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Zaki Ibrahim

When I last caught up with local singer, songwriter and performer Zaki Ibrahim in this column, it was March of 2006 and the buzz around her had begun. She’d just had the eye-­opening experience of performing for the notoriously tough crowd at NYC’s Apollo Theatre and was garnering increasingly large audiences here on home ...

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Sascha Funke

BY Denise Benson

‘When you’re young, you’re discovering the music and don’t quite have the knowledge. Every new record can be the next influence. I would say that from ’96, I found my own real style and taste.”

Erol Alkan

BY Denise Benson

‘There are always people out there, standing in the shadows, thinking, ‘This is bullshit. I know I could do better,’” muses British DJ, remixer and producer Erol Alkan, speaking to me whilst ...

Miguel Migs

BY Denise Benson

Internationally renowned San Francisco–based DJ/producer Miguel Migs knows exactly what motivates him.

Andy Roberts

‘In the early 2000s, a lot of people turned off of house because a lot of it turned into lounge music,” says local DJ, producer, promoter and label owner Andy Roberts.

Duchess Says

At the core, Montreal Moog-rock band Duchess Says are a family affair. Their relationship can be traced directly to the friendship of co-founders Ismaël Tremblay (keyboards, guitar, programming) and Annie-Claude ...

Damian Schwartz

At 24 years old, Spanish electronic music producer Damian Schwartz is the youngest member of Madrid’s Net28 collective of artists and labels. He is also one of techno’s most promising new contributors, ...

Chromeo

‘Sometimes I feel like our shows are the one place where nerdy kids can come hang out and see good-looking girls,” laughs Patrick Gemayel from his home in Montreal.

Justice

Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé could not have seen it coming. The two graphic designers had dabbled in disco and rock bands respectively, but neither had produced electronic music before uniting as Justice ...

Grand Analog

When I met producer, MC and vocalist Odario Williams in the late ’90s, he was a fresh-faced Winnipeg hip-hop head fronting a foursome called Mood Ruff. Williams stood out, not only because the music of Mood Ruff was ...

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