Interview: ELAQUENT (Toronto) – Discussion hosted by LEXIS
Welcome to 6th edition of the Music Is My Sanctuary weekly interviews. As a reflection of the Music Is My Sanctuary philosophy, the artists I invite cover a wide range of styles. Just in the first 5 episodes so far we’ve covered Spiritual Jazz, House music, Yacht Rock, New Age, …
Elaquent’s Beat Odyssey Continues With His New Album “Worse Case Scenario”
Canadian Producer / Beatmaker Elaquent’s returns with his 5th album since his fantastic debut “After Midnight” released in 2009. The new album titled “Worst Case Scenario” might be his finest work yet. It showcases his sonic growth and is also a very introspective exercise. “…going on 30, no longer feeling …
Future Classic: Elaquent “Less is More (Lo Definition)”
“I made a beat tape called In Colour in 2007. Consider Less is More (Lo Definition) a revisit to that time. Raw material. Dusty sample flips, jumpy basslines, unquantized drums, loops. This one is for the beat heads. Back to the basics.” – Elaquent Canada-based hip-hop producer Elaquent returns with …
Future Classic: Elaquent “The Journey”
I’ve been meaning to talk about Elaquent‘s new record on HW&W Records called “Believing” for a while now but summer vacation time sort of got in the way. But since I happened to catch our man EQ performing in Montreal a couple days ago we wanted to talk about our favourite …
Future Classic: Elaquent “Believing”
Our good friend – and very talented producer from Guelph, Ontario – Elaquent’s music stands out compared to the infinite number of beat tapes, including those from fellow Canadian producers. There’s just something about the swing of his beats and classic approach to production that is grounded in the golden era …
ELAQUENT “Forgotten Treasures Mix #10”
It’s already the 10th edition of our Forgotten Treasures mixes series and we couldn’t be happier with the results so far. Each mix has been magical! Well, this one fits in very nicely with the others as a mix that is very personal and full of nuggets you probably never heard, or …
Future Classic: Elaquent “Parallel”
It’s so great to listen to a new project from a good friend objectively and to really love it. Not to be nice to your homie and give the very predictable “yeah, it’s dope!” but because you really do love the project regardless who it came from. This is why …
Future Classic: HW&W Vol. 1 (Free Compilation)
The trend continues. So far more than half of our favorite record projects in 2012 have been free releases / compilations / mixtapes. This one comes from the good folks at HW&W home to amazing producers like Koen, Elaquent, Taku. “via HW&W: We’ve admittedly stayed real low key since our …
Future Classic: Lil B “Real Life” (Elaquent Remix)
“hi. i make beats. i love sega. nintendos dope too, but i grew up on sega. batman is my favourite superhero. i dont quantize my drums. my kungfu movie collection is over 400 films easy. and i rep Gill Breathing. that about sums me up. one love, -eQ” via – …