Editing Sixtoo

{{Short description|Canadian DJ, producer, and rapper}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Sixtoo
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| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Vaughn Robert Squire 
| alias               = Prison Garde, Six Vicious, Speakerbruiser Rob
| origin              = [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]], Canada
| instrument          = [[Drum machine]], [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]
| genre               = [[Alternative hip hop]], [[electronic music|electronic]]
| occupation          = [[DJ]], [[record producer|producer]], [[rapping|rapper]]
| years_active        = 1990–present
| label               = [[Ninja Tune]], [[Bully Records]], [[Anticon]], 6months, Vertical Form, Ant Records, Metaforensics, [[No Records|Cease & Desist]]
| associated_acts     = 1200 Hobos, [[Hip Club Groove]], [[Cryptik Souls Crew]], Megasoid, Sebutones, [[Villain Accelerate]], Nouveau Palais, [[Isaiah Toothtaker]], [[Sage Francis]]
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'''Sixtoo''' was the main project of Canadian [[underground hip hop]] [[DJ]], [[record producer|producer]] and [[rapping|rapper]] '''Vaughn Robert Squire''' between 1996 and 2007.<ref name=Incarnation>{{Cite news |last=Dunlevy |first=T'Cha |title=Squire cranks up the volume in new incarnation |url=http://www.canada.com/cityguides/montreal/story.html?id=c7a2e095-0fcc-4312-8e30-956e1e8c4825&p=2 |newspaper=The Gazette |location=Montreal |date=April 30, 2008 |access-date=April 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108122947/http://www.canada.com/cityguides/montreal/story.html?id=c7a2e095-0fcc-4312-8e30-956e1e8c4825&p=2 |archive-date=November 8, 2012 }}</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>{{cite web|url=http://lookoutpresents.com/blog/qa-w-speakerbruiser-rob-of-megasoid/|title=Q&A: Speakerbruiser of Megasoid|publisher=Lookout|date=September 30, 2009}}</ref> and '''Prison Garde'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2011/08/10/prison-garde-systeme-hermes-vol-1/|title=Prison Garde: Systeme Hermes Vol.1|publisher=FACT Magazine|first=Andrew|last=Ryce|date=August 10, 2011}}</ref>

==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>

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''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) <small>(as Prison Garde)</small>
* ''Occultsystem'' (2014) <small>(as Prison Garde)</small>

===Mixtapes===
* ''Boogie Screw'' (2012) <small>(as Prison Garde)</small>

===EPs===
* ''Termination Dubs'' (2000)
* ''Body Ache Summer'' (2004)
* ''Boxcutter Emporium'' (2004)
* ''It's the Mindfuck Yo! Sit Your Ass Down'' (2006)
* ''Forts'' (2014) <small>(as Prison Garde)</small>
* ''October'' (2015) <small>(as Prison Garde)</small>

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

===Collaborations===
;Albums
* Sebutones - ''50/50 Where It Counts'' (1998)
* [[Villain Accelerate]] - ''[[Maid of Gold]]'' (2003)

;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 appearances===
* [[The Goods]] - "Saga" from ''Dream Sequence'' (1999)
* [[Sole (hip hop artist)|Sole]] - "Nothing Fell Apart" from ''[[Bottle of Humans]]'' (2000)
* [[Shape Shifters (band)|Shape Shifters]] - "Man 2 Ape 2 Fish" from ''Know Future'' (2000)
* [[Alias (musician)|Alias]] - "Awaken" from "Final Act" (2001)
* [[Aquasky]] - "The Shamen" from ''The Shamen'' (2001)
* [[Stigg of the Dump]] - "Garbage Rain", "Pointing Fingers", and "Short Strings" from ''[[Still Alive at the Veglia Lounge]]'' (2002)
* [[Hip Club Groove]] - "Cool Beans", "Big Bad Stylee '91", and "Fluctuating Mental States" from ''Unreleased & Rare'' (2010)

===Productions===
* [[Hip Club Groove]] - "Pornostar" from ''Land of the Lost'' (1996)
* [[Sole (hip hop artist)|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)

===Remixes===
* [[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 (rapper)|Gunplay]] & [[Isaiah Toothtaker]] - "Frownin (Sixtoo Remix)" (2013)

===Compilation appearances===
* "Simulated Snow" "Holy Shit!" on ''[[Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop]]'' (1999)
* "Grimey Inks the Moment" on ''[[Giga Single]]'' (2001)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* [http://cargocollective.com/prisongarde Prison Garde] on Cargo Collective
* {{Discogs artist|Sixtoo}}

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