TOPS takeover

Well everyone, it's been a slice. For more Montreal music, please listen to the Plastic Factory Records Compilation. It's a new label with wonderful new sounds. Peace XO TOPS

Very dreamy ballad by old school avant-garage heavy psychers from Japan. Off of an album called Cable Hogue Soundtrack that is not a soundtrack to The Ballad of Cable Hogue. - R, TOPS

There are a few types of songs that unite the members of TOPS in a shared love of music - this is a prime example of the achingly sad variety. - JP, TOPS

This song really resonates with me because it contains so many musical elements that I love. The production showcases real instruments in a completely atmospheric way. The vocals are arrestingly beautiful while remaining totally unique. And the track takes off halfway via psychedelic transition into a euphoric disco groove that'll put a smile on your face :) - JP, TOPS

Icelandic artist Icy Spicy Leoncie has the right idea in this song. Very interesting phrasing with the lyrics, tastefully campy video production, and a message all of us at TOPS-corp agree upon: "I don't care if you drive a limousine... let's have fun" - R, TOPS

Suzanne Ciani is an electronic music innovator who worked with early synthesizers to create sound effects that have a special character which put them in a different solar system than other sound effect engineers working at the time. It's clear from this video that she's also an extremely cool and smart woman working at the cutting edge of her field and totally immersed in it...

Young Jackie expressing himself along to the groovy French Space-Disco band Space. They were one of the only non-soviet bands permitted to play in the USSR, because they all wore space suits and didn't have any provocative or naughty lyrics...

Tasseomancy is led by sisters Sari and Romy Lightman. Their music taps into the mundane mysticism of diner meetings and pitch shifted Karaoke and driving to the woods in a minivan. Sari and Neil cut up footage of a Bauhaus ballet and made a video for this song that Romy wrote...

Pascale and Antoine - who make music as Mathematique and Dresden Dresses/Antoine 93 respectively - embody everything that makes the Montreal music scene so great. They're extremely dedicated musicians and artists who bring tons of positive energy wherever they go and make time to play in other people's bands and have fun while striving to make something totally unique and straight from the heart.

Thought I would do a combo 'shades of' post. Loneliness and Change are deeply connected, two themes that are truly elemental and run throughout pretty much all of our music. - DVC, TOPS