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Skrillex gives revelers energetic workout: review

Pulsating beats, animated aliens and engaging humour all part of one-man extraterrestrial spectacle at Echo Beach.   Nick Krewen Music, Published on Sat May 31 2014 Skrillex At Echo Beach, May 30 3 stars The Mothership had barely landed before it was ceremoniously launched back into orbit. From the opening strains of “Try It Out” — and for 90 incessant minutes thereafter at Echo Beach on Friday night — six-time…

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Ryuichi Sakamoto works with giants and with glaciers

Composer found music even in the frigid waters of the Arctic Sea.  Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Mon Oct 25 2010 Over 80 albums and 32 years, revered Japanese cultural icon Ryuichi Sakamoto — who made a rare Toronto concert appearance Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth Centre — has dabbled in a lot of genres. Since he graduated from his electronic music studies at Tokyo’s University of Art, Sakamoto,…