Out of this Spark

A record label in Toronto Ontario Canada

The Meek performs ‘Open Window’

Posted on | April 3, 2013 | No Comments

Studio 731 presents The Meek (featuring Mika Posen, Violin and Loops). Live in Ottawa, February 2013. If you are in Toronto be sure to check out The Meek live at the Tranzac on Sunday April 7th.

The Trouble with FACTOR Redux

Posted on | April 2, 2013 | 5 Comments

If you haven’t had a chance to read Slagging Off’s ‘The Trouble with FACTOR‘ article you really should. You also should check out the rest of the blog’s entries.

It really has hit the nail on the head on what is wrong with the music industry and FACTOR in particular.

I (Stuart Duncan, proprietor of OOTS) have wanted to write a similar article for generations but sadly have never had the time. I alluded to a lot of my issues with the music industry in Canada, in an article I wrote in 2009 about the Polaris prize, which brings up a lot of the same points.

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The Meek

Posted on | March 25, 2013 | No Comments

The Meek is back with new music and a new band and will showing it all off with a special Sunday night show at the Tranzac on Sunday April 7th. Here are all the details :

THE MEEK
Tender tunes by Mika Posen (of Timber Timbre, Forest City Lovers).
http://themeekmusic.bandcamp.com/

SCATTERED CLOUDS
The mysteriously powerful music of Phillippe Charbonneau (Ferriswheel, J’envoie and occasionally Timber Timbre), Pierre-Luc Clément (FET.NAT, J’envoie) and Jamie Kronick (André M. Bluteau)
http://scatteredclouds.bandcamp.com/
http://e-tronrec.tumblr.com/

HUSH PUP
Dreamy dream pop featuring the incredible voice of Ida Maidstone!
https://www.facebook.com/idahushpup

Sunday April, 7th
TRANZAC MAIN HALL (292 Brunswick Avenue), Toronto
7:30pm

L CON

Posted on | February 11, 2013 | No Comments

Early in January we had the fifth of our small house shows featuring L CON and Isla Craig.

L CON’s latest release The Ballad Project was released to the world in October, and you learn more about the band on their website.

Below is a video of their performance at our house show. More videos are available on our Vimeo channel.

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