MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015 | EDITOR JENICA MONTGOMERY 6 AMS >> CITR >> 20 years of Discorder get digitized Block Party to be hosted in a parking lot FILE PHOTO GEOFF LISTER/THE UBYSSEY Last year’s Block Party was hosted in MacInnes field. Jenica Montgomery Culture Editor PHOTO TIMOTHY HOGGAN/THE UBYSSEY Discorder is a music magazine off-shoot of CiTR. Olivia Law Senior Staff Writer If you listen to music, go to gigs or are at all interested in Vancouver’s thriving indie-music scene, you’ll have most likely picked up an issue of Discorder , CiTR’s monthly magazine which focuses on Vancouver and B.C.-based bands and concerts. With the future of print media continuously up for debate, more and more mediums are transferring to, or adapting themselves to the online world — and Discorder is keeping up to date with this trend. Every issue since the magazine’s inception in 1983 was digitized over the past eight months. Cecilia Rose, a grad student in the school of library, archival and information studies was in charge of the digitization process, as part of a work-learn. “We started from the very first issue over 20 years ago,” said Rose. “You can see materials from the comfort of your own home, you can browse pages, you can even search for information.” Now, rather than searching through physical archives, music fanatics can use the complete stored archives online to access their favourite bands, concert reviews from years past and even photographs from gigs (the ones from the 80s are pure gold.) “It’s documenting the history of the independent music scene in Vancouver,” noted Rose. For Rose, the process of digitization disclosed hints of nostalgia. Currently in three-man band, The Flinettes, Rose was featured on the June 2014 cover of Discorder, which can be accessed online due to her role of digitizing. Issues include articles, reviews, photos, features, interviews and advertisements, all of which can be downloaded in PDF format and saved for future use. Although the physical archives are still produced and available, Rose specifies the importance of these online editions, particularly when looking further into the future. “It helps to protect the originals so people don’t have to access the original material to actually handle it, as they might be fragile.” Although the magazine is digitizing all of its future issues, print readers will not be disappointed. “I think that Discorder’s print existence will always be a top priority for the publication,” said Alex de Boer, editor-in-chief of Discorder . The entire process of 20 years worth of magazines took just eight months, and are all available on the digital collections website of the UBC Library. Not only is Discorder your one-stop-shop for all things musical, cutting edge and current, now it can be an insight into the past music scene in Vancouver. U The eighth annual AMS Block Party was announced for April 10 this past Thursday, however the capacity is 2000 people less than last year. Block Party, which was held in MacInnes field last year, will be taking place in the parking lot next to the Technology Enterprise Facility 3 (TEF 3). The lot will hold 4800 attendees which, according to AMS programming and events manager Anna Hillar, is 2000 less than the previous year. “We can’t have it in a big deep hole, which is currently what Macinnes field looks like, so we have been searching for a new home basically for a year and half ... so [the AMS] and the university found the biggest lot possible that was going to be safe enough to hold as many people as we could,” said Hillar. Since construction began on Macinnes field for the new aquatic centre, Block Party and other large scale events had to find a new home on campus. This year’s location was chosen based on what was available, cost efficient and close to the centre of campus. Hillar noted that the large football and soccer fields were unavailable for use due to the expensive nature of covering turf. Though the event won’t be able to host as many attendees as previous years, Hillar reassures that the event will still be fun for students. “I think it will be just as fun…. It’s going to feel intimate and awesome, so I don’t think it will affect the energy of it at all it will just be a little bit harder to get a ticket,” said Hillar. Though they haven’t announced the artist lineup, the available food stands or the planned activities, students should be excited. “Its really really fun, like even if you don’t like being around crazy drunk people, its not all just crazy drunk people. Some students are there solely for the music and a lot of students on campus don’t actually drink, so I just encourage everybody to come.” Early bird tickets will be $15 and week-of tickets, if they’re still available, will be $30. U CHAN CENTRE >> Celtic Connections combines Celtic and Indian music traditions Rachel Levy-McLaughlin Contributor PHOTO COURTESTY LAURA MURRAY PR John Joe Kelly is an award winning badhran player. Art has had an interesting history of both expressing the conventions of culture through folklore and rebelling against those conventions to create something revolutionary. It can both reinforce the envelope and push it. Coming to the Chan Centre on Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m. is just one demonstration of how art both pushes and forms cultural conventions. Celtic Connections combines Celtic and Indian folk music. Zakir Hussain, a renowned Indian tabla player, has teamed up with Irish, English and Scottish musicians and percussionists to create something innovative. “We haven’t created a new type of music here,” said John Joe Kelly, award-winning badhran player collaborating with Hussain on this project. “There are not new musical rhythms or new musical forms that we have composed together, but we have found a commonality between these sounds which are rarely played together.” This project first began in 2011 with Hussain experimenting with the combination of Indian and Celtic musical styles. It was such a success in the United Kingdom that Hussain and his group were asked to perform at the London 2012 pre-Olympic performances. “[The performance] is a fusion with all the different musical languages, sounds and flavours mixing with each other and creating a really exciting whole,” said Kelly. The bodhran, played by Kelly, is an Irish drum, played with a short wooden stick. The tabla, played by Hussain, is two small America, Politics and Ar t Latin March 25 ália Film Screening Tropic April 2 Students gather to present on Latin America themed topics ranging from language to art. Musical performances in conjunction include Gilberto Gil and Lila Downs. This documentary highlights the Tropicália cultural movement of the 1960s. The film, of course, includes interviews, images, archived materials and music. hand drums each with its own timbre. Also featured in Celtic Connections are fiddles, flutes, Scottish pipers, a guitar and a bansuri (an Indian bamboo flute). “We all still remain true to our traditions while obviously pushing boundaries in order to … find connection points and common ground between our repertoires through rhythm and melody,” said Kelly. Celtic Connections uses the tradition of folk music to create a new sound of music. “The beauty of collaboration really is getting different musical brains in one room and working to find a common language,” said Kelly. At one point in time, Celtic and Indian folk music might have seemed worlds apart. Now, however, they have been combined into something that is simultaneously traditional and innovative. U Gilberto Gil April 12 Key Tropicália participant is playing a sold out show at the Chan Centre next month. This show promises to show a glimpse of brazilian history.