March 12th, 2017
On the heels of our 15 Years of Balanced Records anniversary compilation, we’re pumped that 3 artists featured on the…
March 12th, 2017
We are thrilled to announce that Silla and Rise have been nominated for a JUNO Award in the Indigenous Music…
March 12th, 2017
Recently, Paris To Kyiv founder Alexis Kochan was in Nice, France and participated in a discussion at the Dominican Gallery…
September 21st, 2016
As we approach our 15 Year Anniversary Party we’ll be re-pressing another classic shirt design from Urban Ink Design originally…
September 21st, 2016
Fifteen years ago, surrounded by an ocean of wheat and snow, we created Balanced Records to harness the talent from a…
May 7th, 2016 (Updated September 16th, 2016)
Paris To Kyiv’s Fragmenti recording was originally released in 2005, a sonic tapestry of ancient Ukrainian song fragments and contemporary sounds. Nearly…
April 8th, 2015
In preparation for our 14 Year Anniversary Party Facebook Event we’ve decided to repress some of our classic shirt designs…
April 8th, 2015
Join us as we celebrate 14 years of releases, events and memories at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art…
August 10th, 2014
The 5th annual Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition runs from Thursday August 14 – Sunday August 17. The event features an…
August 9th, 2014
Watch the music video for the title track of Clinton Sly’s debut solo album Ready. You can buy the release…
August 8th, 2014
If you’re digging Ready by Clinton Sly, check out these other 2 tunes on Seed Organization’s version of the Bam…
August 7th, 2014
Balanced is pleased to take part in a unique collaboration with the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art and MEMETIC.…
June 26th, 2014
A huge thank you to all those who voted for Kasm in Winnipeg Sun’s poll for Winnipeg’s Best DJ. Read…
April 27th, 2014
Featuring the return of Seed Organization (from Montreal), along with locals Kasm, Solidaze & Redworm. Advance tickets are available now…
March 22nd, 2014
London-based producer Stephane Lefrançois has just released the second session from The Vault series on Balanced Records, after releasing the…
March 15th, 2014
DJ Mag, the world’s largest dance music magazine, has an article on Balanced Records founder Kasm in this month’s Canadian…
March 14th, 2014
Balanced Records artists have had the pleasure of taking part in 4 different JUNOfest celebrations over the years. We organized…
February 14th, 2014
Rounding out the anniversary week celebration of his Code Fusion EP, Amsterdam’s Process Rebel drops by the Balanced HQ to…
February 13th, 2014
Download a free copy of Kasm’s instrumental How It Go Remix. The original vocal version appears on the Code Fusion…
February 12th, 2014
Process Rebel is back with Code Fusion, his heavyweight electronic dub masterpiece out now on vinyl and digital download. The…
February 6th, 2014
Quadrafunk is Winnipeg’s longest running DJ mixed show currently hosted by Hudson Alexander, Kasm and Redworm. Past hosts have included…
February 6th, 2014
Congratulations go out to Dubmatix and Ammoye for their JUNO Award nominations in the Reggae Recording of the Year category!…
November 29th, 2013
We’ve collected some of our earliest CD releases at one fantastic price. The full-length albums included are Instrumental language, Pleasure…
August 11th, 2013
MEMETIC’s fourth annual MEME Festival takes place August 15-18th 2013 and once again Balanced artists will be well represented throughout…
August 8th, 2013
Montreal’s Clinton Sly has been featured on so many awesome tunes lately, with collaborations with Illoom, Blend Mishkin and Variedub…
June 30th, 2013
Rise Ashen, from Ottawa, Canada is the next of our artists to answer our infamous ten questions. What musical projects…
June 30th, 2013
July 6th 2013 marks the debut of Push Up Your Lightah! – a new series of events celebrating reggae soundsystem…
June 30th, 2013
Brighton, United Kingdom’s Richie Phoe recently guested on Titan Sound’s High Grade radio show, playing his signature blend of reggae…
June 25th, 2013
Listen to the Roots Street radio out of Plymouth, United Kingdom, where the Seed Organization was recently a guest. Roots…
April 30th, 2013
Montreal, Canada’s Seed Organization has been part of Balanced since the very beginning. Along with Big Toe’s Hi-Fi, they recently…
April 29th, 2013
