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Stefan Hegerat
Stefan Hegerat is a multi-instrumentalist (drums, bass, piano, guitar, voice), and Dora nominated composer based out of Toronto, Ontario. He has been working full time as a professional recording artist/composer since 2012. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Stefan relocated to Toronto in 2008 to complete his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance at the University of Toronto while studying under legendary Canadian jazz drummers Terry Clarke and Nick Fraser. In addition to leading his own bands Icterus and Parade, Stefan is a member of Chinese Medicine, Triio, The Electric Storm Collective, JJ and the Pillars, Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, Blue Sky Miners, Laura Tremblay and Moneyhouse. In 2015 JJ and the Pillars won the Edge’s Next Big Thing Contest and since then his composition “The Wolves” has been streamed over 4 million times. His music has also been featured on the Canadian television show “Bitten”, on George Stroumboulopoulos’ “The Strombo Show”, and received radio play on CBC radio, the Edge and Indie 88.
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Stefan Hegerat's Bet Against Algorithmic Music
by Lawrence Peryer
Stefan Hegerat reached his breaking point with Spotify. Last year, the Toronto drummer and composer made a decision that's becoming more common among independent musicians: he began the process of removing his music from the streaming giant. “I recently read Liz Pelly's book about the evolution of Spotify and that really sealed the deal for me," Hegerat says, referring to the journalist's critique Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (Simon & ...
Continue ReadingDr. Purgatory: The Consumption: A Tragic Folkale in Six Parts
by Dan McClenaghan
Guitarist David Riddel}, aka Dr. Purgatory mixes up the influences of Dutch guitarist Reinier Baas, Maurice Ravel and Bjork and more. “Everything I compose is essentially influenced by her (Bjork's) 2001 album <em>Vespertine</em> (Elektra)," Riddel says. Under those influences, he has produced a futuristic, chamber jazz, {{m: Herbie Hancock-esque fantasy soundtrack of sorts with The Consumption: A Tragic Folk Tale In Six Parts. His septet, featuring his guitars, two reed players, a violin, piano, bass, and drums, makes ...
Continue ReadingTriio: Six-ish Plateaus
by Dan McClenaghan
Canadian bassist Alex Fournier takes inspiration from some of the best, most notably bassist/cellist/composer Andrew Downing and bassist/composer Michael Formanek. Both of these mentors sit outside the mainstream, but not far off, within spitting distance we might say. Six-ish Plateaus, by Fournier's Triio—which is not a trio but rather a sextet--explores the hybrid of written material and energized freedom with two reeds, guitar and vibraphone, drums and bass line-up. Distinction of sound is a key here. The ...
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The Consumption
From: The Consumption: A Tragic...By Stefan Hegerat
