Return of Sauna Season 2009

We just finished a trilogy of special Spanish Banks missions with the saunatruck. If you are unfamiliar with the experience of steaming naked on the beach at -8c in December sipping hot mulled cider and admiring a gorgeous view of the north shore mountains and downtown Vancouver, we may yet be back there in January, and you may yet get your chance.

More trilogies! We had a triplet of old school sunday night jam sessions including the all synth jam, I think we had like 10 synths going here. I don’t know how we fit it in this place but the next week we had 2 simultaneous jams going – acoustic folk jam in the kitchen and amped freestyle in the livingroom. The soundclash was a bit much till everyone in the kitchen hit the sauna.

Starting in January we’re going to be at the new saunsessions HQ at the (as yet unnamed) place in Railtown on Sundays so don’t freak out the new residents of the old sauna house by walking in their back door on some cold sunday night. This new place is big (4x!) and amazing (5x!) and I’m really excited to put the heat back in Heatley Ave.

So there’s just one more session for 2009, and probably the last at the georgia house. We’re going to close it out bigtime! See you tonight!

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The Sauna Truck is alive and Festivus was sweaty!

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festivus-2008-sauna


The Sauna truck made it up to Festivus this weekend. Karlis has successfully fixed the sauna truck clutch by hand. The sauna got well used during the 24 hour dj marathon during the chilly night. The sun made us sweat and the river water was glacier cold on the beach during the day. Thank you warmm.ca, Brad, Sarah and Mike for doing the work. The djs slayed, the sound was excellent and the vibe was killer. We enjoyed!
(Woodhead doesn’t mention here that the sweatification got so intense we broke the top bench in the sauna, something that last happened a few years ago at the same location . . . have no fear, repairs are almost complete) The sauna truck is now available for your event. Contact us and let us know when you want a sauna to roll up at your polar bear swim or birthday party. Who doesn’t love to sweat?

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The Oasis Lives!

Oasis Express in Oregon

Oasis Express in Oregon

The westcoast mobile sauna fleet has a new flagship, the Oasis! Built by Ryan from the crafters collective in Portland, this one is built in an airstream trailer and powered by a wood fired Harvia stove. We’re still waiting for the full details from Ryan, but saunasessions veteran Max Ulis had a chance to sweat it up in the Oasis at Emrg+n+see! His review? Great woodwork, could be hotter. Max is a hardcore sauna pro, though; from other reports on the web, this box is blowing people’s minds as it heats up the west coast this summer. Stay tuned for more photos!c

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Sauna Sessions deep in the Wilderness

Funkoree Sweat 2008

Funkoree Sweat 2008

Last weekend at Funkoree Karlis our sauna master whipped together a sauna sweat usig only a pocket knife, tarps, cedar bows and a propane powered stove.

Many people were deeply heated that night allowing them to jump into the river un-chilled by the cold mountain night air.

“The best thing about a sauna party is you leave more healthy then when you arrived”

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Return of Island Butt

A little mid-week special session to welcome back Prawns to Vancouver after a 2-year leave got really serious. So much tea, chocolate and reefer that we had Woodhead busting his gut all night. We were all really impressed with our cleverness at the time, but maybe it was the moment. Just to give you an idea, Prawns was so high he put lapsang suchong in the tiequanyin pot. At least we hatched some new plans to sweat down at spanish banks, so stay tuned. . .

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Funkoree 2007 Lost on a deserted island

2007-funkoree-deserted-isla.jpgGet lost on a deserted island for a few days.

ghetto, woodhead, ill-esha, steamboat fattie, milton, k-tel, hebegebe, j-coda, major tom, karlis and mc cedar, robbie luv dub, sharpie, pandora springs, micheal red, max ulis, abasi, auben, craig mullin, chili.

visuals by terra belle, technomorph and electrabelle

– yacht rock regalia
– tiki party
– debocci ball
– pirate booty
– stoned badminton
– calypso and soca carnival
– sauna on location

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Saunasessions.ca Live at RIME June 18

The saunasessions.ca all-stars team up again to make RIME sweat. djs ill-esha, woodhead, ghetto and Karlis plus Pandora Springs. Bring a towel the sauna will be hot and parked out back. Not a night to miss!
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Saunasessions.ca Live @ RIME May 28th

tribal bellydancers: Amber and Laura
live band: Pandora Springs
djs: Hebegebe, Woodhead, Ghetto and Steamboat Fatty

Monday May 28TH 2007 @ RIME
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Two Times in the Sauna

So not only did our last evening of sweat at Rime go off but we managed to record some bootlegs for posterity. This is Pandora Springs gold right here.

A reinterpretation of a Woodhead classic:

Rising Heat

So romantic:

I Can’t Sauna Without You

I love this track Pauly slays it on guitar:
Sweathouse

a nice pre last song of the night interlude:
Two Times in the Sauna

I think this one is Darren’s favourite. Dubtastic:

Water on the Rocks

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TONIGHT!! APR9th Saunasessions.ca live at RIME

2007-rime-easter-sauna.gif Tonight!!! Saunasessions.ca LIVE!

Featuring:

Pandora springs(live sauna band)
woodhead
ill-esha + jo mega
ghetto
steamboat fattie
karlis/MCeder

Sauna on Location BYO Towel

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