DVAS

DVAS
Origin	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Club Disco Hi-NRG Visual
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Upper Class Recordings
Website	http://www.dvasmusique.com
Members
Darren Veres Jered Stuffco Dean Wales Dan Carlyle

DVAS is a Canadian electronic dance music group located in Toronto. DVAS signed to Upper Class Recordings, the Toronto-based label responsible for notable artists The Russian Futurists, Cadence Weapon, Girlsareshort (MSTRKRFT Al-P’s original project) and The Cansecos in 2009.

With a basis in Disco and Hi-NRG,^[1] DVAS was co-founded by Canadian musicians Jered Stuffco and Darren Veres in 2003 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Albums

Macho

• Macho documents the group from its very beginnings with a number of its singles and some new and some not widely available tracks.^[1]
• Michael Douglas was the muse for Black Rain, one of 10 tracks on their latest collection, Macho. (Douglas also starred in a 1991 crime film of the same name.) “The movie’s great and Michael Douglas is an icon,” smiles Darren Veres. It’s obviously a huge joke,” adds Jered Stuffco.^[2]
• Recorded and mixed in Edmonton via computer—the disc required patience, humor and, above all, high-speed internet connections and trust. Some songs required two weeks of edits and dozens of e-mails between band mates.^[2]

Mixtapes and Remixes

• DVAS have released three Internet-only mixtapes, a slew of remixes, and the track “Inner Sanctum” featured on the 2009 France based blog turned label, Valerie: “Valerie And Friends” Compilation.

Discography

• Society (2010, Upper Class Recordings: CAN) ^[3]

• DVAS MACHO (2007, Pop Echo Records: CAN) ^[3]

Related links

• DVAS Musique
• DVAS Myspace
• Upper Class Recordings

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Vue cover story Birtles, Bryan (September 5, 2007). "‘Macho, macho man. I’ve got to be a macho man’". Vue Weekly. http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=6931. Retrieved October 28, 2007. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Edmonton Journal Article- September 7th 2007 Sperounes, Sandra (September 7, 2007). "Electro survivors overcome Abominable odds; These Macho men undaunted by technical meltdowns, member departures". Edmonton Journal. pp. G.11. 
3. ^ ^{a b} DVAS Discography "DVAS". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/DVAS-Society/release/2374026. Retrieved July 29, 2010.