Sunrise to Sunset (events » nightlife) Friday, November 9, 2007 - 9:00 PM 232 RSVPs Since May of 2007 Victoria's Sunset Room has hosted over 50 local events including dance nights, art shows, book fairs, theatre nights, workshops & seminars, rock shows, documentary film screenings and so on. Our community partners, along with some of Victoria's best DJs, have come together to create for you a 2 day renovation fundraiser & official (if belated) Grand Opening of The Sunset Room! Welcome to... SUNRISE TO SUNSET!!

One of the biggest challenges in keeping Sunset Room going is that it has a legal capacity of only 60 people. The city has approved a new plan (see photos) to install a second emergency exit and will increase the space's capacity to 150 once the new exit is installed. This fundraiser will help greatly with the costs associated with this effort - hope you'll join us and help Sunset Room grow!

HUGE props to all our participating DJs who have volunteered their time to support Sunset Room!

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Friday, Nov9/07 - SUNRISE TO SUNSET: **Part 1**
$20 in advance & Flavour | 10pm to 6am
** featuring:
Mountain Eyes: Rainbow Cathedral
Entelechy: Cornerstone, Returning Saturn
Ambrosia: Rainbow Cathedral, The Mystics
Cloud Dancer: Rainbow Cathedral
RJ Solo: Deliria:: Vancouver
Kaminanda: Syntropic
Helix 42: Returning Saturn

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Saturday Nov10/07 - SUNRISE TO SUNSET: **Part 2**
Four huge 2 hour tag sets of house, electro & breaks!
$20 in advance @ Flavour | 10pm to 6am
** featuring (in tag sets!):
Kevin Legere: Death to Sexy, Bugeyed
& David Gatringer: Short Fuse
Angry Smoan: Tribe, Short Fuse
& Christoph: Short Fuse
Thom Banks: esp, Renegade Sound System
& Kenzie Clarke: Bitchin, CIST
Mykee: Reliable, Karizma
& Logik: Reliable

Huge thanks to everyone who has supported us so much! Big ups to all our performing DJs, Cornerstone Media, Flavour, Peel Environments, Industry Images, Returning Saturn Productions, Metropol, Rainbow Cathedral, Wrinkles, Pacific Front Recordings, WhiteBird, Tribe Productions, Short Fuse, Andrix Entertainment and the many many people who staff & volunteer at Sunset Room!!

Prog Gnosis (events » nightlife) Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 7:00 PM 232 RSVPs Come revel in the roots of trance music as some of your favourite DJ's share some of their favourite music... prog rock!

If you're already versed in the ways of prog rock, with its complex time signatures and changes, virtuosic musicianship and fantastical lyrics, this night is most certainly for you, and will most certainly hold some surprises, as well as happy familiarity.

For the uninitiated, this is your chance to take part in one of the coolest classes never before offered. Names like Genesis, King Crimson, Jetro Tull, Yes and Van Der Graaf Generator may have crossed your path before... find out now what it's all about!

pedestrian ! productions
and Returning Saturn present...

Prog Gnosis

with DJ's:
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Helix 42
Cloud Dancer
RJ Solo

Saturday, 10 November
@ Solstice Cafe
(529 Pandora Avenue)
7pm-11pm
$7 @ the door

solstice sessions (events » nightlife) Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 7:00 PM 234 RSVPs another early evening of dance @ solstice cafe,
a chance to gather again together,
and for some to dance away their bassnector hangover.

this week we will be starting with a group attunement by desunos before moving together to dance.

dj's:
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entelechy (cornerstone ; returning saturn)
nagdeo (in.lumination)
cloud dancer (rainbow cathedral)


$10 @ the door.

Shake Down (events » nightlife) Saturday, December 1, 2007 - 9:00 PM 237 RSVPs SHAKE DOWN
...a hip hop fundraiser for The Sunset Room

a night of freestyle fellowship between dj's, mc's, beatboxers, a bass player and the crowd at hand -- revelling in conscious hip hop and lucious beats...

For the hip hop heads out there, this is a night for you -- a slew of dj's and mc's collaborating to bring the best hip hop party Victoria has yet seen...

For those with lesser interests in hip hop, this our chance to prove to you that despite the pop culture mass media machine's manic bastardization of the genre, there are still bumpin' beats and conscious rhymes being pieced together by beatsmiths and emcees who recognize and remember that hip hop is an artform and a form of culture -- not a commodity!

