Electronic

Arranger, Australia, Business, Composer, Dance, EDM, Electronic, Electronic, Pop, Producer, Songwriter, Synthesizer, Voice April 28, 2020

How ‘Dance Monkey’ took Toni Watson on a ‘roller-coaster’ ride

 Nick Krewen Special to the Star Toronto, Toni Watson feels your pain. The Australian native professionally known as Tones And I, the originator of the impossibly irresistible chart-topping smash “Dance Monkey,” was really looking forward to entertaining you at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in April when COVID-19 interrupted her plans. “Toronto was meant to be my biggest show of the whole tour, so that was really exciting,” said Watson last…

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Arranger, Composer, Electronic, Electronic, Experimental, France, Jean-Michel Jarre, Producer, Songwriter, Synthesizer, Technology May 3, 2017

Jean-Michel Jarre finally plays Canada, after 40 years of electronic music

Pioneering work with synthesizers and spectacle finally brings him to Toronto’s Sony Centre on May 9. Nick Krewen Music, Wed., May 3, 2017 Despite the fact he’s sold millions of albums around the world with such instrumental epics as Oxygène and Zoolook, synthesizer and electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has never played Canada. Until now. After releasing 22 studio albums and six live ones, Jarre, 68, will finally plant his…

Arranger, Composer, Denmark, Electronic, Electronic, Engineer, Experimental, Mixer, Producer, Songwriter, Synthesizer, Technology March 15, 2017

Trentemøller says no remixes for now as he concentrates on solo music

Electronic creator leaves working on others’ tunes behind as his band heads for Toronto. Nick Krewen Music, Wed. March 15, 2017 Don’t expect to be hearing any new Trentemøller remixes anytime soon. Anders Trentemøller, the electronic production wizard who built much of his reputation conducting high-profile remixes for Moby, Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, Royskopp, Robyn and others, has curtailed that aspect of his career . . . at least for…

Aubrey "Drake" Graham, Electronic, Electronic, Grime, Instruments, Mercury, Piano, Songwriter, United Kingdom, Voice February 9, 2017

Soul stardom surprises Sampha

Collaborations with the likes of Drake, plus a warmly received album, put singer of fast track leading to Mod Club shows. Nick Krewen Music, Thurs. Feb 9, 2017 Sampha, the introspective, London-based electronic soul crooner who has two sold-out dates coming up at the Mod Club Feb. 12 and 13, is as surprised as anyone by his upward career trajectory. “I never would have predicted that this would be how…

Electronic, Experimental, Indie, Instruments, Mercury, Songwriter, Synthesizer, United Kingdom March 27, 2013

Alt-J’s secret society of music comes to Toronto

Entertainment / Music Alt-J’s secret society of music comes to Toronto Mercury Prize winners play the Sound Academy Wednesday night By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Wed Mar 27 2013 One might think that with a name like Alt-J, which creates the Delta sign “∆” when pressed together on a Mac keyboard, the British indie rockers might have an obsession with triangles or pyramids. But that simply isn’t the case,…