DIALOGUE #2: Mawimbi & Whyd at The Machine de Moulin Rouge

Next Saturday night (March 22) will be a rocking cabaret of afro-infused beats at the landmark establishment that is almost as famous as Paris itself. The Collective Mawimbi have been invited to create the line up for the Central area, and they are bringing two acts down for the UK for our aural pleasure, both featuring unique rhythms and percussions, filling some sort of pleasure zone that you didn’t know you had. It’s classic Mawimbi, and it’s why this party is going to be unlike anything you’ve heard before. 

The Busy Twist: https://soundcloud.com/thebusytwist

Drumtalk: https://soundcloud.com/drumtalk

Whyd + SXSW = Endless Awesome New Music

Next week in Austin, Texas, the world’s bands, tech companies, start ups, brands, and music lovers will gather for what has become probably THE music and tech event of the year - SouthbySouthwest - and we will be there! 

Whyd was one of 10 French start ups selected by UBI France to represent France and present our ideas to the larger world. It is an honor and we are proud to be alongside other cool French start ups like our good buddies Evergig! So if you’re at SxSW and you’d like to meet up, let us know! 

But the real magnitude of SxSW is the sheer quantity and very high quality emerging artists. There will be nearly 2,000 groups and performers over the next two weeks. Impossible to take in, but don’t worry, we have your back. 

We put together the COMPLETE, and completely unofficial SxSW playlist, featuring every musician, group, and performer, for your listening and discovery pleasure. Trust us, it’s loaded with your next favorite bands. Share widely and enjoy! 

Wednesday Evening: Jolicloud’s Ecosystem Party

On Wednesday evening here in Paris Whyd will be presenting at Jolicloud’s Ecosystem Party. For those of you that don’t know, Jolicloud is a virtualization software where you can access and manage all of your content. Jolicloud will be making some big announcements, and you can probably imagine what that might be…

If you’re available, we highly recommend that you come and see some of the presentations. It’s free and we’ll be there! 

Link to the event to reserve a ticket

Never stop jamming! 

See you tonight!

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Final call for everyone in Paris, tonight Whyd and DYLTS are taking over Bathroom Afterwork at Le Dandy (metro Pigalle). To recap: 

#AperoMusicTech starting at 19hr30, followed by the WEKEED concert part kicking off around 21hr30. If you’re with Whyd, tell them at the door to get in for free after 21hr00. Awesome stickers up for grabs for DYLTS’s 2nd birthday! 

Official event link

We’re looking forward to seeing you there, and don’t worry if you’re not in Paris, we’ll soon be coming to your city too! 

Never stop jamming!

Party Time: Thursday, February 13th, all your questions answered

Oh yeah, after what has been two exciting months, which saw the Whyd community grow by 60% in January alone, we’re busting out the dancing shoes to celebrate at the latest version of #AperoMusicTech. Just as we’ve upped our game with Whyd, so will we up the game with our next party on Thursday, February 13th. 

What’s going on? 

Those of you Whyd faithful know about trendy music blog Do You Like That Song? which was just featured yesterday as the Music Blog of the Week in The Guardian! They are celebrating their 2nd birthday which officially happened this week, but throwing a party at “Bathroom” a unique event series at Le Dandy with us and some other cool partners, combining forces with #AMT for an excellent evening of jamming.

Thanks to their connections in the music space, DYLTS has brought in WEKEED, one of Paris’s hottest electro duos blending beats and sensuality, which promises to be an excellent show, just listen to this track: 

Where are we partying?

Moving up the venue scale for 2014, we’re hosting the party at Le Dandy, one of Paris’s most visually stylish “appartements de nuit.” Come before 21h00 for free admission, or, if you show up a little later, just say that you are with Whyd or DYLTS and you should be fine! 

Should I take my Friday off of work?

No, don’t waste a vacation day, just ask to work from home, that’s what we’ll be doing!

Can I bring friends?

Yes, all of them.

Here is the official event link

See you there! 

The Next #AperoMusicTech @ Le Dandy: Thursday, February 13th

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Now that everyone has had a chance to settle back into the year properly, we are pleased to announce the next #AperoMusicTech on Thursday, February 13th. The event is celebrating the 2nd Anniversary Party for our good friends and trendy music blog Do You Like That Song? who will be lining up a few different artists to play at the event including WEKEED! It promises to be a great time, we can’t wait to see you there! 