SHAKE DOWN
a hip hop fundraiser
for The Sunset Room

9pm 'til late...
$15 @ the gate

hosted by:
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Desunos (Rainbow Cathedral)


dj's:
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Beetroots (Elphinstone)
Florian (Elphinstone)
Entelechy (Returning Saturn)
ChronikAl (BBI / TripThaLight)
Helix 42 (Returning Saturn)


mc's:
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Blank Space (Soapbox Poets / Outspoken Wordsmiths)
strong.cottonwoods (ODDitory Presence / Outspoken Wordsmiths)
Random Adjective (Soapbox Poets)
RadaR (ODDitory Presence)
Mike Sheehan (Beatboard)
Praxis (Declining Amphibian Phenomenon)
-proverbial- (Raw Element)


live bass by:
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Kevin "Bassie" Lynch
(Fatbass / Fly Funk Experiment)


bodywork by:
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Wings of Transformation

...see you on the danceflor!

***Dec. 1st is a great date for hip hop heads in Victoria, with Atomique Productions also presenting Cadance Weapon live @ Sugar Nightclub.

...Cadance Weapon is one of Canada's finest MC's, and it's a treat to have this Edmonton native here in Victoria. Worth checking out!

For anybody attending Cadance Weapon and wanting mroe when it's over, present your ticket stub @ the gate of The Sunset Room and we'll let you in to Shake Down for only $10!***

solstice sessions / sunset sessions (events » nightlife) Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 7:00 PM 238 RSVPs VICTORIA'S WINTER SOLSTICE DANCE PARTY

Winter solstice is a time to let go of what no longer serves us, and to bring in the new...

We invite you to share this intention, and to bring something symbolic, sacred and decorative for the space, the altar or yule tree. Wear white and/or black for the shortest day and the longest night, and we'll see you on the dance floor!

** SOLSTICE SESSIONS ****************
7pm-11pm featuring:
Desunos : Rainbow Cathedral :: Victoria
Hipples :: Victoria
Crystal 721 : Rainbow Cathedral :: Victoria

opening circle by:
Sunshine & Asha : Wings of Transformation :: Victoria

$10 @ the door

** SUNSET SESSIONS ******************
11pm-5am featuring:
The Prodigal Son :: Salt Spring Island
Florian : Returning Saturn :: Elphinstone
Helix 42 & Entelechy : Returning Saturn :: Victoria
Rowan : Tribe :: Victoria

$15 @ the gate
$10 w/ solstice sessions pass

solstice sessions (events » community) Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 7:00 PM 240 RSVPs ...into the new year we go!

let's set ourselves nicely into this new year,
by coming together to dance as community again...

we are very pleased to be continuing
such a beautiful gathering
and for the opportunities at hand
to work with and hear so many great dj's...

this month:
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DJ Almix (Union Sound :: Victoria)
Khan (Area 709 / Beheshto :: Victoria)
Florian (Returning Saturn :: Elphinstone)

7-11pm
family friendly
$10 @ the door

solstice / sunset sessions (events » nightlife) Saturday, February 2, 2008 - 7:00 PM 244 RSVPs Another double-whammy in the continued collaboration between Returning Saturn, Rainbow Cathedral & Tribe Productions...

Join us for any portion of the evening --or better yet, the whole thing-- as we begin with the family friendly solstice sessions. Focused as always on great community vibes, diversity in sound and bringing you dj's old and new...

This month's music comes to us from:

meadow (beheshto / love warriors :: victoria)
mirta (rainbow cathedral :: victoria)
dj dodd (independant :: victoria)

opening circle @ 7:00
dancing from 7:15 'til 11:00

$10 @ the door

...Those who want to dance all night are then invited to take a quick stroll on down to The Sunset Room (At the end of Herald Street, for those who've not found it yet...) to dance until sunrise (or very darn near!).

This month featuring:

Crystal7 21 (Rainbow Cathedral :: Victoria)
Cloud Dancer (Rainbow Cathedral / Returning Saturn :: Victoria)
Ambrosia (The Mystics / Rainbow Cathedral :: Galiano)
Nagdeo (In.lumination :: Victoria)

dance from 11:00 'til 5:00

$15 @ the gate
...or $10 if you have a solstice stamp!

