The American is now for sale at the following locations in Calgary.  Please stay posted as more shops begin to stock the album:

Play at TD Square
Play at Market Mall
Megatunes on 17th avenue SW
Sloth on 4th St SW.

We will also be on Itunes very very soon!

Thanks!
Steve

So its finally here. No, not the holiday season, but the new Beija Flor Record. You can listen to the whole shebang on CBC Radio 3 Absolutley free. (www.radio3.cbc.ca)

That way you can practice singing along with our new stuff, just in case we invite you onstage to take over lead vocals.

Hope you all enjoy, and dont forget to come and see us on Dec 29th at The Marquee room for the big show!!

Love Steve van Kampen
Beija Flor

Beija Flor is proud to announce a new member to our group!  While recording the American over the last few months, we asked a friend of ours "Hoyee" to come and shred it up on Violin.  She came into the studio and blew us all away with her talent, attention to detail, and commitment.  Afterwards, things just didn't sound the same without her, so in the great tradition of Beija Flor, we asked her to join us!  What started in 2003 as a two piece, has slowly grown to a 6 piece.  By 2010, we forecast that we will out-number the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.  (and then we will challenge them to a dual!)

Welcome Hoyee!!!

-Steve van Kampen

Beija Flor News                                  10/22/07

Sneak Peak (or sneak listen, if you wanna be technical):  We have decided to give everyone a chance to hear three songs from our new album on our myspace site (www.myspace.com/beijaflor) (P.S. if yer reading this blog, then you have arrived).  These songs are not mixed or mastered, but we couldn't wait to show everybody…  No downloading until the big release day though…..  Hope you enjoy!

 We only have one show coming right now, because we are anticipating our big CD release party….

 Upcoming Shows:

27/10/2007 - Blackspot Cafe

15120 Stony Plain Road
Edmonton,
Cost:FREE
OAK AND ELM FEST!!!!!

BEIJA FLOR

WITH............ GLOOM ROOM / SEX PARTY / HOT PANDA / THE CONSONANT C / BICYCLE SQUADRON / I AM A LIAR DESIDERATA / B.A. JOHNSTON / ILLFIT OUTFIT / PORTRAITS THE TETRAKTYS / JEREMY NISCHUK / RED HOT DAGGERS THE JOE / JONEK / MIKEY MAYBE / WELL PUT THE HUES / FLORA / ENVIOUS THE LYRACIST EAMON MCGRATH / ORANGE IN THE LIGHT THE LINE ATLANTIC / KENTON JESKE AA SOUND SYSTEM / TEAM BUILDING TEAM CAPTAIN / HOLZKOPF / HECTOR FECTOR

 

Check your pulse, cuz if it ain't beatin' a mile a minute after that line up, then you ain't livin'….. (sorry, I think that's the Alberta talking)

 

Hope to see ya'll there!!!

 

Sincerely,

Stephen A. van Kampen

Beija Flor
www.myspace.com/beijaflor

The final line up for the Oak and Elm Fest is finally here!  Try to make it out if you live in the Edmonton area.... or even if you dont!

