August 24th, 2010
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Secret Colours
Blackest Blackest
(Brotherhood Cassettes)
Halifax, NS
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From the blackest black of Aaron Levin:
Totally washed-out cultic vibrations beam from every inch of Secret Colours’ magnetic debut. It’s the perfect weirdo basemental projection radiating from the brightest fields of cassette culture; blankets of ethereal synth, tape-warbled choralic vocals, and Tresvant sensitive low-end. From the brilliant mind of Evan Cardwell. Double grip!
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Secret Colours – Bad Vibrations
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Secret Colours – Worst Fear
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Secret Colours – Lightnin’
File under: aaron levin // bad vibrations // divorce records // electronic // halifax // obey convention // pop // psych // washed-out
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: nova scotia | 1 Comment »
August 20th, 2010
From the cosmic slop of Aaron Levin:
If Grimes’ tour CDR (to be officially released via Arbutus on September 30th at Pop Montreal) is any indication, the cosmic-pop deity is transcending into a vocal-cruising eidolon of celestial proportions. Layers of wyspy vocals form the cooling galaxies of Halfaxa while her minimal drums synthesize Enja‘s lingering espers into a club anthem fit for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Or the Mos Eisley Cantina. Either way, Grimes’ future-stream sinusoids are peeling wigs.
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Grimes – devon
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Grimes – wereglid
File under: aaron levin // cosmic // electro // electronic // pop // psych // psychedelic // vocal-pop // weird
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: compact disc :: quebec | 2 Comments »
August 12th, 2010
From the betamax projections of Aaron Levin:
The twenty minutes of damaged troopadelic beats on Parrot Talk will burn through your grey matter and leave a smelting mess of pulsed lazers, stunted drums, and Wagnerian strings. It’s a mire of foot-stimulated addiction; layers of samples folding their intra-rhythms and wooded grooves to create the most danceable video project left of nowhere. The blasted soundtrack joins a burnt mess of digital-soaked colouramas, wonderfully committed to everyone’s favorite 80s hold-over (VHS). Thankfully, for those that lack the pawn-shop ephemera, you can view the audible damage here.
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Doldrums – I’m Homesick Sittin’ Up Here in My Satellite
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Doldrums – Chase the Tear [remix]
File under: aaron levin // beats // electronic // samples // spiral beach // video
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: VHS :: ontario | 1 Comment »
August 9th, 2010
From the vibronic brain of Aaron Levin:
The space-time fluctuations between GOBBLE GOBBLE’s last hermetic flu-gaze sacrifice has eclipsed the infinitely-many quantum mechanical predictions. The 8-bit pop peculiarity has transcended into a neo-audible movement of Masonic proportions. On top of a dazzling live show, main songwriter Cecil Frena’s ability to funnel radio-pop insanity through a gnarled nozzle of chromatic-pop has aggrandized; jarring cut-ups, blasted synth workouts, and the crunchiest pop-riddums you’ve ever heard. A♥♥♥♥♥♥
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GOBBLE GOBBLE – Lawn Knives
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GOBBLE GOBBLE – End of Days
File under: 8-bit pop // aaron levin // electronic // pop // royal rhino flying records
Categoria!! 7" :: New Canadiana :: alberta | No Comments »
August 4th, 2010
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Flash Palace
Some Misinterpreted Sunsets
(Mayan Chorus)
Vancouver, BC
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From the flashing teenage fantasies of Aaron Levin:
Brilliant genre-pollination from this out-of-left-field Vancouver quartet. Their highly visceral pressure waves ooze a strange hybridized pop-psych with flashes of electro digitalia and sampledelic cut-ups. The blotted magnetic threads of Flash Palace’s debut tape are filled with this phenomenal pilgrimage into pomo-pop principalia and has me excited beyond most hyperbolic means. A voyeuristic adventure into a genre-less future. GRIP÷0.
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Flash Palace – Slow Beams
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Flash Palace – Sasa
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Flash Palace – Seventy Lives
File under: aaron levin // electro // electronic // lo-fi // mayan chorus // pop // pop-psych // psych
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: british columbia :: cassette | 1 Comment »
June 30th, 2010
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
File under: dance // electronic // experimental // jesse locke // leslie predy // loop // moroder // weird
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: compact disc :: ontario | 3 Comments »
June 29th, 2010
From the catalyzed expressions of Aaron Levin:
Soft Coast is a drum machine-laced krautno adventure catalyzed by morbid visions of a future techno. Lurking minor-key experimentalia draggle the distorted grooves and subtle Much Dance vibes while cosmic drones pace the whole adventure. Grip now or regret missing the disjointed journey through Vancouver’s avant-Mise en scène. Conjured by the wyrd mind of Konrad Jandavs.
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No UFO’s – Evidence / Century Park
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No UFO’s – untitled II
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No UFO’s – 00/00/2010
File under: aaron levin // electronic // experimental // kraut // kraut rock // nice up int'l // weird
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: british columbia :: cassette | 3 Comments »
June 29th, 2010
From the Orbic Wyzydry of Aaron Levin:
Mysterious nuances permeate Knit Prisms’ journey into the new age as Orbs transcends the tranquil wizardry of sonambience. It’s a gravitational lure of patient addiction dragging you to the most ambient conclusion; spectral chromes of lysergic waves slowly shifting terra’s organic aural symmetries. Hand-numbered edition of 100 cassettes from this prestigious American label.
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Knit Prism – Streams/Middle Coast/Pan
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Knit Prism – Wayward/East
File under: aaron levin // ambient // electronic // experimental // gift tapes // new age
Categoria!! Format :: cassette :: ontario | No Comments »
June 25th, 2010
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Parallel Pyres
Parallel Pyres
(Self Released)
Montreal, QC
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From the fast-build of Aaron Levin:
Another Montreal-Beijing connection reigns supreme here at Weird Canada HQ. Parallel Pyres’ self-titled debut is a looping pop fantasy of eccentric panoramas. Busted Casio drums slowly build into a brilliant hooked-filled chaos of repetition that shines through the churning fidelity. The wide palette of pop simplicity will grant heavy doses of play in both sweat dripping basements and Casino lobbies. There is a Hobo Cult connection and it makes a lot of sense.
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Parallel Pyres – Homebodies
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Parallel Pyres – Swimming
File under: aaron levin // beijing // electronic // hobo cult records // looping // sampling
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: compact disc :: quebec | 2 Comments »
June 18th, 2010
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
File under: aaron levin // arbutus records // braids // dance // electronic // mellow // summer
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: quebec | 2 Comments »
