We are back from tour..almost in one piece, but alive and musically fulfilled. We did this mix as a response to Kenzie's "Spring Ahead", the tech house of that one matched against the bumping tech house of this one. Perfect for listening to in the car, for pumping on the stereo as you get ready for a night out, or as was discovered today, going for a serious workout at the gym.
Available on Mama Miche's Soundcloud, or Kenzie Clarke's Soundcloud. Either way, you really should get this mix. It's good, and it was done live. No filler, no gimmicks, no erasing....just us. xo Bitchin'.
We are ending our rest days off of tour and heading to Banff tonight to continue on with our gigs for the Get er Done tour. After seeing another province, and how flat it is, I am once again happy to report that BC still wins. This blog is going to be posted on the Pink Mafia site as well, but was written by us as we encountered the big three: Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Edmonton. Get ‘er Done Tour, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton
After switching up the lineup and bringing Bitchin’ into the game, the ladies touched down in Winterpeg on Thursday afternoon in rapid succession. Mama Miche and Jubilee from Calgary, Kenzie Clarke from Victoria, and Roxy Cottontail fresh off of a rest in Toronto. We must not have read the fine print on the itinerary, because apparently battling the lady at the Hertz counter with the T-Rex arms was first on the list of to-do’s. Once we had sorted out a snazzy red Mazda 6 (with enough trunk room for the luggage of 4 women…you do the math) we were able to navigate ourselves into downtown Winnipeg and the suite hotel rooms waiting for us. Miche checked in the group and we were happy to discover that we each had our own bed…..well, that we each had our own THREE beds, kitchenette, dining room, and living room area. BAM! Depending on how you looked at it, it could have been a good thing or a bad thing….Good for having room to let your suitcase explode in girlish fashion, and have your choice of sleeping arrangements, bad in that it made for a harder job covering the surface area looking under each of the beds and in the closets before you went to sleep.
The Soundcheck at the venue for the evening, The Pyramid Cabaret, was about as nice a surprise as our life saving Pho at a Vietnamese Restaurant in Saskatoon. The Sound was money. When we headed out for dinner and found that we were going to be sharing the Thursday night crowd with another night hosted by new friends and Winnipeg/Guelph DJ heroes, Brock Goldngrams and Tim Co-op, we were a little worried. Turns out that Thursday was not our lucky strike, but we got to have some serious bonding with opening DJ, and all around rad chick, DJ Sw@t, got to meet Andy Samberg (or a reasonable facsimile), got to play “Name what that dude smells like”, and got to DJ some bumping tunes for those lucky kids who came to check us out. Roxy definitely got us through the night, playing some crazy ripping bass lines that kept them on the floor till 2:30. We kept our party super tight due to the impending 800km drive between Saskatoon and Winnipeg that we were to tackle in the am, but did manage to have one of the shots that was dubbed by Mama Miche especially for the tour: The Hand Job, or, Jamieson’s shaken on ice.
We were up early enough to take Roxy to Tim Hortons for her virgin run…..A coffee, some Canadian lingo, and a breakfast sanny saw her totally sorted and understanding why some Canadians need their Timmy’s like some people need crack. We piled in the car and headed out onto the plains, our new mascot, Sparkle-Eh the unicorn, seated comfortably on the dashboard. After falling in love with a wicked Baltimore DJ mix, Portage of the Prairies and their weird bikes, and the fact that we had discovered The Nothing from The Neverending Story, we were off and driving that Mazda 6 like a G6.
Putting autopilot on and resigning ourselves to the fact that we were in for an approx 10 hr drive we hit that highway like a bunch of pros. 7.5 hours motherfuckers. Saskatoon was waiting for us, and we were excited to all be there to play at Scratch (a personal favourite venue in Canada and home to the best host ever, Neil Malik.) Neil fed us amazing Indian tapas and the Gaff warmed up the room with his serious skills. When we hit the decks, a Red Bull fridge filled with Heineken, Red Bull, and a bottle of the Silent Bird (grey goose), had magically made its way onto the stage behind us……so we invented another tour drink :The Finger Bang….Vodka, Red Bull, and soda. Very interesting to request one of those from whoever is on making drinks duty…especially in a crowded and loud club……oh, and btw, we totally rocked Saskatoon…. Bitchin’ on opening with some Nu Disco jams, Roxy on second playing her “best set!”, and Jubilee getting into it with her signature bass.
