Jesse Ship

BlogTO • 14th February 2023

A brief history of the Mod Club Theatre

What some may have forgotten is that the Mod Club, the brain child of Mark Holmes aka DJ MRK, of Can-Rock band Platinum Blonde, actually began as a weekly Wednesday club night at the College St. haunt, Lava Lounge. Also featured as a source on the Mod Club's wiki page. Just sayin.... ;)

Aux Magazine • 17th January 2020

Global Party Infographic | Aux Magazine x Bud Light x Sensations

A little chunk of electronic music history prepared for Bud Light Sensations.

Vice Thump • 26th August 2014

Tesla Boy Gets a Trip to the Funk Side of the Moon Thanks to Cosmonaut Grechko

Tesla Boy is a Russian synth-pop group that leans heavily on '80s trappings from Echo and The Bunny Men to Prince, but that doesn't mean they can't create tunes that lend themselves exceptionally to house music too.

Huffington Post • 19th January 2020

Massive Attack Producer On His 'Halo 4' Soundtrack

In a world where video games and legendary music producers collide.

Metro • 17th January 2020

Mutek Brings the Best of Techno to Montreal

Not every story in the Metro ran nationally. This one did. #RIPMetro

Format Magazine Urban Art Fashion • 3rd April 2020

Sebastien Tellier Q&A

Sebastien Teller. French? Yes. Hedonist? Yes. Sexual deity? No. Against all assumptions we are wrong about this man. To truly understand the his latest work of art, it is perhaps best absorbed proceding a period of heavy consumption, enwrapped in your new-found lovers arms, in a hammock, at 6am.

Vice Thump • 31st July 2014

IMPRINTS: Multi Culti

Multi Culti is a celebration of psychedelic, world music-influenced artists and songs without the intellectualization of where and when a particular sampled beat is coming from.

Vice Thump • 24th April 2014

An Interview with Flim, the First Man in Thai-French-Toronto Techno

I first met Flim, the dreadlocked Thai man, when he was living in a converted commercial Laundromat turned hippie-raver DIY space. The crew was famous for trucking their converted bio-diesel party wagon across the country and throwing parties wherever they could hunker down and collect kitchen trap grease.

Exclaim • 19th January 2020

The Bug: Infected - Album Review

Just in case you have yet to be bitten by the Bug, Kevin Martin goes for the jugular, making sure you stay sick with his super-heavy dub madness.

Apple Music • 14th October 2021

Apple Music | Playlist Copywriting

From Trip Hop to Christian Rock, no stone was left unturned.

Vice Thump • 26th June 2014

Clarian, On the Road to Musical Recovery

Montreal's Clarian has been shimmying his way up the cosmic musical totem pole of life.

Scion Magazine • 3rd February 2020

Audiology

Ever wonder why music always sounds way better in your car? I spoke with DJ Kid Koala and a few audio engineers to get the answer.

Vice Thump • 2nd October 2014

Tim Hecker Taps Into The Khora Wave

Self-described “sound painter” Tim Hecker says he moves sound like it’s a “plastic medium”. The highly ranked ambient/noise demon, composer of ...

blogTO • 19th January 2020

Bloody Beet Roots break the speakers at the Phoenix

If you were looking for vitamin rich vegetables at the Phoenix when the Bloody Beet Roots rolled through town, then you had come to the wrong place.

AOL Spinner • 8th December 2009

Interview with Mixhell drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera & producer Laima Leyton

Originally published on AOL Spinner, now featured on the label's blog. Once you go metal, can you go back? If you are Igor “Iggor” Cavalera, former drummer (and founding member) of Brazillian death metal band Sepultura, then the answer is an obvious yes. Him and his wife/producer Laima Leyton have gone on to form Mixhell, merging dirty electro sounds with Iggor’s ferocious live drumming. The group has become quite popular among the French House/Justice clique but they’re no fad. They’ve banged out a number of syncopation heavy remixes for the likes of NASA, The Fai

Spinner • 20th January 2020

James Franco and Drag Queen Art Star Kalup Linzy 'Turn It Up' on Dance-y Debut

Huffington Post • 20th January 2020

'The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses': Game Music Goes From 8-Bit Chip to 66-Piece Orchestra

blogTO • 19th January 2020

New book documents Toronto's 'Jungle Scene in the 90s

Summer 1998 was a time in Toronto's history when our town was a mecca on the North American party map.

Exclaim • 19th January 2020

Tricky: Mixed Race - Album Review

Tricky's, like his previous, features a, well, mixed bag of current sounds and collaborators, in support of the once top rude boy of British trip-hop.

Exclaim • 19th January 2020

Tricky - Artist Interview

Sometimes when you meet your idols, they're like nothing you expected.