MARITIMES - LOCAL ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Tell us about your ?rst experience with Electronic Music.
How has the scene changed since the 90’s in the Maritimes?
Summer Love! It was summer of 1993 and I was living in Whistler; snowboard
training on Blackcomb Glacier. My buddy knew one of the promoters and was
looking for some people to help set up stages, fencing, vendor booths, etc. I
volunteered to help out in return for a free ticket. I didn’t really know any of the
acts other than Supa DJ Dmitri from Deeelite. It was really fun but weird at the
same time. I remember chilling in my tent when some random naked guy who
was tripping balls poked his head in and decided he needed a sleeping bag. He
stumbled around in circles with my sleeping bag around his neck like a cape
mumbling incoherently. I let him keep the sleeping bag.
The late 90s saw a huge growth in the electronic music scene. For me it manifested
itself in underground afterhours parties at spots like the Khyber, Café Ole and The
Dump. It was a small community of young and energetic kids, skaters, queers and
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