Pick a Piper - Athens

Pick a Piper - How It Was Before (feat Sophia Alexandra)

First single from my upcoming Pick a Piper EP 'Sea Steps' due out Dec 3rd via Tin Angel.
‘Keep Your Head Up’ features skippy kick drums, woozy synth stabs and pads and a combination of drum machines and live percussion. Chopped up vocals whisk back and forth in the stereo spectrum and fade in and out of the mix entirely as the track progresses. Overall the message is one of encouragement, self worth and appreciation for those around us that lift us up and make our days not just tolerable but worth living.

Pick a Piper - Keep Your Head Up

This track was conceived during a trip to India in 2019.  I was inspired by the rhythms and music around me while simultaneously wanting to try my hand at some bass-music / drum and bass style beats.  I started writing the beat in a hotel room after purposely not listening to any of those genres and trying to re-imagine them through my own lens.  The end result was something that had the speed and intensity of drum and bass, while sounding almost nothing like it.  The track is based on propelling skippy rhythms sprinkled with sparse ethereal melodies and frantic chopped up Turkish percussion.  
“Parakram” is Hindi for courage and aims to inspire purpose and spirit.

Pick a Piper - Parakram

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Lucid In Fjords (Chancha Via Circuito remix)

Pick a Piper is a Toronto-based electronica duo consisting of longtime Caribou touring drummer Brad Weber and vocalist/songwriter Sophia Alexandra. Their music pairs catchy, ethereal vocals with warm synths, upbeat percussion, and a distinctive sense of sound design that feels both grounded and vulnerable.

'Dissonant Hearts' speaks to the heartache of simultaneously wanting to erase someone from your heart because of the pain, while all the while needing their love to continue.

Written by Brad Weber & Sophia Alexandra
Recorded and mixed by Brad Weber
Lyrics by Sophia Alexandra
Mastered by Chad Skinner at Half Moon Audio
Artwork by Dee Etzwiler
Label: Halocline Trance 

Dissonant Hearts [Halocline Trance]

Blockletter is a Hamilton-based producer, DJ, and live PA artist who explores the outer edges of sonic patterns. Unbound by genre, his sounds reach far and wide, from electro and breakbeats, to ambient and minimal.

"When Brad from Pick a Piper reached out to have me remix a song from their forthcoming album, I was immediately drawn to Dissonant Hearts. The drums blew me away, and Sophia’s vocals were captivating. The theme of the cognitive dissonance surrounding grief and heartbreak hit close to home too.

To put my own spin on it, I stripped things back a bit, leaving some of the brighter melodies behind in favour of darker textures. I added some weight with an aggressive kick/bass groove and fractured breakbeats, then finished it off by warping the vocals to give them a touch of otherworldly character."

Dissonant Hearts (blockletter remix) - FREE DL

Pick a Piper is a Toronto-based electronica duo consisting of longtime Caribou touring drummer Brad Weber and vocalist/songwriter Sophia Alexandra. Their music pairs catchy, ethereal vocals with warm synths, upbeat percussion, and a distinctive sense of sound design that feels both grounded and vulnerable.

Their new song “Look Around” fuses driving UK Garage rhythms, warm synths, and an uplifting coda with heartfelt vocals in English and Portuguese. The track peers into the desire for building on shared dreams and pushes for hope and courage to take action, even when fraught with despair. It speaks directly to the dandelion’s symbolism of resilience, hope, and wishes, and the need to overcome adversity and disperse the seeds of change.

The duo’s live show is an intoxicating blend of vibrant physicality and immersive lights and visuals, creating an experience that is both danceable and hypnotic. Pulsing with momentum, vocally driven and haunting, it radiates a charisma that unites the band and audience in cathartic release.

Pick a Piper has toured across Europe, the US, Canada, Guatemala, and Colombia, and has shared the bill with acts such as Bonobo, Gold Panda, Blue Hawaii, Do Make Say Think, Ghetto Kumbe, Rich Aucoin, Braids, and Factory Floor.

Look Around [Halocline Trance]

Best Friends Club is a Mississauga-based producer known for a unique blend of disco-leaning grooves, modern house, and feel-good club energy. With 8+ million streams and playlists in New Music Friday and Outliers to support from artists like Laurent Garnier, Jooris Voorn, Martin Garrix, and Romy (of The XX), Best Friends Club creates a dancefloor that’s welcoming, empowering and always full of surprises.

"Pick a Piper's music has this beautifully melancholic, atmospheric and almost haunting vibe to it but it was the variety of vocal parts in Look Around that made it my first choice. I saw a fun excuse to be a lil freak with chopping and flipping all those vocals to tease the listener before letting them play out more fully in a more spacious, peaceful bridge. The sick tight UKG beats in the original gave me the inspiration to switch things up with a more classic house beat, giving all the homies a fresh new way to experience the awesomeness of Look Around." - Best Friends Club


Look Around (Best Friends Club remix) - FREE DL

An "all builds" remix of the epically beautiful tune "Vertical" by UK dance outfit Vessels.  A nice blend of electronic and manipulated acoustic instrumentation. 

Vessels - Vertical (Pick A Piper remix)

Collaboration between Toronto producers Brad Weber (Pick a Piper) and Totemic. 

Produced by Brad Weber & Doug Penny
Violin by Doug Penny 

Coy Haste & Totemic - austral fog

psyched out turkish grooves from the 70s
(also added some Oh No beats near the end since he sampled lots of turkish jams).

Turkish DJ Mix

First single from Pick a Piper's upcoming record, "Distance", out Feb 24th, 2017 on Tin Angel Records / Abandon Building. (March 3rd in the UK).

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Geographically Opposed (feat Introverted Dancefloor)

Coy Haste - Leda's Potion

Coy Haste - Golden Garuda (rework)

Coy Haste - Fennel

Gasper Lawal - Awon-Ojise-Oluwa
Africa Messengers/Ginger Johnson - Talking Drum
Ernesto Djedje - Golozo
Honoré Avolonto - Na Mi Do Gbé Hué Nu
Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited - Murambadoro
Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex - Tezeta
Mulatu Astatqé - Yègellé Tezeta
Rim Kwaku Obeng and Kasa - Love Me For Real
Manu Dibango - Africa Battle
Le Super Biton De Segou - Sisèni
Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Mother's Love
Seyfu Yohannes - Mela Mela
Wallias Band - Muziqawi Silt
Cymande - Zion
Tony Allen - Hustler
Peter King - African Dialects
Aby Ngana Diop - Dieuleul-Dieuleul
Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela
Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck - Mbeuguel Dafa Nekh

African DJ mix

New Pick a Piper single out now on Tin Angel Records
Features Toronto vocalist Sophia Alexandra

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/1u9OtQ6VAPY

Pick A Piper - Sentience (feat Sophia Alexandra)

Second single off of Pick a Piper's new record 'Sight'. Out Oct 18th via Tin Angel Records.

Artwork by Jason Evans
Written & recorded by Brad Weber
Flute by Rozalind MacPhail

Pick A Piper - Fragments

From Pick a Piper's S/T debut, out now (12"/DIGITAL) on Mint Records.

written by Dan Roberts & Brad Weber
vocals by Dan Roberts

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Cinders and Dust

Banger of a remix by Auckland NZ producer Boycrush!

Pick a Piper - Sentience (Boycrush Remix)

Brad Weber + Sophia Alexandra
@caribouband drummer
co-runs @stereoferment

RBMA New York 2013 participant

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