ABOUT
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A sweaty dance party in celebration of all things soulful, funky, and innovative, every 3rd Friday of the Month at the Eri Café Pan African Social Club
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The origin of Timekode is in the bytes that began travelling through samplers and drum machines in the early eighties. MIDI timecode is the data that keeps sample loops, filtered basslines and drum hits moving in unison - it’s the glue that holds together a culture based on pulling together bits of the past to make the sounds of the future.
Our own take on Timekode is a little broader. It’s hip hop and dancehall, breakbeat and drum’n'bass from the golden age of sample-heavy music. But it’s also the soul and funk, jazz and reggae that provide the raw material for new forms of music. And it’s the synth-fuelled broken beat, southern bounce and grime that’s pushing urban music forward. And it’s mostly definitely about all different tempos: a lot of the hottest shit lives far from 130 bpm.
It comes down to this: Timekode is a sweaty fucking party so come to dance!
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: : HISTORY : :
Formed in late 2005 by Pho and Zattar, the Timekode soundsystem brings brings fresh sounds from a cornucopia of riddims to ears and feet every 3rd Friday of the month. After a short break during the summer of 2006, Timekode version 2.0 began at a new home in Chinatown:
The Eri Café Pan African Social Club (953 Somerset W.) http://www.ericafe.ca
Founding members Pho and Alanna (aka BONJAY => http://www.myspace.com/woyoyoy ) have moved to Toronto, but you can expect to see them in the near future. The new soundsystem is composed of:
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: : Ishferbrains (good luck in Thailand!)
Over the last two years, we have welcomed international titans Dâm Funk (stones throw), Ty-G (hvw8.com), The Goods (mtl), DJ Day (mpm) and Waajeed (detroit), as well as a strong contingent of our friends and family including: Trevor Walker, Drastik, Illo, Jokers of the Scene, Bonjay, Stu Blunt, Karl Haze, Huggs, Ruby Jane, Magnificent, The Mix Media Crew, and visual artists Stefan Thompson, Revolushuneyz, and Freeeye.
Timekode is also the host of the Rival Schools Street Dance Call-Outs and awesome East African food. 
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