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About Me

The Trick is one person, his guitar, and a bunch of machines he barely understands. The Trick's music is a schizophrenic mish-mash of electronica, rock, and pure pop.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/5/2006
Band Website: thetrick.ca
Band Members: Patrick Reinartz
Influences: Depeche Mode, The Cure, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, The Faint, The Postal Service, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Bjork, U2, The Beatles, Beck, Daft Punk, The Pixies, Garbage, Grandaddy, New Order, Joy Division, Ladytron, Moby, Metric, Mogwai, The Notwist, The Octopus Project
Sounds Like: Machine Rock & Soul. Rainy days and clear nights. Eurotrash.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Four

I haven't played a show in a while, so I thought I should share a little bit of what I've been doing. There's a new tune up called "Four." Check it out, leave comments, come to the show next weekend!
Posted by The Trick on Sat, 24 May 2008 10:00:00 PST

The Windchimes

Next Thursday (Dec. 6), I'll be joining a new Fredericton group called The Windchimes for a show at The Capital. The band includes Koak Kid, Ker, and frequent Trick collaborator Vehicle. I haven't hea...
Posted by The Trick on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:37:00 PST

Half Way There

The new song, Half Way There, is the latest collaboration between myself and Vehicle. This one couldn't have been written by either one of us alone, I don't think, as we shared equal duties on figurin...
Posted by The Trick on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:00:00 PST

80s Night at The Phoenix

I'll be joining my friend DJ Travisthered again on the decks tonight at The Phoenix for 80s Night. The two of us will be playing our favourites of the decade, and with any luck we'll even be able to f...
Posted by The Trick on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:13:00 PST

The Trick & Vehicle

I've never used the MySpace blog feature, but here I go venturing into new territory. I think the new posted song ("Stale City") is worthy of at least a little explanation.I've been working with my fr...
Posted by The Trick on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:39:00 PST