The end of the night had Jubilee and Mama being a bunch of pot-heads as an homage to our friend DJ Ayres, many grammatically erroneous Twitter posts, and some attempts to cover INXS’s “I need you tonight” with a beer bottle ‘jug band’ accompaniment.
The first word out of everyone’s mouths the next morning was “PHO”, so we made our way to the gates of heaven, aka Vietnamese Restaurant. That place will bring you back from the clutches of bad feelings from the night before like nobodies business. We had fixed ourselves, and the days drive from Saskatoon to Edmonton was calling (and B.Traits was tweeting for us to get our asses in gear and get there so she could meet up with us) so on the road again we went. The drives through the prairies are sponsored by the numbers 1, 5, and 5, and the letters k, m, and /hr. Needless to say, we got to the hotel in a shorter amount of time than was originally calculated….suck it Google maps. Jubilee woke up just before we rolled into Edmonton as our friends gave us a full shout on their radio show,….going from full sleep to “WTF?!” was pretty amazing to witness. The Edmonton show was awesome for having at least the rider set out in full force. The pros in all of us shone through, and we went to town on the sound systems in Temple/Brixx. Jubilee and B.Traits gave the basement a thorough bassy rinse out, and Bitchin’ and Roxy went 4/4 techy upstairs. We got to see a variety of past Get ‘er Done fans, Betti Forde’s friend Gerald, (such a doll), all the foosh/danksoul/treehouse peeps, and Colleen, our resident hottie and music nerd. Things we’ve learned so far? Driving on straight highways without any music or cd’s because there is no ipod plug in sucks, Mazda’s are just Ferrari’s in disguise, PHO is the elixir of life and we will probably eat it ten times or more before the tour is finished, stuffed unicorns on the dash is better than a GPS, having a cigarette lighter adaptor to plug your chargers into in the car is essential when you are tweeting/texting obsessively trying to keep the drive boredom at bay, and Roxy Cottontail is an amazing addition to the Tour this time around, and we will all miss her as she’s finished her dates and has headed back to NYC. Saskatoon is definitely in the lead for best show, but now we’re onto the west coast….where we almost lost our minds and livers last times. Let’s see what you got.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Here we go!! The Get 'er Done Tour is LIVE!! The girls have already ripped a strip off the eastern portion of the tour and now Roxy Cottontail, Jubilee, B.Traits, and us Bitchin' girls are reads to go for the rest of the shows! You can get the exclusive Get 'Er Done mix by Bitchin' at Mama Miche's Soundcloud page Also, I recently had the opportunity to hit up WAAAAAY northern Alberta, northern to the tune of Ft. MacMurray....Home of oil and money and....dance music? Well, not so much on the last front, but check out the interview I got to do with their local hit slangin' radio station 103.7fm....it's in two parts and you can DL pt 1 here, and pt 2 here. OK? OK! GO!
Hey all! This is a video of our last run through with the Get er Done Tour....Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, and Whistler and some other stops with the all female DJ crew. The video pretty much speaks for itself on the level of fun we had.
