{"title":"Aporia Records","description":"\u003cp\u003eAporia Records\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mellonova-mellonova-ep-cd","title":"Mellonova – Mellonova EP CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8IN0mS5j5g?si=pSL1snwi20W6SRwM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMellonova – Mellonova EP CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith loftier aspirations than your average pop band, and greater dynamics than your average rock quartet, mellonova ride the cusp between dream pop and space rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally formed while living in the UK, mellonova cut their collective teeth playing London's intense club scene before returning to their native Canada in 1998. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aporia Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52046025752868,"sku":null,"price":7.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/img128.jpg?v=1772126636"},{"product_id":"mellonova-slightly-happy-cd","title":"Mellonova – Slightly Happy CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fUmNe0K6c9w?si=0zrLMrZKkSIwcgxY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMellonova – Slightly Happy CD \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe four-piece, consisting of Michael Brennan (vocals and guitar), Matthew Cromarty (guitar), Harley Paul (drums), and Andrew Roberts (bass) are atmospheric, dramatic and at times, cathartic. After two EPs and as many tours of the northeastern United States under their belt, Mellonova return with Slightly Happy (Aporia Records\/No!), their first full-length offering. The album was produced and mixed by Rudy Rempel (Sloan, Weakerthans, Nefarious) at Chemical Sound. Weve only ever done eps so a full-length gave us the space to document the different things we like to do musically, explains Mellonova guitarist Matt Cromarty. Therere heavy bits, pretty bits and instrumental bits. I think thats what we were most excited about doing this record... getting it all down... different feels, different energies. Do not confuse Mellonova with the ever growing pack of shoegaze wannabes. These guys are a solid, sonically charged and psychedelically infused rock outfit that will blow the pants off most would-be challengers. Vendetta Magazine called the disc a dazzling combination of spectacular effects and potent chords that range from blisful to downright explosive. The bands tunes have appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and CityTVs Movie Television, as well as on compilations from US based Archenemy Records (Know your Enemy), Toronto-based Revent Records, and from the international skateboard magazine Slap.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aporia Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52046041809188,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/mellonova.jpg?v=1772127309"},{"product_id":"tamara-williamson-all-those-racing-horses-cd","title":"Tamara Williamson - All Those Racing Horses CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4027674610\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTamara Williamson - All Those Racing Horses CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritish native Tamara Williamson moved to Canada over a decade ago and after working her way through numerous Toronto acts, branched off into a solo career in 1997 with Nightmare on Queen Street, a lofi gem that secured her a prominent role in the Toronto scene, followed by key collaborations with King Cobb Steelie and Do Make Say Think. All Those Racing Horses finds Williamson surpassing the enormous promise of Queen Street and her two subsequent releases, Unconscious Pilot and In the Arms of Ed, her songwriting finally able to catch up and perfectly showcase her tremendous voice. The superficial points of comparison remain easily identifiable as her vocal mannerisms are reminiscent of Beth Orton, though also at times sound eerily similar to Chan Marshall, like on the mesmeric August, Lisa Germano on Houses, Kristin Hersh on The News and even Björk in her haunting background work on The King. Lyrically, it follows far more in the vein of Hershs literary savvy storytelling than Ortons poetic muses. The intimate production, also taken on admirably by Tamara, sets the 13 songs in a uniformly stark and mellow cast, really only picking up tempo for her incredible cover of Karl Wallingers Love Street. Racing Horses is a captivating listen from front to back without any significant nadirs, a lovely winter album from a gifted songwriter clearly able to embrace the seasons introspective and secluding beauty. 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Darker, harder beats, more complex arrangements - a style that, once you know it, is both comforting and addictive... We've heard it called 'epic ambient, slo-house from space', says Christie from his Toronto-based studio. Anyone making or listening to original electronic music knows it's hard to describe. You feel like you've heard it somewhere before, yet you've never heard anything like it. With backgrounds as songwriters first and knob-tweakers second, Madrid eschews the sometimes cold constructs that other niche genres of electronica impose. There's definitely a warmth to our brand of electronic, says Perry. It's easy to get lost in the complexities of working machines. It's a fine line -- although the technology serves as your canvas for expression, you can't lose sight of the human heart. We try to serve up our beats with a hefty portion of passion. Part of that warmth is due in fact to the band's love and strict adherence to using vintage analogue synthesizers. The liner notes of the disc point out that all sounds made with classic analogue machines. And there's good reason for this. The warm, lush sounds of these early synths can transport the listener places that laptops and modern midi equipment can't. The album dips your toes into a gentle sea of soft-arpegios, rolling bass and stoned-immaculate melodies. Sub-sonar beats burble beneath the surface, as tranquil guitar-slides, shimmering crescendos and synthed-out vocals hover at the surface. Within the world of Madrid there lies a type of innocence -- a real sense that time has slowed down. 