Cityfest Presents: Dafusia

Dafusia stormed onto the bass music scene with initial attention from his single, "Take Your Mind," featuring vocals from Nation-award winning singer Mandy Ebel. The song was presented alongside Skrillex's "Slat's Slat's Slats" on You Tube, and became an online hit in 2009. Mandy Ebel and Dafusia released their Debut self-EP, "Yuga One" in 2010; it was an electronic/ hiphop/ rock/ r'n'b/ fusion with flamboyant vocals and a sundry of beats. Dafusia's and Mandy E's Vocal Remix of Adventure Club's #1 iTunes hit "Do I See Colour" landed them unanimous critical acclaim and soared to #13 on the Soundcloud charts. They recently released two more of their singles with Play Records, owned by Mellefresh (known for her early collab work with Deadmau5) on "Best of Dubstep Vol. 1".

In April 2013, Dafusia dropped his first solo EP titled 'Cadence', which went on to win rave reviews and charted on Hype Machine's Top 10 tracks. The EP has attracted a lot of attention both locally and internationally. A Remix EP is currently in the works, featuring some of the hottest producers from Toronto, London, and the UK.

Dafusia has performed for festivals like WEMF (World Electronic Music Festival, Connect Music Festival in 2012, and at venues and events such as Toronto's Bassmentality Night at Wrongbar, UK Underground-Virgin Mobile MOD Club, Canadian Music Week, Indie Week Canada (Semifinals), SubChakra, WONKED Records Nights, Futura and Electropolis events. He's performed alongside Foreign Beggars, Big Gigantic, Mat the Alien, Kraddy, Hydee, Marcus Visionary, DJ MRK, DJ Tigerblood, HugsNotDrugs, Krinjah, Sidenote, Going Quantum, Erica Dee and many more. In December 2011, he had the opportunity to perform with Indian Celebrity Percussionist Sivamani, alongside AKON.

With his eclectic beats and bass, and catchy, unique melodies, Dafusia steps it up to another level.

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