UNIVERSE (teaser)
Uploaded by edbangerrecords

Absolutely RI-DUNK-U-LOUS!!!!

Be sure to check JUSTICE out in Toronto on WED OCT 29 @ CIRCA!

And for more info, peep:

www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous

BONUS VIDEO

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (MOVIE TRAILER)
....that dope musical I was telling u about.



The trailer doesn't REALLY do the movie justice (ahha) but trust me, watch it! If u take it in an don't like it, u SUCK! Just kidding :) ...kinda.

And since I love sharing, here's my favorite JUSTICE music video.

Enjoy!

JUSTICE - DVNO



What the heck...here's one more:

JUSTICE - D.A.N.C.E



PACCEEEE!!!!!

K.K.

Can u play that...u know the song...boom boom something?

ALLLLRIGHTTTT!!!!!!

I've had enough of people asking me to play "Boom boom boom & take your money!" So I figure it's time I kick some knowledge for the benefit of those who just don't know any better. I'm not implying that anyone is dumb. I'm just saying, here's the info, take it & do what you will with it.

To start, her name is M.I.A. and she's not a new artist. She's been doing her thing for a few years now. The song that you all know and love NOW is called PAPER PLANES. It's from her 2nd full length album called KALA which was released in 2007 on XL Recordings. YESSSS, 2007! And yes, I have indeed been playing that song along with a few others for over a year now, plus I've been playing songs from her 1st album ARULAR which came out in 2005 for the past 3 years. (For those of you who have our CD "The MASH-UP Theory" which we released in March 2007, you'll hear two M.I.A. tracks on there.

4KORNERS.com presents The MASH-UP THEORY Volume 1












**** FREE DOWNLOAD **** (right click & save target as)

We even had the pleasure of performing with M.I.A last summer (yes, 2007) right here in Toronto. Aaaannnyway, thanks to the movie Pinapple Express (which is dope btw) the song Paper Planes was used in the TV commercials and then radio picked up on it. Now it's a "BIG TUNE."

I'm not considering this one of my usual NEW HAWTNESS posts where I intro you to a hot new artist, b/c M.I.A is far from new. She's world famous actually, to those who are up on more than just what's on the radio. Again, no disrespect, but I do urge you all to seek out new things, music, food etc b/c there's so much more to life than what is presented and laid at our feet by TV and mainstream radio. It's all out there, you just have to take the time to look around. The internet is you friend :)

That said, here are a buttload of M.I.A videos starting with Paper Planes. She's dope! Check her out and perhaps buy an album or 2!


PAPER PLANES



BUCKY DONE GUN



JIMMY



BOYZ



GALONG



SUNSHOWERS



BIRD FLU



M.I.A's BEST STORY EVER (From The HOUR starring George Stroumboulopulos)



UK TOUR PART 1



UK TOUR PART 2



For more info peep her out at:

www.MIAUK.com

www.myspace.com/mia

Back In Black

YES INDEED!!!!

It is that Time of year once again when your boys 4KORNERS step into the arena and resume our Stadium Status as official DJs of the TORONTO RAPTORS! Am I stoked???? HELL YA I WANT CHEESY POOFS!!!!

If you know us, you know that we loved basketball LONG before we got the Raptors gig, so entering our 4th season with the team is definitely a beautiful thing! What's even sweeter is, we have a 3rd jersey this year, and it's BLACK! (Pictured above being worn by Raptors All-Star, Chris "CB4" Bosh!

We're hoping for this to be a BIG season, with the addition of some key elements, most notably JERMAINE O'NEIL! Time will tell how it'll all play out, but we definitely have high hopes.

The Raptors already won their 1st pre-season game, but TONIGHT is our 1st home game, and that means 4KORNERS MUSIC! We spin at & host all Raptors home games inside the Air Canada Centre, if you didn't know. We're also super stoked about the game we'll be doing in Edmonton, Alberta on Tuesday October 21st inside Edmonton's Rexall Place! It's gonna me massive!

Aaaaanyway, I gotta go get my shit together for tonight's game, but i'm not gonna leave you without a lil entertainment.

KANYE WEST - LOVE LOCKDOWN (OFFICIAL VIDEO)



But wait....there's more!

