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NEWS: 2007



Nov 17, 2007
  • The long awaited Pitched Up compliation entitled "Planes, Trains, and Alcohol Bills" featuring a wide range of North American hardcore talent is avaialble here!

June 25, 2007
  • A Dave Smith Mono Evolover Keyboard has been added to the Igloo! This analogue digital hybrid synth has been on phosphor's whish list for a while and has finally landed in the studio. A deadilly compliment to the Virus C and FR-777!

May 21, 2007
  • phosphor will be returning to WEMF this year doing a freeform tag with Dan Tyrant! [more info]

May 2, 2007
  • The North Americian Hardcore Movement is back on di.fm the first Friday of every month from 10am to 8pm ET featuring 10 hours from 10 DJ's! The first show in the new format is this Friday, May 4th. Packed lineup (in order): Milo, Sunrize, AC Slater, No left turn, Justrich, phosphor, JimniCricket, Brak, Ruffage and Virus!
    [set times]

Jan 28, 2007
  • Happy New Year! The full set of Blizzard Digital releases are now uploaded and available on a variety of online stores. We've also added a few new stores to our distribution list since last year. Check out the side bar for the full list of distributors.

NEWS: 2006



Nov 8, 2006
  • The long awaited previews of the next four fourthcoming tunes on Blizzard Digital are up in the Releases seciton. BLZD005 to BLZD008 will be hitting the digi-stores at the beginning of December!

Oct 23, 2006
  • Phosphor will be streaming his halloween weekend house party live on Blizzard, Saturday, Oct 28, 2006 starting about 6pm ET. [Stream Link]

July 20, 2006
  • Preflyer announced for Winnipeg's September long outdoor festival Serendipity 3 featuring the Blizzard Boys, Electric Skychurch, Lady Miss Kier of "Dee-Lite", and more!

June 1, 2006
  • Phosphor's in Winnipeg again for a couple special events Friday night:
  • Solo freeform @ the D.I.G. clubnitgh 110 Market
  • phosphor vs Rayne happyhardcore set on Live on FarSide Radio 9-11pm CDT club246.com

March 26, 2006
  • After a server crash several months back, phosphor finally got off his arse and fixed up the Pics section, got rid of the broken links and added some new galleries of some recent eastern Canada events and pics of the Ottawa Igloo studio!
  • A few new mixes up in the Sets section, including a special DnB mix from phosphor.

March 22, 2006
  • Big shouts to the Nocturnal Commissions crew for a rockin Hardcore Room at Kings of the Jungle this past Saturday. Was awsome to see eveyone out as well as meeting Sean Apollo for the first time!

Feb 1, 2006
  • Sample and release info for BLZD005, Leigh Outrage's remix of Devil is now online in the releases section!

Feb 1, 2006

January 23, 2006
  • phosphor will be playing a special one hour set Thursday, Jan 26th, on Hardcore Regime, a UK based hardcore station, at a decent slot for the UK crew to tune in at: 7-8pm GMT (2-3pm ET).
  • Big ups to the Quixotic, Airhead, and Nocturnal Commissions crews for doing a wicked job with Star Cross'd this past Saturday night in Toronto! phosphor's looking forward to playing for Nocturnal against Ruffage, March 18th in Toronto.

January 5, 2006
  • Happy new year from all of us at Blizzard Tracks! Kicking off 2006 in style is the launch of Blizzard Tracks Digital! Forthcoming releases are already up in the Releases section and the first two will be out this month!


NEWS: 2005



December 16, 2005
  • The HardcoreRevolution.net servers were down on Wednesday but phosphor's freeform set will aired this coming Wednesay between 7 and 10pm GMT, Dec 21st on Skampy and Mayhem's show on HardcoreRevolution.net. [info].
  • Also, following the HardcoreRevolution.net show, be sure to check out the Blizzard Boys on Di.Fm from 7-9pm ET, Wednesday, Dec 21st.

December 12, 2005
  • phosphor will have a special freeform set aired between 7 and 10pm GMT, Wednesday, Dec 14th on Skampy and Mayhem's show on HardcoreRevolution.net. [info]

October 21, 2005
  • Blizzard Boys' latest tune 'Dire Hardcore' featuring live guitar from Rayne and vocals from Jackie Shaw will be appearing on the Next Generation Vol 3 CD on Oct 24th!

