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Sixtoo

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox musical artist Sixtoo was the main project of Canadian underground hip hop DJ, producer and rapper Vaughn Robert Squire between 1996 and 2007.<ref name=Incarnation>Template:Cite news</ref> He has since retired the Sixtoo name, and is pursuing other directions in electronic music, with a large genre shift from experimental hip hop to deeper club sounds of various tempos.<ref name=Incarnation/> He has also released music as Speakerbruiser Rob,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Prison Garde.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

Sixtoo rose to prominence in the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene, initially as half of Halifax, Nova Scotia hip hop duo Sebutones, along with Buck 65.<ref name=Gazette>Template:Cite news</ref> During that time, he worked with Sage Francis, Moka Only, Mr. Dibbs and other members of Anticon.<ref name=Interview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2000, Sixtoo moved to Montreal where he signed on with UK-based record label Vertical Form. 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2003, Sixtoo signed to Ninja Tune.<ref name=Ninja>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His debut album on the label, Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures, has won acclaim in the international electronic beats community in 2004.<ref name=Chewing>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Since silencing the Sixtoo project, he has had a string of visible live P.A. projects including Megasoid along with Hadji Bakara, a former member of Wolf Parade.<ref name=Incarnation/> He has also collaborated with Ango (born Andrew Gordon Macpherson) and Lunice (born Lunice Pierre Fermin) on the electronic music project Nouveau Palais. The trio released Avant Gang in 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sixtoo entirely produced Isaiah Toothtaker's Sea Punk Funk in 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DiscographyEdit

AlbumsEdit

  • Superstar Props (1994)
  • Four Elements (1995)
  • Return of the Seeker (1996)
  • Progress (1997)
  • The Psyche Intangible (1998)
  • The Psyche Continuum (1999)
  • Songs I Hate (and Other People Moments) (2000)
  • Duration (2001)
  • Antagonist Survival Kit (2001)
  • Antagonist Survival Kit Instrumentals (2001)
  • Almost a Dot on the Map: The Psyche Years 1996-2002 (2004)
  • Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures (2004)
  • Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (2007)
  • Système Hermès Volume One (2011) (as Prison Garde)
  • Occultsystem (2014) (as Prison Garde)

MixtapesEdit

  • Boogie Screw (2012) (as Prison Garde)

EPsEdit

  • Termination Dubs (2000)
  • Body Ache Summer (2004)
  • Boxcutter Emporium (2004)
  • It's the Mindfuck Yo! Sit Your Ass Down (2006)
  • Forts (2014) (as Prison Garde)
  • October (2015) (as Prison Garde)

SinglesEdit

  • "A Work in Progress" (2001)
  • "The Secrets That Houses Keep" (2001)
  • "Outremont Mainline Runs Across the Sunset" (2001)
  • "Krunk's Not Dead" (2005) (as Six Vicious)
  • "Two Strikes" (2005)
  • "Next" (2006)
  • "Fight" (2006)

CollaborationsEdit

Albums
Mixtapes
  • Megasoid - Tank Thong Re-Mixtape (2008)
  • Megasoid - Remix Runners Re-Mixtape (2009)
EPs
  • Sebutones - Psoriasis (1996)
  • Sixtoo / Moka Only - Crystal Senate (1997)
  • Garde & Eames - Bricks (2011)
  • Nouveau Palais - Avant Gang (2012)
Singles
  • Hip Club Groove - "Cool Beans" (1993)
  • Sebutones - "Sebutone Def" (1997)
  • Sixtoo & Matth - "He Did Glass Music" (2003)
  • Sixtoo vs. Simahlak - "All Star Battle" (2003)
  • DJ Signify and Six Vicious - "No One Leaves" (2005)
  • Sixtoo & Norsola - "Homages" (2005)

Guest appearancesEdit

ProductionsEdit

  • Hip Club Groove - "Pornostar" from Land of the Lost (1996)
  • Sole - "Nothing Fell Apart" from Bottle of Humans (2000)
  • Kunga 219 - "Fine Spirits" and "Lonesome Cowboy: Part 2 ('98 Revisited)" from Tharpa's Transcripts... A Time and a Place (2000)
  • Anticon - "Pitty Party People" from We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
  • Sage Francis - "Crack Pipes", "Different", "Buckets of Silence", "Black Sweatshirt", and "Cup of Tea" from Personal Journals (2002)
  • Knowself & Moves - "Reality of Birth" and "Meaning?" from Pseudo Freedom in the Age of Manipulation (2004)
  • Recyclone - "The Dead World" from Corroding the Dead World (2005)
  • Sage Francis - "Crumble" and "Ground Control" from A Healthy Distrust (2005)
  • Moka Only - "More Soup" from The Desired Effect (2005)
  • Sage Francis - "Broccilude" from Human the Death Dance (2007)
  • Isaiah Toothtaker - "Biters Eat a Dick", "Cypher & Sphere", "Free Gear", and "Ready to Die" from Murs 3:16 Presents (2008)
  • Isaiah Toothtaker - "Hard as Hell", "Werewolfing", and "Bass Face" from Yiggy (2010)
  • Isaiah Toothtaker - Sea Punk Funk (2012)

RemixesEdit

  • DJ Vadim - "Edie Brickell (Sixtoo Remix)" (2003)
  • Smyglssana - "Foaming Prairie (Sixtoo Remix)" from We Can Fix It Remixes (2003)
  • Lali Puna - "Small Things (Sixtoo Remix)" from I Thought I Was Over That (2005)
  • Amon Tobin - "Kitchen Sink (Sixtoo Remix)" from Kitchen Sink Remixes (2007)
  • Ghislain Poirier - "No More Blood (Megasoid Remix)" from No Ground Under (2007)
  • Thunderheist - "Jerk It (Megasoid Remix)" (2008)
  • Hovatron - "Gypsy Trader (Prison Garde Remix)" (2011)
  • Monolithium - "Simon & G-Funk (Prison Garde Remix)" (2011)
  • Gunplay & Isaiah Toothtaker - "Frownin (Sixtoo Remix)" (2013)

Compilation appearancesEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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