Rhymes & Vocals

It's been 3 years since the Toronto-based genre defying music producer has released a project. During that time Pursuit Grooves was building her graphic/product design alias (Mo:delic Arts), and now she's back with a heavy hitting funky yet industrial take on instrumental electronic music that is complex and dynamic in theme. Felt Armour is about finding balance in life. The battle between being strong and being allowed to feel. Appearing to have a tough exterior that is actually soft and even fragile. Not being afraid to have grand ambitions, knowing that there will be obstacles along the way. Learning to embrace the journey and the process, even if it's a battlefield. And ultimately not giving up in the face of adversity.

Felt Armour (out NOW)

Remixes

Mixes and podcasts

From the album "Mo:Delic Island" out June 11th.

This is the soundtrack to a magical place filled with fantastical creatures that radiate joy and hope to all in their presence.

Every living thing gives off electricity.

Mo:delic Island

Hope

Without Me (Pursuit Grooves Low Down Mix) DWNLD

RedBullMusicAcademy Various Assets 2008  
Pursuit Grooves ft legendary Motown guitarist Dennis Coffey.

Renew ft Dennis Coffey

written, produced and performed by Pursuit Grooves

Pursuit Grooves - Cold Runnin (DL)

Available Now!
Digital and Limited Edition Cassette:
http://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/album/modern-day-minerals
What Rules Recordings


Pursuit Grooves - Lustre (Modern Day Minerals)

From my first album "Fun Like Passion"
http://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/

Nasty Gurl  (oldie but goldie)

Production - SlowPitch
Vocals - Pursuit Grooves

Out Now!
From the debut full length 'Dimly Lit Existence' by SlowPich.
BUY IT HERE > slowpitch.bandcamp.com/album/dimly-lit-existence
Digital & Limited Edition Cassette.  
What Rules Recordings


Dimly Lit Existence pulls you into a portal of expressive episodes. 
A saga filled with weightless dreamy dark skies and dank dubby 
rooms of paradise. This mostly instrumental affair evokes mysteries 
wrapped in lush atmospherics and futuristic crackle. 

Orchestrating it all is SlowPitch (Cheldon Paterson) from his central 
post in Toronto, Canada. On this full length debut, SlowPitch displays 
well-crafted electronic rhythms thoroughly sprinkled with his skilled 
avante garde turntablist flair. 

Guest features come by way of Pursuit Grooves rapping over the 
aggressively tasty anthem 'Organic Seed', the silky vocal stylings of 
Shikha on the beautiful and catchy 'Robotic Rein Cells' and 
France-based Linear Bells plays passionate synthesizers on 'Unfolding'. 

Dimly Lit Existence is a musical narrative to be enjoyed from 
beginning to end. [ www.whatrules.net ]


SlowPitch - Organic Seed Ft Pursuit Grooves - (Dimly Lit Existence)

The Music Gallery / Toronto
Church by day / Music venue by night
Extremely tall ceiling / Full wall projections/ Wide acoustics
Dub Atmospherics / Synthesized Cinematics
Close your eyes / Float
Bass Spirituals

Pursuit Grooves live @ The Music Gallery

http://www.factmag.com/2011/07/15/fact-mix-265-pursuit-grooves/
"Grooves’ FACT mix takes the form of an on-the-fly live session, using her SP-505 sampler and several synths to add “additional layers of percussive effects, melodic chords, bass tones and philosophic words of wisdom”. There’s no tracklist supplied, as frankly, there’s too much material layered here to list, but looped and mutated fragments of tracks from Urban Tribe, 2562, Mo Kolours, Chancha via Circuito, Sbtrkt, Cardopusher and more feature."

FACT mix 265: Pursuit Grooves (Bass Therapy)

Mythico by Pursuit Grooves
What Rules Recordings
Available at https://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/album/mythico
10 tracks + 5 original art prints

Jungle Creeps (Mythico) by Pursuit Grooves

from the FOX TROT MANNERISMS album dropping April 5, 2010 on Tectonic (digital) and April 19 Vinyl &amp; CD.

