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Peter Project

About Me

Mixing oldschool hip-hop with modern electronics, synth pop, and nostalgic samples and Value Village vinyl cuts, Peter Project (Note there is no "The" in the name) has created his own brand of Disney-core hip-hop. Though mostly instrumental, his collaborations with More or Les, The Wordburglar, and Masia One, have produced wicked results. In the face of boring laptop rock, His live show has become legendary. Manipulating MPCs, Turntables, Keyboards, and a Rapping Television, often at the same time, all to the tune of vintage Sci-fi flicks leave the audiences amused and confused. His most recent self titled genera crossing release (Fuzzy Logic Recordings) was released in the spring, and has been crashing college charts across Canada. In addition to Peter Project's solo material he's remixed tracks for the likes of Woodhands, and The Meligrove band. Recently he's been found behind the decks in support of The Wordburglar, and Keys in the Masia One live band, as well as composing original tunes for Sesame Street.
From www.POPSHIFTER.com
Peter Project’s compositions are the closest thing to old-school hip hop without jumping into a DeLorean and going back to the early 80s.peter projectA thick, beefy drum track forms the foundation of most of his work on this self-titled release. Synthesizers, horns, and samples fill out the rest of the instrumentation. Anyone who has ever believed that sampling is theft and not real musicianship is first and foremost an idiot, but is secondly very wrong. When done correctly, as Peter Project proves, the end result can be downright amazing. Think of the samples like little robot lions, and Peter Project as the leader of Voltron, reigning in these lions to form one bad-ass robot with a sword that can defeat any enemy with ease.And speaking of ease, Peter Project is some bastardized form of easy listening, meaning it’s mellow despite its aggressions. The album has a good swing to it and features powerful lyrical swordplay from guests like The Word Burglar and Masia One. The tracks flow into one another and the songs can be enjoyed on their own (as on the Peter Project MySpace page) or as a larger work.Upon hearing it for the first time, I was reminded of both old-school hip hop and some of the Def Jux artists that I had listened to when the label was making its debut. I only ever had those songs on cassette, taped from a friend’s record collection. They’re packed away somewhere so unfortunately I couldn’t go back and make correlations to specific artists. Maybe that’s a good thing, however. I find myself agonizing over specific samples, trying to figure out where I have heard them before.

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Member Since: 3/31/2006
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Download PETER PROJECT's debut album on:
ITUNES, EMUSIC or ZUNIOR!!

You can purchase a physical copy (comes with stickers!!) via:
FUZZY LOGIC RECORDINGS
Don't forget to check out the 7" split with
Woodhands
available by mailorder (click image below)

Record Label: Fuzzy Logic Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

One Cool Word Magazine.

My Remix of "To Die" by Times Neue Roman is being featured on this months release of "One Cool Word" magazine based out of Vancouver. This issue is apparently a Vancouver Vs Toronto issue, and will be...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:43:00 GMT

Pimply dude?! Parents Basement?! LAPTOP?!?! WTF?!?!?!?

Printed in Montreal's Hour weekly.John Sekerka4/5 There's a saw on track three. And whilst you may conclude from that tiny bit of trivia that this here's some kind of kitschy lumberjack album, you wou...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:34:00 GMT

Cool Podcast all about me!

Check it out.An entire podcast all about me, featuring music, and interviews.I won't lie. I'm a boring interviewhttp://www.mypodcast.com/fsaudio/specialfm_20081210 _0723-356499.mp3
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:59:00 GMT

A MUSIC VIDEO!!!!

Check out the rad new music video. It was conceived, shot edited etc by the Coburg Boys (All I really did was write the song and give the thumbs up, they did everything) These are the same guys that d...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:08:00 GMT

Awesome Release Party

So 6 months after the record was officially released, we finally had the release party. It was held a Keep Six Gallery with The Fireflower Review, The Wordburglar, and Masia One. We'd spent the prev...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:03:00 GMT

Sweet Record Reviews!

Three Reviews out this week. All rad! EXCLAIM! MagazinePeter Project By Vish KhannaMore fun than artsy, Toronto's Peter Project crafts infectious hip-hop that dips into an old-school spirit but is dec...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Sesame Street

I recently finished composing music and sound effects for 5 animations created by the awesome folks at Headgear Animation, to be featured on Sesame Street. I'm pretty sure I can now die knowing I did ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:00 GMT

Meligrove Band Remix

I recently completed a remix of the Meligrove Band's "Everyone's a Winner". It was originally just for fun, but it looks like Fuzzy Logic is going to be releasing it in some capacity. I'll probably r...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT

Contributing Tracks to Sweatshop Hop DVD

So I just finished a track for the upcoming Maylee and Slippers "Sweatshop Hop" DVD which is pretty much an aerobics video for weirdos featuring a bunch of Toronto band's music. Should be cool. The ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:38:00 GMT

New Album Out

Ah! How did I forget to write this on my "Blog"So the Album is out. Thanks to the voting and comments of online friends and fans (That feels weird to write) I settled on the Yellow and blue version. ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:44:00 GMT