Made In Canada ~ mixed by

* FULL INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-emissive/

Fresh off his recent release on Vancouver staple Pacific Rhythm, Toronto-based artist Emissive (real name Evan Vincent) has been doing bits in his hometown and beyond. His 'Wave Science' EP is a house masterpiece. By virtue of the reel-to-reel used in its production, we hear warm and saturated analogue drums underlying soulful synth stabs and funked basslines, ultimately creating a uniquely hazy cosmic funk feeling throughout the record. In addition to his solo work under the alias Emissive, he is also one half of the house music duo Active Surplus alongside his friend Ian Syrett. It's safe to say, we're huge fans of his work here at BB HQ. 

Aside from his production work, Emissive is also an incredible DJ - hosting a monthly show on n10.as radio as well as performing live sets in and around his beloved hometown of Toronto. A listen through his recorded sets paints a picture of a mature musician, clearly influenced by the early Black American pioneers of house music - we thoroughly recommend you checking those sets out for yourselves too ; )  

We had a great time catching up with Emissive - here's what we chatted about....

INTERVIEW.

MIXED BY/ Emissive

* FULL INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-pascale-project/

For the non-montrealers Pascale Project might just be a producer on their radar, but for those living in this city and involved one way or another with the scene she is this wild, poised and enthusiastic force that simply can not go unnoticed. Whether unleashing 140 bpm rave joints with a punk attitude or crafting her extremely singular brand of lush and enticing house tracks (songs?), she just pushes forward, not second guessing her impulses towards dancefloor ecstasy in all its form.

Teaming up with La Rama -another essential force keeping Montreal dancefloors alive- Pascale is releasing a new EP, “Where’s The Party?”, where she finds herself asserting her will to dance and make you dance more than ever. We asked her a few questions about the new EP and her work. She was nice enough to let us know more about her process and to record a new entry in our Mixed-By series.

MIXED BY/ Pascale Project

* FULL INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-cmd/

Corina MacDonald aka CMD has been busy recently, releasing two EPs in the last few months of 2021; Precarious Pursuit on Bandcamp and Social Factory Reset with the US label Fixed Rhythms. For Montrealers, her voice might be familiar from CKUT radio where she hosts the program Modular Systems every other Sunday. As a producer and DJ, she has performed at editions of MUTEK, Piknic Electronik, Igloofest, and in many of Montreal’s club nights and venues, where she fuses synth-laden aesthetics of acid, techno, electro, and house music. This mix is representative of some of her musical predispositions, setting the more abstract and ambient up against some techno and electro gems, mixing up the old guard and newcomers alike.

Steve Moore - VII [In The Machine Age]
Archivist - Psion (Claudio PRC Remix) [Sure Thing]
Damon Wild - Amber [Infrastructure New York]
HVL - Stereo Rainbow [HVL]
Annie Hall - Verd Mar [CPU]
Pye Corner Audio - Verberation Lab [Ghost Box]
Bézier - 林百貨 [Honey Soundsystem]
Skulptor - Support Systems [Fokus Global]
Teleself - Nervous System [Power Plant]
Lucita Octans - Qlofruo
Sepehr - Darklord [Klakson]
Lok44 - Volta [TRUST]
Force Placement - Millipede [Private Selection]
Francesca - Screwtape [Pleasure Club]
Plastikman - Helikopter [M_nus]
Escaflowne - Tha Neu Blenda
Jeff Mills - Automatic [Purpose Maker]
Nuel - OK Face [Latency]
K. Hand - The Creator [Tresor]
Grammar of Movement - Sad Juno [Lobster UNDR]
Rebecca Goldberg - Mood Organ [Detroit Underground]
Christina Chatfield - Concatenate II [Mysteries of the Deep]

INTERVIEW

MIXED BY/ CMD

* FULL INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-unknown-mobile/

Next up in the BB Mixed By series is multi-faceted producer and DJ Unkown Mobile aka DJ Leaves. A staple within the Canadian scene, and eclectic as ever - just have a listen to some of his releases and you will notice how they vary considerably. From his club stomping EP for Planet Euphorique to the etheral spacey soundscapes found on his Pacific Rhythm LP - the Vancouver native never fails to surprise us with each release, whilst still maintaining his distinctive hazy sound. We are gassed to have had the chance to speak to him, and here is what we chatted about....