PRESSURE

on the FOX TROT MANNERISMS album dropping April 5, 2010 digital - April 19 vinyl &amp; CD

WHISPER (Tectonic)

from the self-titled "GuSHee" album.
http://www.gusheefly.blogspot.com/

Making Babies

Fourteen. Tracks. Instrumental. Raw. Unmixed. Unmastered. Bump. Nod. Bounce. Sway. Meditate. BEATS. VIBES. FROM THE VAULT. ETERNAL. SP505.
ALL TRACKS MADE IN BROOKLYN circa (2003 - 2009)

Vault Beats Mixtape

Resolutions mix

From "Preparation"

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/preparation-ep/id582158037

Watch Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNZmiGdw1Dg

Let's Do It Winter

Offical Remix. Original track by Altocamet on Dulce Calor.
DL here: http://altocamet.bandcamp.com/track/todo-el-mundo-pursuit-grooves-rmx

Todo El Mundo - Altocamet (Pursuit Grooves rmx)

Sub Meridian - A Psychedelic Adventure through the Open Sea

Sub Meridian (Live set)

My version of an 80s classic! Including some heavy synth bass and a bit of  my beatboxing finesse. Now available for download.

Oh Sheila (Pursuit Grooves remix)

From "Preparation"

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/preparation-ep/id582158037

Shuttle Rockets (DOWNLOAD)

It's been 3 years since the Toronto based genre defying music producer has released a project. During that time Pursuit Grooves (@pgrooves) was building her graphic/product design alias (MO:delic Arts), and now she's back with a heavy hitting funky yet industrial take on instrumental electronic music that is complex and dynamic in theme. Her forthcoming album "Felt Armour" is about finding balance in life. The battle between being strong and being allowed to feel. Appearing to have a tough exterior that is actually soft and even fragile. Not being afraid to have grand ambitions, and knowing that there will be obstacles along the way. Learning to embrace the journey and the process, even if it's a battlefield. And ultimately not giving up in the face of adversity.

Felt Armour

Exclusive Premiere: Pursuit Grooves "Defensive Play" (What Rules Records)

Watch the official video: https://youtu.be/hvnFtuk-JaE

From the Album Felt Armour OUT NOW!
https://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/album/felt-armour
And most digital retailers.

It's been 3 years since the Toronto-based genre defying music producer has released a project. During that time Pursuit Grooves was building her graphic/product design alias (Mo:delic Arts), and now she's back with a heavy hitting funky yet industrial take on instrumental electronic music that is complex and dynamic in theme. Felt Armour is about finding balance in life. The battle between being strong and being allowed to feel. Appearing to have a tough exterior that is actually soft and even fragile. Not being afraid to have grand ambitions, knowing that there will be obstacles along the way. Learning to embrace the journey and the process, even if it's a battlefield. And ultimately not giving up in the face of adversity.

It's not just a feeling, it's a lifestyle.
Mo:delic Arts x Pursuit Grooves = The Felt Armour Collection
https://society6.com/modelicarts/collection/felt-armour

01 Hide And Slick

From the Album Felt Armour OUT NOW!
https://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/album/felt-armour
And most digital retailers.

It's been 3 years since the Toronto-based genre defying music producer has released a project. During that time Pursuit Grooves was building her graphic/product design alias (Mo:delic Arts), and now she's back with a heavy hitting funky yet industrial take on instrumental electronic music that is complex and dynamic in theme. Felt Armour is about finding balance in life. The battle between being strong and being allowed to feel. Appearing to have a tough exterior that is actually soft and even fragile. Not being afraid to have grand ambitions, knowing that there will be obstacles along the way. Learning to embrace the journey and the process, even if it's a battlefield. And ultimately not giving up in the face of adversity.

It's not just a feeling, it's a lifestyle.
Mo:delic Arts x Pursuit Grooves = The Felt Armour Collection
https://society6.com/modelicarts/collection/felt-armour

09 No Surrender

Chest Plate

The Music Gallery and Subtle Blend present:
Emergents IV: Pursuit Grooves + 2nd Son + Naman Cale
Curated by Mario Anzola
Part of the Emergents Series
The Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst
TORONTO
May 5 2018
Recorded by Paul Hodge at the Music Gallery

Live at EMERGENTS IV

What U Believe (DOWNLOAD)

PG is delving into another musical alias.  In August 2012 she's releasing a new "cinematic dub" project under the alias 
91 Fellows on the Californian avant beat/deep house label Deepblak Recordings. (6 tracks + 2 remixes) Vinyl & Digital.

Buy Digital - http://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/
91 Fellows came about as a tribute to her grandfather who passed away last year.  Vanese wanted to explore a side that 
was more emotional, atmospheric, experimenting with percussion sources. Instead of making a podcast/mix, she created "Terrapin Skydome" for the Australian website A Colourful Storm as a 30 minute original live score/composition to a 
fictitious film, practically creating a brand new body of work and offering a sonic opener to her new moniker and future release.

