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  • Aim Higher groupA Toronto newcomers' music group founded in 1995 (Atlantic's "Introducing: Aim Higher" ran in TraxWeekly #20, 27 July 1995, per the TOC) by master-of-darkness (Todd Andlar) "like epinicion ", because "there is little …
  • Deus Ex (Chill Productions) personFounder of Chill Productions, a Toronto group started in 1995 by a 30-year-old techno/trance/ambient composer who "was getting flack" from other groups for his style, his GUS and his FastTracker; also a member of …
  • Mental Floss (Andrew McCallum) personToronto techno musician of kosmic (from about 1994) who played tracked music live at raves and put out the album Grey Matter ; the single source for this page is his TraxWeekly interview of February 1998 (source: …
  • Paganus personPiano-centred tracker of epinicion and Aim Higher, from the Toronto BBS scene, interviewed by Atlantic for traxweekly 's Faces in the Crowd in October 1995. No real name is printed; the contact address given is …
  • Pariah (Edwin de la Vega) personToronto dance-music tracker of the group V.S.L, with ten years of instruments behind him and a creed that there is no bad music, "only music that some people aren't too FOND about". The single source is his traxweekly …
  • Vicious (VSL) personFounder of V.S.L. ("Variety's the Spice of Life"), a 14-member Toronto dance-music group started around April 1995, and a member of Aim Higher; interviewed by Master of Darkness for traxweekly 's Faces in the Crowd in …
  • TW #119 — Interview with Mental Floss (Zinc) summaryzinc interviews mental-floss of kosmic , "a long-time tracker we all know and love", in the last issue of the archive — his first TraxWeekly interview, "lovingly edited" by Zinc. The useful core is how he plays tracked …
  • TW #30 — Faces in the Crowd: Interview with Paganus (Atlantic) summaryAtlantic interviews paganus of epinicion and Aim Higher (also printed as "Interview #7"; conducted 1995-10-10): a piano-centred Toronto-area tracker who came in through a local BBS and has strong views on scene …
  • TW #31 — Faces in the Crowd: Interview with Vicious (Master of Darkness) summaryMaster of Darkness interviews vicious , founder of the Toronto dance group V.S.L. (FITC "Interview #11", conducted 1995-10-18). The centre of the piece is a house producer's case that sample ripping is simply how dance …
  • TW #34 — Faces in the Crowd: Interview with Deus Ex (Master of Darkness) summaryThe #34 Faces in the Crowd column — editorial by Kal Zakath , Master of Darkness 's interview with deus-ex (printed as "Interview #11"), three song reviews by Atlantic (not summarised) and closing words. Deus Ex, 30, …
  • TW #43 — Interview with Pariah (V.S.L) summaryMaster of Darkness (Aim Higher; a Demonews reviewer) restarts "Faces In The Crowd" with a series on his local Toronto scene; the first guest is pariah of the dance-music group V.S.L (founded by vicious ), logged under …