From playing his dad’s Hammond B3 organ as a child to experimenting with various instruments into his teenage years, it was only natural that Toronto-native Demuir would center his life around music. As he focused his sights on the DJ world, Demuir developed an eclectic house sound that exudes funky, sexy, and soulful beats, and is consistently recognized and sought by fellow artists and dance music fans around the world.
Demuir is an artist with a substantial presence in the underground electronic music industry, releasing original music and remixes on major record labels including Hot Creations, Rawthentic, Desolat, Moxy, and his own Purveyor Underground imprint. The pandemic only accelerated Demuir’s musical output on other essential labels including Snatch!, Sola, Nauts, and Harry Romero’s Bambossa label to name a few.
On the touring front, Demuir has been a mainstay at top clubs like Toronto’s Coda, Elrow in Barcelona, Space Miami, Halcyon in San Francisco, House of Yes in New York, and a regular on Jamie Jones’ Paradise parties to name just a few.
In addition to his extensive touring schedule, Demuir still manages to find time to run his own Purveyor Underground label, which champions the underground music scene with digital and vinyl releases and has hosted the likes of Carlo Lio, Mark Farina, Phil Weeks, Kenny Dope, Farouki, and Valentino.
Demuir’s natural talent and drive to create a positive impact through his music and creative projects are nothing less than inspiring.
Review: As part of Heist Recordings' ongoing 10th birthday celebrations, label founders Dam Swindle have decided to showcase some of the 'Hidden Gems' lurking in the imprint's back catalogue. It's a smart move, because there's plenty of high-grade dancefloor heat to be found across the 15 under-celebrated tracks on show. For proof, check the squelchy synth-bass, rushing piano riffs and classic house vibes of Fouk's 'Truffles', the gorgeous sci-fi techno melodiousness of Lord of the Samurai's 'Space Designer', the sun-splashed, jazz-flecked excellence of Crackazat's 'We Know', the low-slung, drum machine driven headiness of Adesse Versions' 'Push It Along' and the drowsy, soul-flecked late-night deepness pf Marina Trench and Sabrina Bellaouel's 'Wake Up'.
Review: SlothBoogie's 'Dancing With Friends' series, a compilation strand showcasing cuts from both label artists and invited guests, has firmly established itself as 'one to watch'. Happily, the third volume in the series is as on-point as its predecessors. There's much to admire across the 16 tracks on show, with our picks of a very strong bunch including the sun-soaked deep house heat of Philippa's sample-heavy 'Chet's Vibe', the bumpin', post-hip-house hedonism of 'Take Back' by Sudden Moves, the dream house-goes-Detroit techno hypnotism of Ruff Stuff's 'Stab Culture', the deep acid house excellence of Baby Rollen's 'Study in Serenity' and the throbbing excellence of Donald Dust's 'Aftercare'. Throw in killer cuts from a couple of better-known artists - see the contributions from Demuir and the Revenge - and you've got another genuinely must-check release.
Review: Now Dam Swindle's Heist Recordings imprint is a decade old, the Dutch duo is starting to get nostalgic. We can expect a few 'Heist Classics' EPs in the months and years ahead as they raid the label's vaults for inspiration. There's much to savour on volume one, which fittingly begins with one of the pair's best-loved tunes - the now 10-year-old dusty deep house gem that is 'The Breakup'. Elsewhere, there's a chance to savour the peak-time-ready classic house rush of Detroit crew Scan 7's 'The Best Is Yet To Come', a slab of hazy sample-house hedonism from Fouk (the jazz-flecked deep house bounce of 'Kill Frenzy'), a subtly disco-fired workout from Demuir ('Werq. Feel. Gruv. Vogue'), and a lesser-known slab of deep piano-house loveliness from Adriyano ('Me And You And Her').
Review: While many of Frappe's releases come from producers based in the label's home city of Paris, they do occasionally look further afield for inspiration. That's what they've done for this release, which boasts two tracks from long-serving (and popular) Toronto producer Demuir. He begins in confident fashion on 'Eyah Eyah', a colourful deep house bumper rich in squelchy synth-bass, effects-laden female vocal snippets, rising electric piano motifs and swirling chords. He opts for a more loopy and locked-in sound on 'You Must Pay', where spoken word snippets and jazz style solos rise above a thickset groove crafted from beefy beats and samples from an old jazz-funk gem.