Monday, September 27, 2010
EEK! We have been waaaaay behind with updates, but that's just because we were busy spreading the Bitchin' music far and wide! We managed to hit almost every major festival on the west coast, AND go down and kill it at Burningman as well (thank you so much to Bacon without Borders, The Janky Barge crew, and Root Society for letting us get it done!!!) And, naturally, we are not even CLOSE to being finished with you all :) Check out our myspace at www.myspace.com/bitchinladies, or our facebook group for some SERIOUS gig updates! Highlights include the third round of the Get Er Done Tour, which we will be posting about shortly! To get you hyped, or to chill you out, we are offering two new sets for download. The first one is the promo set associated with the tour, and was mixed by Mama Miche. Miche took serious inspiration from all of our Bitchin' summer gigs, especially Burning Man, so if you liked what you heard, you will love this! You can get the mix and the tracklisting at her Soundcloud page. The other mix is from Kenzie Clarke and is intended to bring you back to the summer love and relaxing moments on the beach...just crank up the heat in your house and lay out a towel and VOILA! instant time machine back a few months! Definitely inspired by a certain someone! Get the mix here! Tracklisting: 1) Moon River- Kid Koala 2) Fade Into You- Mazzy Star 3) Protection- Massive Attack 4) It Could Be Sweet- Portishead 5) Television Tower- Monolake 6) Used to Go Dancing (Dub Remix) - Caspa Codina 7) You- Gold Panda 8) I Wanna Thank You For (Steppin into my life)- Dam Funk 9) I Need Love (Ft. Ron Basejam- Morgan Geist's Love Dub)- Hot Toddy 10) I Feel Love- Plantains 11) Slo Mo (original mix)- Maximilian Lopp 12) Shine On, You Crazy Whitecap- Teen Daze 13) The Holograms (Teen Daze Remix)- Fol Chen 14 (Tim Fuchs feat. Flight Facilities Remix)- Foals 15) Bitter Sweet (original mix)- Kink 16) Another World (Andre Lodemann & Conan Liquid Remixes- Andre Lodemann Remix)- Joey Negro presents Akabu 17) Happy Ending- James Flavour, Sasse
More updates soon, and we will be tour blogging here as well at the end of October!
Bitchin' is ready! We have our timeslot for Soundwave's Renegade Beach Stage, and that will have us playing the 8:30-10pm on Saturday night! We are ready to get the night party thumping, as this is what we are all about. Come and see our set, dance on stage, do some fistpumps and shotgun some beer! It's motherfucking SOUNDWAVE!
We've decided to start fresh! Just a quick hop, skip, and a jump, and you too can join our new and improved Facebook Fan Page! Link is here! The new features of the Rootmusic tab are allowing us to stream our new mixes straight from Soundcloud, showing our upcoming gigs in an easy to read fashion, and linking fans to our twitter as well. In other words, it's super dope. JOIN OUR FANPAGE! BITCHIN' LOVES YOU!
Thanks to our L.A. chapter of Team Creep for this little ditty...expect it to be played at EXTREMELY loud volumes this summer. Many people close to me know that I do have a soft spot for the *tiniest* bit of trancey sounds...Don't hate, I used to play hard house. It just happened. Anyways, back to the song at hand, L.A. Riots have taken the Laidback Luke and Lee Mortimer track "Blau" and gone all upside down and fidgety with it...and even though I'm feeling kind of over the whole 'fidget' thing (whatever that was in the first place) I like this remix. A lot. I can see us jumping around wearing fun outfits to this song. That, dear reader, is a good sign.
Monday, May 31, 2010
We are getting ready for summer at Bitchin' Beats!!! Just to get you in the mood for some sunshiny events, here is one of our top tunes of the moment, Hide Me by the Golden Filter. Synths, dreamy vocals....it just feels like the sun is on our shoulders already...
Just finalizing bookings for the summer and it seems that everything is so far, so great! We have confirmed bookings for Soundwave, July 16th-18th (we will be on various stages so watch here for details), Basscoast, July 23-26th, and Shambhala, August 6th-9th (we play Friday night in the Fractal Forest from 6pm-8pm). Also a few more biggies, but we are just going to have to keep you in suspense for now! Here is a teaser pic from our photoshoot with our femme fatale photographer Jessica Wittman, which took place in Calgary in April....you will seeing more of these very soon!
