CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE CD THAT LAUNCHED A LABEL AND A CULTURE OF ITS OWN!

"This is music for art's sake, fearlessly plundering your well-worn notions of melody. From lush, haunting vocal spirituals (darinka blagaj) to in-your-face lo-fi electronic gadgetry (Philter), these artists offer up a looking glass view of late 20th-century cosmopolite. The disc is a melange of traditional and non-traditional sounds, providing a sort of Internet tour of the audio arts. Still, despite the obvious disparity in styles, the groups come together in a charming co-op setting. Imagine yourself at the hippest cocktail party of all time. Whether you want to sit everyone in a communal circle or spend a few moments with each individually is up to you. Both will leave your ears satisfied." - Kevin Press, Impact

"Lately, independently produced compilations are sprouting up like weeds across Canada, with the intent to assist in the launch of upstart labels and to help provide exposure for new bands. Few collections, however, have a focus that aspires beyond awareness-raising and into the realm of art like Irrevocable UPGRADE ...this collection makes a clear statement of intent to present exploratory, unconstrained music."
- Ian Danzig, EXCLAIM

 

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A NOTE FROM THE PREZ:

Here is a collection of works by pioneers in musical spaces of distinct natures. Each of these is a 'polaroid' of motion. Re-presenting a disruptive possibility, a dense alternate reality, their diversity and disregard for convention the only uniting silver bond. Here are strong incentives for a shift in the focus of popular musical culture coupled by the confidence and numbers of experimental rather than 'Alternative TM ' artists. Unravel your first person vision, and a new schematic will begin to make itself apparent.

CONSTANT CHANGE productions seeks to pressure the flow of our communicative evolution/discourse by receiving without predisposition these moments and channeling them on...to you.

No thing will ever be the same.

Spindly light und wax rocketines,

Artists

S ick Little Slinky
Michelle Breslin is known for her work with the bands Fifth Column and It's Patrick!. Space Punk Junk. That's All.

Studen Yatz
This Brampton based band was created in 1994, following an eventful evening at Gospel Karaoke. The answer to "What will become of the Sega Genesis generation?"

Bartok Guitarsplat
Once known as the lead guitarist for the Scott B. Sympathy, Rodney Brent breaks rock down into its basic components. A nine-way collision between noise rock, new age, experimental goth rock, psychadelia, country-blues, and virtually every marginal subgenre of the past thirty years.

Andrew Whiteman & Que Vida
Formerly of Toronto's Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Andrew escaped into the world of art. his debut solo album, Fear of Zen, features a potpourri of talented musicians including Veda Hille, Dave Wall, Jose Miguel Contr eras, and Colin Couch. Whitemen has followed the tradition of his artistic mentors in whelping a journey that is physical, intellectual and spiritual in scope.

Melon Collies
Using the most meticulous recording process available via powerful digital editing, psychoacoustic plotters and mountains of outboard gear, this highly creative ambient/trance troupe creates surreal sonic environments that piss off and oppose the most critical ear. Members Keram Malicki-Sanchez and Joshua Joudrie have also collaborated with DJ Shine on a new project entitled Automated Gardens (also on the Constant Change label) :

Tracey Moore
is no stranger to the world of acting. After appearing in such plays as Anne of Green Gables and Wizard of Oz, Tracey dabbles in spoken word and has used her vocal ability on such projects as the Juno Award winning "Mozart's Mag ic Fantasy". Moore's most recent and almost completed project is voice-directing and casting a 50 episode animated series entitled "The Highlander", for Nelvana and Gaumont, France, which will be on syndicated network this fall.

PHILTER
is the musical collaboration of Kalani Rita and Kate Simms, but is primarily cooperative and embraces all contributions from any and all artists who are inspired and motivated enough to participate. Incorporated in Philter's process is the ongoing compilation of sounds collected over time from various contributing musicians and environments. The two consistently contributing members of Philter have been collaborating since July 1993.

darinka blagaj
Multi-tracked trance vocals spiralling in divergence from a central pure tone, ethereal and mesmerizing. darinka is also a very prolific visual/performance artist whose elaborate installations include "Waiting for the Dogma to Pass" and "Orgaasssm".

Ritesh Das
Founder of the Toronto Tabla Ensemble. Ritesh is continually exploring and renegotiating the magical expressiveness of the tabla drum. This piece, entitled "Explore" is an experimental one-shot foray into a variety of intense sty les, culminating in a recitation (vocal rendition) of the piece demonstrating the complex language which moves through the player's mind.

Charlie Roby
The sound of the Murli, a two-barrel pipe, was added to this track to weave a magical and mysterious element. "Akbar" is taken from a recording done late one night in the Thar desert on the outskirts of Rajasthan, February 14th, 1991. The track was remixed for this collection.