MIXED BY/ Unknown Mobile

* FULL INTERVIEW :  http://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-la-rama/

We've already featured Kris in our « mixed by » serie and we're not shying away from featuring him again so much his an important piece of montreal's music community. Kris is one to never shy away from living his passion to the fullest and undertaking multiple projects to bring people together and take them unto unforgetable musical journeys. Starting to build his reputation and getting known in Montreal through the organization of underground events, now Kris is living his passion to a new level with a his latest undertaking: starting his own record store. « La Rama » is a mirror of Kris's taste and personality. Eclectic, down to earth, open to share and experiment and most importantly, open to people. The record store is configured , with its little bistro bar where you can enjoy a cup of coffee before or after digging throughs the stacks of vinyls, for music lovers to stay awhile. If you want to test your latest digs, there's even a space in front with decks where you can test run new acquisitions and experiment the blends and mixes that could generate some chemistry and hypnotize future audiences. Of course, if you need, Kris is there to help and will more than gladly exchange with other melomaniacs about records and the history, personal and general, behind each of them.

We caught up with Kris who was kind enough to give us some time and chat with us and even cook up a little impromtu mix full of goodies from his store.

MIXED BY/ La Rama

FULL INTERVIEW:  http://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-body-meta/ ‎

The duo of Nico Sé and Dimitri have been setting dancefloor ablaze recently with their resident nights at the Casa del Popolo with the Body Meta nights : International discothèque, next Body Meta will be on saturday! Perhaps what makes their partnerships successful is how their two different career paths led them to connect with each other, both sharing a passion for creativity and communicating emotions, feelings and stories to audiences.

Dimitri (Nasrallah) is a writer and editor who gained accolades and international recognition, having won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction for one of his two novels, « Niko ». He is a lecturer at Concordia University in Montreal, teaching creative and essay writing since 2007.He has also worked in the past as a music journalist and critic, giving us a hint into how he took interest in exploring the medium that is music and how he can connect with audiences through music.

Nico Serrus (aka Nico Sé) is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who took up DJ-ing during his time in Europe. Moving to Montreal in 2005, Nico continued on the path he had taken and pursued his studies of music by taking on producing. Now producing under the moniker of Agatha Jasper, he also might give you some insights on how to be a great selector, helping you out at Atom Heart record store in Montreal. In addition to producing and being one half of Body Meta, Nico is also the co-founder of Montreal-based Fur Trade Recordings.

Nico and Dimitri's Body Meta nights showcase musical jewels from all over the world, exploring the rich diversity and spectrum from different music genres that ultimately all makes us dance carelessly. Not afraid to take their audiences on a journey into the unknown and earning their trust in the process , Nico and Dimitri takes us to a different plane with a mix which they kindly provided us, composed of carefully selected tracks. Adding a cherry on top, they accepted to give us some of their time to answer some questions and give us the 4-1-1 on how their project came to be and the intent that drives their performances.

MIXED BY/ Body Meta

FULL INTERVIEW :  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-00am/ 

00:AM! Where do we begin – although, if you’re a Montreal reader, chances are you don’t really need an introduction to this prolific trio – they’re literally everywhere! And damn do they deserve to be, after three years of regularly gracing us with a plethora of crazy, crazy acts from around the globe, invading unassuming Montreal pubs with sound, smoke and lotsa sweat in local-DJs-only Pub Club parties, and, as of last year, combining their cosmopolitan links with their dedication to community in releasing their first V/A record as the 00:AM label – you really can’t fit all their work in one sentence… buy fear not we’ve got an entire interview!

We had a little chat with them not so long ago; the guys reflect on three years of hard work and hard partying together in Montreal, share some personable anecdotes and hot tips, and even clue in on the next V/A release! Enjoy the read whilst listening to their Mixed By, kindly recorded for as whilst on support duties for Galcher Lustwerk at Newspeak Montreal.

MIXED BY/ 00:AM

FULL INTERVIEW : https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-walla-p/

Maybe it’s the never-ending sunshine, maybe it’s the relentless breeze, but there’s just something about sitting in the car on a cool summer evening, listening to seamless funk tunes that makes the whole world come into focus. Feelings like this are hard enough to bottle, but Montreal born-and-bred DJ and curator Walla P has managed to somehow do it with every live event and radio show he hosts. Head honcho at the well-regarded funk staple Voyage Funktastique, Walla P is known for his ongoing love affair with 80’s boogie and funk, and shares fans with similarly minded talents such as DâM-Funk, Onra, and Peanut Butter Wolf.

