NF4 Wins Best Album of 2009

Zona Reggae has awarded Northern Faction 4 as the Best of 2009 Dub Albums. more

MIDEM 2010 Showcase

The Balanced MIDEM Showcase takes place Jan 26th 2010 in Cannes, France. more

J57 - Digital Society

Coming soon is the debut instrumental hip hop album from Fat Beats' resident and Brown Bag AllStars producer

Bumpy's Lament

Now on iTunes! Richie Phoe's Balanced debut is a dubwise reinterpretation of the Hayes classic. more

Richie Phoe Podcast

Brighton UK reggae producer Richie Phoe delivers an exclusive mix of some of his all-time favourite tunes. Get The Podcast

DJ Fishead Podcast

June's podcast comes from DJ Fishead, the former Winnipegger and veteran of the dark and edgy side of electronica. Get The Podcast

Balanced House

Our new sublabel will focus primarily on releases of house, broken beat and other dancefloor variations. Visit the site

Kasm vs. The Seed Organization Podcast

The eagerly awaited third chapter in the Kasm/Seed Organization saga is here! Get The Podcast

Brace Wins at the Junos (updated)

DJ Brace grabbed the Juno for 2009 Instrumental Album of the Year. Read More.

DJ Brace @ JUNOfest

It should be a busy weekend for our DJ Brace as he performs at multiple JUNO related events. Read More.

Brace & Dubmatix: Juno Nominees

Balanced artists DJ Brace and Dubmatix have each been nominated for Juno Awards. Read More

Nostomania

DJ Brace presents an instrumental hip-hop album built from a crate of familiar sounds and things you've never heard. Read More

Dubmatix Podcast

Toronto reggae producer Dubmatix delivers a rich blend of positive dubwise sounds. Get The Podcast

Northern Faction 4

The fourth installment of the Northern Faction series is available now. Read More

Nostomania Tour

DJ Brace will be hitting Winnipeg, Montreal & Berlin to close out the Popkomm music conference as part of the tour. Read More

The Seed Organization, JFK & Dubmatix

Join us Thursday August 21st at The Pyramid as The Seed Organization and JFK Renegade Sound System open for Dubmatix, one of Canada's premier Dub & Reggae artist as part of the 2008 Winnipeg Ska and Reggae Festival.

Podcast: DJ Ghostbeard

Ninja Tune's DJ Ghostbeard provides this episode's dancehall reggae mixdown. Get the Podcast

Rise Ashen on Parliament Hill

Last year Rise Ashen treated a colossal crowd of 450,000 Canadians to a serious sampling of underground Canadian electronica on Parliament Hill. This year he'll be back to represent as only Mr. Ashen can. If you're in the Ottawa area, be sure to catch his set.

Podcast: Billy Rockwell

Billy Rockwell returns with a surgically constructed medley of glitch, IDM and jungle sounds Get the Podcast

Podcast: Subatomic Sound System

Subatomic Sound System deliver a signature set of bin blasting dub Get the Podcast

Seven Years of Balanced

It's hard to believe but April 23rd marked the 7th year of operation for our label! Building on the 5 free tracks we gave away with our 5 for Five campaign two years ago, we'll be giving away two more unreleased tracks from artists on the label. This time around, we have a new Kasm track; "Mimosa", along with The Seed Organization's dub of Solidaze's Lost Touch. Visit the Seven Years of Balanced page to download the music and thanks to all of you for the love over the years!

Bloom Wins

Balanced is very pleased to have contributed music to Boring Games' Bloom video game which recently picked up an award at the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and the Animated Arts.

CKUW FUNdrive 2008

February 8th - 15th marks the ninth annual CKUW FUNdrive; an on-air pledge campaign with a week of special programming. Listeners will be encouraged to call 204-774-6877 or visit ckuw.ca and pledge their support for listener driven radio.

Podcast - Kasm vs. The Seed Organization 2

Our first podcast of 2008 features the second round of the Kasm vs. Seed Organization soundclash. The Seed Organization starts things off with a fierce selection of dub and dancehall cuts including Richie Phoe, DJ Vadim and the Nextmen. Kasm answers back with some fresh afrobeat sounds by Tony Allen, Sabo, Roy Dubb & others.