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April 11th, 2012

New Canadiana :: Ollie North – Lindenfels EP

Ollie North - Lindenfels EP
Heady, meditative northern-folk excursions bind Ollie North’s sophomore EP to a deeper, holographic mood. Strange visions extol the steel-picked perturbations as distorted vocals quiver between grooves of acoustic mellow. A strange and welcomed occurrence within the haloed streams of the folk ritual.

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Ollie North – Aurochs II

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Ollie North – Lindenfels

March 23rd, 2012

New Canadiana :: Moonwood – River Ghosts

Moonwood - River Ghosts
Borne on the fever dreams of aquatic explorers, Moonwood journey fringeward through the fourth underworld. Their mesmerizing pursuit of exotic minimalism is peppered with gourd flutes, lap harps and ekatantari to give their forlorn excursions final entry within nature’s infinite drone. Music for water borne disease, indeed. Clear-blue vinyl for the pure of grip.

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Moonwood – Drawing Water From a Poisoned Well

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Moonwood – Six Daemon Medicine Bag

March 22nd, 2012

New Canadiana :: Bataille Solaire – Baal Shamash et Son Char Céleste

Bataille Solaire - Baal Shamash et Son Char Céleste
Asäel Robitaille drifted listeners into an earthbound psych-pop lull on The Lemon Tape, but on this solo expedition he fires up the thrusters into uncharted space. Time-shifting arpeggios and soft comets of synth create a vessel for his sidelong explorations, seamlessly flowing from one zone to the next. Montreal main-stay Félix Morel contributes a perfectly tripped collage for the foldout, part Mati Klarwein and part Barbarella. A+ all around.

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Bataille Solaire – Part One

February 28th, 2012

New Canadiana :: Not The Wind, Not The Flag – Esoteric Cycle

Not The Wind, Not The Flag - Esoteric Cycle
As categorical explorations within our unified consciousness, Not The Wind, Not The Flag encompass the simple liquidity languishing within cultural disharmony. Mellow meditations arise with the conjuring of their euphoric harmonies, and the entangled clamor of strings and kalimba oscillate with sublime frequency between free jazz and private issue new age. A glorious grip of the next age.

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Not The Wind, Not The Flag – 8

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Not The Wind, Not The Flag – 4

February 13th, 2012

New Canadiana :: Matthew A. Wilkinson – sSs EP

Matthew A. Wilkinson - sSs EP
Quick as a cricket, Grand Prairie’s holiest warbler zaps us through the post with his latest enchantment. The sSs EP picks up right where the spellbinding Namers left off, spiraling into black echoes for a series of cinematic miniatures, scraped strings, plucked banjos and touched electronics. The creeping horror culminates in “Cen eTe neR”, a nine-minute scorched earth awakening of cooing kitties and the post-rock dawn of its “secret song.” Discover Alberta.

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Matthew A. Wilkinson – yYy

January 10th, 2012

New Canadiana :: The Transcendental Rodeo – The Magic Garden / Le Jardin Magique

[J-Card Scan] :: The Transcendental Rodeo - Plays and Sings The Magic Garden / Le Jardin Magique
Sounds of chimes, gongs, angelic voices male and female. An unseen hand pulls back a curtain, exposing a room filled with beaded sights and melting lights, incense stenches and the smells of foods fit for gods. The sound’s engaging the movement of all in attendance, who are involved in the humanitarian orchestra of peaceful sound happening right now, for the sacrifice of the burdens put on us. Heightened by the senses, organized folk freedom makes you feel aware of emotions you seemed to have forgotten. Someone hands you some reefer, another points out an acoustic guitar sitting alone with no one to strum it, and before you know it you’re part of a living landscape of tantric Babylonian psychedelic meditation. A warm beating heart of an ensemble led by the skilled Doc Dunn in a cold cage of a city. Feel these babies breathe, Side A from a living room, Side B including an audience. Put down that plastic fork you’re holding, its comfort food will never satisfy you again. Come heal your soul in these pure vibrations.

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The Transcendental Rodeo – Magic (excerpt 01)

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The Transcendental Rodeo – Magic (excerpt 02)

December 15th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Prime Cuts – Prime Cuts Hammond Ri

Hammond Ri - Prime Cuts
The simplest sandwich can be a delicacy in the right hands. So it is with Prime Cuts. Synthesist Nick’s aqueous tones conjure up Mile End Machu Picchus while drummer Riley masters the art of percussion-as-hook, stretching across the sky with single bars of rhythm from your favorite Sub-Saharan freedom fighter cassette. But what really grabs the heart are the chanted Zen laments for undergrad living: “Nothing is working/I wish I were surfing/Lonely in college.”

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Prime Cuts – Lonely in College

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Prime Cuts – ’93 Grand Caravan

October 6th, 2011

Departures :: Lightdreams – Islands in Space

As I begin my journey east I have begun reflecting upon the westward strangers whose lysergic testaments have shaped my own vision. Paul Marcano, with his ode to a future bursting with space colonies and solar winds, is first in mind. Recorded in his secluded studio outside Victoria, BC, Islands in Space is a testament to the forward-thinking creative consciousness existing within the New Age cosmos. Ragged guitar, searing leads, layered vocals, and dense electronics synthesize Islands in Space into one of the great psychedelic canons of the north. As an experience that begs meditation and continuous listening, I challenge readers to take a dive into Paul’s universe. Islands in Space is a pre-cursor to Lightdreams’ tape-only release 10,001 Dreams.

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Lightdreams (clips)

January 20th, 2011

New Canadiana :: No UFO’s – Mind Control

No UFO’s gestating modular reflections continue to mount the impressive fortress of ambient perfection. Radiating from the disturbing lair of Winnipeg’s Dub Ditch Picnic, their latest magnetic phenomenon is a heavy slug of new age perturbations. Phased distortions of aberrant horns cruise into arpeggiated abandon, parting synthetic waters for a new cult of electron. Side two digs deeper into the sub-90s consciousness, grinding our sensors with a heady cut-up of Fingers-esque clurb bangers. Totally and unequivocally rad.

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No UFO’s – CM o3

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No UFO’s – MC o1

December 27th, 2010

New Canadiana :: CFCF – c28

CFCF
c28
(They Live We Sleep)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the popul magic of Jesse Locke:
Bobbing down chopped ‘n’ screwed rapids like a nightbus driver swilling drank, Montreal’s Mike Silver (a.k.a. CFCF) floods ear canals with this limited edition tape dub of The River EP. Tapping into the tropical zones of Popul Vuh’s Fitzcarraldo soundtrack, the scene is set with gleaming pools of synth before drifting into jungle (not Junglist) beats, haunted mansion pianos and hair-curling steam blasts. They Live We Sleep founder Rob Feulner (a.k.a. Video Nasties) also graced the EP standout with a hypnolasagnic clip melding memories from Garfield and Friends™. The burden of dreaminess rests on all involved.

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CFCF – It Was Never Meant To Be This Way

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CFCF -The River

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