RELEASED SASKATCHEWAN ALBUMS & EPS
WEARELABRATS: CTRL+ALT+DEL WEARELABRATS is a hip-hop group from Saskatoon consisting of two lyricists, AyyeBe and Bluesy B, and one engineer/ beatmaker 9D1 who produces the group’s music in its entirety. The group released its first full-length album in Decem- ber and are making a name for themselves in the Canadian hip-hop scene. “Over 2 years in the making; 11 songs from us to you. In attempts to connect us all in this complex digital age, we took it back to the roots w/ a wide array of boom style beats. Topping it all off with constructive lyrics and a vinyl/digital approach that just made it come alive.” –WEARELABRATS. Recorded at: The HQ, Saskatoon. Produced by: 9D1. More:
www.facebook.com/WEARELABRATS/
ON-POINT DXTR & BENNETT Q: The Glass Mountain The Glass Mountain is an album presented by Coty “On-Point DXTR” Stewart & Benjamin “Bennett Q” Chernoff on Queen City Records. All production, lyrics, and beats on the record come from this hip-hop duo with one feature, Marc Aaron, on “Pergamino.” The artist posts that The Glass Mountain chronicles a “once-in-a-lifetime journey about making your dreams come true. Dance.” A cool fact about the making of this album: the development of the song “10 Ways” was inspired by Star Wars, The Force Awakens. Recorded at: home studio, Regina. Produced by: On-Point DXTR. More: https://soundcloud. com/bennettqofficial/sets/the-glass-mountain-executive-1
MINOR MATTER: self-titled Saskatoon’s Minor Matter started as Jeffrey Popiel’s experimental solo project and has grown to include five multi-instru- mentalists that help bring his carefully crafted originals to life. Stephanie Unverricht, Heather Lake, Skyler Cafferata, Jon Henderson and Jeffrey work to seamlessly fuse classical, folk, country, jazz and psychedelic rock. Their debut full-length is 10 tracks that draw on a well-stocked musical toolbox including everything from the bassoon and clarinet to glockenspiel and ukulele; creating wonderful music rich in texture and tone often described as “orchestral folk”. Recorded at: Workhorse Recording Company, Saskatoon. Produced by: Jeffery Popiel and Troy Denet. More:
http://mm.juniperusmusic.com/
JIM MCKILLOP: Touching Smoke Candle Lake SK’s Jim McKillop is a singer-songwriter with tales steeped in history, the natural world, and personal experi- ence with love, joy, loss, grief, as well as frustrations with modernity. Touching Smoke, Jim’s debut album, is a collection of 12 tunes curated by Jim and an assortment of talented Saskatchewan musicians - Rich McFarlane, Eric Jonasson, Sheldon Corbett, and his brother Cam McKillop, incorporating such instruments as mandolin, dobro, slide guitar, accordion, organ, trumpet, drums, double bass, and more, to create an a folk album rich is instrumentation as well as storytelling. Recorded at: Mosaic Studios, Prince Albert. Produced by: Rich McFarlane and Jim McKillop. More:
www.jimmckillopmusic.ca
DARK UNCONSCIOUS: Dig ‘em Up Dark Unconscious is the bluesy, hard rock project created by Saskatoon’s Jeff Derksen. Joining Jeff for this debut record- ing are Jair Mckinnon (vocals) and Graham Templeman (drums). Jeff wrote the music and lyrics on the album but Jair and Graham definitely put their stamps on the overall sound. From the rhythmic, hard-riffing songs like “Fool’s Lullaby” and “Dig ‘em Up,” to melodic ballads like “Set Me Free,” and the punk rhythms of “I Meant To Say,” there is a wide variety of rock sounds on this album to enjoy. Recorded at: Toneshift Audio, Colonsay. Produced by: Jeff Derksen and Chris Douglas. More:
www.darkunconscious.com
KNEE SOCKS: We Were NOT Told There Would Be Bees Knee Socks are a garage rock trio out Saskatoon. Founded in 2014 by riff-obsessed guitarist Declan Hills and rhythm ma- chine Brayden Grieve, Knee Socks wasted little time in constructing the psych-rock music that became their 2015 self-re- corded basement album “Shoddy Operation.” In 2016, Knee Socks added longtime friend and bass expert Gabriel Ferguson to their lineup and brought their tight interlocking grooves, soaring guitar melodies, and improvisational flair to the studio for this five track EP. Recorded at: TSAR Studios and Workhorse Recording Co., Saskatoon. Produced by: Robbie Hynes and Knee Socks. More:
www.facebook.com/KneeSocksCORP/
RELEASES: Submissions If you’re a Saskatchewan artist with a release that came out in the past 12 months or less, please send us a copy of the album (physical, or digital download), high-resolution album artwork, and an album one-sheet including credits. Your project must be a full-length album, or an EP with at least 4 songs. Your album will be considered for physical and digital issues of The Session, social media promotions, our year-end “Best Saskatchewan Albums” Call 1-800-347-0676 to chat, email
info@saskmusic.org to discuss, or view our submission About Us > Submissions at
www.saskmusic.org.
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