The Seed Organization was a guest on Dubmatix’s radio programme The Bassment Sessions on April 18th and has now made…
April 9th, 2013
What began as an informal collective of Winnipeg DJs and music producers in early 2001, has expanded to include a…
February 25th, 2013
We are thrilled with the recent news that Ammoye has been nominated in the JUNO awards’ Reggae Recording of the…
February 13th, 2013
Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen’s debut release One Nation (previously nominated for a 2012 JUNO Award) was just nominated…
February 7th, 2013
Check out The Seed Organization’s guest set on Titan Sound’s High Grade radio show from February 1st 2013. He gives…
January 24th, 2013
Our first release in 2013 is a scorcher from Amsterdam-based producer Process Rebel. The Code Fusion EP is the most…
December 3rd, 2012
Check out our mate DJ Brace’s entry into the Kid Koala 12-bit Blues Battle hosted by Ninja Tune. If you…
October 23rd, 2012
Richie Phoe’s cover version of Thriller…inna dub stylee!! Download the tune from our downloads section and pick up his newest…
October 15th, 2012
Once again, our artist & label manager Kasm will be heading out to WOMEX 2012 – the annual world music…
September 6th, 2012
Seed Organization did an additional remix of Citizen Sound‘s Addicted and we decided to give it away. The complete Addicted…
July 30th, 2012
UK artist, Richie Phoe, has been featured on some of our most popular releases to date. His debut full length…
July 26th, 2012
A live show demo for Juno Award Nominated, Ottawa Canada Duet: Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen
July 24th, 2012
Echo Outernational, the groundbreaking album from UK producer Richie Phoe is now available digitally at Juno Download, iTunes, Beatport and…
July 24th, 2012
Kasm‘s live set from Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition at the Cube in Winnipeg, Canada.
July 10th, 2012
Richie Phoe just sent us this dope, dubbed out version of Hate to Love (which features a fantastic vocal treatment…
June 13th, 2012
The Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition is gearing up for a big third year running June 21 – 24 at various…
May 9th, 2012
This year Kasm, The Seed Organization, Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen took part in the JUNO Awards in Ottawa…
April 5th, 2012
When recording his Happy and Deep Dark Dub remix featuring Tippa Irie for Northern Faction 5, Subatomic Sound System also…
March 27th, 2012
Following our successful 10-year party in 2011, we are set to launch another historical event on April 28th 2012, this…
March 27th, 2012
Rise Ashen’s remix of 2 Luvrs appears on Northern Faction 5. The video was produced by Labnoise and features Lady…
March 26th, 2012
Early response to Northern Faction 5 has been great. “Great work as usual. heavy dubby rotation big up from vienna!”…
March 6th, 2012
This time around, the legendary Sassa’le from Version Xcursion drops by and answers our questions. What musical projects have you…
February 28th, 2012
7FT live and in full effect at Cape Towns’ greatest party, Cold Turkey. Watch Video
February 28th, 2012
The 10 Questions With… series continues by spotlighting another Northern Faction 5 artists. South Africa’s 7FT Soundsystem has been dropping…
February 21st, 2012
10 Questions With… is a new series on our website allowing you to get to know Balanced artists a little…
February 14th, 2012
We’re so pumped by the recent news that Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen‘s release One Nation has been nominated…
February 9th, 2012
To preview of his forthcoming single, The Seed Organization is giving away one of his dubplates of the new Heatscore…
January 7th, 2012
Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen blend traditional Algonquin chanting with globetrotting dancefloor mixology. On Kijigog Nimiwan, the chant summons…
December 20th, 2011
In 2007, Richie Phoe released the Heartical Behaviour seven-inch on Redbud Records. To close out this year, we are proud…
December 12th, 2011
J57 is featured in Cluster Mag and 2DopeBoyz‘s new monthly video series called The Produce Section focusing on the unsung…
December 12th, 2011
Rise Ashen and Flying Down Thunder perform the title track from their 2011 album One Nation at the Mercury Lounge…
December 5th, 2011
From back in June 2011 as part if Winnipeg’s MEME Festival, Joe Silva performs a live PA set at Alive.
