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Dine Alone Records' Joel Carriere

PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

It all started in a mall. Joel Carriere was working at Sam the Record Man in St. Catharines, ON. Still in his early 20s, the local show pro...

Arthur McArthur

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2015

Located in a nondescript building in Toronto's Moss Park neighbourhood is where you'll find Site Sound Studios. A few years ago, the Weeknd...

Saukrates

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2014

While Toronto recording studio the Post Office is a public facility, veteran producer and hip-hop artist Saukrates notes the space exudes a...

Echo Lake

PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2014

Until recently, Jenn Grant and her husband, award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Ledwell, lived in a small house in Hali...

Shooting Guns

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2014

Many artists favour difficult recording equipment, things that are challenging to interface with, quirky gear that is constantly breaking d...

Rain City Recorders

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2014

A massive wall of framed vinyl greets visitors to Rain City Recorders. Featuring international successes like Japandroids' Celebration Rock...

Adrian X

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2014

When he's not on tour being the musical director for Drake's live shows or flying to Australia on command to play a gig for Kylie Minogue,...

Mares of Thrace's

Thérèse Lanz

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2014

The baritone guitar Thérèse Lanz plays in Calgary, AB-based noise/doom project Mares of Thrace is one of the most distinctive musical instr...