Digital pirates are sailing the the zeroes and ones, careening past the liminal points of any obstruction, cajoling and controlling corporate and government ships. It's astonishing. It's frightening. It's overwhelming. It's "The Hacker". The work of veteran Canadian music mavericks DJ Fezzbone (Us Not Them) and Dave Clark (Rheostatics, the Woodshed Orchestra) along with surrealist visual artist Gord Way.
Read More"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." Yes, it was the early 1980s, punk had revolutionized music and unleashed countless bands and artists from the underground to the mainstream, well, maybe not all of them... Recorded on acetate, released as cassettes and then forgotten for 40 years... Here are 4 tracks, resurrected from the dead, 2 from SONIC BOOM (a K-W band that made its way to Toronto) and 2 from NOUS SOMMES NOUS (a Toronto band).
Read More3 more tracks resurrected from the dead, NOUS SOMMES NOUS in full stride from their first release in 1984 "Theatre On The Edge Of Silence" and "Is It Accessible" from 1985. On The Inside, The Singing Coin and Red Church still stands as a testament to the times and to the pursuit of the bands artistic endeavours.
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