November 17th, 2011
Process Rebel performs with Zimbabwean singer Hope Masike at the Incubate Festival in The Netherlands.
November 16th, 2011
Emcee/Producer J57 was recently interviewed by the Australian website hussletapes.com. Find out what drives him to produce, who he has…
November 8th, 2011
You may know her from her work with Rise Ashen, Citizen Sound and Dubmatix now check out the debut single…
October 31st, 2011
Just in time for Halloween, Richie Phoe is giving away a free copy of his dubwise version of the MJ…
October 25th, 2011
Our good friend Dubmatix has just released a new remix album called Clash of the Titans – The System Shakedown…
September 28th, 2011
Check out this week’s radio show by our friends at Roots Garden. It features two brand new tracks by Richie…
June 30th, 2011
Billy Rockwell performing at the 2011 MEME Festival in Winnipeg, Canada. Visuals by Mr. Ghosty.
June 30th, 2011
Process Rebel performing at the 2011 MEME Festival in Winnipeg, Canada. Visuals by Mr. Ghosty.
June 30th, 2011
Hitori Tori performing at the 2011 MEME Festival in Winnipeg, Canada. Visuals by Mr. Ghosty.
June 20th, 2011
A video of King Sunshine performing their single “That Rag” at the NXNE 2011 Balanced Records Showcase in Toronto, Canada.
June 20th, 2011
A video of Ammoye + Rise Ashen performing “Haffi Win” at the NXNE 2011 Balanced Records Showcase in Toronto, Canada.
June 20th, 2011
A video of Joe Silva performing live at the NXNE 2011 Balanced Records Showcase in Toronto, Canada.
May 30th, 2011
Check out this video of 7FT Soundsystem playing Live at Cold Turkey – Cape Town, South Africa 2011. 7FT Soundsystem…
May 24th, 2011
Here is a video of Joe Silva in the house room of our Ten Year Anniversary Party. His new EP,…
April 25th, 2011
We are less than one week away from our ten year anniversary party. Tickets are still available, but moving fast,…
April 25th, 2011
If you’re one of the luck guests at our Ten Year Anniversary Party, you’ll have a chance to catch Joe…
April 25th, 2011
We are excited to have the privilege of releasing three classic Rise Ashen albums that haven’t been available digitally until…
March 16th, 2011
What began as an informal collective of Winnipeg DJs and music producers in early 2001, has expanded to include a…
January 31st, 2011
Directed by filmmaker Nicolas Heller and featuring cameos by J57 and members of the Brown Bag AllStars, the Digital Society…
January 9th, 2011
J57 offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the lab that crafted Digital Society. Behind the organized chaos, he reveals…
January 9th, 2011
Check out this zany video for Toronto’s 9-piece funk machine King Sunshine… it’s pure monkey business! That Rag will be…
December 27th, 2010
It was a big year for Brooklyn’s J57 who released his monumental debut album Digital Society on Balanced. He recently…
November 25th, 2010
While in Amsterdam for ADE 2010, we met up with Stephane Lefrancois who talked about his forthcoming releases coming soon…
November 19th, 2010
The first collaboration between The Seed Organization and Scotland’s Big Toe’s Hi Fi; the Heatscore Riddim, is available worldwide today…
November 18th, 2010
Process Rebel just finished up a killer dubwise version of Sound A Goody Goody. You can download it for free…
November 18th, 2010
While at ADE 2010, Amsterdam/San Francisco producer Process Rebel talks about his upcoming releases on Balanced Records.