See you on the dance floor!

solstice / sunset sessions (events » nightlife) Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 7:00 PM 245 RSVPs we're back again for a monthly dose of dance @ solstice café!

...this time we'll be celebrating the birth of manuel (a/k/a matsya) as well as the soon-to-come birthday of laura-sunshine!

...this will also be the last solstice sessions for a forseeable few months, so let's make it extra special!

solstice sessions:
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matsya (independant :: victoria)
mike sheehan (beatboard :: victoria)
helix 42 (returning saturn :: victoria)

7-11pm

$10 @ the door

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...if course the fun doesn't end @ eleven as we'll carry on down for another edition of sunset sessions too!

...this month, sunset sessions will carry on the birthday bash begun @ solstice, as well as be a special fun(d)raiser for our dear friend mike.

sunset sessions:
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beatfarmer (rainbow cathedral :: lasqueti)
stargirl (rainbow cathedral :: vancouver)
entelechy (returning saturn :: victoria)
mountain eyes (rainbow cathedral :: victoria)

11pm-5am

$15 @ the gate
...or $10 with a solstice stamp

1810-B Store Street

The Crystal Sessions (events » nightlife) Sunday, March 9, 2008 - 8:00 PM 244 RSVPs One last chance to dance @ solstice, until sometime in summer...

Crystal Productions is proud to present...

THE CRYSTAL SESSIONS

3 hours of psychedelic & progressive trance!

The Crystal Sessions looks to become a second monthly dance series @ solstice cafe once the regular series of events returns, and for now Crystal Productions is pleased to present the pilot project of this event...

featuring:

Mountain Eyes (Rainbow Cathedral) - 8:00-9:30
Crystal7 21 (Rainbow Cathedral) - 9:30-11:00

ALL AGES WELCOME

Come early, and bring your dancing shoes...

$10 @ the door.

No alcohol.
No attitudes.
No head trips.

This is an intentional dance event...

Ghosts of the Highway **Tour Kick-off!** (events » live music) Friday, March 21, 2008 - 7:30 PM 245 RSVPs It's time for Jeff & i to set our thumbs to the sky and traverse the nation's highways... This is officially day 1 of 82 in the Ghosts of the Highway 2008 cross-Canada hitchhiking tour. It's also the CD Release party for our compilated album "Road Warriors Unite," a collection of recordings made in attics, shacks, living rooms and coffee shops all across the country...

For our tour kick-off we're fortunate to be joined by our good friends Fish & Bird, who will be dazzling us all with their banter and new old timey goodness. We expect another couple of special guests as well, but you'll have to come see for yourself...

This is our last chance to see you for 3 months, so we hope we get to do so...

$10 @ the door...


(and for those of you in vancouver.... we'll be playing cafe deux soleils on tuesday the 25th with Jess Hill & Scott Cook!)

EQUILUX (events » community) Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 7:00 PM 244 RSVPs Returning Saturn proudly presents...

EQUILUX - Saturday, 22 March 2008
(@ The Sunset Room :: Victoria, BC)

``The word equinox means "equal night": the duration of the day being equal to that of the night, an event which occurs but twice a year, the one marking the astrological beginning of spring and the other the ending of summer. Interestingly, the actual equal duration (equilux) need not occur on the official Equinox, which is more cultural and celebratory than scientific.``

in keeping with the idea of equilux, the night is an exploration in the balance of darker root-shaking trance, and lighter heart-opening trance... the first 3 dj's of the night will focus their energies in working us thru the dark, while the last 3 dj's (4, actually as there will be a tag set) will focus on bringing us into the light...

the evening will begin with a potluck gathering, before moving into a journey thru sound, visuals, movement and interaction...


POTLUCK @ 7pm
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Hipples (Returning Saturn)
Cloud Dancer (Rainbow Cathedral / Returning Saturn)

EQUILUX @ 9pm
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Nagdeo (In.lumination)
Crystal7 21 (Rainbow Cathedral)
Florian (Returning Saturn)
Entelechy & Helix 42 (Returning Saturn)
Q'elf (Elphinstone)
Beatfarmer (Rainbow Cathedral)

Visuals by Durin Munro
Bodywork by Wings of Transformation

Potluck @ 7pm
Opening circle @ 8:48pm
Dancing 9pm 'til late
Gates close @ 1:11am (no exceptions!)