September 10, 2005
  • Justrich will be returning to the 'Peg for a hardcore set at Soundwave's Scream event on October 29th!
  • phosphor has finally set a date for his move out East. He will be moving to Ottawa, Ontario for the first week of November, 2005. He will deeply miss the Peg and all the people but is looking forward to new things out East!

August 26, 2005
  • Cheers to both the Montreal and Ottawa crews for 2 very solid events! Pics for the Ottawa event are here. I hope to have the Montreal event and several others up next week, including the set recorded at Techno Church in Ottawa!
  • Blizzard Tracks and Warning Records are teaming up to bring you Rockin' In the Free World, Friday, Sept 23 featuring Sickness from Agumon Productions' in Montreal and the much loved Big Orange Dan from Vancouver. [Full Info]

August 12, 2005
  • phosphor's just about ready to head out east for a couple weeks. He'll be hitting up Montreal this weekend then Ottawa next alongside justrich.
  • While in Ottawa, phosphor will also be doing a freeform hardcore tag with S4 live on Di.Fm this Wednesday. Check the gigs section for details!

July 28, 2005
  • The crazy summer isn't over yet! Justrich has offically moved out to Toronto and is nicely settled out there. You'll be seeing more of this boy out at events in the east now!
  • Both phosphor and justrich will also be doing a mini tour out east in Ottawa and Montreal in the middle of August. Check the gigs section for event details!

May 20, 2005
  • phosphor will be out in L.A. on June 11th for Almost Better Than Sex along side Lostboy!
  • phosphor also did a cheeky remix of the Backstreet Boys unreleased single "Incomplete" last night. You can download that [here].

May 15, 2005
  • Sets and Gigs sections have been added to the site. Currently there's only a lo-fi version of phosphor's set from Risco Disco in Toronto from the beginning of April up there, but there will be more added soon!

May 1, 2005
  • Blizzard Tracks is now 100% Digital! We're jumping feet first into the digital era and have dropped vinyl production. We are now distributing our releases in mp3 (320kbps) and cd format exclusively through NuEnergy's Online Store.

March 15, 2005
  • Agumon Productions in Montreal has had to postpone their Shooting Star 4 event from May 7th to August 13th. Look for more deatils later on this summer!
  • Pitched-Up Recordings after a very strong and hopeful series of releases, has had to end their label. Much respect to AC, Sunrize, Daywalker, and all the others involved with Pitched-Up for investing a lot of time and money into pushing the U.S. hardcore scene to a new level!

March 8, 2005
  • BLZ008 (Booty Calls/4 Beat Hustler) is now available from the NuEnergy store!
  • The Blizzard Boys will be on the NHAM show Wednesday, March 16 from 7-9pm ET on www.di.fm in the Hardcore channel.
  • Pics from the Hypnotica event in Vancouver, BC are up in the pics section.

Feb 17, 2005
  • Dual G5 PowerMac will be coming to the Igloo in the next couple weeks along with Logic 7!
  • phosphor will be appearing at The Risco Disco put on by Orange Productions on April 2nd in Toronto, Ontario.
  • justrich and phosphor will be doing a back to back Blizzard Boys tag at Shooting Star 4 put on by Augmon Productions on May 7 out in Montreal, Quebec.
  • Check out the new update on NuEnergy's site!

Feb 2, 2005
"Stand By Me" has been postponed till Feb 26, 2005. Only justrich will be performing now since phosphor will be out at Hypnotica in Vancouver that night. Here's a message board link to the Hypnotica party!

Jan 7, 2005
Happy New Year! 2005 will be a stormin' year for hardcore all over! A few bits of news to kick things off:
  • DAT's have finally been sent off for BLZ008 (Booty Calls/4-Beat Hustler). We should see this out this month if all goes well with pressing.
  • The Blizzard Boys will be on the NHAM show Wednesday, Jan 19 from 7-9pm ET on www.di.fm so tune in!
  • The Blizzard Boys will be performing on Saturday, Feb 5th in Winnipeg for "Stand By Me" a fundraiser for the Tsunami victims.
  • phosphor's Booty Calls and Tazz's remix of Hellbound will be featured on Kevin Energy's mix on the Hardcore Heaven Album out Feb 21st!
  • Phosphor will be in Vancouver, BC headlining Hypnotica on Saturday, Feb 26th.

