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Album Review: Orbital Ensemble – ‘Contínua’: A daring fusion of rock, jazz and nu-samba which expands convention.

If last year’s Orbital Ensemble debut was the prelude to the collective’s live-incarnation then ‘Contínua’, its follow up, is very much the main event. It’s an explosive, full bodied realisation…

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News: Gianni Ferraro Releases New Single ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’

Gianni Ferraro releases his new single ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ as the launch point for a larger monthly release strategy that will unfold throughout 2026. The track, which runs 2:53, introduces…

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News: TRAITRS Shine On Fourth Studio Album ‘Possessor’

Nearly four years after the stark, brooding release of Horses In The Abattoir, Toronto coldwave duo TRAITRS have returned with their fourth album, Possessor. Forged in the isolating depths of a Toronto winter, Possessor finds band…

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Album Review: Dun-Dun Band -‘Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf’: Minimal riff magic and warmly woven improv melodies from this exceptional ten-piece.

Dun-Dun Band are a ten-piece ensemble from Toronto assembled by eclectic sound-maker and guitarist Craig Dunsmuir. An associate of the long song maestro Sandro Perri, check the Off World and…

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Premiere: Mappe Of conjures intimate beauty on ‘Honeyhaze’

It’s been a good while since Tom Meikle’s been around, so two singles as Mappe Of in the span of three months would seem to indicate there’s more from him…

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Track/Video: Electronic collagists Off World announce final album ‘3’ with ‘Impulse Controller’, a down-tempo improv essential.

Despite being a left-field national treasure in the Canadian contemporary scene, guitarist and producer Sandro Perri goes about things with a steady grace. An active musician for over two decades…

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Track: Taking post-rock further – New Age Doom & Tuvaband preview new album ‘There Is No End’ with the climactic title track.

Now here’s some news from the consistently beneficial We Are Busy Bodies to lighten up the post summer gloom. The Toronto label will be releasing the new album ‘There Is…

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Track/Video : Ambient explorer Kilometre Club announces new album ‘How To Unravel’ with exquisite preview ‘Moving Mountains’.

Those sonic excavators from Toronto We Are Busy Bodies have been re-charging the electronic side of their eclectic catalogue this year with a string of impressive releases. Rich AuCoin’s ‘Synthetic…

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Premiere: Zoon celebrate new album’s release with video for ‘Dodem’

You may remember we covered a couple of singles from Andrew McLeod, whose new album as Sunnsetter was released at the end of last month – if you were into…

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Album Review: Night Plow/Night Plow : a pulsating electronic offering, beat driven and sonically fresh.

Some things are just meant to happen. For proof just plug into the highly charged self-titled debut from Night Plow, available now from the venerable We Are Busy Bodies. It’s…

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