Tickets available March 13th
@ Shift Natural Fashion
(547b Johnson Street)

$15 (first 15) ; $20 thereafter
$30 @ the gate

No Drugs.
No Alcohol.
No Agression.

Ghosts of the Highway haunt Vancouver (events » live music) Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 7:30 PM 247 RSVPs From Dawson City to the Baja Peninsula, from Haida Gwaii to the Cape Breton Highlands, Jeff Andrew and shayne avec i grec have trekked tens of thousands of miles across North America by thumb, rail, bus & foot.

In spring 2008 these ragged wanderers will hitchhike from Vancouver, BC to St. John's, NFLD, bringing instruments, voices, a video camera and a show like an old-style revue: a mix of music, spoken word and carnival theatre.

On Tuesday, 25 March 2008, Ghosts of the Highway will be haunting Vancouver's Cafe Deux Soleils to play the second show of their epic cross-Canada adventure. They will be joined by dear friends Jess Hill, of Vancouver, and Scott Cook, of Edmonton...

Please come and join us for an evening of song and story.

$5 @ the door

The Hitchers Return (events » live music) Friday, June 13, 2008 - 7:30 PM 249 RSVPs On March 21st, 2008, shayne avec i grec and Jeff Andrew left Victoria to haunt the highways of Canada, hitchhiking from west to east with their songs and stories.

They became spectres in the waking dreams of everyone they encountered.

Now, on Friday the 13th...

THE HITCHERS RETURN

Friday, June 13th
@ solstice cafe
(529 Pandora Ave)
7:30pm - $10

SEASONS ADVANCE (events » nightlife) Friday, September 5, 2008 - 8:45 PM 251 RSVPs once again we find ourselves drawing near the conclusion of the summer season. much movement has been made toward exponential experience. we have collectively expanded, and are beginning to draw back within. the approaching seasons denote hibernation and inner-workings -- but the importance of community cannot be forgotten. we invite you...

returning saturn is honoured to call you all forth once again to celebrate SEASONS ADVANCE: prayerformance & ceremony; frequency adjustment & melodic attunement; visionary textures; contextual environments & illuminating relationships...

SEASONS ADVANCE exists to celebrate our returns from summer, and each other as we delve toward more introspective seasons...

musically, the evening should hold flavours to satiate all appetites: hip-hop, dubstep, worldbeat, progressive house, psytrance, trancestep, breakbeats, techno, tribal house, and melodic morning trance (with a few surprises sure to be had)...

schedule of melodic attunment:
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20:48-21:00 - Opening Circle
21:00-21:45 - BEETROOTS (Returning Saturn :. Victoria)
21:45-22:35 - HELIX 42 (Returning Saturn :. Victoria)
22:35-23:20 - (H)EIREEQUIEEL (Returning Saturn :. Victoria)
23:20-00:10 - ENTELECHY (Returning Saturn :. Victoria)
00:10-01:00 - FLORIAN (Returning Saturn :. Elphinstone)
01:00-02:30 - OLIVER GIVING (Jyotih Network :. Vancouver)
02:30-04:00 - KHAN (Beheshto/Area 709 :. Victoria)
04:00-05:30 - STARGIRL (Rainbow Cathedral :. Vancouver)

tickets available @ Shift Natural Fashions (Aug. 26th)
$20 in advance
$30 at the door

gates close @ 1:11am

visuals by Cpt. Baunchman
bodywork by Wings of Transformation
treats & snacks by Gypsy Raven

see you on the dancefloor...

(..::note to traveling kin::.. please email returning.saturn@gmail.com before 11:59pm, Sept. 4th, if you are planning to attend and you will be put on a list to receive the advance ticket price @ the gate!)

the Birthplace of Clouds (events » community) Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 9:00 PM 253 RSVPs Clambering up the Cold Mountain path,
The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on:
The long gorge choked with scree and boulders,
The wide creek, the mist-blurred grass.
The moss is slippery, though there's been no rain
The pine sings, but there's no wind.
Who can leap the world's ties
And sit with me among the white clouds?
.............{Han-shan; trans. Gary Snyder}


Join us in the Birthplace of Clouds,
As we clamber up our higher paths:
The long-night patter of feet on a dancefloor,
The system pumping fractal sounds.
Our hearts are open, as winter returns
And takes us to a Native State.
Who can leap the world's ties
And sit with us among the white clouds?


