Articles by Aaron Levy

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  Woodhands

  Toronto ON June 7 to 9

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

  The first stupendous surprise of the festival, Woodhands closed off the Pop Montreal showcase. The third band in two days I saw use multipl...

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  Bassnectar

  Underground Communication

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Imagine Spank Rock producer/DFA ex-pat Armani XXXchange shirtless, bouncing mindlessly in front of a mirror, spraying Axe in time to chille...

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  Hans Fjellestad

  Snails R Sexy

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Dedicated to late impresario Robert Moog, whose legacy is documented in Hans Fjellestad’s ’04 film Moog, Snails R Sexy, Fjellestad’s latest...

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  Mark Swift

  Ave Mavis

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  From narcoleptic acid-jazz to histrionic glitches to the melodic keyboard arrangements on dissonant synths littering Ave Mavis, there’s har...

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  Tobias Becker/ Various

  Trallafitti

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  Minimal techno used to really annoy me; I didn’t understand it. It took an Adam Beyer mix featuring a plane taking flight — thrusters, land...

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  Gel-Sol

  Unifactor

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  The artwork of Seattle transplant Gel-Sol’s recent album depicts a visualisation of sound in nature. Fittingly, you might describe Unifacto...

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  RA

  WXFDSWXC2

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  For an album on one of Canada’s brightest budding electronic labels, WXFDSWXC2 spends a lot of time rocking out. Granted, Ra (Raoul Sinier)...

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  Various

  A Year of Mule Electronic

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  As a child they called me "Mule Boy” at summer camp, apparently because I was slow like one. Saiko Tsukamoto shows why that shouldn’t be a...