For today’s MIXED BY, Walla P does not hold back---this sultry and laidback effort weaves rare groove with modern and old-school funk alike. Listen for yourself and be sure to read Walla P’s interview below; just make sure the car’s in park.

MIXED BY / Walla P

* FULL INTERVIEW :  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-echantillons/ ‎

A common passion for the diasporic reverberation of African music and culture is what pushed Huilly Huile and Philippe Néméh-Nombré to start Échantillons on n10.as webradio. Their show highlights current musical waves coming in from the Continent, as well as recontextualising the impacts of the genre’s historical progressions.

For this mix, Huilly Huile pulled some of his favorite African electronic music and aimed at the dancefloor, striking a balance between hype and discovery. It’s a beautiful blend of tracks by musicians and producers he’s befriended in Nairobi, mixed in with afro-edits and lesser known regional classics.

MIXED BY/ Échantillons

* FULL INTERVIEW:  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-silktits/

Our next local MIXED BY/ comes from @Silktits – a DJ, radio-host, and community-organizer who’s been persistently blessing our ville de Montreal, known for her ever-eclectic digs and ability to work any dancefloor.

We had a chat with Silktits prior to her Piknic Electronik show on Sunday June 10th, where she’ll be playing alongside Roberto and Seb Wildblood for the Bolting Bits stage! Listen to her mix and have a read inside.

MIXED BY/ Silktits

* Full Interview :  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-roberto/

Toronto native @just_roberto has recently been quietly making a name for himself. As a veteran DJ in his local scene for the last two decades, he's managed to host and play a multitude of parties, both headlining and supporting some of the world's top talent in the process. Over the last couple of years he's also started to gain traction internationally, specifically on the production front. As one half of Conga Radio with Jex Opolis and also under his solo moniker, he's now released EPs and singles on a selection of labels such as Good Timin', Superior Elevation, No Bad Days and Red Motorbike. His sound can't really be categorized but his output can be both tough and fairly whimsical, but, more often than not it is a combination of the two.

This is someone you should definitely be keeping an eye on, as we have been, and this is why we've invited him to play at our Piknic Electronik stage. Ahead of the event, we've asked him to put an assortment of tunes together for us while also letting us dig a little into his background. Find out more about Roberto and his influences in the interview below.

You can catch Roberto alongside Silktits and Seb Wildblood at our Piknic Electronik stage on June 10th.

MIXED BY/ Roberto

* FULL INTERVIEW :  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-ciel

Our next Mixed By comes from Toronto-based DJ, producer, and community organiser: Ciel. You might recognise the name Ciel via her Discwoman affiliation, or you might have read all about her on Resident Advisor’s Breaking Through. You might have listened to her record released on Shanti Celeste’s Peach Disc last year. You might have heard about her inclusivity and safer spaces work in Toronto through her projects Work In Progress and It’s Not U It’s Me. Or else, you might have simply just seen her name plastered on bills all across Europe and North America non-stop this summer. 

The mix she kindly recorded for us, self-titled “My House Is Prog House”, is an hour or so of pleasantly tuneful yet decisively hard-hitting rave music. It’s an elated flurry of uplifting trancey keys, feel-good euro-dance vocals, shuffley breaks and hard-house basslines, all sandwiched between a dramatically poignant climax at open and close. 

Listen to the mix whilst reading Ciel’s reflection on touring, promoting and producing over the past year… then dance, shed a singular tear doused in pure euphoria, and dance even harder.

MIXED BY/ Ciel

* FULL INTERVIEW :  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-jex-opolis/

Over the past two and a half decades Jex Opolis has found himself in quite a few scenes. Now based in NYC, Jered Stuffco played in bands in Edmonton in the 90s, was a founding member of the Toronto electronic group DVAS in the early 2000s and now finds himself firmly established as one of the top selectors and producers in Brooklyn’s ever expanding landscape of artists.

Along the way he has released countless solo EPs and remixes as well as limited pressings of side projects such as Conga Radio on his label Good Timin’ Records.2018 has seen him move away from his classic balearic style and closer to the club with a new live show and the appropriately named sister label Bad Timin’. While the goal this year was to “flood the club,” it doesn’t mean he still didn’t have his fair share of tasty flea market finds to drop into his mix for us this month. We had a chance to talk about his favorite gear, guilty pleasure tracks and Michael Douglas in our latest Mixed By feature. Check out the interview and mix below.

