Cantor Records

I wish I could say that reissuing records paid all my bills. The Cantor Records expense account includes a borrowed 90’s Toyota Carolla and lots of record mailers. Fortunately, I work full-time as a Music Director at a campus/community radio station here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (CJSR). If there is one station every radio outlet looks up to it’s WFMU. The quality and variety of programming on WFMU is outstanding. It was therefore with great excitement I read the words “CHANDRA – Transportation (Cantor)”  on the WFMU Heavy Rotation list (instead of doing a Top 30 chart, WFMU distributes a Heavy Rotation list).

If any WFMU DJ’s are out there reading, I want to say thanks for all the support!

Aaron Levin
Cantor Records
www.cantorrecords.com

Heavy Airplay, January 16, 2009

ARTHUR RUSSELL – Love Is Overtaking Me (Audika)

URSULA BOGNER – Recordings 1969-1988 (Faitiche)

LARKIN GRIMM – Parplar (Young God)

BETTY BOTOX – Mmm, Betty! (Mule Musiq)

ERSEN – Ersen (Finders Keepers)

VARIOUS – Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music, Vol. 1 (Basta)

VARIOUS – ReR Sampler 25th Anniversary (ReR)

SIKHARA – Anduni (Urck)

IGNATZ – III (Kraak)

HIGH PLACES – High Places (Thrill Jockey)

VARIOUS – Messthetics #106 (Hyped 2 Death)

CRYSTAL STILTS – Alight of Night (Slumberland)

CAVE – Butthash (Trensmat)

VARIOUS – Titan! It’s All Pop! (Numero)

VARIOUS – Awake My Soul: Help Me To Sing (Awake Productions)

THE LINES – Flood Bank (Acute)

CAUSE CO-MOTION – It’s Time (Slumberland)

PARTS AND LABOR – Receivers (Jagjaguwar)

CHANDRA – Transportation (Cantor)

J.T. IV – Cosmic Lightning (Galactic Zoo)

EL JESUS DE MAGICO – Unclean Ghost (Columbus Discount)

ANNE JAMES CHATON/ANDY MOOR – Le Journaliste (Unsounds)

TIMES NEW VIKING – Stay Awake (Matador)

LOVE IS ALL – A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (What’s Your Rupture?)

SPEKTR – B/W vs. Technicolor (Tocado)

CARLOS GIFFONI – Adult Life (No Fun)

DEVIN FLYNN/GARY PANTER – Go Outside (Picture Box/Ecstatic Yod)

JEAN-PIERRE MASSIERA – Psychoses Discoid (Mucho Gusto)

VARIOUS – Colombian Street Party (WMN)

HSIA-JUNG CHANG – Inside the Piano: 21st Century (Mandala Studio)

Chandra was listed as a Top 10 Reissue of 2008 by Other Music. Woo!

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I am indebted to the great illustrator, book-maker, and exceptionally nice individual Raymond Biesinger for translating Canada’s favorite 90s clothing logo into:

Thanks so much Raymond, you are the greatest. Everyone should check out his web-site!

Here are some recent reviews / descriptions of the Chandra reissue. Some of them are press articles and others are reviews from storefront websites. If you are interested in reviewing the record please e-mail me!

Other Music (New York, New York, USA, December, 2008)

Dusty Groove (Chicago, Illinois, USA, December, 2008)

Wax Poetics (Brooklyn, New York, USA, November, 2008)

SEE Magazine (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, December 4, 2008)

Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, December 6, 2008)

Edmonton Journal – 2008 Top 10 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, December 31, 2008)

Wassup Rockers (blog, USA, December, 2008)

Woo! I found sometime to make a new website. I have to tinker with things for a minute, but soon it will look excellent in all its minimal bliss. Bare with me. And don’t forget to check out the “store” :)