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2003 FESTIVAL ARTISTS BIO / SHOWCASE INFORMATION
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Easily Amused (Winnipeg MB)
This folk pop duo won the title "Canada's
Best Online Artist" as named by the Canadian-Music
website. Think: Crash Test Dummies, Indigo Girls.
www.easilyamused.ca
Festival Showcase: Fri Feb 28 Cameron House 11:00
Looking for: Label Representation; Management
Representation; Booking Agent
Contact: Keith MacPherson, band@easilyamused.ca,
204-475-5378
The
Electric Shoes (Toronto ON)
The Electric Shoes are pure pop, with loud jangling
guitars, crashing drums, pretty melodies and lots
of feedback. www.theelectricshoes.cjb.net
Festival Showcase: Fri Feb 28 Rancho Relaxo 1:00
Looking for: Label Representation (USA, Europe/England,
Canada); Management Representation; Securing a
Booking Agent (USA, Europe/England, Canada)
Elliott
Brood (Toronto ON)
Elliott Brood's folk-based foot-stomping sounds
are infused with guitar, banjo, whiskey-drenched
vocals, and lyrics that evoke images of love,
loss and murder. Compares to: Johnny Dowd, The
Handsome Family.
Festival Showcase: Thurs Feb 27 Sneaky Deeís 10:00
Looking for: Label Representation (CANADA); Securing
Distribution (CANADA); Management Representation
Contact: Mark Sasso, manicbrood@hotmail.com, 416-926-8057
Eloi Brunelle
Eloi Brunelle has been a musician for
over 10 years. Initially a Hip-Hop producer, he
has since 1998 dedicated himself to developing
his unique blend of techno and house, which has
been described as having “cool contours
and a warm interior”. Each of his pieces
is constructed as a journey which takes his listeners
through fantastic soundscapes.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Listen
to "Bridge 2"
Embassy (Kitchener ON)
Embassy blend reggae into their hip hop with true-school
ethics that emphasize politics, spirituality and
the Creator. If you dig: Wu-Tang Clan, Rascalz.
www.maccabee.net
Festival Showcase: Thurs Feb 27 The Red Square
12:00
Looking for: Securing Distribution (Canada/US);
Label Representation (Canada/US); Management Representation
Contact: Aaron Francis, blackdiplomat@hotmail.com,
519-888-9727
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive released their self-titled major-label
debut album in early 2002 on DreamWorks Records.
Emerson Drive was produced by James Stroud,
with co-producer Julian King.
2003 CRMA Nominee
Listen
to "I Should Be Sleeping"
The
End (Toronto ON)
The End plays a crushing combination of metal
and hardcore which will rip your head from your
shoulders if you get too close. www.allchaos.net
Festival Showcase: Thurs Feb 27 Kathedral 12:00
Errol Blackwood
Errol Blackwood was born in the Maroon Hills of
Jamaica. His music is an influence of Jamaican
folk songs (digging songs), gospel music and R&B.
After relocating to Canada, Errol followed the
arts and became a musician. He played at various
clubs in Ontario performing a mixture of R&B,
Rock and Reggae.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Contact: bme@sympatico.ca, 519-576-0758, www3.sympatico.ca/bme
Listen
to "Can't Sing Da Blues"
Esoteric
(Brantford ON)
Over the last four years, Esoteric has become
one of the mainstays of the Ontario Christian
music scene. Esoteric's songs are characterized
by their sing able pop melodies and solid guitar
work. www.esoteric.mu
Festival Showcase: Sat Mar 1 B-Side 9:00
Eternia
Eternia has tightened her skills in street ciphers
and studio session. She has rocked rhymes from
subway cars in the Bronx, to ciphers outside of
the Nuyorican Poet’s Café (Manhattan).
Eternia has performed at a variety of NYC venues
including Wetlands, S.O.B.’s, Bowery Ballroom,
and Baby Jupiter.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Contact: Tamara Dawit, Fuzion Marketing, fuzion@sprint.ca,
416-703-6244, www.nextra.ca
Listen
to "Sorrow Song"
Etienne
The award-winning artist Etienne is on
of the most recognizable Canadian names in French
and Spanish children’s and educational music.
Since arriving on the children’s and educational
music scene in 1993 with his debut self-titled
release, “Etienne,” thousands of children,
parents and educators, in home and classrooms
around the world, have been rockin’ and
hip hoppin’ to his distinctive music and
videos.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Contact: Ruth Jackson, Educorock Productions Inc.,
info@educorock.com, 519-537-8899, www.educorock.com
Listen
to "C'est Le Temps"
Ev
Ev (pronounced Eve) is a Toronto based
Canadian band formed by Jeannie Niokos and Nick
Kutsukos to record works composed by Jeannie over
a four-year quest in search of her Greek heritage.
