Soulselecta

Soulselecta dropped on Oct. 28 2006, originally hosted by residents Setra, Tu Tehn, and Saxon. Held at Brixton’s (210 Sparks @ Bank St, Ottawa) on the 2nd Saturday of the month, current residents Sarcastro and Saxon welcome one or two guests each night – music covers hip-hop, dancehall, reggae, breaks, funk, afrofunk, dubstep, uk funky, electro, nu jazz, jungle, trip-hop and whatever else we’re feelin.

Past (and future!) guests include:

and nuff more to come

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Co-founder and resident of Soulselecta Saturdays (since 2006) and Konkrete Jungle Ottawa (since 2008), Saxon has booked and/or played ‘longside many of the capital’s top EDM DJs. His eclectic repetoire includes dubstep, downtempo, reggae, dancehall, funk, breaks, house, electro, psy-trance, jungle/dnb and anything in between. You can catch Saxon every second Saturday of the month at Brixton’s, and every first Friday of the month at Ritual Nightclub.

Sarcastro was introduced to the sound of drum and bass in the late 90?s when he heard Photek’s Modus Operandi played at a party and soon afterward could be found listening to dnb/jungle nearly 24/7. To the horror of his neighbours, he began buying bigger and bigger speakers to get his fix, eventually grabbing himself a set of decks.

Now with a number of gigs under his belt, residencies with Soulselecta and B.H.C., and his weekly radio show (‘longside Woblz, MC Caesar & guests) into its third year on the UK-based DnBNoize.com, he’s been working hard to make his mark. While leaning towards the harder/darker end of the drum and bass spectrum (neurofunk, techstep, darkstep, etc.), he’s been known to drop a bit of liquid, jump-up, ragga, and more recently dubstep into his sets.

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