Our homie DJ PSAR's (Belgium) Canadian Tour Video

Look out for PSAR back in Canada later this year & the
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE CD (4KORNERS & DJ PSAR)
COMING SOON!!!!



Peace outttt!

NEW HAWTNESS: The Ting Tings

Greetings people,

It's been a while since I've dropped some music knowledge on y'all, so here it is. This is a group that I'm REALLY FEELING right now, hailing from Salford in the UK. (Note: If u click on all my links, my blog posts are even MORE educational than you think ;);) ) They're name, THE TING TINGS. The band consists of 2 members, Jules De Martino (drums, guitar, vocals) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drum).

I'll admit, I didn't quite discover them until they just a few months ago, but I feel like I should have known about them from jump. SOOOO much music, so little time, soooo I figured I'd share them with all of you, b/c I know not every knows about them yet. DOing my lil part to support what I feel is GOOD MUSIC. Anyway, they have a great following overseas & is rapidly building over here in North America. Their vibe is kinda indie rock / pop type music and the electronic scene has taken a great liking to them, with some hot producers remixing some of their tracks for the clubs.

Rather than me rant and rave about how much I love this band, I'll let u meet them out for yourself & form your own opinion. Let me BE CLEAR on this....he he....when I post my thoughts & opinions, I'm merely sharing what I feel. I urge all of you to take in whatever info you receive, whether from me or anywhere else, and form YOUR OWN OPINION on it. It's ot good just b/c I say it's good. Well....it is...but at least decide to like it b/c you like it, not b/c i told u that you should like it. Be a Shepherd, not a Sheep (aka a leader, not a follower).

That said, (fakk...why am I being so preachy lately....Do I really have THAT much of a problem with the Status Quo and the nature of humans?....i digress lol)....ok ok, I totally dig the entire album "WE STARTED NOTHING" but the cuts that I've been specifically dropping in the clubs are:

- That's Not My Name
- Great DJ
- Shut Up & Let Me Go

....all of which I have DOPE remixes of. BIG shouts to the homie KLEVER from Atlanta who 1st introduced me to The Ting Tings by playing the Calvin Harris rmx of Great DJ. SICKKKKKKK track!

Anyway, if you so choose you can Google those track titles, peep their MYSPACE etc & check the band out for yourself.

Here's my favorite Ting Tings video, SHUT UP & LET ME GO! (NOTE: This song was even used in an Apple iPod TV commercial)

Think Free & Enjoy!




BONUS VID:

The video was DOPE right??? Here's THE MAKING of the video. BLADOW!



Peace til next time,

K.K.

Communication Is Key!

What's going on people,

I'm just stopping in to write a quick note about business. I know our job looks like basically one big party after another, and it seems like my biggest worry is whether or not I'll drink too much and end up with my head in the toilet at the end of the night, but I'm here to tell you that there's much MUCH more to what we do than you may think.

The club business is exactly that, A BUSINESS! A big money business at that. And as such, there is a fair bit of Politics & Bullshit that we have to deal with. I'll admit, we've been fortunate enough not to have run into any super major roadblocks, but shit has definitely hit the fan a few times in our day. Paying your dues, rolling with the punches and countless other cliches definitely apply. I realize that I'm rambling at this point, but trust me, there's always a method to my madness.

This is an open message to ALL who are involved in the club business, and in business in general. It actually applies pretty much to all aspects of life. BE CLEAR!!!!! That's it. Simple and plain. BE CLEAR!!!! Comminication is KEY! Too many people dodge dealing with issues, are afraid to say what they really mean and/or what really needs to be said. Things would run so much more smoothly in this world if everyone would just SPIT! Say what you mean, even if you know the receiver of your message is not gonna like it. I've learned in my time on this planet that you can't please everyone all the time. Sometimes people are simply not going to like what you have to say, but alot of the time, these things need to be said. So just SPIT! I, by nature, am a straight talker. I'm not saying that I've never lied, or been dishonest, nobody's perfect. But I generally don't have any trouble saying what I mean. I may come off rude or insensitive at times, i understand, but at least its the real deal. You may not like what I have to say always, but you will definitely respect the fact that I have the balls to say it. I'm a hard-ass, ESPECIALLY when it comes to business. Most of us are working towards common goals in the club biz. Have fun, make a difference, make some loot, meet interesting people, travel the world, get home safe. If we are all clear with each other, we can all reach these goals more often than not.