Download here: http://acolourfulstorm.com/post/25841892063/acs014

Buy 91 Fellows Vinyl - http://www.juno.co.uk/products/pursuit-grooves-presents-91-fellows-ep/461649-01/

91 Fellows - Terrapin SkyDome

On Portformat's "Entropy" on Tokyo Dawn Records (OUT NOW)

Cosmic Rays (prod. Portformat)

Superhero theme.
From the album "Preparation"
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/preparation-ep/id582158037

Got the Power (DOWNLOAD)

OUT NOW!

PURSUIT GROOVES
Leaping Desire (EP)
Label: What Rules
Format: Digital (Bandcamp, iTunes, etc)
Listen in Full | Buy It Here - http://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/
Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/leaping-desire-ep/id581390704

Never one to rest, American born music producer and vocalist Pursuit Grooves (Vanese Smith) presents an eclectic mix of electronic tracks for the EP entitled 'Leaping Desire'.  Those familiar with her past releases on UK based Tectonic Recordings (Fox Trot Mannerisms, Frantically Hopeful), recently on California based Deepblak Recordings (91 Fellows) and contributions to compilations on Brownswood, Tokyo Dawn, Listen Up/Art Union and Rush Hour will notice that this release on her own What Rules label highlights exactly what makes Pursuit Grooves so special, her unique ability to float between different tempos all in the name of soul, bass and house while highlighting her sultry voice which is featured on 4 of the 6 songs, albeit in speaking tones and flirtatious whispers.  On this project she is joined on two tracks by Toronto based producer/turntablist SlowPitch who adds his wizardry and amazing attention to detail and also cover design duties. 'Leaping Desire' is truly poetry in motion. Let it soothe and move you all at once. 

TRACKLISTING
1. Fragile
2. Shouldn't Be Here
3. About Time (co prod. SlowPitch)
4. Love Letter in Bloom (prod. SlowPitch)
5. Look Around You
6. Mad Passion

Leaping Desire EP  (TEASER)

OUT NOW!

PURSUIT GROOVES
Leaping Desire (EP)
Label: What Rules
Format: Digital (Bandcamp, iTunes, etc)
Listen in Full | Buy It Here - http://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/leaping-desire-ep/id581390704

Never one to rest, American born music producer and vocalist Pursuit Grooves (Vanese Smith) presents an eclectic mix of electronic tracks for the EP entitled 'Leaping Desire'. Those familiar with her past releases on UK based Tectonic Recordings (Fox Trot Mannerisms, Frantically Hopeful), recently on California based Deepblak Recordings (91 Fellows) and contributions to compilations on Brownswood, Tokyo Dawn, Listen Up/Art Union and Rush Hour will notice that this release on her own What Rules label highlights exactly what makes Pursuit Grooves so special, her unique ability to float between different tempos all in the name of soul, bass and house while highlighting her sultry voice which is featured on 4 of the 6 songs, albeit in speaking tones and flirtatious whispers. On this project she is joined on two tracks by Toronto based producer/turntablist SlowPitch who adds his wizardry and amazing attention to detail and also cover design duties. 'Leaping Desire' is truly poetry in motion. Let it soothe and move you all at once.

TRACKLISTING
1. Fragile
2. Shouldn't Be Here
3. About Time (co prod. SlowPitch)
4. Love Letter in Bloom (prod. SlowPitch)
5. Look Around You
6. Mad Passion

MAD PASSION

Out Now!
https://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/album/bess

Bess is a tribute to Bessie Coleman (1892-1926), the first Black American female pilot, who left for France to obtain her international pilot's license in 1921. She studied with master pilots in Europe and returned to the US as a spectacular performer and air trickster. She traveled to schools and theaters presenting her skills on film footage, encouraging others that regardless of extreme racial and gender bias she had followed her dreams during a time when it seemed impossible.

Mostly instrumental with a few interludes and one vocal track, this is classic Pursuit Grooves, genreless but moving between the electronic realms of experimental bass, R&B and house music.

Bess

The French Connect

Destination Earth

The tracks with the most comments will be available for a free download tomorrow!!!

