Le Poisson Fou- The Crazy Fish
"Why the f*ck is your name le poison fool?" I have gotten this question a few times, so just for everyones knowledge, a little FYI. I used to live with roommates who had a strange love for the french language. They had picked up on the fact that I had the worst short term memory in the world, and started calling me poisson(coz fish have bad memories). "POISSON, you left shit on the stove again!" And so then poisson became my name. Fou came from when I was searching for a logo and came across crazyfish.jpeg which you can peep on my weak unused myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/poissonfousBar 9- The Beginning Some music while you read :)
Dubstep the Beginning:
In December of 08', I like every other zombie was hooked on Vibe 98.5 and CJAY 92.1 listening to the same shitty music over and over. I often went to punk shows to try to escape the monotony of it all. Trying to find music that made me happy, searching for something that would have meaning.
Nero-Act Like you Know One of my first dubstep faves.
Then one fateful evening my friend Dan decided to bring me to The Soda in Calgary, AB. Trill Bass and Dj Eleven were playing. I walked in maybe hearing dubstep once or twice but dismissing it as gay techno music. So I walk in this dark room with glow shit on the walls, black lights, couches, and a rather small grungy dance floor. To my left is the bar, a place I usually default to in situations such as these where I feel uncomfortable. The music was faster than anything I've ever heard and glitchy and seemed to not have a beat. I was very disoriented. A mixture of people from hippies to punks to metal heads to "normal" people or what I thought was normal, all moving in the strangest way humans had ever moved in my eyes. Almost convulsing on the dance floor moving back and forth like headbanging, but not quite, this was new. This was so new and seemed like the craziest shit I had ever witnessed.
Trill Bass- LotusI'm not gonna lie and say I was hooked, there was some serious drama going on that night, so I just got drunk and didn't really dance. Kinda enjoyed some of the music, but it was still annoying techno in my eyes. So Dan kept playing it around the house once and a while (I moved in with him February 2009) and I went to soda a couple more times and seemed to enjoy it the more I went. Actually went and danced and felt the music. Then February 28th, What About Bob's, CASPA. The one dubstep song that I actually knew, cockney thug. I was having some troubles with work and they wouldn't let me have that night off. So there it was, a choice. Dubstep or Work. Needless to say I never worked for them again(it's ok though it was only a doorman job).
Rusko-Cockney Thug(Caspa Remix) * Really Good *
So I take the train with twenty other people from Calgary and Red Deer, who I had never really known until that night. Drunk mob of 20 peeps terrorizing quiet people on the C-train with our antics. Walking into a bar in the NE, a quadrant of the city I had been told to stay away from, and I walk into a massive stage with mega speakers like nothing I've ever seen in such a small room(700 person capacity) with sick ass graffiti art and lighting(big ups Voltron). The hype begins. I'm dancing in a crowded room, staring up at dj Eleven as she throws out a vinyl record that hits me in the forehead. My first ever BIG dubstep show and I have a vinyl to bring home. Fuck YES! It was an EP from Nero, someone who I had no idea of at this time. Tracks: End of the World/Go Back
Nero- End of the WorldSo then I'm chillin over in the booths guarding my record, waiting for the dopest ghost in town to get on the decks. While I'm sitting there some young punk from kelowna was on the decks, absolutely slaying it. Turns out it was Excision. A dj who I would learn has some serious production/live performance skills. He finishes, then huge anticipation, 700 people about to lose their mind. And up walks this preppy ass brit, nice sweater and hat on... not what I expected, but nonetheless 20 minutes later I realized something about this scene: It doesn't matter what you wear, it doesn't matter what you look like, or how you dance, no one gives a fuck about sexual preference, or if someone looked at them the wrong way. I rarely saw a guy who wasn't there for the music and walked around hitting on girls ever so creepily. This scene is about people coming together to love the music, and spread good vibes to everyone around. As well as get buck nasty and show off their individual energy. I was forever changed by this experience. I bumped into a guy expecting him to be pissed off and give me trouble, I said sorry man, he responded no worries bro its CASPA!!!!!! He was actually happy that I bumped into him so that he sould express how excited he was. This is the greatest scene on earth, ego's checked at the door, no matter who you are, we're here to party and have fun. I will talk alot about this energy. Something I never knew about, positive energy and it's power. When you stand there surrounded by 700 people all moving in he same way: smiling laughing dancing hugging, and accepting of anyone who brings their own positive energy to the table(even accepting of negative people sometimes in order to spread the good vibes into them) it's really a great feeling. This is why I have never really gone to any bars or night clubs or what I thought was the party scene. I had a new family, a new home. That home is dubstep. Anyways I'm rambling on, so if you've this far sweet ems here is some free dubs for you :)
Rusko's Essential Mix 2008 I listened to this mix at least 100 times in the start of 2009 and still love every second of it.
Sticky Buds- East a Porkchop(Datsik Remix)Plan B- She Said(16 Bit Remix)Mr Oizo- Falt Beat(16 Bit Remix)Doctor P / Cookie Monsta / Unitz / Flux Pavilion-Beats and Pieces