HECTOR FECTOR -- 11:00 - 11:15 AM
set up time: 10 min
TEAM CAPTAIN -- 11:30 - 11:50 AM
set up time: 10 min
JEREMY NISCHUK -- 12:00 - 12:25
set up time: 10 min
GLOOM ROOM -- 12:35 - 12:55
set up time: 10 min
FLORA -- 1:05 - 1:20
set up time: 5 min
KENTON JESKE -- 1:25 - 1:40
set up time: 5 min
MICHAEL RAULT -- 1:45 - 2:00
set up time: 10 min
ENVIOUS THE LYRACIST -- 2:10 - 2:30
set up time: 5 min
ORANGE IN THE LIGHT -- 2:35 - 2:55
set up time: 5 min
JONEK -- 3:00 - 3:15
set up time: 10 min
EAMON MCGRATH -- 3:25 - 3:45
set up time: 10 min
RED HOT DAGGERS -- 3:55 - 4:15
set up time: 5 min
WELL PUT -- 4:20 - 4:35
set up time: 5 min
I AM A LIAR -- 4:40 - 5:00
set up time: 10 min
PORTRAITS -- 5:10 - 5:30
set up time: 5 min
DESIDERATA -- 5:35 - 5:55
set up time: 5 min
THE JOE -- 6:00 - 6:20
set up time: 10 min
SEX PARTY -- 6:30 - 6:55
set up time: 10 min
HOT PANDA -- 7:05 - 7:25
set up time: 10 min
B.A. JOHNSTON -- 7:35 - 8:00
set up time: 5 min
MIKEY MAYBE -- 8:05 - 8:25
set up time: 10 min
BEIJA FLOR -- 8:35 - 9:00
set up time: 10 min
THE LINE ATLANTIC -- 9:10 - 9:30
set up time: 10 min
THE TETRAKTYS -- 9:40 - 10:00
set up time: 10 min
THE CONSONANT C -- 10:10 - 10:35
set up time: 10 min
ILLFIT OUTFIT -- 10:45 - 11:05
set up time: 10 min
AA SOUND SYSTEM -- 11:15 - 11:35
set up time: 10 min
THE HUES -- 11:45 - 12:05
set up time: 10 min
TEAM BUILDING -- 12:15 - 12:35
set up time: 10 min
HOLZKOPF -- 12:45 - 1:00 or longer...

Beija Flor News 

10/02/07

 

"The American"

Yes, I know, the new album is not out yet.  Our largest fault as a group is that we are too particular about our sound, and due to that, are taking for-bloody-ever to put our record out.  You will all be happy to know, that we are finished recording the tracks, and are in the final stages of mixing and mastering.  We hope to be completed before 2008, ha ha ha, (Sob).  Keep visiting us at www.myspace.com/beijaflor, as we hope to be adding new MP3s in the coming weeks.

08/19/07
Finally!
By the end of the week, we will have completed all of our tracking on the new album. After that, it is completely other peoples fault if the album doesn't come out by September.  We have recorded the bed tracks with Diego Medina at Spanish Jewels Recorders. Diego is essentially a king midas. With albums like Chad van Galens under his belt, his reputation is well deserved, and we have been honored to work with him.  As engineer and producer, we have hired none other than Acoustikitty magician Arran Fisher, of Summerlad fame.  Arran has been responsible for albums from Woodpigeon to Gunther, and has been very successful in getting us to strive for the best, and show our true colors.  We are all extremely proud of "The American" and look forward to sharing with all of you!

08/19/07
Finally!
By the end of the week, we will have completed all of our tracking on the new album. After that, it is completely other peoples fault if the album doesn't come out by September.  We have recorded the bed tracks with Diego Medina at Spanish Jewels Recorders. Diego is essentially a king midas. With albums like Chad van Galens under his belt, his reputation is well deserved, and we have been honored to work with him.  As engineer and producer, we have hired none other than Acoustikitty magician Arran Fisher, of Summerlad fame.  Arran has been responsible for albums from Woodpigeon to Gunther, and has been very successful in getting us to strive for the best, and show our true colors.  We are all extremely proud of "The American" and look forward to sharing with all of you!

Come hear Beija Flor on our CBC Radio 3 Podcast #99.  Its really cool we promise!  They even said a few nice things about us!

The playlist:
* Pete Samples - "Between Exhales"
* Dustin Cole w/the Specialest - "Oh! My Captain"
* Mister Nobu - "Dreamer"
* Final Fantasy - "He Poos Clouds"
* Krista L. L. Muir - "Concrete Love Song"
* Bob Wiseman - "Dead Inside"
* Brassmunk - "Gumbo (Electric Revolution)"
* Malicious - "Heat Wave"
* Shadez - "Let em Know"
* Hot Loins - "Buzzkill"
* DD/MM/Yyyy - "Culture In"
* Beija Flor - "The Quiet One"
* The Besnard Lakes - "Devastation"
* Afternoons in Stereo - "On the Way to Lucia's"

Download it in m4a format:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2007-04-13.m4a

Download it in mp3 format:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2007-04-13.mp3