Colorlist, The Riderless, Figure&Ground

Colorlist

http://www.colorlist.net
http://myspace.com/colorlist
http://myspace.com/offlabel

"Colorlist's debut album, though in many ways audibly the product of a sonic history involving groups like Tortoise and the Sea and Cake and its many affiliates (not a total surprise that there's a guest from Isotope 217 on here), makes for one of the finer efforts in that vein in a long while, thanks to the core band's ear for beautiful, structured arrangements and moody atmospherics.  The air of careful, beautiful delicacy that informs the entire album has some astonishing high points..." - AllMusic.com  3/08 

The Riderless

http://www.theriderless.com
http://myspace.com/riderless

"This London, Ontario post-rock sextet have had a busy existence since they first formed, only three years ago. During this time they’ve managed to release a whopping six releases, each chock full of their articulately improvised instrumental post-rock tapestries. Soft acoustic passages, from which the band’s musical roots sprang, now mark out peaceful breathing space between the sleepy, delicate yet often quite intense post-rock grooves the Riderless so gallantly trot these days. Their label, Kinghaxi, has also expanded over the years, having set out to release efforts from other London experimental bands, like Oblq and Figure & Ground. Fans of Do Make Say Think and even dreamier post-rock stuff like A Northern Chorus will probably dig the Riderless for their often swirling, hypnotic arrangements and deep emotional threads. In essence, they are a band that’s both challenging themselves (by constantly swaggering ahead into new grounds of sound) and supporting their local scene. How could your heart not warm to that? (Kinghaxi)" - Exclaim! Aug/08 (review by Kevin Hainey )

Figure & Ground 

"Figure&Ground are a duo of mashup, glitch-hop, scratch and broken beat artists who specialize in the art of musical metamorphisis. No bullshit, they graft the skin of older recordings onto the body of contemporary IDM. Expect a lot more than stuttering. Expect intelligent, danceable rhythms." - Nobody

 

Performing with special guest: Pete.