Faction Sound Crew 10 Year Anniversary Mix CD ft Iron Lyon, Arems & Tanner

10 years of Faction Sound Crew has been pretty ill. Back in 2001, DJs Arems, Tanner and Akshun broke off from a wider collective they had been djing with and formed the Faction Sound Crew. Ever since then, things have been getting bigger and better. From touring the world to doing multiple residencies in Vancouver, Whistler and now New York and Miami... the Faction has been locking things down - but there's far more to come. The addition of our MC, Matt the Trigga, back in 2006 brought a new edge to the crew's group performances and in 2009 another crew member was added - New York's Iron Lyon, for even more fire power.

We all grew up and started djing with RAP music, therefore, it's only fitting that Iron Lyon sets off the Faction's 10 Year Anniversary Mix CD with a throw back to the golden era, laced with a few faction Rap Dubplates, and even a track from Iron Lyon himself.

Arems comes with the all Dubplate section consisting of mainly dancehall dubs remixed over current and golden era hip hop beats. More RAP dubplates can be found in his section which show cases a lot of his favourite artists from the past and present.

Tanner shuts shit down with a Moombahton finale that will have any fan of music in general nodding their head to the pounding beats and smoothed out remixes of familiar songs now transformed into the new Moombahton genre.

If you haven't gotten a copy of this CD from us jus make sure to ask us for one. Here is the one track download link for your listening pleasure. Please spread the link around and share it as much as you can. Thanks so much for all your support over the past decade.

Faction Sound Crew 10 Year Anniversary Mix - DJs Iron Lyon, Arems & Tanner

FACTION 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - July 1st inside Shine

This summer marks the the 10th anniversary of the Faction and we'll be kicking off the celebration with a big party inside Shine. Join the entire Faction Sound Crew as all 5 members unite for a once in a lifetime celebration – 10 years of Faction Sound!

DJ’s Arems, Tanner, Iron Lyon (NYC), Akshun and Trigga on the mic will be dropping nothing but pure fiyah all night as we celebrate Canada Day and the 10 anniversary of the Faction with Hip Hop and Dancehall

PLUS FREE BBQ CHICKEN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CLUB!!!
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Faction’s Extended Bio

Good things happen when tight knit friends with a deep love of music decide to join forces. After honing their skills as bedroom DJs, Arems, Tanner and Akshun soon found themselves playing in lounges, DMC battles and smaller clubs around the way. All three DJs soon got involved in college radio and by the time they met in Vancouver it didn’t take long for a bond to form. The Faction Sound Crew was formed in 2001 by Dj’s Arems, Akshun & Tanner and was joined by hypeman MC Trigga in 2006 and New York DJ Iron Lyon in 2010. Residencies at some of Vancouver’s bigger night clubs soon started and the crew began touring and putting out Mixtapes.

Soon after forming, the Faction found themselves playing alongside world class DJs and urban artists all over Canada. Their mixtapes caught the attention of a wider audience across Canada and began spreading around the globe. Currently the Faction has released over 20 mixtapes in group and solo projects with a diverse range of musical styles ranging from Hip Hop to Dancehall to Electro. Accolades soon arrived and in 2007 the Faction was nationally recognized at the Stylus DJ Awards with a nomination for best mixtape. 2008 brought 3 more Stylus DJ award nominations including Best Mixtape, Best Canadian Reggae DJ, and Favourite Vancouver DJ which was won by DJ Arems. Nominations continued in 2009 and ’10 in the Vancouver DJ of the year and Canadian Club DJs of the year categories.

As of late the world has come calling. In 2007 the Faction embarked on an Asian tour playing in the mega clubs of Shanghai, Taiwan and Hong Kong as well as doing many dates all over Canada. 2008 found the Faction touring in Europe and also included 2 National tours playing at some of Canada’s largest mega clubs including multiple dates at the Guverment in Toronto (rated one of the top 5 clubs in North America). 2009 and ’10 saw various tours across the US and Canada plus a return to Europe and Asia.