NEWS: 2004


Dec 13, 2004
The Blizzard Boys are back online with a new radio show - North American Hardcore Movement (NAHM), Wednesdays on the Hardcore Channel of DI.FM and HappyHardcore.com. The Blizzard Boys will be taking one 2 hour slot once a month starting Wednesday, Dec 13th, from 7-9pm ET (11-3am GMT). Check out the other NAHM hosts, Milo, Apollo, Comet, AC Slater, Daywalker, and more throughout the month!

Dec 2, 2004
First update in a while (all apologies) and a few things going on. BLZ007 (Rock You/Devil) came out in full release this past month. Thx to all who've been grabbing that one and playing it out. BLZ008 (Booty Calls/4 Beat Hustler) has just been sent off to pressing! Check the releases section for info and samples. Catch phosphor this Saturday, Dec 4 on Sleizure Radio 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg. Big shout out to the Holy Roman Empire crew for a fun time down at the Dynamic Duo event in L.A.! Also, this NYE catch the Blizzard Boys tagging back to back in Winnipeg at Back 2 The Future II! Full lineup and details coming soon!


July 3, 2004
Blizzard Boys will be performing this Canada Day weekend at Where the Wild Things Are here in Winnipeg along side Nuclear Ramjet, Cluster, and a whack of yer fav Winnipeg locals!

March 3, 2004
Starting Thursday, March 4th, AC Slater of Pitched Up Recordings, will be taking over the pH-Balance time slot (7-9pm CST) on BlizzardRadio.com

January 8, 2004
GLOW! - It's the BlizzardTracks 1 year anniversary party in Winnipeg featuring Kevin Energy on Feb 6th, 2004, put on in conjunction with Trillium Productions. [Flyers]

NEWS: 2003


November 22, 2003
Blizzrad Boys make John Peel's Festive Fifty for 2003. Much thanks to John Peel and his crew at the BBC!

November 19, 2003
justrich vs phosphor live at Twisted in Winnipeg this Saturday, Nov 22! The full event will be broadcast on BlizzardRadio.com form 10pm til 6am. Check the radio site for full lineup info.

November 15, 2003
  • Rebroadcast of the BlizzardBoys set on John Peel's Radio 1 show Thursday, November 27th.
  • Release info and samples for BLZ004 and BLZ005 are up in the Releases section.
  • Bonkerz 11 - Sharkey's mix does feature Rok the Jam - Blizzard Boys (although the track listing for that tune was unfortunately omitted in the printing)

Nov 3, 2003
BLZ003 (Hellbound & Shake the Room) is out now and available on promo from the Nu Energy Store!

October 18, 2003
BLZ002 is out now and available from the Nu Energy Store!

October 1, 2003
Thx to Split Productions and all who came out to Waterworld in Montreal last firday. We had a wicked time there. Here are the PICS!

September 26, 2003
Catch the BlizzardBoys in action @ Waterworld in Montreal, Quebec! along side Trance[]Control (Sweeden) and Tilz (Minneapolis)

August 3, 2003
BlizzardTracks goes BONKERS! @ the Zen Lounge in Winnipeg - feat. DJ/MC Sharkey (UK), The Blizzard Boys back2back, freaky_alien, K.G.B., Khemlab, and L.S.D.

July 9, 2003
On Tuesday, July 15 in the UK, catch the Blizzard Boys (justrich and phosphor) mix and interview on John Peel's show on Radio1.

June 6, 2003
LIMITED PROMO'S NOW AVAILABLE! Blizzard Tracks' first release BLZ001 is now for sale exclusively at the Nu Energy Store.

March 20, 2003
BLZ001 - First release is now up in the forthcomming releases section of the Nu Energy Store. The release should be a vailable on promo in the next couple of weeks!

March 12, 2003
"Ain't No Stopin This" - Blizzard Boys will be featured on Sharkey's mix on Bonkers X [Track Listing]

January 18, 2003
Audio samples now added in the Releases section.

January 10, 2003
Full Info for the Launch Party is up on the site now.

January 3, 2003
New Blizzard Tracks graphics are done and on the site now along with the track info for the first 4 Blizzard releases! Check the Releases section for more info.
 
Last Update: November 8, 2008