Returning Saturn & Tribe Productions proudly welcome...
Native State recording artists:
Bluetech, Shen & Rena Jones
to THE BIRTHPLACE OF CLOUDS

...a musical journey featuring two stellar line-ups in two great spaces, as we gear ours'elves toward the coming winter...


Audio Alchemists:
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.....{Victoria Event Centre}.....

KAMINANDA
[Tribe Productions]
"Kaminanda's zest for life, wholeness and music comes through in the frequencies synergizing the ecstatic state of our collective dream... Livicated to the awakening of Humynkind and the essential goodness of Gaia's children... Years of experience of touring, playing live and dancing have shown the balance found in the wisdom of our bodies..."


RENA JONES (Portland, OR)
[Native State]
"Rena Jones slips through the veils of defined sound, weaving cello, violin, woodwinds, rhodes, electronics and sound design through unique instrumentation. Her live sets are a potent sonic session. She orchestrates her violin over hand crafted beats melding the organic with the electronic. Her performance is a sophisticated example of the modern movement in electronic dance and ambient music."


BLUETECH (Mountain View, HI)
[Native State / Aleph Zero]
"A classically trained pianist and master of the art of software production. Bluetech's love of the melodic and exquisite sense of sound design makes him one of the most ingenius producers today. Bluetech's sound emerges from his custom-built Reaktor instruments and software based synthesisers as a primordial electro-dub alchemy. While encompassing musical touches from different parts of the globe, he presents a total blend, crossing genres and borders."


SHEN (Toronto)
[Native State]
"Taken from the arcane Taoist term for 'refined energy' or 'depth', Shen is noah pred's outlet for low-tempo explorations of forward-thinking computer music. Drawing inspiration from the Eastern aesthetics of botanical architecture and geomantic techniques, Shen attempts to evoke organic structures through lush ecologies of synthetic chords, deep textures and minimalist machinations."

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.....{Sunset Room}.....

HIPPLES
[Returning Saturn]
HiPPLeS is a relatively new DJ on the Victoria scene - while as a dancer he's been shaking all about the coast for well over four years now. Having a strong connection to a community of DJ's plus the personal passion for electronic music and dancing eventually lead HiPPLeS to begin spinning. His commitment to the craft is well demonstrated, as his sets & style evolve ranging in styles from light bubbling minimal, through funky driving tech house, and into glitchy whompy electro. When it comes to electronic music, HiPPLeS only really avoids the overtly dirty tracks(lyrically), hoping instead to foster a safe and intentional electronic dance experience leaving you with a huge smile and tired feet.


EVAN MARC (Mountain View, HI)
[Thoughtless Music]
"Tech House project from downtempo producer Bluetech. Melodic and dub influenced music with a focus on dancefloor usability and emotional development. Evan Marc seeks to explore revolving geometries through kinetic audio sculpture."


NOAH PRED (Toronto)
[Thoughtless Music]
"Producing dance music and performing live for over a decade, Noah Pred emerged from Vancouver's underground as a sought-after techno DJ with a sophisticated sound and unique style. Devoted to authentic and soulful strains of techno in all its permutations, Noah's sound continues to evolve while remaining firmly driven by the dancefloor."


ROWAN
[Tribe Productions]
In the last several years, this producer/dj/promoter has shared his musical passion at some of BC's most amazing gatherings with acts such as Gaudi, Liquid Stranger, Adham Shaikh, Drumspyder, David Starfire, Jef Stott, Dehli 2 Dublin and Ganga Giri. Having opened for this magical 'witch doctor' (Noah Pred) on his last visit, Rowan has a deep love of techno that permeates all of his musical sensibilities. On this night, the journey towards dawn will be completed with an intoxicating blend of deep, introspective and inspiring techno.


9pm - 2am @ Victoria Event Centre [1415 Broad St.]
2am-5:30am @ Sunset Room [1810B Store St.]


Event Centre tickets = $25
available in advance
@ Shift Natural Fashion
(574 Johnson Street)

Sunset upgrade @ door = $5

See you on the dancefloor...