Kidz Rage !

Introducing The Mole, one of Canada’s finest producers, gracing London next weekend at Fabric!

He has done an exclusive minimix for Fabric, download or stream it here.

photo by Sophia Drevenstam

The Mole moved to Montreal from Canada’s west coast where dance music fans in Victoria and Vancouver in the 90s heard a lot of the mole in his infancy. His mentors, believing he had a natural talent, pushed him from his DJ beginnings into music production. 7 years of residency at the Laika bar and numerous appearances at the Mutek festival have ensured his prime position in the Canadian electronic music scene.

Urb magazine named him one of the ‘next 100′ in 2004. His live set at Mutek 2004 was one of the top ten in the Village Voice Critics’ Poll 2004, followed by 2005′s collaboration with long time friend and band mate Mathew Jonson ‘Dirt Road and a Boat From Soundwave’ on Kompakt’s Speicher was received with critical acclaim. As were his releases that year on Philpot, Musique Risquee and Revolver. 2005 also saw the reunion of the Modern Deep Left Quartet on Wagon Repair, probably the greatest source of pride for el molito to date.

There is also what the mole refers to as the ‘starchy root machine’. And with a title like that, it should spark some interest! Anyway, it is a performance in which a minimum of 5 turntables are all playing loops that are either manufactured or hand made. With this the mole then manipulates them, in a traditional dj sense, with some effects to bump it up (what he confesses is quite a psychedelic experience for him). And although he has, because of other projects had to put this endeavor on the back burner for a little while, he still gets questioned on when he will bring it back. ‘I’ve only ever done it in Montreal because I think the number of tables scares people and it is fairly experimental… though terribly techno as well”.

With his 2006 ‘In my song/Acadian’ being signed to a Sven Vath mix and a part time collaboration with Paddy from Cobblestone Jazz as the ‘Smokin Posties’ releasing their first remix on itiswhatitis, things were heading in the right direction for the mole. 2007 saw further standout releases on Wagon Repair and late in the year a relocation to Europe, where he’d spent much of the summer months touring.

Now 2008 heralds even greater things as The Mole releases his debut album ‘As High As The Sky’ on Wagon Repair and prepares to tour around it across the globe.

He loves music with a humble and honest gratitude that can be heard throughout his work.

The mole will be playing at Fabric on September 6th, alongside Craig Richards & Damian Lazarus…get there early as its gonna be a smasher.

Remember to either stream or download the mix here.

check his myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/eslamolita