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If Then Do (Ottawa, Hull, Vancouver)

If Then Do is an attitude toward sound; a sensibility borne of noise, dance, abstract electronix, om, plainsong, power, improv and composition but most of all any and all music borne of ideas and love.

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This is music that propells you in Limbo where only sounds can meet you. You can find yourself in a confused hospital wing or floating up into space station construction sites. I had the chance to play along side If Then Do at Le Petit Chicago a year ago and the duo blew me away. Stay on the lookout for If Then Do shows and be prepared to travel within the depth of their sounds.
Download their tunes here.

May 31st (OTT): The Souljazz Orchestra: Still an Ottawa band!

(This is part one of two videos, the second of which can be seen right here.)

It is, Pierre Chretien insists, still very much an Ottawa band.

But increasingly, The Souljazz Orchestra is bringing its infectious global sound around the globe.

Late last year, it was a string of sold-out shows in Europe. Last month, the sextet was wowing them in Brooklyn. Come July, it’s back overseas for club and festival dates in the U.K., France, Austria, Denmark and Hungary. Further shows in such exotic locales as Iceland are in the works. “To them,” Chretien muses with a laugh, “we’re exotic Canadians.” Continue reading ‘May 31st (OTT): The Souljazz Orchestra: Still an Ottawa band!’




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