We are back in effect after a very fun, and very busy week! Last Wednesday we touched down to play a set at Aurora in Banff, ready to show the people still there for the end of ski season what was what. The night was a bit of a slower start, but before you could say "people dressed up like superheros" the club was rammed and we were ready to go. The decks at the club are at the front of the stage, leaving ample space for dancers, or friends to hang out...or for about 20 people to get absolutely nuts. You know you are focusing on your DJ'ing more than what is going on around you when you turn around and are SHOCKED to see that the stage has filled up with dancers, and they are either a)taking their shirts off b)have already taken their shirts off and are moving on to taking off their pants c)they are already stripped down to their skivvies d)they are making out very intensely or e) they are dressed like a superhero (yeah, that happened). Bitchin' FTW! Just to take it up another notch, the Banff'ers decided that when Mama Miche played the Riva Starr remix of Fatboy Slim's "Praise You", they would break into the entire dance routine made famous in the Spike Jonez video for the tune. And THEN we played Moombahton for a group of guys who came running in at the last minute and were going insane for the Dave Nada and DJ A-Mac edits. Friday night we rolled into Edmonton just in time to catch the Foosh customer appreciation sale, getting ourselves some fresh new gear from the best store in the capital city. The Level 2 show was good, introducing us to some great people and DJ's from Edmonton, but was a little quieter than we'd hoped. We definitely made the best of it though, and had the people there dancing to disco house until late in the night. Calgary of course is one of our fav places to play, because HiFi club is just that good. It's always nice to see friends and Calgary fam while we are in town. We were on after the bands on Saturday night, and brought the party from set start to set finish. The dance floor went from empty to full in a snap, and we took everyone through the Bitchin' set, mixing old favourites and giving them a taste of what we will be looking for in our summer music catalogue. That's it for now....keep an eye out for Part 2 of 1mix, 1month.....it should be ready within two weeks!!
Hello all! This is the new blog for Bitchin' Beats, and to help sort all of you out that have been waiting ever so patiently for some new tune-age from us, we are here to announce to start of our new Mix Series. Bitchin' has such an eclectic and ever changing style, that it seemed like the only way to properly show people what we can do is by constantly making mixes....of everything and anything that we find makes our booty shake or head nod. To start it off with a bang, we have each made a new mix! Two for the price of none! Wicked! Mama takes center stage first, with her "Bitchin': Live, March 2010" mix. Many of you probably already have this mix, as it was included on the Stirling Agency Mp3 C.D. that was making the rounds at WMC this year! A definite party starter, look for some favourite new tunes, as well as some from 2009 (Heads Will Roll, anyone?). You can grab it at Miche's new and lovely soundcloud page! Kenzie's contribution to the team is through her new mix "Spring Ahead". Going back to some of her favourite styles to play, including tech house, disco house, and techno, Kenzie brings in the first signs that festival season is on it's way! Think sun, think sand, think SOUNDWAVE! You can get the mix here, and the tracklisting here.
Also, for those of you in Alberta, or close to it, Bitchin' is hitting Banff on Wednesday night (@Aurora), Edmonton on Friday night (@ Level 2), and Calgary on Saturday night (@Hifi club). Miche will have hard copies of her mix, which also includes some exclusive mixes from other artists on the Stirling Agency roster!
Bitchin’ is Kenzie Clarke and Mama Miche: best friends since ‘04, licensed unicorn trainers, accomplished wearers of wild outfits, and the reigning Queens of Beats n’ Bass in North America. Since their fateful meeting at a Valentine’s Day party—Miche in a mullet and silk pajamas, Kenzie as the sorceress—the two have been relentless in their quest for global dance floor domination. The Bitchin’ strategy is simple: dropping an endless onslaught of fun and funky bass-bombs on party people’s heads. Whenever a female DJ act comes up, people waste their time talking about them being girls and not boys. Bitchin’ proves that topic irrelevant. Bitchin’ is rugged beats and raw dog bass. That Kenzie and Miche happen to be women matters not. Not only can Bitchin’ hang. They can—and will—destroy. The Bitchin’ sound, developed over five years of playing together, is singular and eclectic, leaving no dance genres alone. House, techno, electro, disco, 80s funk, booty breaks, whatever. If it’s a bomb, it will be dropped.
