• NO VACANCY #10-11-12

    On 23/04/2013

    NO VACANCY is stronger than ever with even more music and grouillades! The Salivation Army & Poirier are ready to share with you their selection of music from all around the world pour cette soirée unique en son genre à Montréal. • digital dancehall • crazy azonto • groovy soca • heavy reggae • afropop • – 27 avril – 25 mai – 29 juin …

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  • MUSIC TALK #2: CHANTAGE CULTUREL

    On 14/02/2013

    Montréal, 12 février 2013 CHANTAGE CULTUREL Je me fiche de l’état de la chanson au Québec. C’est plutôt l’état de la musique qui me préoccupe. Quand je vois qu’un Forum sur la chanson québécoise est organisé par le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), je me dis que le postulat de départ est d’emblée erroné et que tout ce qui s’ensuivra sera …

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  • MUSIC TALK #1

    On 16/11/2012

    Je ne m’appelle pas DJ Poirier. Je ne me suis jamais appelé DJ Poirier. Jamais. Nope. POIRIER, tout simplement. Je suis musicien avant tout. Je n’ai jamais mis DJ devant mon nom d’artiste. Il y a quelques années j’utilisais aussi mon prénom, mais ce n’est plus le cas depuis 2009. J’ai sept albums à mon actif. Pas des mixes, des albums que j’ai composé de …

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  • MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL REGGAE FESTIVAL

    On 02/08/2012

    Very happy to play for the first time the Montreal International Reggae Festival! For this performance I’ll be joined by Face-T and we gonna share the stage with Cham (Baby Cham)! So obviously, don’t miss that. Be there on Aug. 17 in the Old Port from 6pm to 11pm -> 10$ More details on the whole weekend: http://montrealinternationalreggaefestival.com    

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  • NEW RELEASE ON SENSELESS RECORDS

    On 02/08/2012

    Got three new tunes on the EP compilation “Synesthesia #3 – Tactioception (Touch)” on UK label Senseless Records alongside Lenkemz and Walter Ego: – What feat. Face-T – Festival – Ladrillo Por Ladriollo feat. Boogat It’s released as a limited vinyl with 3 tracks only + poster and as a digital release with 7 tracks. Listen to the snippets HERE. Buy it on Bandcamp (vinyl/digital) …

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    NO VACANCY

    On 18/07/2012

    The first ever NO VACANCY with The Salivation Army & Poirier is going down July 20th! They’ll be dropping sex bomb riddims all night so you know what this means! No vacancies on the dancefloor. Cray-ness in the DJ booth. Wild things in (and on) the bar! POIRIER http://poiriersound.com/ http://soundcloud.com/poiriersound THE SALIVATION ARMY http://soundcloud.com/thesalivationarmy http://facebook.com/Salivation Free b4 11pm / 5$ after 11pm Royal Phoenix 5788 …

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  • ALERT RIDDIM EP

    On 15/06/2012

    Very excited about my next release! It’s called “Alert Riddim EP” and will drop on Man Recordings next week on June 22nd. It’s a  four-song dancehall/bashment record running at 120 bpm featuring: Natalie Storm (Jamaica), MC Zulu (Panama/USA), Face-T (Jamaica/Canada). Promo mix: Get it from JUNODOWNLOAD / ITUNES / AMAZON POIRIER – ALERT RIDDIM EP (Man Recordings – Man 069 – 2012) 1. Gal U …

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  • Tropical Boom

    SHOW IN WASHINGTON DC

    On 13/06/2012

    TROPICAL BOOM: Poirier & Boogat (DJ & MC) w/ Empresarios, Alma Tropicália, Maracuyeah, Fort Knox Five vs. Thunderball, Jay Clue Tue, July 3, 2012 9:00 pm U Street Music Hall Washington, DC $10 http://www.ustreetmusichall.com/event/130789/

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  • NEW BOOGAT VIDEO

    On 22/05/2012

    Check the brand new video from Boogat for Dos Cervezas (I produced the riddim). It’s taken from the Pura Vida EP and if you don’t have it yet you can grab it there: – via Masalacism – via Beatport – via iTunes It’s other news, Boogat is currently working on a new solo album and we’ve been making a few tracks together for this project.

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  • MUTEK: PANEL

    On 22/05/2012

    Mutek is coming very soon  in Montreal – May 30th to June 3rd – and again it will be massive! This year I’ll be part of a panel and I’m very excited to share my thoughts with the other participants. It’s actually the second panel I’m participating this year. The first one was at the Together Festival.  See the post and archive here (thanks Wayne!). …

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    SUD-WEST 2012

    On 17/05/2012

    There’s a rumble soon to return from the South-West part of the island. Sure that noise is partially the crumbling infrastructure of the Turcot Exchange, but it’s also going to be coming from the very corruption free and non-taxable sound system called Sud-West. Man called Poirier and the another man called Ghostbeard are returning canal side for the fourth year. After a brief international stint …

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  • ENCHUFAD COMPILATION

    On 17/05/2012

    Kuduro purveyor Enchufada is set to release a compilation of its greatest hits! Over three years and six releases, Enchufada‘s Hard Ass Sessions series has challenged producers across the globe to interpret the Angolan bass genre kuduro, which literally translates as “hard ass.” The Hard Ass Compilation, to be released on May 28, is a collection of Buraka Som Sistema-founder J-Wow’s favorites from the series. …

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