Articles by Denise Benson

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  Herbert/Various

  Secondhand Sounds

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  Matthew Herbert strikes again, and in all the right places. Few contemporary producers have been able to carve such a distinctive sound whi...

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  Tosca

  Different Tastes of Honey

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  It takes balls, ego, or owning your own label to release over an hour's worth of single-song remixes. Make that all of the above for Tosca,...

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  Chameleonic

  Segments

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  Ottawa's Chris Macintyre (aka Chameleonic) knows how to craft strong songs. In fact, he has an incredible sense of himself as a producer, p...

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  Joseph Malik

  Diverse

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  Soul music comes in many guises. Scottish singer-songwriter and vocalist Joseph Malik understands this deeply. He lives it in fact, offerin...

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  Remy Shand

  The Way I Feel

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  A new soul voice has emerged. Twenty-three-year-old Winnipeg native Remy Shand was all the buzz at this year's Canadian Music Week, his cla...

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  Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

  Afro Soul Explosion

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  Fela Anikulapo Ransome Kuti. Very few have inspired so many with their music, words, struggles, and beliefs as this great, sorely missed Ni...

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  Blue Six

  Beautiful Tomorrow

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  New York City's Jay Denes understands that house music is meant to stimulate the soul as well as move the body. Under his Blue Six solo gui...

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  Vikter Duplaix/Various

  DJ Kicks

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  Adding to the vision demonstrated in artists selected to contribute to the DJ Kicks series, the K7 folks have chosen well with Philadelphia...