MIXED BY/ Jex Opolis

* FULL INTERVIEW :  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-dane/

Canada’s electronic music scene is up there with the world’s best and freshest. A steady stream of incoming artists, promoters and fans have boosted its scene to heights many would have thought unachievable only ten years ago. So we were keen to chat to someone in the thick of this progress to get their take on it.

Dane MacDonald, AKA Dane, has had a hand in various corners of the Canadian electronic music industry for quite some time, so we thought he was just the man to help us out. Read our interview with him below.

MIXED BY/ Dane

* INTERVIEW: : https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-eddie-c/ ‎

Eddie C is a throwback of sorts. In a game now dominated by Juno sales hype, social media posturing and producer-come-DJs, the Canadian selector has become a tenured favourite within the deep house arena on the back of his relentless touring, expansive DJ sets and compelling productions. He's a regular, but the heads will affirm that he's not one you'll ever grow tired of.

MIXED BY/ Eddie C

* INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-regularfantasy/

Olivia Meek is a Canadian producer who, perhaps contrary to your preconceived notions, has been steadily releasing music since the beginning of this decade. With her Regularfantasy project, Meek has been dialing in a potent blend of hypnagogic vocal house for years, even if she has only just begun to acquire the kind of wider support and gigging opportunities that, in this industry, are often reserved for each week’s “hot new thing”. 

Though opportunities have indeed seemed to follow her in the wake of 2018’s Sublets and Sunsets, Meek has stayed true to a signature style since at least 2013’s Slow Release—a release born of a time when many now-dormant 100% Silk artists were receiving more acclaim for similarly flavored work. 

Her recent work, like the rest of her catalog, shows a fluidity of approach often present in the work of close friend D. Tiffany, but her singing is what really separates her from her peers—in a “genre” often geared toward texture and vibe, Meek has continued to frequently deploy her voice as the focal point of her idiosyncratic sound. Meek spoke with us about her evolving approach to track-craft, her relationship with VST’s, and the the creative value of rice cakes in a frank, sincere interview featured below.

MIXED BY/ Regularfantasy

* INTERVIEW: boltingbits.com/mixed-by-dan-only/ ‎

Today we have the pleasure of hosting a mix and interview from Canada's own Dan Only. Appearing on our radar back in 2017 with his debut release on New Kanada, he's since blessed us with two further works on Berlin's revered Dirt Crew Recordings. An eclectic artist who makes groovy house tracks one second and fierce electro-infused breaks the other, Dan Only is an artist who's always kept us on our toes. Fresh off the back of the of his similarly multi-faceted 'Fragments' EP on Dirt Crew Recordings, we've had a chat with Danny about his musical past, future and everything in between.

Buy his new EP here: https://tinyurl.com/DIRT119-Shop

MIXED BY/ Dan Only

* INTERVIEW:  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-wolfey/

A pre-party warm up mix for a night out with friends, is how Wolfey describes his and the newest contribution to our Mixed By series. The born and bred Vancouverite kindly answered some questions so you could get to know a little bit the man behind the music. We briefly talk about his journey from a student of Tibetan Buddhism to musician, his upcoming releases and what it's like making music in Vancouver.

MIXED BY/ Wolfey

* FULL INTERVIEW:  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-gabriel-rei/

This new installment of our series introduces you to his roots and enthusiasm for digging. Gabriel Rei’s deep seeded love for House now leads him to have his first records released on the Montreal label Bienvenue Recordings. For Gabriel Rei, music is all about conviviality. We had the pleasure to sit down with him to talk about his upbringing as a producer and dj.

MIXED BY/ Gabriel Rei

* FULL INTERVIEW:  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-jesse-bru/

With massive releases on revered labels such as Egoplanet, Inhale Exhale and Blaq Numbers; Jesse has chosen French label Happiness Therapy for his upcoming album “The Coast” out on December 11th. Courtesy of Jesse Bru, our latest Mixed By is an eclectic array of hard-hitting tracks perfectly suited to cure your rave-less quarantine blues and get you dancing. In addition to his mix, we were lucky enough to get to ask Jesse a few questions about his upcoming album, his musical process and much more!

MIXED BY/ Jesse Bru

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