Awesome Party Organized by Simplib, Hosted at Deezer: Featuring Some Great Music Start Ups

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Last night was nothing short of an excellent occasion. The brand new platform Simplib, which is a way for people to share cool websites (like Whyd!) that they find with their friends, organized a warm and exciting event at Deezer Headquarters in the middle of Paris. 

The idea was simple, showcase cool music start ups, and bring us all together to show what we do to interested people, journalists, and potential partners. Along with Whyd were our good buddies Evergig, who have seen some major success in 2013 through revolutionizing the concert going experience. We also got to meet and chat with some extremely cool dudes at 22Tracks, one of the best sources for new music around. 

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There were masterful cocktails, great beer, a cool show, jam sessions, innovative presentations, more stickers than you could attach to your body, and a brilliant vibe that kept running well after the event was supposed to be over. 

To the organizers at Simplib, thank you so much for your hard work, organization, and for inviting us to be a part of this. To Deezer, you guys are awesome, we love your enthusiasm and it was great to be in the nest. To all of the Whyd cats who came down to chill with us, thank you!! If you can’t tell, we are still buzzing with the energy. 

Looking forward to more of those types of events! 

A Huge Opportunity for Man Is Not A Bird, and THEY NEED YOUR HELP

Hello everyone! Hope you had a nice weekend, we celebrated Thanksgiving in Paris, with the Whyd team and our buddies coming together to give thanks for everything that we are lucky enough to have. One thing that we are very lucky to have are great friends and co-workers, who have become big parts of our lives. One of those people, Adrien, the man who makes everything at Whyd possible, needs our help! 

As you surely know, Adrien is the drummer for the post-rock group Man Is Not A Bird (MINAB), who have been buzzing lately around northern France after their tour last week in Angers, Strasbourg, and Paris. They are playing a concert on Wednesday (December 4) here in Paris at Batofar, and it is very important that you are all there

The organizer of the concert is also organizing a concert of MINAB’s favorite group: And So I Watch You From Afar, in the spring 2014 here in Paris. He said that if we can get a big group together, Man Is Not A Bird might be able to open for And So I Watch You From Afar! It would be a dream come true, a completion of the cycle of creation and inspiration, and would be the type of story that everyone wants to see. This week, we can make that happen. 

So go to this link: http://www.fnacspectacles.com/place-spectacle/manifestation/Pop-rock-Folk-DADS—-MAN-IS-NOT-A-BIRD—JEAN-JEAN-BFD04.htm and reserve your places today. If there is ONE concert that you are going to attend, please make it this one. The music is excellent, the venue perfectly suited, and the possibilities are powerful. Let’s do it! 

#AperoMusicTech #4: DJ Line Up For Tomorrow Night

Once upon a time, the dudes at Whyd had a little idea. Bring together artists, DJs, bloggers, curators, journalists, entrepreneurs, and music lovers to meet and mingle. It was the idea from which #AperoMusicTech was born. As we all remember from the video below, it was a great time at Workshop Paris. 

This time around the event is co-sponsored by the fun dudes behind the super-trendy Le Blog Des Pépites Musicales, The site features five different playlist to match different moods and situations, and it is continuously updated with some of the coolest new music being produced around the world. 

Tomorrow, we will meet for the 4th event, and just like the first time, it will be held at Workshop (which has developed into a very exciting and bumping location to go out in the deep center of Paris) and the music will be provided by none others than the guys that were with us that day in February: R∆D∆R! and the Brooklyn Bitches duo. What does that mean for your ears? It means nu-disco and electro-pop until your heart bursts with joy. Can’t wait to hear the music? Check out the mix that Brooklyn Bitches put together last week when they rocked the house at Workshop. 

#AperoMusicTech #4 Goes Live on Thursday Night!

Lot of fun events happening in Paris this weekend and next week, the crown jewel being the lovely get-together that has become the #AperoMusicTech event series. The fourth installment, taking place Thursday evening at WorkShop starting at 19hr30, will feature a few of Whyd's staple DJs: the Brooklyn Bitches tandem and R∆D∆R! spinning their signature blends of nu disco — the performances are not to be missed!

The event is being co-sponsored by another one of the Whyd faithful, the playlist music blog BPM (Blog des Pépites Musicales) and for the first time, we will be giving out stickers to the 50 people who come to the event first with special instructions that you will find out about only if you are lucky enough to get a sticker. So come, and get there as soon as you can! 

Never stop jamming!