Artist: Various Cat: BAL-50 Format: Digital Released September, 2021 The second instalment in our 20 year celebration features new tracks and collaborations by some of our favourite artists. Montreal’s king of the dancehall Clinton Sly starts it off with Croatian sensation Stinky Ranks on “Worldwide Posse”. Multi Juno nominees Ammoye and Rise Ashen’s hit tune…
Various artists Cat: BAL-56 Released July 8, 2022 The final installment of our 20 year series lands with two uptempo tracks from some of the original Balanced creators. Longtime collaborators Kasm & Rise team up for a warm, meditative track guided by Rise’s powerful, expansive vocals. As a bonus, the instrumental version is also included…
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…
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: 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. …
DANE ANTHONY SWAN X RISE ASHEN – DREAM Canadian-Bermudan poet, musician and writer Dane Anthony Swan and Ottawa musician and DJ Rise Ashen started collaborating together over 20 years ago. At the time, Dane was living in Ottawa and DJing with Bellyful Soundsystem. Rise became an instant fan of Dane’s cool personality, music, DJing and…
Don Barbarino and Rise Ashen met at the Mercury Lounge in Ottawa around 2012 when Don came to play at MELO-T’s Afropolitan series. The pair kept in touch and Don brought Rise to play his night at Au Pied Du Courant in Montreal. Then Don came to play at Capital Sessions and the pair kept…
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: 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 artists Cat: BAL-60 Released Dec 9th, 2023 House Dance Mystics is a musical project, the brainchild of Tangent and Rise, housedancers in Ottawa Canada who create sounds to dance to. Founded by Rise Ashen and Tangent in 2023 it aims to showcase them and a community of guest dancers/musicians/djs who perform together across the…
