Style: a kaleidoscope of Electro-Swing, Nu-Jazz, Latin, Funk, and Deep House, stitched together with cinematic flair.
“Alright now everybody, quiet and listen to me! We’re going to start a show. Now some of you people have been with me before, you know that it is going to be a tough grind. You’re going to dance until your feet fall off, you’re not able to stand up any longer, but we’re going to have a show!”
Description:
As the house lights dimmed and the chandeliers caught their final glint, the Neo Noir night truly came alive. Presented by Arts | Orillia inside the historic Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium, The Main Show was where elegance met indulgence — a sultry collision of swing, soul, and deep groove.
What began as a slow seduction in The Warm-Up burst open into full technicolor — horns blazing, hips swaying, velvet and smoke intertwining in time. From electro-swing swagger and Latin-jazz breaks to gospel-house fervor and cinematic funk, every track carried the pulse of a dancefloor dressed in pearls and secrets.
Nina Simone and Billie Holiday rose from the velvet shadows, their timeless voices reimagined through 21st-century lenses. Brass bands battled basslines. Classic soul brushed against deep house. The room became a fever dream — a decadent masquerade of rhythm and light.
It was not just a show, but an awakening — a celebration of the past made gloriously present, where every snare crack and saxophone riff reminded us: the night belongs to those who dare to move.
🎩 Presented by Arts | Orillia
🎧 Recorded live at The Orillia Opera House — October 17th, 2025
🌙 Mixed by accomplice
Tracklist:
- Kormac – Showtime
- Bev Lee Harling – Why Don’t You Do Right? (Colman Brothers Cha Cha Remix)
- The Allergies – As We Do Our Thing
- The Bahama Soul Club – Moaners (feat. Bessie Smith)
- The Phunk Junkies – Big Spender
- Truby Trio – High Jazz (Nicola Conte Remix) [feat. Joseph Malik]
- The Allergies – God Walked Down
- Billie Holiday – All Of Me (Charles Feelgood Remix)
- The Bahama Soul Club – Malago (feat. Danay Suárez)
- Cee-Roo – Work Song (feat. Nhyx) [Nhyx Remix]
- Nina Simone – Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat’s Heavenly House Mix)
- Nina Simone & Floorplan – I Put a Spell On You (Floorplan Remix)
- Kormac – Wash My Hands
- Dubstax – Wiggly Bum
- Fab Samperi – The Big Swing
- Jazzsteppa – Big Swing Sound – Original Mix
- Skeewiff – Groovy Swinger
- Astrud Gilberto – Bim Bom
- Nina Simone – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Zeds Dead Remix)
- John B – We Like The Music (Latino Remix)
- John B – Simulated Sax (remix)
- Savages y Suefo – Ballroom Breakers (Fab Samperi’s Deep Bossa Remix)
- Louis Armstrong vs Missy Elliott – Mack The Knife / Sam Redmore Mashup
- J Dilla – Rico Suave Bossa Nova (Sam Redmore Re-Edit)
- Skeewiff – Soul Bossanova
- Sola Rosa – Humanised (feat. Bajka)
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Jericho (C2C Remix)
- Dinah Washington – Is You Or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (Rae & Christian Remix)
- St Germain – Rose rouge (Nightmares on Wax ReRub)
- Stan Getz & João Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema
- José James – Desire (Moodymann Remix)
- Moodymann – Runaway (feat. Roberta Sweed, Norma Jean Bell & Pitch Black City)
- Shirley Horn – Come Dance With Me (Sugardaddy Remix By Tom Findlay & Tim Hutton)
- [dunkelbunt] – Cinnamon Girl (Radio Edit) [feat. Boban i Marko Marcovic Orkestar]
- Skeewiff & Keith Nichols – Trad Rags
- Ella Fitzgerald – Slap The Bass (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Mix)
- Becca Lynn – Show Me the Good Stuff
- Beauty Freak – My Beauty (feat. Malee) [My Soul Edit]
- Danger Twins – Effortless
- Roy Davis Jr., Men From The Nile, Jazzanova – Watch Them Come (Jazzanova Remix)
- Peggy Lee – Fever
- Scruffy Pearls – Letting Loose
- Danger Twins – So Marvelous
- ZOI – Can’t Hold Me Down
- LÒNIS & Daphne Willis – We’re On Our Way
- LÒNIS & Daphne Willis – Good to Go
- Jon Mero & LÒNIS – Feels This Good
- Sly & The Family Stallone – Role Model
- The Karminsky Experience Inc. – Secrets
- Dizzy Gillespie – Caravan (DJ Smash’s Smashish Remix)
- Kormac – Rainstorm
- Fab Samperi – That’s Alright (feat. Arthur Crudup)
- Loopa Scava & Cayetano – Up & Down (feat. Hain Teny)
- Subculture & Rachel Chinouriri – The River Bend
- Astrud Gilberto – Here’s That Rainy Day (Koop Remix)
- S Strong & Boogie Belgique – Noir
- Slamboree – I Hate Myself
- The Electric Swing Circus – Bella Belle
- Stan Getz, Antônio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto – Corcovado (TOKiMONSTA Remix)
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