Saturday, February 17, 2007

New tunes!

These songs that I made can be heard on my myspace profile.

  • Ransom for a Dead Man is a fairly involved piece spanning three movements. It is my homage to a show I've enjoyed for some years, Columbo.


  • Mistah Boswell took form during my recent trip to Jamaica, and is dedicated to my friend Mark Boswell who inspired the direction of the piece.






  • Just put the finishing touches on this one today (July 3rd). I am particularly excited to share this one. Dj Socool - Dau

Friday, February 16, 2007

Bio

Emily Sobool aka Dj Socool used to listen to music on her headphones and fantasize about sharing it with others. Sometimes, it involved hijacking radio stations, other times it involved guerilla attacks on coffee shops. But most recently, it has centered on the commandeering of turntables in order to bring the message to the dance floors. With the aid of the superstar DJ Soo, Socool has found herself descending into the mad depths of vinyl addiction. While her primary love is playin' in da jungle, she doesn't like to limit herself to just one genre: her New Year's Eve 2006 downtempo set featuring the likes of Lou Reed, U.N.K.L.E. & and Aphex Twin is widely regarded as "enigmatically eclectic."

Speaking of hijacking radio stations, Socool has been holding it down as one of the residents of the Shadow Jugglers Saturday night radio show on CITR 101.9FM (7-9pm, pst) / www.citr.ca. The SJ Crew (MP, Bias, Soo & Socool) like to mix it up live on air, playing pretty much whatever is moving them at the moment - from Jungle to reggae, dubstep to downtempo, hip hop to funk, and more.

Socool is all about embracing that which is unique, and isn't afraid to take risks in her music. She doesn't play just one genre or represent just one sound, so you never really know what you're going to get. Sometimes, I think even she might not know. In any case, so far it seems to be working, as Socool was recently voted Best Newcomer DJ from the NWDNB.BC.CA community. DJing has led to producing original music, as it often does. And let me tell you, it is very much true that she enjoys writing songs and having them come to life.

NWDNB Awards

Hey buddies,

The fine folks over at North West Drum'n'Bass (nwdnb.bc.ca) decided to put on an awards thingy, and I actually won the category of Best Newcomer DJ! Cool, eh? We're having the awards show tonight at Vibes from 7-10pm (555 Davie) and I'm gonna get to play some records and everything : )

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Tomorra

Oh hey guys, MP's fillin in for Michael Red tomorrow night at the Alibi Room, bringin some dub sounds. I'm going to play for a bit too, haven't played downtempo and trip hop out in a while so that should be fun : )

Downstairs @ the Alibi Room (Main st. & Alexander)
10pm - 1am, free entry, food and drink and all that jazz.