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To launch the brand new “On The Run” (The Remixes) EP (available on January 28, 2014), four videos have been created by Sparks Music. Each audio remix including the original album version were given to four different video editors with a hard-drive of all of the footage. The result is the creation of four unique videos with different images and audio bed tracks!

The three remixers include legendary U.S. producer/remixer Brian Morgan who has worked with the likes of Usher, Faith Evans, Mariah Carey and SWV, Vancouver dance/pop outfit DiRTY RADiO and Montreal composer/producer Reagan Grey [Girls-On-Synths].

The last few years have been a whirlwind of creation for Vancouver based producer and artist Chin Injeti. With “The Reverb”, his first solo record in almost a decade, Chin is ready to unleash some amazing new songs to the world!

As a producer Chin has been bouncing back and forth between Vancouver and L.A. involving himself in a constant stream of writing and production which led to the following impressive collection of credentials! Here is a partial list of the projects he has collaborated on:

Eminem (the Grammy-winning Recovery plus the COD: Ghosts track ‘Survival’); Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae (the Grammy-winning album Gravity); multi-million-seller P!nk (The Truth About Love) and Miami party rapper Pitbull (Rebelution).
Vancouver rapper Mad Child and California soul singer/rapper Aloe Blacc whose new song ‘I’m the Man’ was played during the finale of Dancing with the Stars!

‘The Reverb’ will be released through Sparks/Universal Music Canada in May of this year.

Watch the four unique videos !

Montreal’s famous landmarks and locations offer the backdrop for JF Robitaille‘s latest music video for his new single,”Saint Catherine”. The video concept was inspired by the 1965 National Film Board documentary “Ladies and Gentleman – Mr. Leonard Cohen”.

Voir Magazine (Montreal) posted the exclusive premiere of the video today. The song is taken from Robitaille’s most recent CD release, Rival Hearts, which has just been picked as one of the Top Ten Albums of 2013 by CBC Radio One personality Brendan Kelly. Brendan also writes for The Montreal Gazette where his Top 10 Album Picks have just been listed.

Papermaps have been nominated as one of the Top 10 finalists for “Best Album Art” for their new CD “Darker Lights” at CBC Radio 3’s annual Bucky Awards. The Bucky Awards honour the best in Canadian independent music, and are voted upon by CBC Radio 3 listeners.

Voting is open from now until Friday Nov. 29 at midnight EST. The winners will be revealed on Wednesday December 4. “The Hedonist” which is the first single from the album has been in the Top 10 at Radio 3 for 7 weeks and is currently at # 8.

You can make a difference and help Papermaps bring home a Bucky – VOTE NOW!

JF Robitaille would normally be on stage in clubs and small theatres but over the next week he will be performing in Montreal at the November 23rd book launch for CBC Radio’s Grant Lawrence and just a few days later (November 28) will play a few songs at the Galerie Samuel Lallouz during an exhibit for Toronto artist and photographer Janieta Eyre. JF’s latest video “Black and White” will also be screened at the event. The video incorporates black and white self portraits of Janieta which makes for a striking collage as a backdrop to Robitaille’s performance.

Grant Lawrence hand-picked JF Robitaille to perform at his book launch and reading which happens this Saturday in downtown Montreal at the Drawn and Quarterly book store. The new book “The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie“, is all about his highly conflicted relationship with Canada’s sporting pastime, and as he says “eventually finding my way to the game through rock ‘n’ roll.”

Sparks Music will be launching Robitaille’s 2nd single and fourth video “Saint Catherine” in January 2014.