Citizen Sound – Trouble

Artist: Citizen Sound featuring Ammoye Cat: BAL-17 Released:May 28, 2010 Citizen Sound and Ammoye team up to give you Trouble, a killer combination of Ammoye’s sultry vocals and the dub-inspired production from Toronto-based producer Citizen Sound.     Lyrically, Trouble calls for an end to the violence among the youth, when tempers run high at parties. …

Rise Ashen – Crazy Spirit

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…

Rise Ashen & Trevor Walker – Common Ground

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…

Rise Ashen – Earth Dragon

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,…

Rise Ashen – Atma

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…

Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen – One Nation

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…

Various – Northern Faction 5

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.…

Citizen Sound – Addicted

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…

Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen – North Wind

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.…