Browse by Artist: MOLE, THE

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	My Dog Arthur EP
Label:	ARBUTUS (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ARBU 003EP

"For their third offering, The Mole resurfaces with a tasty and diverse EP that truly showcases this man's incredible production skills. With fresh releases recently on Mutek, Philpot, Musique Risquee, Kompakt and Revolver, The Mole returns once again to Arbutus. Three tracks, three sides of The Mole. 'I'll Do it if You Chase Me' is a deep and devastating rumbling monster of a tune with an early Perlon feel. On the flip we have 'That Wasn't Sneaky,' an almost broken beat feeling tune with a thick kick, rolling stand up bass and haunting melodies. To finish off this outstanding EP, we have the inspiring deep and dubbed out 'Unexpected Fox in My Garden.' The Mole takes us to the next level with this blissed out mid tempo gem."

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	Meets the Bacon Smugglers
Label:	MUSIQUE RISQUEE (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	RISQUEE 005EP

"For its fifth release Musique Risquée is very proud to present a new EP by The Mole (Colin de la Plante). The first track 'Lost in Transvestite', is a long, slow and hypnotising track that brings right in the heart of transvestite, the great capital Lesbosania. The Bacon Smugglers (The Mole with Juanself) follow with 'Naming my Bacon', a greasy house blend of meatsoul in minimal sauce. Maybe a little cooking is needed before. And finally the last track: 'All Because of a Lack of Snow and Temptation' as a very good story attached to it: the reason why The Mole got inspired for it was all because of lack of snow and temptation. Isn't that just wonderful."

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	Ombudsman
Label:	MUSIQUE RISQUEE (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	RISQUEE 013EP

The Mole is back on Musique Risquée with a beautiful introspective three-tracker. The opening track ''I've Got My A'' is an upper-mid-tempo, Theo Parrish-style, tribal house groove. "Thanks For Coming Out Pt.1" is a sweet little anthem building up slowly and softly. It reminds of the Twin Peaks soundtrack, with lush keyboard pads supported by a smooth drum pattern. Finally, "Border Times" is a soulful, reggae-styled club track that will make its way into the playlist of many DJs.

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	One Foot On Either Side of the Ladder
Label:	MUTEK (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	MTK 002EP

Originally released in 2005. True to his name, the Montreal DJ and producer known as The Mole burrows deep into his material, digging dirty furrows in layer after layer of musical substrata -- disco, house, soul, acid, minimal techno -- that have been building up for decades. With his own signature sound of impossibly deep bass, gritty loops, battered vocal hooks, and psychedelic filtering, One Foot On Either Side of the Ladder brings his method to life on vinyl, igniting a slow-burning firestorm of funk across four dirty disco tracks. These are gloriously messy mountains of loops cut with deft edits, diamond-sharp drums, and biodegraded soul vocals that rise phoenix-like from the ashen soil. Are you picking up what he's pushing up?

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	The Notes From the Desktop of My Mind EP
Label:	REVOLVER (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	REV 013EP

"Revolver Canada is very proud and excited to bring our good friend Colin de la Plante (aka The Mole) into the Revolver family. Notes From the Desktop of My Mind is The Mole's debut EP. The Mole has released sides, songs, remixes and/or loops on Itiswhatitis (Canada), Starbass (USA), his own label Nextdoor (Canada), Tuningspork (USA), Complot (Canada), Telegraph (France), Mutek (Canada), Textone Media (USA) and Epsilon Lab (Canada)." 2005 release.

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	In My Song
Label:	WAGON REPAIR (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	WAG 013EP

"Long time no see -- Wagon Repair are back -- with fresh releases recently on Mutek, Philpot, Musique Risquee, Kompakt and Revolver, The Mole returns once again to Mat Johnson's label. Two tracks, two thick sides of our blissed bro from Montreal. Sick Moodyman-style mid to uptempo groovers that build and build with intensity. Shuffling, twirling, fascinating. One of his best gems to date. This EP truly shows us the true talents of this man and proves that Urb Magazine was correct in naming him as one of today's hottest producers."

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	Conversations With the Past EP
Label:	WAGON REPAIR (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	WAG 020EP

"For the last few years The Mole has been trying to translate his experience in clubs and parties into a sound that is at once reflective, inspired by all the great music that has moved him (and so many others), and yet personal. Deepness is of the essential for The Mole, taking his cue as much from Moodymann and Wildpitch as from Larry Levan and Ron Hardy. Being a vinyl obsessive, or black crack addict, DJing has completely reshaped this Montreal resident's life. And finally, after taking and learning so much from this worldwide vinyl community, he is finally ready to give a little back. On the A-side you'll find 'Jingover,' a jam The Mole created with real handclaps (hooray for handclaps!) and a whole lot of samples. Both tracks here are similar in form to The Mole's live sets, he sets up a bunch of loops and rides them for a while, spontaneous magic, if you will. 'Steady Down,' the B-side, is one long jam Mole did and it has a trajectory just like its name. The Mole got the name from his Russian piano tuner who when asked how he's doing responds with 'steady down.' An appropriate hand movement accompanies this and he explains it as being a description of life... steady down towards the grave. The Russian thought it was funny. Anyway, the track has absolutely nothing to do with death, it just goes steady down."

Artist:	MOLE, THE
Title:	As High As The Sky
Label:	WAGON REPAIR (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WAG 038CD

Montreal's The Mole (Colin De La Plante) releases his debut full-length album. A Wagon Repair veteran of numerous singles and member of The Modern Deep Left Quartet with his comrades from Cobblestone Jazz, The Mole has established a strong reputation for his jubilant house and humble attitude. He's released on Itiswhatitis, collaborated with Paddy from Cobblestone as the Smokin Posties, created a 5-turntable experimental techno project referred to mysteriously as the "Starchy Root Machine" and is currently planning to start a 7" label of disco edits with fellow Canadian Koosh. Opening with a bouncy intro, "Still In My Corner" begins with deceptively dark melodic tones and a funked-up bass plunge before growing into a mid-pace house treat. "Aint The Way It Supposed To Be" leads with sustained pads, infectious Latin percussion and cinematic string samples, climbing to close with a bass-heavy disco drive. "Alice You Need Him" builds around looped dripping melodies, taking things deep with shimmering soundscapes and modulated synth. "Hey Girl (I Feel So Good)" is an anthemic house number, building on sampled ride riffs and prodding synth to the sound of an excitable audience. An edit of recent Wagon Repair single "Baby, You're The One" follows, with stabbed key melodies, deeply reverberated percussion and looped soulful vocals, creating a deep house sweat fest. The wobbled melodies of "Gracias A Los Ninos" plunges us deeper, with pulsing submarine-style pads offering a brief breather. Equally chilled, "Like The Way" builds slowly around an eccentric drum pattern and mantric vocal sample, before "Smiling And Running" gathers pace with funk percussion, deep pulsed synth tones and panned bass rhythms. "Knock Twice" sticks to the funk theme, with smooth bass progressions and tight percussion, escalating with choppy guitar and effected flute samples. Closing on a lullaby, "When It Tastes So Good" is pure chocolate, with soothing sampled keys and bouncing bass dozing into a lazy Spanish guitar and Caribbean steel drum finale -- not the first indication that The Mole dreams of one day burrowing his way to tropical climes.

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