Articles by Jerry Pratt

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  Martin Tétreault and Kid Koala

  Phon-O-Victo

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  Phono-Victo documents Kid Koala and Martin Tetreault’s 2005 Victoriaville festival performance. It’s a rare collaboration that’s a dead on...

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  Wax Poetic

  Istanbul

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  Istanbul by Wax Poetic begins as a billowy, languid soundscape awash in spectral Arabic whisperings, sampled radio noise and Turkish instru...

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  Duane Pitre / Pilotram Ensemble

  Organized Pitches Occurring in Time

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2007

  On Duane Pitre’s new release, the experimental guitarist taps into classic minimalist music. His compositions "The Ensemble Chord in Eb wit...

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  Various

  Now We Are Ten

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2007

  Since 1995, music archivist Jonny Trunk has been releasing alt-folk, lounge music oddities, B-grade and obscure film soundtracks, out-of-pr...

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  Various

  The Fruit of The Original Sin: A Collection Of After Hours Preoccupations

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2007

  By the time The Fruit of the Original Sin was released in 1981, the late ’70s explosion of underground music and spoken word in London and...

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  Jeri Brown

  New Wonderland — The Best of Jeri Brown

  PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2007

  This solid 13-track collection picks definitive cuts from every phase of the Montreal-based jazz singer’s nine-album career. "No Moon At Al...

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  The National Parcs

  Timbervision

  PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2007

  The National Parcs, formerly known as Freeworm, drop a concept album centred on environmentally friendly themes. This could be an unwieldy...

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  The Strato Ensemble

  Drawn Straws

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2007

  On the Strato Ensemble’s recent Drawn Straws, the L.A.-based jazz ensemble open the disc by veering into ’70s jazz-fusion excess. And while...