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August 3rd, 2011

New Canadiana :: MYTHS – MYTHS

From the orthodox perturbations of Aaron Levin:
While patrons of Wyrd II recovered from the incipient haze of coupled diffraction, MYTHS continued to shatter clusters of electro canon with their twin bellows of choralic thunder. Their dense pulses of vocal quanta wrap a quantized drum militia into piercing sinusoids of vibronic hollarama. The resulting hysteria will churn through crinked necks as fiending grippers clutch the delicately packaged disc within the myst of their hypnotic dance.

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MYTHS – Goldbase

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MYTHS – Deadlights

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July 28th, 2011

Departures :: Bernard Bonnier – Casse-Tête Musique Concrète

  • Bernard Bonnier
  • Casse-Tête Musique Concrète
  • (Amaryllis)
  • Quebec City, QC
  • Originally Released: 1984
From the Italian junk food of Aaron Levin:
After studying with musique concrète demigod Pierre Henry, Bernard booked it to Quebec City and brewed his incredibly forward-scheming proto-dance collage. Casse-Tête, literally translating to “Head-Breaker”, is a puzzling exploration of break-beat montage. Bernard scaffolds the boundaries of rhythmic sensation and pounds through scraps of sinusoidal decay, beating societies remnant audio into a violent drum-laden melee of modern-dance predication. No less revolutionary than the acid-house visions of Charanjut Singh, Bernard’s genius resides in pushing these limits from the forgotten snippets of sound permeating our everyday ether. Originals are tough; thankfully reissues exist. Canon grip.

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Bernard Bonnier – «I Can’t Sing…»

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Bernard Bonnier – La grinçant Mr. smile

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July 21st, 2011

New Canadiana :: Young Truck // Man Made Hill – Work Stress // Disco Prison

From the disco stressin’ of Aaron Levin:
Two sides of basemental groove thread Pleasence Records‘ latest three-three-one-three oblation. Young Truck assaults with vibronic angular disco, littering their rhythmic chaos with atonal shreddery and mystic digitalis. On the flip, wigs get a second pealing after dual doses of Man Made Hill’s tweaked bone. Hypothetical damage and degenerate groove spring Disco Prison into an ultraverse of mutant Prince and casio-Konrad. Heavy grippage.

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Young Truck – Brown Bag

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Man Made Hill – Hard Breeze (Is Gonna Blow)

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Young Truck – Mouth Pain

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Man Made Hill – Serve Them Virgins

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July 20th, 2011

New Canadiana :: BASKETBALL – Maw

From the falsetto hollerama of Aaron Levin:
Drifting outside the eternal ether, BASKETBALL absorb the consecrated reverberations continuously emanating from Gaea. Freebasing terra’s creative energies, Maw‘s resulting rhythmic reflection is a discultured bass breeder wet with lysergic sinusoids and falsetto hollerama. Dualic drummery and violent synth channel their creative vibrations earthward, subjecting us to a mirrored narrative thick with resplendent harmony. Go buck and grip their infinite drum dance to the motherland.

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BASKETBALL – Suspiros

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BASKETBALL – Andika

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June 2nd, 2011

New Canadiana :: Man Made Hill – Future Florists

From the hermetic delusion of Aaron Levin:
On the brink of a sexual explosion, Man Made Hill’s warbled army of synthetic bone tweak the subconscious with unmitigated groove. Only Toronto could provoke such a paramount of reductive funk bursting with subterrestrial bass and xenomorphic rhythm, paving the way for incumbent beings of radiant grind. Brought to you in finely compacted form by Inyrdisk. Ultragrip.

