New EP from Jacques Greene is also the first release on his new Vase imprint.
Tim Hoover has dropped the “Co-op” nickname and released a forward-thinking collection of music which straddles the line between DJ mix and instrumental album. Drawing samples and inspiration from a handful of both well-known and obscure tracks, Hoover composed 60 minutes of original music divided into 5 movements which sit together as a cohesive piece. Samples and melodies are introduced and referenced later in the piece, as the tempo, colour and even time signature shifts from track to track. Drawing inspiration from the slow building violin melodies of groups like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, as well as the frenetic chopped drums of Prefuse 73, More Napkins is the perfect “headphone album,” rewarding the listener with new surprises on each listen.
Got a heads up about “CBC E” the other day, looks like “a small cell of CBC-based electronic music insurgents” has some worthwhile plans to keep our national public radio relevant.
Here’s a quote from the Facebook group:
First, let’s just say that nothing is written in stone, so at this point we’re just blue skying what CBC E can become. The project was conceived and created by a small team of CBC producers who’s primary duties lay elsewhere within the corporation. A few of us work at CBC Radio 3 in Vancouver, and some others are scattered throughout the CBC across the country. Resources at this time are scant, so for the next little while we’ll be baby-stepping towards our goals.
For the time being, the CBC E community will mostly live on Facebook, Twitter (https://twitter.com/cbcelectronic), and possibly other social media sites such as YouTube, Soundcloud, and Flickr.
The immediate plan is:
:: Post at least one track per day, (the “Nocturnal Transmission”).
:: Post links as we find them to tracks, videos, news festivals and other bits of content we like.
:: Work to improve the quality, breadth and rotation on the Electronic radio stream. (http://radiostreams.cbc.ca/cbc-w7vcr-128.m3u)
:: Encourage artists to sign up as members to the CBC Radio 3 website and upload their tracks and mixes. This serves a number of purposes, namely to allow us to program their music on the CBC Electronic radio stream and feature it in podcasts and whatnot.The dream:
:: To build a passionate national community around Canadian and select international electronic music.
:: To offer a series of regular electronic podcasts, both track samplings as well as mixes.
:: To create an independent editorial strategy that allows us to post interviews and features on artists, scenes, festivals and anything pertaining to this culture.
:: To build an sizable audience around the radio stream that will justify investment of more time and resources.
This is a step in the right direction, hopefully by spreading awareness and just making generally awesome electronic music, this idea can come to fruition.
Yesterday was some turbulent times:
1) Nate Dogg dies. Not two days after i posted about him (on facebook, not here) he dies. No word yet as to what happened but he suffered two strokes previously. My heart goes out to his fam.
2) Japan. My girlfriend’s in Japan write now. Daily earthquakes. !0,000 presumed dead. Bodies washing up on the shore. Whole towns wiped out. You should make a donation where you can.
3) Tsutomu Katoh dies. One of the founders and chairmen of Korg, who was responsible for gear like to the MS20 to the Kaos Pad lost his battle with cancer. I heard first from Gabe Knox, just as he posted it the above Buzzcocks was playing. Seriously.
With the closing of CKLN comes the end of Mixtape Massacre, the spiritual successor to the Fantastic Voyage & Powermove shows, (helmed by Ron Nelson and DJ X respectively). Since the mid 80’s community radio in Toronto has always played a critical role in the hip hop scene’s development. The fact that these guys kept the tradition going up until now is more than commendable. You can hear their thoughts on the situation at the Grand Groove blog.