November 11th, 2010
For the first of our videos from the 2010 Amsterdam Dance Event, Rise Ashen talks about the D25 discussion panel…
October 15th, 2010
Here’s a quick video of Craig from Mungo’s Hi Fi killing it on the Big Toe’s Hi Fi.
October 14th, 2010
A wicked set at the Bushrocker Hi Fi Reggae Tent for Beatherder 2009. Big Toe’s Hi Fi with B Dawg…
October 13th, 2010
J57 has been hitting the stage for some high profile shows with artists like Pete Rock, PsychoLes, Prince Paul and…
October 13th, 2010
The German reggae magazine Irie Ites recently caught up with Ammoye for this interview about her new release with Rise…
September 16th, 2010
The Big Toe’s Hi Fi crew including Dangerman stop off at CBC Radio for an interview.
September 7th, 2010
In just two weeks, Ammoye and Rise Ashen’s Haffi Win will be released. The fourteen track album is a futuristic…
August 31st, 2010
The title track to J57’s Digital Society album is available as a free download at the Wax Poetics Digital site,…
August 31st, 2010
This video features the Big Toe’s Hi Fi live at the Pangea Garden Party in 2008.
August 24th, 2010
This video features the Big Toe’s crew taking part in a rural Canadian parade. Watch out for shots of their…
August 20th, 2010
Digital Society has been making huge waves in the underground hip hop community lighting up blogs with previews of the…
August 19th, 2010
Big Toe’s Hi Fi sent a short promo video of Daddy Scotty and Barba Poppa Choppa on the farm in…
August 18th, 2010
A video of Canada’s Skratch Bastid playing on the massive sound system of Big Toe’s Hi Fi.
August 16th, 2010
Here is a video of Big Toe’s Hi Fi live at 2009’s Meadows Festival with deejays Lil Nat, Daddy Scotty…
August 13th, 2010
After launching his vinyl-only EP this spring, we’re happy to announce that today we officially release J57’s full-length album Digital…
June 1st, 2010
MEME (pronounced ‘meem’) is a multi-day music and digital arts festival featuring live indoor and outdoor electronic music performances, large…
May 27th, 2010
All of the content from our sublabel Balanced House has been merged into this website. You can get all of…
May 13th, 2010
J57 is just about to launch his Digital Society vinyl EP and digital album (coming soon) with Balanced Records. Check…
April 30th, 2010
Every year Uptown Magazine celebrates local people and places with their annual “Best of Winnipeg” issue. Please vote Balanced Records…
April 23rd, 2010
Balanced Records turns nine years old on April 23rd. Please help us celebrate by posting something nice on our Facebook…
April 18th, 2010
A huge congratulations to Dubmatix for winning the Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year! Apart from his work…
April 12th, 2010
Two cuts from Richie Phoe‘s excellent Eye On the Prize EP were featured on MTV UK’s television programme Dirty Sanchez.…
April 10th, 2010
Berlin’s Noiseshaper recently released a video for their tune Big Shot found on their latest album Satellite City which also…
March 25th, 2010
Here is another awesome Dubmatix live video, this one features The Dubmatix Sound System along with Murray Man & LT…
March 24th, 2010
Our fellow Canadian; Dubmatix, is featured here in a live video from the 2009 Toronto Jazz Festival. He can also…
March 20th, 2010
While not actually a Balanced Records release, here is another unofficial video found on YouTube for Richie Phoe‘s track Way…
March 15th, 2010
Continuing on the video theme this month, our very own Billy Rockwell just dropped off his video for the unreleased…
March 15th, 2010
We just discovered this awesome fan created video for Richie Phoe’s latest single; Bumpy’s Lament. Feel free to share it…
February 19th, 2010
Portugal’s premiere reggae radio show; Zona Reggae, has awarded Northern Faction 4 with Best Dub Album of 2009! Read the…
January 11th, 2010
Join us in Cannes, France on January 26th 2010 for the Balanced MIDEM Showcase. It all takes place at club…
January 7th, 2010
Portugal’s premiere reggae radio show; Zona Reggae, has nominated Northern Faction 4 as part of their Best of 2009 Dub…
June 14th, 2009
Our new sublabel; Balanced House, will focus primarily on releases of house, broken beat and other dancefloor variations.
