SoundCloud Update: Rodney Graham – Inventory Mix

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The sixth mix for our SoundCloud has been assembled by the renowned artist Rodney Graham. This eclectic playlist features a plethora of garage, pop, world and psych rarities, as well as a few more well-known songs. It is unlike the other mixes we’ve posted in almost every way, seamlessly blending a selection of disparate sounds that further show how perfectly his choices work together. Just wait until you get to the Olivia Newton-John hit ‘A Little More Love’ – you’ll never want it to stop. 

—Inventory SoundCloud

SoundCloud Update: Patrick Little – Analogue Expressions

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We recently added a fifth mix to our SoundCloud, this one courtesy of Patrick Little from London-based brand and retailer, Several. The eclectic ten-track compilation opens with 'Feel The Melody' by Da Posse & Underground Crew, and takes in Charles Earland, Ahmad Jamal and Michael Shrieve along the way, before ending on classics from Barrington Levy and Soft Machine.

—Inventory SoundCloud
—Several

Inventory SoundCloud: Journeymann Trax – Water Mix

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We recently launched our own SoundCloud page and have since posted two mixes put together in-house by different members of the team. The third edition comes from outside of Inventory, courtesy of Vancouver-based producer Bobby Draino. Created under his Journeymann Trax moniker, the disco-influenced collection is perfectly suited to the height of summer, evoking relaxing beach days and cool dips in the water.

—Inventory SoundCloud
—Journeymann Trax

SoundCloud Spotlight: JIIN – Cult Hymns

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—01. Portrait by Han Dasom.
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Can any music really be new at this point? It seems unlikely on one hand, yet on the other, the climate of the industry, the internet and the accessibility to software today is creating a group of musicians and producers that sound new to me. House, drone, drum and bass, R&B and hip-hop feel more like reference points than categories sometimes, as the blending and blurring of sounds continue to evolve. Spending most of his time in Toronto, JIIN released a 7-track EP entitled Cult Hymns last week, and it's another example of this progression. Of course the idea of mixing genres isn't a recent thing, but the output of an increasingly young and talented generation is really interesting, and if nothing else, they have me excited about music again.

—SoundCloud: JIIN – Cult Hymns

Contemporary Art Gallery presents Nurse

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Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 6R5
Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, 12-6pm

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Nurse describe themselves as "a group of tonal alchemists that intend to create free improvisational music" and this weekend they'll be performing at Vancouver's Contemporary Art Gallery. Over two six-hour peregrinations on Saturday and Sunday, the minimal drone band will be exploring the ebb and flow of their improvised sounds, playing off one-another in a transformative journey of calming reverberation.

—Contemporary Art Gallery
—SoundCloud: Nurse

SoundCloud Spotlight: Compendium

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—01. Intimate Desolation AKA Yung Cashmere Moth.
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Before ever getting into clothing and fashion, music was the first thing I really immersed myself in. It was Michael Jackson and Boyz II Men to start with, but I quickly got into hip hop – a genre I continue to follow closely to this day. In the past few months I've begun to play with other people's music, inspired by new artists from all around the world working together and collaborating in new ways. This evolved into creating a handful of mixes, mostly for myself as an after hours activity. It's been both meditative and revitalizing, as I've enjoyed digging around the internet for new tracks, finding old ones to play alongside them, and discovering artists that I wouldn't have otherwise. Besides that, thinking up the names has become one of my favourite pieces of the puzzle.

—SoundCloud: Compendium

SoundCloud Spotlight: Eric Dingus

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Eric Dingus has become one of my favourite new producers in the last six months. Hailing from Austin, Texas, he's been working regularly with up-and-coming rappers, Jimmy Johnson and Dowrong. His mix for OVO's HAW weekend and a selection of instrumentals can be found on his SoundCloud page, along with his most recent work with Jimmy and a new release: Footage [Mixtape]. He's also produced two other compilations, 512 and Subliminal Innocence, which aren't available on his SoundCloud but are worth tracking down.

—SoundCloud: Eric Dingus

SoundCloud Spotlight: Yimmyayo AUGMENT Series

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I've been spending more time on SoundCloud recently, exploring different things and looking for ideas, and this series from Yimmyayo has me caught up. There are three short AUGMENT mixes so far, each flowing nicely as an individual play, but the group as a whole feels quite evolved and cohesive. The third and latest mix is the most refined, with a unique combination of ethereal instrumentals, R&B and rap, which, for me at least, achieves the perfect balance.

—SoundCloud: Yimmyayo