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Man Made Hill – Sage

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Man Made Hill – Tape Vacation

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Man Made Hill – Maximum Defeat

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November 16th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Rich Aucoin – Public Publication

Rich Aucoin
Public Publication
(Sonic Records)
Halifax, NS
::web/sounds::


From the glittering chaos of Aaron Levin:
What starts out like a cosmic tiki lounge briskly lunges into a heady array of dance-floor filling funky white-man soul. Rich Aucoin’s effortlessly catchy waves of rad will caress your shoulders and ease you into any evening mood, so chant along to the smooth gang vocals and silky strings while they hang in the vibrant air. But do this for real, as the sound is really something you need to experience; the Rich Aucoin live show is an unparalleled journey into the furthest reaches of his self-proclaimed fun-core. All it takes is one grip.

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Rich Aucoin – Brian Wilson is A.L.i.V.E.

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Rich Aucoin – PUSH

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November 11th, 2010

Everything Irrelevant :: Holzkopf Tour Diary

Holzkopf Tour Diary
Wherein Texture Magazine follows the journeys of Jake Hardy
::web/sounds::


From the private eyes of Aaron Levin:
If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, the ongoing Holzkopf Tour Diary is being posted weekly on Texture Magazine. Vancouver’s Holzkopf is a wildly imaginative exploration in the dance scene of the heaviest order. Having seen his life performance several times, I can only imagine what streams of energies he will cross during his European jaunt.

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June 30th, 2010

Review :: Doom Tickler // Spectral Forum – Teen Steam

Doom Tickler // Spectral Forum
Teen Steam
(Self Released)
Toronto, ON
::web/sounds:: // ::web/sounds::


From the teen steamings of Jesse Locke:
Inside its shiny wrapping paper and tiny Ziploc bag, this split cassette from two of Toronto’s weirdest offers a veritable smorgasbord of smeared sonic exploration. Side A finds Doom Tickler phreeking the beat with goosepimply processed vocals pitched somewhere between Black Dice, black metal and Sméagol. Of their four songs, “School Jungle Mud Pool” is the standout, with its demon-possessed singsong melody, squelching synths and jackhammer rhythms resulting in the most hellish Acid House since Love’s Secret Domain. Spectral Forum, meanwhile, jam-pack the flip with 10 wildly varying selections. From the watery miasma of “Mystic Pointe Mississauga” to the spacey grooves of “Corpse Made of Lint”, dubby ice- cream truck ditty “Heavy Metal Homeroom” and upbeat Moroder-nodding finale “Here 2 Eternity,” it’s all too easy to get lost in the steam.

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Spectral Forum – Here 2 Eternity

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Doom Tickler – School Jungle Mud Pool

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Spectral Forum – Mystic Pointe Mississauga

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June 18th, 2010

Review :: Blue Hawaii – Blooming Summer

Blue Hawaii
Blooming Summer
(Arbutus Records)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the summery low-life of Aaron Levin:
Arbutus Records is at the centre of a monstrous pop vortex. Sean Nicholas Savage, Silly Kissers, Braids, Pop Winds, Grimes, and now Montreal’s Blue Hawaii showcase the breadth of avant-pop nuances circulating in their sphere of electromagnetic influence. Every burnout needs a soundtrack to escape the sun; a reason to ride the swashes of summery circuitry and gluey harmonies that crest upon Blooming Summer‘s self-referential manifesto. With Blooming Summer they will reach a chromatic zenith and swim in a stew of summer evenings and midnight exotica. So can you. GRIP.

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Blue Hawaii – Blue Gowns

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Blue Hawaii – Dream Electrixra

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April 19th, 2010

Review :: COSMETICS – Soft Skin b/w Black Leather Gloves

COSMETICS
Soft Skin b/w Black Leather Gloves
(Captured Tracks)
Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds::


From the chromatic waves of Aaron Levin:
Peril loiters around their underground vision, embracing our maligned audience with unprecedented density. Step sequencers set the pace, with a brooding, low-end urgency driving COSMETICS’ minimal masquerade. Soft Skin pulses like a beacon within some distorted gothic crepuscule; leather, skin, and twilight transmute into anthems of superficial warrants and synthetic indulgence while traces of italo disco and minimal synth dance beneath Aja’s reverberated whispers. Possibly the sexiest underground synth record I’ve heard.

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COSMETICS – Soft Skin

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