Articles by I. Khider

Richie Hawtin Are Cueing Up

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

If you thought DJing involved beat matching a couple of records while manipulating pitch and EQ, think again. Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman...

Seth

Portrait of the Young Artist as an Old Man

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Cartoonist Gregory "Seth" Gallant, known for his oft-autobiographical underground comic Palookaville, has released his choicest sketchbook...

Do Make Say Think What Do Makes Say and Think

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Do Make Say Think play the kind of music you might want sound-tracking your life. For starters their cinematic instrumental sound defies th...

Merzbow

Kathedral, Toronto ON — September 20, 2002

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

For those who wished to court deafness via high-pitched abrasive sounds, this bill featured various local noise acts, capped off by the sta...

Scion

Arrange and Process Basic Channel Tracks

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Tresor Records has released a mix of exceptional Basic Channel tracks by Chain Reaction's Scion (Pete Kuschnereit and Rene Lowe), featuring...

Unitus

Cross Contamination

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Opening with heavily distorted guitar followed by drilling breaks, Unitus, aka Daniel Ross, clamours with a powerful, menacing yet adrenali...

Widening Gyre

Les Landes

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

An ambient/down-tempo project that reminds me of the Boards of Canada but tends to a more ambient direction, and though there are rhythms,...

Knurl

Paramecium

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Knurl is Alan Bloor, a noise artist who produces a variety of harsh, extreme textures in sound. Bloor comes for the realm of noise similar...