From the designer clothes of France to the designer drugs of the dance, the French James Bond DJ TASC returns to CHANNEL ONE after too long an absence.

One of the things that we really notice that’s different between the current crop of young DJ’s from when we were starting out, (many, many late nights ago) is that the new generation isn’t waiting around for anybody to bring them in like we had to go thru. They have their own music, their own parties and have created their own scenes. We love that. That’s what keeps us excited and motivated to always be on the hunt for that next shit. These dudes are that Next Shit.

For his debut Channel One mix Sylvermayne goes into house mode. Rolling out everything from murky late night grooves and futuristic Disco, to soul drenched afterhours favourites paired against harder, darker mutant funky. This mix is almost as big as the man himself, like seriously, homeboy is at least twice the size of anybody in our circle, so it’s a good thing his mix is dope cause we would have had a hard time turning the man down!

In an industry that’s so often governed by trends and fads, Lee Coombs’ unwavering ability to simultaneously destroy dancefloors and push musical boundaries almost 20 years since he first touched a pair of turntables is a remarkable achievement in itself. There’s little doubt that his impressive sonic skills will be rocking ears for many years to come

Giving you a sneak preview of what goes down at a Channel One event, DJ Lush steps up with the late night slot at our NYE house party. By this point the dance was an all out shoulder to shoulder sloppy sweaty mess, just the way we like it! Even the cop cars were lining up just outside the window while our door staff turned away all the drunken transients trying to gain entry.

For our NYE party the crew all drew straws to see who would play the midnight set. Tasc Money won the draw and took on the countdown with his tradmark selection, dropping everything from new gems to certified classic’s all while alternating between Grey Goose and that New Years bubbly stuff (Veuve Cliquot).

Giving you just a sneak peak into what’s in store for Channel One NYE at Tequila Bookworm, Marcus Visionary, Tasc and DJ Lush got together and recorded this rowdy podcast while in the middle of a Christmas party.

Across the board beats, tons of hilarious shit talking and overall good holiday vibes. This is the first of many crew podcast’s to come in 2011 and a good example of what we mean when we say: Gutter Bass Soul Music

Our first mix of the Holiday season comes from Channel One resident and supreme Spaceballer TASC.  True to form, Tasc

A quick clip of the closing set by DJ Lush, recorded Live at the Channel One Party (November 5th, 2010) in Toronto featuring our resident host Plain English. Pure vibes at the house party that night!

DJ Eastwood touches down exclusively for Channel One giving us a lesson in how young London gets down in 2010. Originally a heralded Grime producer both on his own and with regular collaborator Oddz, Eastwood moved on from grime and started producing and playing Funky as it emerged as the current sound of Urban London. His productions range from sing along girl-centric funky to harder, darker more experimental riddims regularly featured in the sets of key tastemakers like Marcus Nasty, Seb Chew and Funk Butcher.