Sixtoo
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Sixtoo was the main project of a Canadian hip hop
DJ, MC
and producer Vaughn Robert Squire between 1996-2007. He has since retired the Sixtoo name pursuing other directions in electronic music, with a large genre shift from experimental hip hop to deeper club sounds of various tempos
Squire rose to prominence in the mid-90's underground hip-hop scene initially as half of Halifax, Nova Scotia
hip-hop duo Sebutones, along with Buck 65
. During that time he worked with Sage Francis
, Moka Only
, Mr. Dibbs
and other members of Anticon Records.
In 2000, Squire moved to Montreal
where he signed on with UK based record label
Vertical Form Records. Soon after came the release of Antagonist Survival Kit, a synth-based sample album that showcased both sides of his skills: on the mic, and on the sampler
.
In 2003 Sixtoo signed to Ninja Tune Records. His debut record on this label - 2004's Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures - has won acclaim in the international electronic beats community.
Since silencing the Sixtoo project he has had a string of visible live P.A. projects including Megasoid (along with Hadji Bakara, formerly of Wolf Parade
.), Speakerbruiser Rob and Prison Garde. He is also currently working alongside Andrew Gordon Macpherson (Ango) and Lunice Pierre Fermin (Lunice) on a uptempo electronic project called Nouveau Palais.
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
DJ, MC
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
and producer Vaughn Robert Squire between 1996-2007. He has since retired the Sixtoo name pursuing other directions in electronic music, with a large genre shift from experimental hip hop to deeper club sounds of various tempos
Squire rose to prominence in the mid-90's underground hip-hop scene initially as half of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
hip-hop duo Sebutones, along with Buck 65
Buck 65
Richard Terfry , who uses the stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian experimental artist, MC and turntablist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant garde influences.Terfry is also a radio host,...
. During that time he worked with Sage Francis
Sage Francis
Paul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island.-Biography:Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis is a rapper/writer/performer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records...
, Moka Only
Moka Only
Daniel Denton , known professionally as Moka Only, is a Canadian hip hop artist. Originally from Langford, British Columbia, near Victoria, he is now based in Vancouver. He was previously part of the hip hop group Swollen Members, and briefly a part of Len. His albums are released by Legendary...
, Mr. Dibbs
Mr. Dibbs
__notoc__Brad Forste, better known as Mr. Dibbs, is a DJ and hip hop producer. The founder of the turntablist collective 1200 Hobos, he has also appeared on numerous underground hip hop records as producer or DJ as well as releasing a number of solo works.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Forste was...
and other members of Anticon Records.
In 2000, Squire moved to Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
where he signed on with UK based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
Vertical Form Records. Soon after came the release of Antagonist Survival Kit, a synth-based sample album that showcased both sides of his skills: on the mic, and on the sampler
Sampler (musical instrument)
A sampler is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or...
.
In 2003 Sixtoo signed to Ninja Tune Records. His debut record on this label - 2004's Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures - has won acclaim in the international electronic beats community.
Since silencing the Sixtoo project he has had a string of visible live P.A. projects including Megasoid (along with Hadji Bakara, formerly of Wolf Parade
Wolf Parade
Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of May 31, 2011.-History:...
.), Speakerbruiser Rob and Prison Garde. He is also currently working alongside Andrew Gordon Macpherson (Ango) and Lunice Pierre Fermin (Lunice) on a uptempo electronic project called Nouveau Palais.
Discography
- 1994: Sixtoo - Superstar Props Cassette (Ant Records)
- 1995: Sixtoo - Four Elements Cassette (Ant Records)
- 1996: Sixtoo - Return of the Seeker Cassette (Ant Records)
- 1996: Sebutones - Psoriasis Cassette (Four Ways to Rock)
- 1997: Sebutones - Sebutonedef 12" (Four Ways To Rock)
- 1997: Sixtoo - Progress Cassette (Ant Records)
- 1997: Sixtoo & Moka Only - Crystal Senate Split 12" (Hand'Solo)
- 1998: Sebutones - 50/50 Where It Counts CD (Metaforensics)
- 1998: Sixtoo - The Psyche Intangible CD (Metaforensics)
- 1999: Sixtoo - Psyche Continuum CD (Metaforensics)
- 2000: Sixtoo - Termination Dubs (DubplateDubplateA dubplate is an acetate disc – usually 12, 10, or 7 inches in diameter – used in mastering studios for quality control and test recordings before proceeding with the final master, and subsequent pressing of the record to be mass-produced on vinyl. The "dub" in dubplate is an allusion to...
) - 2000: Sixtoo - Songs I Hate (and Other People Moments) CD (anticon.)
- 2001: Sixtoo - Songs I Hate (and Other People Moments) CD (6Months)
- 2001: Sixtoo - Work In Progress 12" (anticon.)
