Browse our new artists and audio pages, check out our podcast radio shows, and sign up to our RSS feeds for news & podcasts.And on a fresh tip, we are excited to announce digital downloads directly from our site! That's right, you can now buy individual tracks and full albums from the PTR catalogue in MP3 format encoded at 256 kbit/s or higher. Individual tracks at $0.99 and most full albums are $8.00. Check out audio samples, make a mix of PTR beats and enjoy them on your next subway ride!!Public Transit Recordings -- constantly changing, never stuck in traffic!!.
..Public Transit Recordings is extremely proud to present "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" compiled by one of Montreal's finest Djs Andy Williams.
The 13 artists Andy hand-picked to grace Variations do more justice bringing the essence of the "Great Black Music" to life. Whether hip hop, spoken word, soul, free or funky, the diverse artists on this PTR compilation share common ground in the Nile of jazz. Some of the artists include Amiri Baraka, Clifton Joseph, Avram Fefer Trio, Rainer Wrens and Billy Bang plus more. All proceeds will be going towards the Tyndale St. George Community Centre in Montreal, a place that is close to the heart of Andy.
Now available on all formats, Click here the following link for track previews and the release page.
PTR-1218 Monk Swing
PTR-CD009 Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective
Montreal Heads make sure to check out the Release Party @ Club Lambi May 1, 2008
http://ptrmusic.com/event.php?event_id=16
Peep some interviews with Andy Williams..
http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/042408/music4.html
http://www.voir.ca/publishing/article.aspx?zone=1§io
n=6&article=57963
PTR presents the Debut Album from Voice . Gumbo will be hitting the stores and download sites this Fall. Featuring the infectious production of Moonstarr, Murr (LAL/Da Grassroots) , Marc 4Hero , Alister Johnson , Arch Typ plus more..But above all the album is kept on point and held together by Voice. Its her steady syrupy tone that gives the album its backbone tell a story of a Women trying to be herself in a world of funny M**herF%^*kers!!. For more info on Voice check out featherperm.com Hit us up at [email protected] .
In the meantime check out some of the tracks off GUMBO
Gumbo now Exclusively available at the PTR Online Store Including a limited amount of the Japanese Version that has 2 bonus remixes of Baby Boy from AYB Force and Moonstarr
also now available on iTunes check this link.. ..
or pick up this release on the PTR site, now available as mp3s downloads click here
Public Transit Recordings is dedicated to all the people who nod their heads to beats while riding the rails..or the bus..you know who you are.. If you come to Toronto you'll see that we are one of the few cities with a public transit system that uses buses, streetcars and subways.. In one journey you could ride all three.. and most definitely there is a lot of ground to cover.. the TTC (www.ttc.ca) is essential for every day life in the City..whether you're commuting to work... or maybe digging for gems at Ricks @ Main&Gerrard, then you might want to grab a dosa in Little India, or look for that new but rare omniverse 7inch @ playderecord on yonge.. then head to the AGO cinematheque and catch a rare foreign flick on the big screen.. after that head up to St. Clair and Vaughan for a roti from alberts real jamaican.. then jump on the Vaughan Rd..90 up to Eglinton West and start combing through the record stores in Little Jamaica, then its off to islington and albion north west of the city for a nice veggie thali and say what up to the Rexdale massive!!.. Thats what I call a full days work!! No doubt.. make sure you recharge the batteries on your walkman, and grab a metropass or a day pass.... That's the vibe of PTR, when we started to label back in 1998, we (Moonstarr and the Crew) were just buggin out on the train listening to all the hype demos we were getting.. heads like Abacus, Don Ray, Rosina, Murr, Adam Carty, Audix, Getnice/Genetic, Archetype/Monochrome, Todd Sines.. these Cats put it down for real!! Code416 emerged and layed the blueprint for what was to follow.. Since then we've collaborated and hung out with so many talented and gifted musicians, producers, djs and artists.. peoble like LAL, Marc Mac, Somatik, Voice, Eluna, Maxelle, Scott C, Andy Williams, More or Les, Rahim, Tashish, Prasad Bidaye, Vision, Archive, M-Rock, Jugular, Gurpreet, Brian Gillespie, Ashwin Tumne and the WYEP Afronaughts, Rushhour, Faces Crew, Sonar Kollektiv, Technoir, Elemental Crew, TheCyberkrib, Goya Music, Michael Reinboth, Michael Rutten..I could go on for days.. .. Broken Beat, Techno, Hip Hop, D&B, downbeat.. we don't care music is music.. as a collective we can do more, just like mass transit!! Big ups!! we pay homage to all those who came before us, to those who inspired us, and to those who will continue to be the true innovators of the future.. yeah you know it..PTR dedicated to the transit riders, to the true eco warriors that take the David Suzuki nature challenge (www.davidsuzuki.org).. for the heads that believe in true social justice for all.. for the heads that protest silently and loudly.. and most importantly for the heads that just want to nod their heads to the fattest beats wherever they are..hopefully riding public transit!! .. PEACEOUT...PTR