Her band, made up of a culturally diverse group
of musicians both musically and in ethnicity,
have come together to tap into new musical territory
that explores the sounds and rhythms of old Greece
with a contemporary twist.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Contact: Jeannie Niokos, info@zagarecords.com,
416-467-5245, www.aboutev.com
Listen
to "Secret Garden"
The Exies (Los Angeles CA)
A four-piece who blend an unmistakable penchant
for classic song crafting with the intensity and
refinement of today's postmodern sound. Think:
Linkin Park, Matchbox Twenty. www.theexies.com
Festival Showcase: Fri Feb 28 Kathedral 8:15
Explode The Airwaves (Toronto ON)
Formed in 2002, Explode The Airwaves plays aggressive
post-punk rock-and-roll. Think: Refused, The Stooges.
Festival Showcase: Thurs Feb 27 Kathedral 1:00
Looking for: Label Representation (North America);
Securing a Booking Agent (North America); Management
Representation
Contact: Norm Townsend, normtownsend@hotmail.com,
416-532-3676
Eye 2 Eye (Montreal PQ)
Eye 2 Eye is Montreal's only concept hip hop act
to combine rap music with live theatrics. www.eye2eyeproductions.com
Festival Showcase: Thurs Feb 27 Red Square 9:00
Looking for: Label Representation (Canada/North
America/Worldwide); Securing Distribution (Canada/North
America/Worldwide); Management Representation
Contact: Mark Broady, secondthought@sympatico.ca,
514-423-3595
Far
From Nowhere (New Bern NC)
This rock-and-roll quartet brings forth energetic,
powerful music and live performances with a radio-friendly
edge. www.farfromnowhere.com
Festival Showcase: Sat Mar 1 Zen Lounge 8:45
Fathead
The group has developed a distinctive sound characterized
by solid grooves, soulful melodies and ace musicianship
– allowing the band to pack multiple music
genres into a Blues tour de force.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Contact: Andrew Galloway, Electro-Fi, fathead@pathcom.com,
416-253-4825, www.wezel.com/fathead
Listen
to "Cockle Doodle Do"
Filmmaker (Estevan SK)
Filmmaker is a four-piece band that combines punk
rock dynamics and college/indie rock tempos with
emotional lyrics. Think: Jimmy Eat World, Texas
Is The Reason. www.farawayrecords.com
Festival Showcase: Fri Feb 28 Sneaky Deeís 10:00
Looking for: Securing a Booking Agent; Securing
Distribution (Canada/USA); Legal Representation
(Canada)
Contact:
Sean
Bliss, farway@farway.ca, 403-228-0939
Final
Four (Jarvis ON)
Final Four play catchy, old school punk that blisters
with passion and conviction. If you pogo to: The
Dropkick Murphys, The Black Halos. www.finalfourpunk.com
Festival Showcase: Sat Mar 1 Sneaky Deeís 9:00
Looking for: Label Representation (Canada/north
america); Management Representation; Securing
a Booking Agent (Canada/north america )
Contact: Dwayne Mataseje,
dwayne86@hotmail.com, 519-587-5171
Flicker
(Sarnia ON)
Flicker is a modern rock band whose style is nothing
less than refreshing, energetic and honest. www.flickerband.com
Festival Showcase: Thurs Feb 27 Club 279 1:00
Contact: bfsam@aol.com, 905-264-2006
The
Footnotes (Toronto ON)
The Footnotes play a mix of modern and classic
rock with a strong dose of blues and soul.
Festival Showcase: Thurs Feb 27 Victory CafÈ 10:00
Contact: Mark Leuchter, markleuchter@hotmail.com,
416-485-9311
Francois Dompierre
Francois began his professional
career in 1963, evolving simultaneously in the
fields of popular, concert and music film. Francois
has a catalogue of more than two hundred songs.
As arranger, conductor and producer, he has signed
over fifty albums featuring the most prestigious
Quebec performers, including Felix Leclerc and
Monique Leyrac.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Contact: Mario Labbe, Analekta, info@analekta.com,
514-939-0559
Listen
to "Questions"
Fred Penner
He has chalked up an impressive 12 albums; reached
record sales over the million-unit mark; released
11 home videos; starred in a popular television
program seen in millions of Canadian and American
homes; penned several children’s books;
released an interactive CD-ROM called Company
Coming; and has multiple awards to his credit.
2003 Indie Awards Nominee
Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, Casablanca Kids Inc.,
jmitchell@casaent.com, 416-921-9214, www.singwithfred.com
Listen
to "You Can Do It If You Try"
F.R.I.D.A.Y.
aka Ricky Dread (Montreal PQ)
F.R.I.D.A.Y. is all about teaching people the
meaning of the what he calls the "Hustle
Hop", which is the kind of music that has
a powerful message directed at people concerned
with their incomes and living situation.
Festival Showcase: Sat Mar 1 Zen Lounge 9:40
The
Full Nine (Toronto ON)
The Full Nine play alternative, hard-edged rock
that is both melodic and hook-ridden with grandiose
vocals. Sounds like: Hater, Stone Temple Pilots.
www.thefullnine.ca
Festival Showcase: Fri Feb 28 Reverb 9:00
2003 CRMA Nominee
Listen
to "Not Over"
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