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TURBO

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About Me


I'm Erik Raymond, but most people call me Turbo. I'm a Montreal born musician raised and residing in Burlington, I write, produce and engineer music, my other interests are automotive, night life, travel and various other things. I drive a 1998 Chevy S-10 thats modified, I also drive a 1984 Buick Regal Limited Edition 5.0L with Air Ride and a 1994 Chevy Astro EXT Van. Some of you might remember me as the DJ/Synth player from 30odd08 , , I'm currently working on 4 other projects as well, Hiigarrah , Non-Zero , Ebony & Lolindir and I also do music under my name as a solo artist. In addition to music projects, I'm managing a video and music production company called Midnight Fabrications, nothing major yet, but I've done two movies, produced three full albums as well as produced a third party group's album and hopefully soon I'll be doing music videos for independent artists. Hiigarrah's album entitled Lucidity Versus Obscurity was released thought Midnight Fabrications and the label is going to release more albums in the future. Traveling and music are my life, as well as driving, crafting and working on cars.
Phrases you'll hear me say often:
"You thought I was Joking?"
"Back off, get your own sandwich"
"Thats what she said"
"MY TURN MY TURN MY TURN!!!
"They don't call me Turbo for nothing"

My Interests

In life, a hard lined vehicle with power that rumbles beneath the hood, a vigorous thunderstorm, viewing the humble and beautiful surroundings of nature pass by with everyday, the eyes of loved ones and last but not least, the sweet sound of music.

In Laymen's terms, I enjoy Automotive, working on cars and driving, everything about them.

I also enjoy Travel, road trips, flying, boating, hiking, etc etc

I enjoy meeting new people and I value my friends and family very much

I love Music, I'm an artist, producer, engineer and stage preformer, I have a great appretiation for all types of music (well writen music that is). I often just like to site on hill-sides, go for walks or just ride around town while listening to tunes, music is definately a very big part of my life

For the most part, I always tell people that I'm a busy guy, most of the time they assume I'm just as busy as everyone else, but between work, the cars, the videos and the music projects, I have very little time to myself. In a sense you could say that these things are in fact "time to myself", simply because I love what I do. I'm a person who doesn't let anything stand in my way, I set goals and I make agendas, and at the end of every day, I have become a new person, with new mountains concurred, new life experiences taken in, lessons learned, new and wonderful people I've met, but more importantly, I have another day ahead of me.

I'd like to meet:

Everyone, I love meeting people in general, one of the added benifits of travel and touring is meeting interesting people.

The resurrection of my cars this spring

This video is unrelaeased footage of Hiigarrah 's rehearsal.

This is the Video for my dual project, a music video for Non-Zero 's "Pandora's Box" and a promotional video for my movie "11186.4"

This is a clip from my first Documentary 11186.4, this is the fotage shown of the journey from Fort McMurray Alberta to Banff Alberta along the northern highways as well as Jasper and Banff national parks

Another clip from my first movie 11186.4, the clip of my journey from Nanaimo to Kelowna BC Canada

This is a Clip from the my second documentary from Western Canada, the clip is from the Columbian Icefield Walk

A Scene from my movie 11186.4 of my adventures in Fort Mcmurray

This is Jamie and his Dad Racing

Breakfast at Shane's

Shane being lazy at work

Music:

I'm very open minded when it comes to music, but I tend to enjoy a good heart-felt melody and a solid groove more then anything, I tend to go for Metal, industrial, crossovers, Trance, Ambient, Classical and lots more.

Favorite groups include:
Meshuggah
Front Line Assembly
In Flames
Soilwork
Delerium
Fear Factory
Pain
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Clint Mansell
Pantera
Black Label Society
Chimaira
Deftones
Onesidezero
Rob Zombie
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
Chevelle
Slipknot
Static-X
Celtic Cross
Crystal Method
Fluke
Junkie XL
Juno Reactor
Mean Beat Manifesto
The Peace Orchestra
Portishead
Prodigy
Soil of Sound
The Avalanches
u.n.k.l.e
Bamboo Forest
Double Dragon
Infected Mushroom
Amethystium
Covenant
Enigma
Ministry
Snaesthesia
Mindless Self Indulgence
Front 242
Intermix
VNV Nation
Rob Dougan
John Frizzel
Howard Shore
Ryhs Fulber
Alice in Chains
Jerry Cantrell
Pink Floyd
The Cure
Joe Satriani
Andrew W.K.
Beastie Boys
Catherine Wheel
Econoline Crush
Garbage
Him
Holly McNarland
King Cobb Steelie
Matthew Good
The Tea Party
The Folk Implosion
Type O Negative
Smashing Pumpkins
Chicane
Robert Miles
Trance Control
Donut Junkie
Richard Brown
Zeta Reticuli
Biosphere
Art Of Trance
Connie Dover
Arch Enemy
Black Sabbath
Clutch
Damage Plan
Darkane
Korn
Linkin Park
Sevendust
Down
Godflesh
Kill Switch Engage
Lacuna Coil
Lamb of God
Queens Of The Stone Age
Sikth
Sybreed
Mnemic
Flashbulb
Demon Hunter
StevieRayVaughan
Big Wreck
Hanzel Und Gretyl
Pitchshifter
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and the list goes on and on and on...... I shall add more when I have the time

Movies:

......WTF?!?!!
My trucks stereo does pretty much the same thing, but with humans
Garry, I wish I knew how to program half life 2 the way you did, you're just crazy!
Deep down inside, we all know what the web is really used for
Its ok, a lot of people don't get it either.
This guy knows what he's talking about
This kid is my new best friend
No one told me the transformers were making a comeback!?!
One more person upset while playing WOW
If you've had the internet for more than 5 years and you haven't seen this video, something is seriously wrong with you!
Too much Acid is never a good thing

My Blog

Three CDs?

It was brought to my attention that a good way to find out what people listen too and really appreciate amongst the music industry, a survey would have to be conducted.  For the most part, people...
Posted by TURBO on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:02:00 PST

Goodbye to Common Sense

A Sad Announcement Today we mourn the passing of an old friend, Common Sense.  Common. Sense lived a long life, but died in the United States from heart failure early in the new millennium. No on...
Posted by TURBO on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:24:00 PST

Sex with a Robot?

Someone brought up a good point to me the other day, if you're in a relationship and you found out your significant other was engaging in sexual acts with a robot, would consider it cheating?  &...
Posted by TURBO on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:51:00 PST