Available April 2 on pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com . (More sites to follow)

Thus far in 2013 music producer Pursuit Grooves provided official remixes for Planningtorock and The Knife and now she’s delivering “Broadcasting A Sensory Sequence”. Her first full-length affair since Frantically Hopeful on Tectonic Recordings, she delivers 11 tracks of funky synth and bass filled uptempo tunes sitting between 110 and 128 beats per minute. There’s no doubt that Pursuit Grooves is a lover of soulful electronic music as it seems to ooze from her spirit with ease. SubPac reinforced.

Tracklist:
1. Silhouette Circuits
2. Feeling Tactile
3. Great Light Regions
4. Body Healthy
5. Visible Eruptions
6. Late Night Conditioning
7. Distorted Haze
8. Code Nexion
9. Outer Reaches
10. Dearest Nature
11. Vanishing Sky 

Pursuit Grooves - Broadcasting A Sensory Sequence (Album snippets)

from "Broadcasting a Sensory Sequence" available at http://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/  OUT NOW!

Thus far in 2013 music producer Pursuit Grooves provided official remixes for Planningtorock and The Knife and now she’s delivering “Broadcasting A Sensory Sequence”. Her first full-length affair since Frantically Hopeful on Tectonic Recordings, she delivers 11 tracks of funky synth and bass filled uptempo tunes sitting between 110 and 128 beats per minute. There’s no doubt that Pursuit Grooves is a lover of soulful electronic music as it seems to ooze from her spirit with ease. SubPac reinforced.

Tracklist:
1. Silhouette Circuits
2. Feeling Tactile
3. Great Light Regions
4. Body Healthy
5. Visible Eruptions
6. Late Night Conditioning
7. Distorted Haze
8. Code Nexion
9. Outer Reaches
10. Dearest Nature
11. Vanishing Sky 

Broadcasting A Sensory Sequence

Code Nexion

Remixes available to buy 22nd April 2013.

The Knife 'A Tooth For An Eye' (Pursuit Grooves remix)

from "Broadcasting a Sensory Sequence" available at http://pursuitgrooves.bandcamp.com/ OUT NOW!

Thus far in 2013 music producer Pursuit Grooves provided official remixes for Planningtorock and The Knife and now she’s delivering “Broadcasting A Sensory Sequence”. Her first full-length affair since Frantically Hopeful on Tectonic Recordings, she delivers 11 tracks of funky synth and bass filled uptempo tunes sitting between 110 and 128 beats per minute. There’s no doubt that Pursuit Grooves is a lover of soulful electronic music as it seems to ooze from her spirit with ease. SubPac reinforced.

Tracklist:
1. Silhouette Circuits
2. Feeling Tactile
3. Great Light Regions
4. Body Healthy
5. Visible Eruptions
6. Late Night Conditioning
7. Distorted Haze
8. Code Nexion
9. Outer Reaches
10. Dearest Nature
11. Vanishing Sky

http://www.thesubpac.com/

Pursuit Grooves - Late Night Conditioning

Official remix for Planningtorock available at:
http://www.beatport.com/#track/misogyny-drop-dead-pursuit-grooves-remix/4166280 and other digital retailers.

Planningtorock - Misogyny Drop Dead (Pursuit Grooves remix)

Music from Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham, Fantastic Man, Xyla, Eden Burns & more. Plus a guestmix from another compilation artist who goes by the name of Pursuit Grooves. To celebrate her track 'This Concentrated' she delivered a wonderful 50min journey into the music she loves.

Tracklist: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-11th-november-2020

Become an NTS Supporter here: www.nts.live/supporters

Buy Moxie Presents Vol.5 here: https://onloop.bandcamp.com/album/moxie-presents-vol-5

Moxie on NTS Radio w/ Pursuit Grooves: Home Broadcast 28 (11.11.20)

Enjoy the journey... 
Download here: https://dubplate.fm/archive/57-pursuit-grooves-40hz-radio-june-20-13mp3

Pursuit Grooves (DJ Set) - 40hz radio - Dubplate.fm

PRODUCER, DJ, VOCALIST, VISUAL ARTIST

Experimental Electronic Travels through Soul, Bass, House and Hip-Hop.  

LABELS:
What Rules : Tectonic : Deepblak : Sound Warrior : Human Level : Rabid/Brille : Brownswood : Tokyo Dawn : Listen Up/Art Union : Rush Hour : RBMA : Casa Del Puente Discos : All in Your Mind : Hushlamb : DNH : On Loop

All bookings/inquiries : earlikmedia (at) gmail (dot) com

Private download link available for music supervisors.

!Enjoy and thank you!
*(^_^)*

Pursuit Grooves

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