March 30th, 2009
It was a huge night for Balanced as our DJ Brace‘s album The Electric Nosehair Orchestra in Nostomania grabbed the…
March 22nd, 2009
On top of receiving a JUNO nomination for Instrumental Album of the Year, DJ Brace will be busy throughout JUNO…
February 5th, 2009
We are very excited to announce DJ Brace’s Electric Nosehair Orchestra in Nostomania has been nominated for Instrumental Album of…
September 8th, 2008
DJ Brace will be hitting Winnipeg, Montreal and Berlin to close out the Popkomm music conference as part of the…
August 12th, 2008
Join us Thursday August 21st at The Pyramid as The Seed Organization and the JFK Renegade Sound System open for…
July 5th, 2008
The Seed Organization‘s dub version of the Solidaze song Lost Touch rounds off our seven year celebration. The original appears…
July 1st, 2008
Last year Rise Ashen treated a colossal crowd of 450,000 Canadians to a serious sampling of underground Canadian electronica on…
June 5th, 2008
Kasm‘s Mimosa kicks off our free digital downloads to help celebrate our seven year anniversary.
May 5th, 2008
It’s hard to believe but April 23rd marked the 7th year of operation for our Balanced Records! Building on the…
January 21st, 2008
In May of 2006, Desmosnd Dekker passed away and left his legacy for a new generation to discover and learn…
January 17th, 2008
Sunday January 27 at Balroom, 7 Rue Marceau, Cannes (Google Map). Ping Pong is the main french press relation, marketing…
July 4th, 2007
Balanced is pleased to have collaborated on the new remix project for Aïwa, the Iraqi-French troupe that saw huge success…
April 22nd, 2007
From Out Of Nowhere; a documentary by Jason “Funk” Permanand, outlines the origins of Balanced Records and features archival footage…
April 22nd, 2007
As part of Jazz Winnipeg’s Nu Sounds series, Balanced will be featuring 2 acts – Solidaze with guests, along with…
October 30th, 2006
As part of the Manito-Ahbee Festival, The Urban Shaman Gallery, Water & Light Project and the Winnipeg Art Gallery are…
October 8th, 2006
Balanced is pleased to be hosting the Electronic Music Showcase as part of the Western Canadian Music Awards Festival. The…
June 19th, 2006
Solidaze’s Pleasure from Precision has been garnering much national and international acclaim over the past few weeks. Check out the…
May 9th, 2006
Urbnet’s DJ Oxide recently profiled Solidaze for the latest Jackhouse where they talk about the development and influences of the…
May 5th, 2006
Equanim‘s It Was A Night is an awesome outtake from his album Instrumental Language.
May 5th, 2006
The final track we are releasing for our 5 For Five promotion is the classic Solidaze track Moonlion.
April 5th, 2006
Fascade@137db will be playing at The Pyramid alongside Tele, DJ RPG and Telepathic Butterflies on March 18th. This show is…
March 28th, 2006
Join us Friday, April 28th at the Winnipeg Art Gallery for the Balanced Five Year Anniversary Party! After eight releases…
March 26th, 2006
The Small Seeds Collective presents The Fistula Hospital Fundraiser at Yenat Restaurant 330 Ellice Avenue Friday April 14th. Tickets are…
March 5th, 2006
Be sure to check out The Clash of the Titans, a CKUW Fundrive event taking place Feb. 11th at the…
January 1st, 2006
To help celebrate our five year anniversary, we bring you Kasm and The Seed Organization‘s dub-funk offering, Grass Roots which…
January 1st, 2006
As part of the 5 For Five celebration we give you a classic Glitch Hop track by Billy Rockwell.
September 30th, 2005
Kasm & DJ Brace’s classic “Breaking Out” has been featured on the Halloween episode of “Prison Break”. Billed as ‘the…