NEXT ON DECK: Mashup Potatoes

by Marcus Laflamme

May 22, 2013

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To get ready for the most insane party of the year, AUX and Bud Light are featuring fourteen rising DJs in the Canadian EDM scene. NEXT ON DECK profiles and interviews each act, and if you visit BudLight.ca, you can vote for your favourite.

The EDM scene in Canada is finally getting some worldwide recognition, and with Bud Light Sensation just around the corner, Bud Light has handpicked some up-and-coming DJs from across the country to join the party revolution. To get ready for the most insane party of the year, we’re profiling these fourteen rising DJs in the Canadian EDM scene, and if you visit BudLight.ca, you can vote for your favourite. Every time you vote, you’ll be entered for a chance to win a pair of daily drawn general admission tickets to Bud Light Sensation. Additionally, the winning DJ will receive two VIP tickets with travel, accommodations, and ten tickets for their entourage.

Mashup Potatoes

Quebec City DJs SiFu and Viciouskratch joined forces in 2007, and ever since, they’ve made it their mission to destroy the dance floor under the moniker Mashup Potatoes. Their live arsenal goes beyond strictly mashups, offering electro, hip-hop, and funk remixes, live scratching, and dynamic original production work. They’ve opened for acts like Steve Aoki, Tommy Sunshine, and Spank Rock, and soon enough, Mashup Potatoes could be headlining DJs in their own right.

AUX: What was your introduction to DJing? What made you want to start?

Mashup Potatoes: Watching the Scratch Pickillz battles got us into DJing. We started out with DMC battles, and Q-Bert was our hero.

Who/what are your main influences, and why?

We love playing electro house, however growing up, hip-hop music was our favourite genre. Influences like DJ Premier and Dr Dre pushed us to work harder.

Do you have a guaranteed party starter, or crucial mix that you work into every set? 

Not really. We try to keep it fresh. But throwing in a Daft Punk track here and there doesn’t hurt.

Name 3 essential records/tracks that help set off a party.

Bob Marley – “Sun Is Shining”
Chemical Brothers – “Block Rocking Beats”
Shakedown – “At Night”

Why is it important for Canada to have an event like Bud Light Sensation?

Bud Light Sensation brings excellent exposure to the EDM scene, and it will put Canada on the worldwide map.

***Vote for Mashup Potatoes at BudLight.ca for your chance to win two tickets to Bud Light Sensation!***

AUX is partnering with Bud Light as they revolutionize what it means to party in Canada. We’ll be breaking down the elements of any successful party into an exact science, culminating in the most mathematically perfect party of the year, Bud Light Presents Sensation (seriously, the Partyodic Table doesn’t lie) at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on June 1. The eight-hour experience will see an estimated 30,000 fans Light It Up in ways they’ve never done before. Tickets are available now, but deluxe tickets have already sold out—so act fast! You must be 19 years or older to attend. Meet fellow revelers on Twitter via the Bud Light Presents Sensation hashtag: #budlightsensation.

Tags: Music, News, Bud Light Presents Sensation

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