Every late May/early June I eagerly zip up to Montreal to my favourite music festival – MUTEK! This year Ruckus and I made the trip not only as fans, but as Juno Plus press accredited music journalists. With our laminated all -access passes hanging around our necks close to our hearts, we set out to conquer 4 [...]
My new review for Tiga’s “Gentle Giant” remixes EP is out at Juno. — Tiga’s sophomore album Ciao! already boasts impressive names on writing and production duties with the likes of Soulwax, Gonzales, Beck and James Murphy. The latter co-wrote and produced the sincere original “Gentle Giant”, sounding reminiscent of the Pet Shop Boys or even [...]
Based in New York City (by way of Chile), Nicolas Jaar first started making music at the age of 14 and had his first official releases out on Brooklyn label Wolf + Lamb at the tender age of 17. Now, still only 20, and with a handful of releases under his belt, the young producer [...]
Dave Aju is Marc Barrite, a producer whose music definitely defies categorization. His 2008 album, Open Wide, aptly released on the eclectic French imprint Circus Company, was constructed entirely of his own mouth samples. The album garnered much praise by dance music aficionados, and earned a coveted spot on Resident Advisor’s Top 20 Albums list [...]
Those that know me well know that I’m rooting for the geopolitical underdogs to win the FIFA World Cup (I can’t shed politics, yo! And how thrilling would it be to see a European nation get their asses whooped by a country from the Global South?). So what does soccer have to do with music? [...]
In between obsessing over Toronto G20-related news – you know, when our fair city was turned into a repressive police state in order for the powers that be to stifle opposing voices (if the events piss you off too, join the call for an independent public inquiry) – I managed to sneak in a bit [...]
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