- 2001: Sixtoo - The Secrets That Houses Keep 10" (TRCTRCTRC is a three letter acronym that can refer to:Media and popular culture* The Red Chord, an American music group* TRC band , a London hardcore punk band* Tomb Raider Chronicles, fifth title in the Tomb Raider video game series...
/TandemTandemTandem is an arrangement where a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction....
) - 2002: Sixtoo - Duration CD (Cease and DesistCease and desistA cease and desist is an order or request to halt an activity and not to take it up again later or else face legal action. The recipient of the cease-and-desist may be an individual or an organization....
) - 2002: Sixtoo - Duration Video (IndependentIndependent record labelAn independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
) - 2002: Sixtoo - Duration LP (Audio Boxcutter)
- 2002: Sixtoo – Almost A Dot on The Map - The Psyche Years (Vertical Form)
- 2003: Sixtoo - Antagonist Survival Kit LP/CD (Vertical Form)
- 2003: Sixtoo - Antagonist Survival Kit Instrumentals 12"/EP (Vertical Form)
- 2003: Sixtoo - Outremont Mainline Runs Across the Sunset 12" (Vertical Form)
- 2003: Villain Accelerate - Maid Of Gold (MushMush RecordsMush Records is an independent record label that has released albums for many independent artists and was started by Robert Curcio and Cindy Roché.Mush Records is an electronic based record label...
) - 2003: Sixtoo & Matth - He Did Glass Music 7" (Bully RecordsBully RecordsBully Records is an independent record label based in Montreal. It is maintained, funded, and run by Marco Sigfriedi. The label first released mostly 7” singles and EPs, but has since expanded to release CDs, box sets, and DVDs....
) - 2003: Sixtoo vs. Simahlak - Double 7" (Bully Records)
- 2004: Sixtoo – Chewing On Glass and Other Miracle Cures LP/CD (Ninja TuneNinja TuneNinja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
) - 2004: Sixtoo – Boxcutter Emporium 12" (Ninja Tune)
- 2004: Sixtoo - Body Ache Summer 12" (Ninja Tune)
- 2005: Six Vicious - Krunk's Not Dead 7" (Bully Records)
- 2005: DJ Signify and Six Vicious - No One Leaves Double 7" (Bully Records)
- 2005: Sixtoo - Duration CD/DVD (Bully Records)
- 2005: Sixtoo - Two Strikes 7" Picture Disc (Mumbles Hip Hop)
- 2005: Sixtoo & Norsola - Homages (Bully Records)
- 2006: Sixtoo - NEXT Soundtrack Double 7" (Bully Records)
- 2006: Sixtoo - It's The Mindfu@k Yo! Sit Your Ass Down" (Bully Records)
- 2007: Sixtoo - Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (Ninja TuneNinja TuneNinja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
) - 2007: Amon Tobin - "Kitchen Sink" Remixes 12" (Ninja TuneNinja TuneNinja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
) - 2007: Ghislain Poirier f. Face-T "No More Blood" [Megasoid Remix] 7" (Ninja Tune)
- 2008: Megasoid - "Tank Thong" Re-Mixtape (Weaponshouse Digital Download)
- 2008: Thunderheist - Jerk It 12" [Megasoid Remix] (Nasty Mix)
- 2009: Megasoid - "Remix Runners" Re-Mixtape (Weaponshouse Digital Download)
- 2011: Hovatron - Gypsy Trader 12" [Prison Garde Remix] (LowRiders)
- 2011: Monolithium - Simon & G-Funk 12" [Prison Garde Remix] (Error Broadcast)
- 2011: Prison Garde - Système Hermès Volume One (Yours Truly, Digital Download)
Also appears on
- AliasAlias (artist)Brendon Whitney, known as Alias, is an abstract hip hop musician and producer. He is mainly affiliated with the anticon. label/collective.-Biography:...
- Three Phaze Irony LP (anticon.) - AquaskyAquaskyAquasky is a breaks and jungle group composed of Dave Wallace, Kieron Bailey & Brent Newitt. In early 1995 they got together to produce their own music. Shortly afterwards they sent a demo tape to Moving Shadow records and the seeds of a musical alliance were sown...
feat. Sixtoo - Shaman and Shaman Remixes 12"'s (Tribe) - anticon. - More From June single (anticon.)
- DJ Moves - Hiss (Low Pressure)
- DJ Moves - Hiss 2 (Low Pressure)
- DJ SignifyDJ SignifyDJ Signify is a hip hop producer from New York City. His 2004 debut album Sleep No More, featuring collaborations with Sage Francis and Buck 65, was described as "hip-hop at its darkest and most chilling" and earned him accolades as a "master beatsmith." 2009's Of Cities was similarly described as...
- One Last Sleep (LexLex RecordsLex Records is an independent record label founded by Tom Brown in 2001. The label was an imprint of Warp Records and run from their North London offices, until September 2005.Lex has a low volume of releases, rarely releasing more than three albums annually...
