Where I Play

Ohad Benchetrit

Do Make Say Think – Broken Social Scene - Years

PUBLISHED May 23, 2009

Descending the stairs to Ohad Benchetrit's basement studio at his lovely home in Toronto's Cabbagetown, it seems improbable that truly impo...

Jeremy Schmidt

Black Mountain / Sinoia Caves

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

Over the years, Jeremy Schmidt has been called an analog synth wizard, a cosmic voyager and even Vancouver's godfather of contemporary spac...

Steve Dawson's Henhouse

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2009

Steve Dawson's Henhouse doesn't look like much of a music factory from the outside. The Vancouver studio is located in a small, baby blue g...

MOONSTARR

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2009

Although only 32 years old now, breaks enthusiasts would be forgiven for thinking Kevin Moon, who records as Moonstarr, is much older than...

Jean Martin’s Farm

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2008

Former industrial lands are notorious for being colonized by artists. This is particularly true of Montreal, but Toronto has seen its fair...

The Gas Station

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2008

When average nine-to-fivers imagine musicians going ‘into the studio,’ it has all the romance of some grand adventure into the uncharted wi...

Circle Research

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008

After years of assembling fresh beats and funky breaks at their old Astro’s Turf studio in Toronto’s Little Italy, the production/DJ duo kn...

The Hive

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2008

With a term like "musical institution” comes a lot of weight —authority, importance and even a bit of egotism. In the case of the Hive, it’...