Articles by Kevin Hainey

Rake-Star

Some Ra

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

The Ottawa avant-jazz trio Rake culled together a 16-piece big band, complete with a dancer, to pay tribute to Sun Ra and his Arkestra in a...

Stephane Roy

Migrations

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

One of Canada’s leaders in innovative compositional music, Stephane Roy’s blend of musique concrete and electro-acoustic composition is as...

Toychestra and Fred Frith

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

The six young women who make up Toychestra must really know how to have fun. Spinning their sounds from toys and toy instruments (such as t...

James T. Cotton

The Dancing Box

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

Ghostly International has been pushing hard, dope beats since its launch in 1999, and its more experimental sub-label, Spectral Sounds, is...

Konk

The Sound of Konk

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

One could describe the sound of Konk as being pretty similar to the sound of a roomful of people partying down and shaking their rumps. Bor...

Tiesto

Just Be

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

Tiesto has earned his title of "biggest DJ in the world” by assuming the position of the Tony Robbins of trance. You couldn’t find dance mu...

Trans Am

Liberation

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

It had to happen some day. Washington, DC’s electro-tinged post-punk darlings have really dropped the mirrored ball on Liberation, their ei...

Two Lone Swordsmen

From the Double Gone Chapel

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

What happens when this internationally revered DJ duo unplug their turntables and get behind live bass and drums? Not a whole hell of a lot...