Artist: Rise Ashen Cat#: Bal–38 Format: CD, Digital Release Date: June 17, 2013 File under: World, House, Global Beats, Electronic Music In The City is Rise Ashen’s first solo record in 8 years. It is an epic 19 song journey into the depths of Rise’s musical world where he seamlessly fuses everything from traditional…
Artist: Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen Catalog No: BAL-35 Format: CD, Digital Release Date: November 9, 2012 File Under: Aboriginal, electronic, house, hip hop On their second full length release on Balanced Records, Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen delve deeper into their musical collaboration, bringing together traditional Algonquin chanting and futuristic dancefloor beats.…
Artist: Citizen Sound Cat : BAL – 34 Format: Digital Release Date: August 24, 2012 File Under: Dub, Reggae Citizen Sound & Ammoye are back with their latest single “Addicted”. A driving bass line, blazing horns and distorted guitars sets the tone for Ammoye’s seductive story of her passion for music. Written & Produced by…
Artist: Various Artists Cat#: BAL-33 Format: Digital Release Date: March 27, 2012 File Under: Dub, Rootical Dubstep, Electronic, Downtempo The soldiers of the Northern Faction deliver a message of bass, beats and peace in the fifth instalment of Balanced Records’ signature series. Northern Faction 5 takes a dubwise dive across both Canadian and global culture.…
Artist: Rise Ashen & Flying Down Thunder Cat # BAL-28 Format: CD, digital Release Date: October 11, 2011 File Under: Indigenous Electronic Rise Ashen and Flying Down Thunder deliver a new and unique sound, sharing Algonquin language and chanting through Indigenous and urban electronic music. Honouring Aboriginal culture through collaborative composition, One Nation is a…
Artists: Rise Ashen and Seema D Cat: BH-05 Format: Digital Released: October 4, 2011 File under: house, dub, broken beat, electronic There have been many nights of inner-space drumming and meditative dancing at Ottawa’s Mercury Lounge. After one of these nights, Rise Ashen and vocalist Seema D. headed over to Rise’s studio to jam. There…
Catalog # BAL-23 Format: digital Release Date: April 19, 2011 File Under: house, dub, broken beat, electronic Balanced Records is ecstatic to re-release Rise Ashen’s 2003 album Earth Dragon: a dubbed-out excursion into broken grooves from the four corners of the world. The textures and melodies are bred from dub reggae, Indian fusion, Scandinavian folk,…
Catalog # BAL-24 Format: digital Release Date: April 19, 2011 File Under: house, dub, broken beat, electronic Balanced brings you another back-catalog gem with Common Ground from Rise Ashen and Trevor Walker. Originally released in 2002, this Canadian world-jazz duo draws from the Middle Eastern, African and Latin dance-floors. Deep layers of instrumentation are united…
Catalog # BAL-25 Format: digital Release Date: April 19, 2011 File Under: house, dub, broken beat, electronic Originally released in 2005, this album was the culmination of 2 years in the studio for Rise Ashen between 2003 and 2005. We are proud to re-release it digitally in 2011! In Rise Ashen’s own words: This album…
Artist: Ammoye & Rise Ashen Catalog # BCD2010-21 Format: CD & digital Release Date September 17, 2010 File Under: Dancehall, house, dub, electronic On their first joint full length Ammoye and Rise Ashen conjure Haffi Win, a futuristic alchemy of dancehall, hip hop, house and dub. Released on Canada’s Balanced Records, Haffi Win is a…
