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==History== Sixtoo rose to prominence in the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene, initially as half of [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]] hip hop duo Sebutones, along with [[Buck 65]].<ref name=Gazette>{{Cite news |last=Dunlevy |first=T'Cha |title=Big bruising beats |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=f91b359a-0dea-41cb-a69d-fd93ff5079e6 |newspaper=The Gazette |location=Montreal |date=August 3, 2006 |access-date=April 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108122932/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=f91b359a-0dea-41cb-a69d-fd93ff5079e6 |archive-date=November 8, 2012 }}</ref> During that time, he worked with [[Sage Francis]], [[Moka Only]], [[Mr. Dibbs]] and other members of [[Anticon]].<ref name=Interview>{{Cite web |last=Harron |first=Chris |title=Interview with Sixtoo |url=http://r4nt.com/article/interview-with-sixtoo/ |publisher=Reading For New Times |accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</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 (musical instrument)|sampler]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/832|title=Revitalized Voice|first=Daniel|last=Thomas-Glass|publisher=Dusted Magazine|date=June 29, 2003|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> In 2003, Sixtoo signed to [[Ninja Tune]].<ref name=Ninja>{{Cite web |title=Sixtoo - Biography |url=http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artist.php?id=108 |publisher=Ninja Tune Records |accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</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>{{cite web|last=Moore|first=David|title=Sixtoo: Chewing Glass & Other Miracle Cures|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7777-chewing-glass-other-miracle-cures/|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=August 30, 2004|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/06/download-free-ep-ango-lunice-and|title=Download a Free EP From Ango, Lunice, and Prison Garde|publisher=XLR8R|first=James|last=Eaton|date=June 1, 2012}}</ref> Sixtoo entirely produced [[Isaiah Toothtaker]]'s ''Sea Punk Funk'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blog.peacemagazine.com/2012/06/15/king-premieres-single-%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-the-bomb%e2%80%9d/|title=Isaiah Toothtaker (Prod. by Sixtoo) "Labyrinth"|publisher=Peace Magazine|date=June 15, 2012}}</ref>
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