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They charted on college radio, received some mainstream airplay, and licensed songs to independent films and television, most infamously to Fox for an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Mellonova disbanded in June of 2003, Cromarty and Brennan no longer felt bound by expectations held over from their previous work. Instead, they found themselves free to explore aspects of songwriting that hadn't fit into their old aesthetic and seized the opportunity to move forward and start something completely new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoined by bassist Clay Jones, drummer Todd Knapp and Searaig Hopgood on organ, the new group set off to the UK in 2004 for a two-week tour, road testing the new material to an appreciative crowd and securing a distribution deal with Shellshock in the UK. 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Her impressive musical career has included collaborations with the Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Bob Wiseman and Tamara Williamson, as well as sharing the stage with such luminaries as Angelique Kidjo, The Tea Party, and Jai Uttal, Bhagavan Das.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on her background as a yoga instructor and her musical work with Gabrielle Roth, Is This Home is study of music for body movement, incorporating ambient and percussive elements, looping samples, field recordings, and a strong degree of traditional songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aporia Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52125909319972,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/md.jpg?v=1772732935"},{"product_id":"rebelski-thanks-for-your-thoughts-cd","title":"Rebelski – Thanks For Your Thoughts CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gianF4JETGk?si=5xX66R9QpJiO-45F\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRebelski – Thanks For Your Thoughts CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There was a time when most rock-driven instrumental albums were the blood, sweat and tears of the bands oft overlooked keys man. They were usually long, protracted affairs, offering no small assortment of ideas and time signatures, but very little in the way of actual ‘songs’. And then there was the other side: the Rick Wakeman school of epic – the tower-block concepts, the sprawling orchestra, the cast of thousands – the faintest whiff of overproduction concealing an absence of genuine substance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen came ambient. Then came chill-out. And at last the unobserved keys man was for the first time in history faintly relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoves keyboard player, Martin Rebelski releases his debut, ‘Thanks For Your Thoughts’ this month proving that it really is possible for a characteristically rock artist to pursue a credible career in dance. 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This shift in musical style became almost unavoidable when the band’s lead singer and rhythm guitarist Matt Booi ran into some ne’re-do-wells after a show in Toronto last summer.  The altercation left him with a broken hand that allowed him to still hold a pick but that made playing the piano almost impossible. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a disc that balances the glam of David Bowie with the strut and velour of Jarvis Cocker—an album that is, above all, meant to be heard live.  Roxy Music, The Jesus and Mary Chain and the ghost of Talk Talk all make an appearance in the reverb-laden textures emanating from guitarist Josh Dallman’s amplifier.  It is this attention to mood and atmosphere that is the cornerstone of Stirling’s particular brand of dial-twirling, frequency-taming, pedal-engaging and Bowie-inspired hollering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled out by Jeremy Gontier (bass) and Mike Rivet (drums), Palace was recorded over a period of more than a year. 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Flights of Fancy is an EP of out-takes from the sessions for her delightful 2006 album, Ciné-Magique, which I reviewed here. I don’t generally crib from press releases, but the label’s assessment of these tracks as “a whimsical grouping of misfit songs” is spot on. The disc kicks off with a remix of “So in Love”, a Cole Porter tune Frost covered on the last LP. Here, it’s given a dark and burbling electro-pop makeover. The next track, “I Don’t Need Presents”, is an original, written and recorded with her producer husband, Jose M. Contreras. Ironically, it actually sounds like a ditty from the 1930s, while the Porter tune feels decidedly modern. “Waltz of the Malcontent”, meanwhile, is the off-kilter fairground song one would expect. The EP’s biggest highlight is “Flint and Feather”, which features a guest appearance from Ron Sexsmith(!) on guitar and vocals. 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One of the main attractions of the album, is it’s own varied nature: Many of the album’s tracks like Tightrope (available alongside an article from Exclaim!); Nueva York; The Moon Is Dead; or Song For Gypsy Rose Lee, illustrate a prototypical pop sound, similar to what one might expect from acts such as The French Kicks, The Horror The Horror, or perhaps an unreleased Jets To Brazil b-sides album. No Secret Why displays a definite alt-country bent, which reminded me of acts like the Old 97’s, the Drive-By Truckers, and the Tragically Hip. Ceremony Guns could be an homage to more symphonic art rock acts like Radiohead or Godspeed You Black Emperor! That track in specific blew me away. 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Thinking about the divide between her private existence and life on the road, with all it's attendant excesses, made the latter seem almost otherworldly, a social environment completely detached from her daily routine and yet a very real part of her life. This juxtaposition is the uncanny third space that nurtures the mood, tone and constructive principle behind Other Life. Doctor continues her drumming with The Cliks, recently coming off a solid year and a half of touring in support of their debut album. 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