/WarpWarp RecordsWarp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
) - DJ VadimDJ VadimDJ Vadim is a prolific DJ and producer, born in Leningrad, USSR , raised in London and currently residing in both New York and Berlin, whose music combines hip hop, soul, reggae and electronica...
- Edie Brickell Remix (Ninja Tune) - Iso 68 - Zwei Engel Korrigiert Remix (Haus)
- Knowself - Everything is Under Control
- Kunga 219 - Tharpa’s Transcripts CD (Goodnight Musics)
- Lali PunaLali PunaLali Puna is an experimental electropop band from Weilheim, Germany . Founded in 1998 by Korea-born Valerie Trebeljahr , other members include Markus Acher , Christoph Brandner and Christian Heiß . The latter joined Lali Puna in 2003, after keyboard player Florian Zimmer had left the band...
- I Thought I Was Over That 2CD (Morr MusicMorr MusicMorr Music is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1999 by Thomas Morr. Most artists on the label fall into the categories of intelligent dance music, electronica and dreampop, but all reflect Thomas Morr's personal taste...
) - LenLen (band)Len is a Canadian alternative rock group from Toronto, Ontario. They are best known as a one-hit wonder for their song "Steal My Sunshine" in 1999. The band consists of siblings Marc Costanzo and Sharon Costanzo .-Studio albums:...
- Superstar (Funtrip Records) - LenLen (band)Len is a Canadian alternative rock group from Toronto, Ontario. They are best known as a one-hit wonder for their song "Steal My Sunshine" in 1999. The band consists of siblings Marc Costanzo and Sharon Costanzo .-Studio albums:...
- Get Your Legs Broke (Funtrip Records) - Miss KittinMiss KittinMiss Kittin is an electronic music DJ, vocalist, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked with other musicians such as Chicks on Speed, Felix da Housecat and Golden Boy...
- A Bugged Out MixA Bugged Out Mix (Miss Kittin album)A Bugged Out Mix is the third DJ mix album by French recording artist Miss Kittin released in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2006. A number of electronic music recording artists were featured on the album, including fellow electroclash musician Princess Superstar, Squarepusher, and Saint Etienne.-... - Non Prophets – Hope (Lex/Warp)
- Recyclone - Dead World CD (Ant)
- Robert LaxRobert LaxRobert Lax was an American poet, known in particular for his association with famed 20th century Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. A third friend of his youth, whose work sheds light on both Lax and Merton, was Ad Reinhardt. During the latter period of his life, Lax resided on the island of...
- Re:Lax Remixes (Bayerisher Rundfunk) - Sage FrancisSage FrancisPaul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island.-Biography:Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis is a rapper/writer/performer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records...
- A Healthy DistrustA Healthy Distrust-Performers:* Sage Francis – Vocals, Engineering* Tom Inhaler – Guitar* Will Oldham – Guitar, Vocals, Engineer-Production:* Alias – Producer on "Sea Lion," "Escape Artist," "Product Placement," additional drums & guitar on "Crumble"...
(Epitaph RecordsEpitaph RecordsEpitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
) - Sage FrancisSage FrancisPaul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island.-Biography:Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis is a rapper/writer/performer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records...
- Personal Journals LP (anticon.) - SoleSole (artist)Tim Holland, known as Sole, is an alternative hip hop artist and a co-founder of the Anticon collective/label. Sole is known for his dense and often dark stream-of-consciousness style of rapping. His verses are often filled with abstraction, metaphor and sarcasm while avoiding or deconstructing...
- Bottle of Humans LP (anticon.) - ShapeshiftersShape Shifters (band)The Shape Shifters is a Los Angeles based underground collective of hip hop artists, currently consisting of Awol One , Existereo , Die Young , Life Rexall, Akuma, Radioinactive , Circus, LA Jae, and DJ Rob One .The group prevented another act from the United Kingdom, The Shapeshifters, from using...
- Planet of Shapes CD - Smyglssana - Foaming Prairie Remix (Vertical Form)
- Stig of The DumpStig of the DumpStig of the Dump is a children's novel by Clive King published in 1963. It is regarded as a modern children's classic and is often read in schools. It has been twice adapted for television, in 1981 and in 2002.-Plot summary:...
(feat. Sebutones) - still aLIVE AT THE VEGLIA LOUNGE 10" (Endemik) - The Goods - Dream Sequence CD
- Tommy V - Crew Cuts Vol. 2
- Gardasil TV Commercial - Chainsaw Buffet from Chewing On Glass & Other Miracle Cures http://www.gardasil.com/tv-commercial2-for-gardasil.html
External links
- [ Allmusic.com: Biography]
- Sixtoo at Ninja Tune
- www.weaponshouse.com
- Sixtoo at Discogs