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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

September 9th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Zachary Fairbrother – Zachary Fairbrother 1.0

Zachary Fairbrother
Zachary Fairbrother 1.0
(Numbers Station)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the long tones of Aaron Levin:
With an unruly vocabulary for the avant-garde, the wild long-hair behind Omon Ra / Omon Ra II rips through your consciousness with six streams of free jazz, orchestral minimalism, and prepared minutiae. The unwieldy compositions are performed on-or-by everything (Arp2600, Dalhousie Brass Quintet, Saxophones, mixers, prepared piano, etc.) and mutate wildly in timbre; “Origins”‘ dense, synthetic dark-age scorches a sinusoidal path for the blissfully organic sequences; hear the strangely poppy Brass Quintet devastate “Prisms” and segue into the harrowing minimalia of “Long Tones and Lose Change.” It’s all a sharp reminder that underground reverberations are still produced in the dusty corners of academia. Bsc GRIP.

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Zachary Fairbrother – Origins

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Zachary Fairbrother – Long Tones and Lose Change

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Zachary Fairbrother – Prisms

July 30th, 2010

Music :: Secret Pyramid – Ghosts

Secret Pyramid
Ghosts
(Self Released)
Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds::


From the hidden rhombi of Aaron Levin:
Minimalist journeys through static debris and processed guitar form the blueprint to this Solars side project hailing from Vancouver. The dense new age grooves on Ghosts are a fitting sonar trigger to your mental mars vacation; calming reverberations through cosmic fog, dripping vocals and mystic drones. Listen with three ears… or three hands.

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Secret Pyramid – Permanence

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Secret Pyramid – Ghosts of the Sun / Oceans

June 29th, 2010

Review :: Knit Prism – Orbs

Knit Prism
Orbs
(Gift Tapes)
??, ON
::web/sounds::


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

May 17th, 2010

Review :: Solars – Mist

Solars
Mist
(Prairie Fire)
Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds::


From the misty fire of Aaron Levin:
Winnipeg’s Prairie Fire boldly capture Solars’ dronic embers on this fantastic voyage within the sublime realms of electronic nullism. Delicate, aquatic guitars hover above the pulsing washes of Mist‘s b-side, while “solder + sons” drills deep within our cosmic electrolytes. Stay for the full ride and bring your mind to pure psychic parity. Both tracks were recored live.

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Solars – flagstaff

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Solars – solder + sons

February 19th, 2010

Review :: Bernardino Femminielli – La Montaña del Capricornio

Bernardino Femminielli
La Montaña del Capricornio
(Hobo Cult)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the synthetic moons of Aaron Levin:
Bernardino continues to peel wigs and sublimate minds with his vicarious cosmic voyage through swaths of electroacoustic winds and perilous Ace Tone waters. This time we are lead by a transplanted Odysseus, bravely steering Bernardino’s vast synthesizer vessel through mysterious wires and serene circuitry. La Montaña del Capricornio is a continuation from Las Enamoradas‘ granular synthesia, diving deep into the dilemmic waves of warm ambience and dark druid-age. Hobo Cult cleverly realized Bernardino’s brilliance as a double-sided cassette, focusing your energies on the immaculate details emanating through tape hiss and Dolby warmth, adding comfort to the brooding sounds beneath its alluring orphic cover. A++++++.

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Bernardino Femminielli – La Montaña del Capricornio – Side A

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Bernardino Femminielli – La Montaña del Capricornio – Side B

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