Review: Seven years after delivering his debut album, Demuir has finally got round to recording a follow-up. The Toronto native's brand of house is chunky, groovy, deep and funky, taking cues not only from previous collaborators such as DJ Sneak, but also those of his contemporaries that make great use of dusty samples and killer drum programming. As a result, Visions manages to work both as a collection of club-focused cuts (especially in this expanded digital edition, which boasts a number of bonus 'dubs') and an album you can listen to repeatedly from start to finish. Our picks of a pleasingly strong bunch include the fluid, disco-tinged, Hipnotic-sampling brilliance of 'Mind, Body & Soul Call Me', TUSH hook-up 'Skylar' (a superb slab of gospel-tinged soulful house) and the delicious Fred P collaboration 'Dream II'.
Review: For this reviewer's money, Demuir is one of the finest house talents to have emerged in the past half-decade or so, and this latest three-tracker for long-running French label Robsoul doesn't disappoint. 'Love Against The World' is a deep-but-pacey jazzual groove that's bookended with vocal snips from Gil Scott-Heron's 'Home Is Where The Hatred Is', 'You Be Doin' It' is a loopy, almost Sneak-y affair (though sensitive ears may baulk at the "bitch" lyric) while 'Pull Up On Meh' is a more funktified cut and will definitely get those asses shakin' out on the floor. Good stuff all round.
Review: After beginning his year with a four-track missive on Elrow Music, Kevin Pierre AKA Demuir continues his impressive run of form via another excellent EP, this time on Rawthentic. The headline attraction is undoubtedly 'I Don't F*ck Wit U', a gloriously raw and energetic number in which spoken word snippets and wild, almost psychedelic TB-303 acid lines dance atop a boisterous, techno-tempo house beat. Arguably even more pulse-quickening is the accompanying 'Dub Edit', which offers even more acid tweakery and percussive clout. Elsewhere, Hector Morales hook-up 'Days After Roma' is a druggy, earning morning dark-room roller, while 'We're All The Same' sees the Canadian producer pepper a bouncy beats with creepy chords and squelchy, mind-melting electronic motifs.
Review: Despite the setbacks brought forth by the pandemic, we're confident that Toolroom will still have a stellar year as always! With that in mind, the fifth edition in their 'House Party' series' looks to be the biggest yet, with a whopping 70 tracks to keep the party going for days on end. As a bonus, label signees such as Wankelmut, TCTS and Siege (who appear with contributions to the compilation personally) provide a continuous mix each - bringing the party to your house. Other highlights come from a wide variety of artists within the tech/house spectrum such as: legends Technasia and Green Velvet with the aforementioned Siege on the mighty "Suga" (Siege extended mix), the ascendant Luxembourger Amii Watson with the sensual mood music of "Higher" and the Fuse London affiliated Rich NxT teaming up with minimal techno vetran Christian Burkhardt on the slinky and hypnotic "Basics" - plus many more.
Review: Phil Weeks' long-running French house/deep house label Robsoul Recordings round up the best of their 2020 output in one high-VFM package. As per Robsoul's MO generally, you won't find a lot in the way of navel-gazing introspection or pointless, self-indulgent experimentalism here - Robsoul have always specialised in dropping beats to move your feets and this year's crop doesn't disappoint! The wonky, jazzy garage of The Mekanism's 'Signs', the raw jack of Joss Moog's 'So Good So Fresh', Demuir's strutty hip-houser 'Nice And Dutty' and Jade Cox's looping, west coast-ish 'Realise' are just some of the highlights of a fine collection.
In the debut sample pack from one of the leading names in the funky & soulful house circuit, Demuir brings us an exclusive selection of cuts from his own sound palette
Review: Last year Kevin Pierre AKA Demuir made headline-grabbing appearances on Hot Creations, Desolat and Robsoul Recordings. Here he belatedly kick-starts his 2020 campaign with another high profile release, this time on Kerri Chandler's Kaoz Theory imprint. The Toronto-based producer kicks things off with the sunny soulful house chunkiness of "Lusting U", where Bluey Robinson's effortlessly soulful lead vocal rides a chunky, synth bass-propelled good-time groove. It feels like a summer anthem in waiting. Just as impressive is "Espiritual", a sprightly, synth-laden slab of fireside-warm Latin house bounciness that comes in both vocal and dub mix forms.
Review: If the combo of Butler, Demuir, Flashmob and De Hey doesn't get your musical taste buds tingling then we have to ask: do you even deep house, bro? Butler and Demuir kick off a fine sampler EP with the hazy, looping 'Tropicana', an understated number topped with some chorus'd lounge-y vocal snips, while Italy's Flashmob takes us into pacier, more jacking territory with 'The Island' and its SAW-like vocal. Michel De Hey's 'Garyamoi' is an eyes-down small hours chugger with classic Chi-town stabs, before JPA channels mid-90s house vibes on the glorious 'Here Now'. Four very reliable bullets for your Saturday night disco machine gun.
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