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Sunday, October 1, 2017

Recording: JFM

Artist: JFM

Song: unknown*

Recorded at Allan Gardens (Intersection – Day 4), September 4, 2017.

JFM - unknown

In recent years, the Intersection Festival would normally consist of a paid concert, usually the night before the day-long extravaganza in Yonge-Dundas Square. This year, however, under the continued guidance of Burn Down The Capital's Tad Michalak, the festival expanded to four events, including a pair of concerts at The Jam Factory. New this year, and bringing things to a most delightful conclusion, was this free afternoon inside the conservatories at Allan Gardens, mixing a variety of performers into the varied microenvironments — despite the crowds filling the greenhouses to the brim, it was a wonderfully serene occasion.

Perched above the fishpond in the Mediterranean House, Jesse Matthews unpacked some grooves from his Suitcase of Sound, creating a languid dance-in-your-own-skull type of vibe.

[You can see some footage from this set over at Brandon Caswell Douglas' Intersection playlist.]

* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Recording: JFM

Artist: JFM

Song: Unfree*

Recorded at The Great Hall ("Long Winter" – Year 2, Volume 5), March 7, 2014.

JFM - Unfree

Full review to follow. Never have I felt such a seemingly unending, relentless winter in this town, but the monthly instalments of Long Winter were all welcome respites. This second season closed out with a somewhat heavier night — Fucked Up finally made a last-minute appearance to preview their forthcoming Glass Boys album to close things out. But there was still a lot of variety stuffed in around the edges. It seemed like the crowd at this all-ages affair got younger every month, and from what I could tell a lot of the younger cohort came with open ears, willing to take a chance on the bands besides the ones they came to see. We don't have enough of this going on, so here's hoping that next winter is once again a Long Winter. (Except, like, weather-wise. Please don't make us deal with that again!)

I wasn't really familiar with Jesse Matthews' samples'n'beats-driven project, but with an album on Divorce Records (and a new tape on Pleasence) it seemed smart to head down to the restaurant to check this out.

* Thanks to Jesse for passing along the title to this one.