by RAF KATIGBAK

Now that Valentine’s Day is over and the sweaty mess of thrusting fleshy bits is all but untangled, the afterglow has faded and most of Montreal has moved into that awkward romantic dénouement when classy, à la carte dinners have degraded into fistfuls of Honeycomb straight out of the box, sexy lingerie has been cast aside in favour of comfy, worn-in and unflattering grandma gaunch, deciding which videos to rent has become an epic battle in irksomeness and the inevitability of network television and open flatulence is right around the corner (what, me, bitter?).

But forsooth, there are a few romantics in this city who still feel the need to declare their undying devotion to their one and only true love—dance music. This week, producers and DJs are come out of their ramen-package-littered creative hovels, as we see a few premature twitchings in the fertile loins of the local dance scene. Pheek and Nuclear Ramjet celebrate a few new releases at Main Hall (see Music this week), while over at the Cinemathèque québécoise this Friday, DJ Guapo and friends Jan Pienkowski, Maüs and visuals guy Juan Marco launch the soundtrack to the film Pure under the auspices of Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. The screening’s at 7 p.m. and costs $8, and the free party starts at 9 p.m.

Speaking of declarations, the Neon crew has announced that they are taking over the programming and daily operations at the SAT space and bar. There are big things in the works over at the lower St-Laurent show space, with one particularly exciting event mid-March (here’s a clue: it starts with a “K” and ends with “ompakt records tour featuring Justus Köhncke’s live band and a Tobias Thomas DJ set”).

Show some love for Stereo! For the second time in three years, the afterhours club has been nominated for the World’s Best Sound System prize by the Club World Awards, on behalf of the magazine Club Systems International. Now, I’ve never had the pleasure of picking up Club Systems International, but if it’s anything like Club International, you might find it being perused by unshaven dudes in trenchcoats, as it’s racked next to mags with names like Orient-holes and Big ’Uns... or not.

Speaking of lewd reviews, Sunday is the special Porno Popstar edition of DJ Frigid’s Electruck nights at le Parking Garage. Philgood and Niko (live) will help provide the soundtrack to a special presentation by the Adonis Pleasure Boys and Tangerine Dream (the no-holes-barred porn star, not the epic German electro-ambient new-age band). And of course, what Sunday would be complete without a strip-tease contest and erotic freak show by Grace Garbage? Last chance for romance!

Finally, a gratuitous plug for the Dr. Octoboobies-vs.-DJ Shit duel happening at Saphir’s Mix Thursday tonight. You know what to expect—the finest in dance music, distilled into a 140-BPM sonic butterscotch enema, in full quadraphonic sound (remember, Mix has moved to the first floor!), while Sebastian Prelar, Doc Savage and Delphi are left to pick up the pieces of your shattered minds.

I READ THOSE MAGAZINES FOR THE ARTICLES... Diskoakimbo@sympatico.ca

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