My apologies for the rant, I just had to vent. Had some interesting issues last night. Again, our lives & jobs may seem like it's all fun & games (don't get me wrong, it's AWESOME, we love it & that's why we do it) but there's more to it than meets the eye.

BE CLEAR people!

That said, let me lighten the mood a lil with one of my fav clips from one of my fav shows, SOUTH PARK! This has absolutely NOTHING to do with what I just wrote, but it's funny as shit :)

Ooooookaaayyyyy!!!!!

Back in effect & back to blogging (my own "non-jacked" version that is....). So we've been on the road again these past few weeks. Here's how it went down:

Edmonton
Yes...again! We headed west to do a show at our E-Town residency, Diesel Ultra Lounge. The show was BANANAS, I drank an entire bottle of Grey Goose, and I didn't end the night with my head in the toilet. BONUS! That was Friday. Saturday we attended our good homie's wedding & reception. I was supposed to spin a set, but we got to drinkin, stopped thinkin, and I'm not quite sure why I never ended up behind the decks. (I'm REALLY NOT as much of an alcoholic as it may seem, but my better stories always seem to involve drinking....go figure :p) Good times had by all! After all that, we flew back just in time to head straight to Century Room to spin again.

Home (temporarily)
Was only home for 3 days b4 heading back on the road, but I made GREAT use of that time. Spun another AWESOME set at Rockwood on Monday (where Toronto Raptors homies Chris Bosh, Joey Graham & Chris Humphries all showed up to party), chilled out & watched a CALIFORNICATION Marathon (my new favorite show) on Tuesday, and on Wednesday I went to see SANTOGOLD perform alongside some dope new acts LOW VS DIAMOND, and LET'S GO TO WAR. PLUS A-TRAK did a surprise DJ set. WICKED WICKED show! Thurs, off to....

Winnipeg
Actually, Shorts & I flew into Winnipeg, but then were drivin directly to Brandon, Manitoba by our new homie DJ IIIzERO (that's 3-Zero) where we did a show at a spot called Houston's. Pretty damn country if I do say so myself...and I definitely do! Want another drinking story? Countless double screwdrivers, 2 McDonald's Bibs & yes...my head in the toilet. Uggghhh!

Next day we headed back to Winnipeg, went to the Bluebombers Game (Errol's 1st CFL game experience), and the tore a whole in VIBE NIGHTCLUB! Big shouts to Bobby The Coach and of course Paxton! Also big shouts to FORT APPAREL who hooked us up with some dope gear, which we rocked at this show.

On Saturday we had the pleasure of eating at one of our favorite restaurants, OLIVE GARDEN!!!! Yes they still have OG in Manitoba, and other provinces...just no more Ontario locations :( After that, we did it up inside BLUSH ULTRALOUNGE. What an awesome venue! They ate our shit up (not literally) & we'll definitely be back there! GIGANTIC SHOUTS to our homie FIN-S who orchestrated this 3 day adventure!

Sunday....back home once again to Century Room....but not without a hitch. Our 9am flight to Toronto was cancelled at the last minute, so we had to wait til 3pm for the next one. Spent the entire day in the airport. WEAK SAUCE!

Monday, ROCKWOOD again w/ a drop in by SHAE from N.E.R.D (no Pharrell....sucks, I know), along with Fam Lay from the Star Trak camp, Common's DJ (DJ Dummy) and some more of their peeps. Was an INSANE party as always.

This week is mad busy so prob won't hear back from me until next week. And guess what...RAPTORS PRE-SEASON starts in exactly 1 WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coming up, got another road trip out West with stops in Red Deer, Edmonton (incl Raptors Pre-Season game at Rexall Place) & Calgary. Then Shorts will be heading home while I head to New Westminster & Vancouver for a couple solo shows!

Some more BIG shows coming up in the near future too! Stay tuned.

Btw, here's this week's schedule:

Wed - Town Shoes In-Store (5-8pm)
Wed -Atelier
Thurs - Town Shoes In-Store (12-2:30pm)
Thurs - Body English
Fri - Lot 332
Sun - Century Room

Here are pics from everything I just wrote:















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Til next time....

K.K.