Locally The Faction has been holding down residences at Vancouver’s hot spots for unheard of lengths of time with residencies at certain clubs ranging 5 to 10 years. Their infamous industry night at Balthazar, Sunday Night Soundsystem ran for half a decade and established Sundays as a big night to party in Vancouver. You can currently catch the Faction DJing 5 nights a week at packed venues across the city. If you’ve found an amazing party – it’s most likely the Faction is in the DJ booth dropping pure fire.

C.A.M. photo Shoot 1.0

Last year we did a couple of photo shoots with Clark Angus MacLeod (C.A.M.) in preparation for this blog, media kits, future tours and general promos. This is a sample of unfinished and finished photos of the very first shoot that Clark did for us. This shoot features Akshun and in between takes, Jenn in Akshun's clothes...hahaha!

Be on the lookout for C.A.M. photo shoot 2.0 featuring the entire Faction Sound Crew soon.

Faction Sound Crew BIO

Good things happen when tight knit friends with a deep love of music decide to join forces. After practicing and honing their skills as bedroom DJs, Arems, Tanner and Akshun soon found themselves playing in lounges, DMC battles and smaller clubs around the way. All three DJs got involved in college radio as well and by the time they met in Vancouver it did not take long for a bond to form. The Faction Sound Crew was formed in 2001 by Dj's Arems, Akshun & Tanner and was joined by hypeman MC Trigga in 2006. Residencies at some of Vancouver's bigger night clubs soon popped up and the crew began working on Mixtapes and Radio Production.

Four years later The Faction found themselves opening for world class DJs and urban artists all over British Columbia. Their mixtapes soon caught the attention of a wider audience across Canada and began spreading around the globe. Currently the Faction has released 15 mixtapes in group and solo projects with a diverse range of musical styles including Club Bangers, Underground Hip Hop, R&B, Dancehall, B-More and Electro. In 2007 the Faction was nationally recognized at the Stylus Awards with a nomination for best mixtape. 2008 brought 3 more Stylus DJ award nominations including Best Mixtape, Best Canadian Reggae DJ, and Favourite Vancouver DJ which was won by DJ Arems.

As of late the world has come calling. In 2007 the Faction embarked on an Asian tour playing in the mega clubs of Shanghai, Taiwan and Hong Kong as well as doing many dates all over Canada. 2008 found the Faction touring in Europe and also included 2 National tours playing at some of Canada's largest mega clubs including multiple dates at the Guverment in Toronto (rated one of the top 5 clubs in North America).

Locally The Faction has been holding down residences at Vancouver's hot spots for unheard of lengths of time with over 6 years at the Plaza club, and 7 years at Whistler's Savage Beagle. Their infamous industry night at Balthazar, Sunday Night Soundsystem ran for 5 years and established Sundays as a big night to party in Vancouver. The Faction Sound Crew has played in every club in Vancouver and can be currently found DJing six nights a week at, Shine, Richards on Richards, Tonic, The Plaza and at Whistler's Savage Beagle. If you've found an insane party you've most likely found where the Faction is playing.

It all Started with "Make Monkey Face!"

The very first official Faction Sound Crew mixtape "Make Monkey Face". This pre Serato gem and huge fan favorite from late 2003 in all it's glory with fresh re-up'd download link for your pleasure. The production on this mix cd set The Faction far apart from all other mixtape dj's.....from funny ass intros to Faction exclusive remixes all around this mixtape shows The Faction's knowledge from the club to the streets to the basement parties.....this mix cd has it all. Enjoy!

download here

Make Monkey Face

Cross Country Family

In the Dj world you get to meet a lot of industry people. Rarely can you call them all Family. This picture displays part of our cross country family includes our Facts and Figures mixtape Dj partners 4 Korners: Kap'n Kirk & Short Sirkit(Official Toronto Raptors Dj's), Dj Wrispect (3 time stylus T-Dot award winning DJ), Nina & of course yours truely Faction Sound Crew: Dj Arems, Tanner, Akshun & Trigga. Party pic taken at Republic (Vancouver) a couple of days before Wrispect played the infamous Playboy Mansion Mid Summers Eve Party in LA = very jealous.