The Circle Research Show! EPISODE #46 + SPECIAL GUEST: Maylee Todd

The Circle Research Show! EPISODE #46
w/ Big Tweeze & *circle research*

+ SPECIAL GUEST: Maylee Todd

http://thecircleresearchshow.podomatic.com

1. Guilty Simpson - Friends Only
2. Rich Kidd - No More (inst)
3. Bug - Sativa
4. Joya Mooi feat. Mar - My Day
5. Suff Daddy feat. Mar - Dope Shit
6. Brenk - Concrete Jungle
7. KenLo Craqnuques - Stmlignemauve
8. ??? - Who Woulda Thought
9. Circle Research feat: Maylee Todd - Formulas And Functions
10. Pause Tape Revival - Inthespirit
11. Boom Bapist - Mario Jump Dilla
12. The Roots - Stereo Lab
13. Jesse Futerman - Mystery Team 2090
*T.O Talent*
14. May Lee Todd - Protector Plan 101 (Live)
15. May Lee Todd & Circle Research - Hooked
16. May Lee Todd & Circle Research - Heartthrob (CR remix)
17. May Lee Todd - Summer Sounds
18. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Fantastic
19. Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
20. Steve Parks - Movin' In The Right Direction
21. Keni Burke - Hang Tight
22. Eramus Hall - Think Positively
23. Prince - Head
24. New Edition - Cool It Now
25. Dam Funk - Black
26. The Sequence - Simon Says

CHARTattack - Review

http://www.chartattack.com/news/81222/circle-research-part-scientist-part-romantic

Circle Research: Part Scientist, Part Romantic
by Cheryl Thompson (CHARTattack)

Toronto-natives Nik and Gil have been DJing as Circle Research since the early '90s.
Back in the day, they were strictly hip-hop; today, their music is infused with a little funk, soul, electro-boogie and jazz.

The duo have been together since they were teenagers, and are best described as one part scientist, one part romantic.

"Gil is all scientific and precise and logical with his production style, where as I am more about the passion and risk taking with an unorthodox production style," Nik says.
Circle Research hosted a late-night radio show on Ryerson University's CKLN 88.1 FM for over 10 years.

"Community radio is the only medium that has the balls to play music or discuss topics that are intriguing," asserts Gil.

While Circle Research still do a podcast, the pair are all about new album Gardiner Express these days.

The Urbnet Records release is a bit of a departure from 2008's WHO?, which was a pure hip-hop mixtape.

"The new record is a more mature sound but still incorporates all our hip-hop steez," explains Nik.

"We've kept the hard hitting drums and crackly vinyl samples," asserts Gil, adding, "but we traded in the cuts and scratches for more analog synth-funk.

"We've been old school electro heads since the days when we used to breakdance in Nik's basement, so naturally we added a vocoder into the mix as the vocal element. It lets guys like us — who don’t rap or sing — express ourselves vocally, while adding an electronic edge that compliments our beats."

As for the album title, it truly is meant as homage to the city that made Circle Research what they are today.

"It's the people, the culture, the artists, the action and commotion of Toronto that inspires our sound," Nik says. "The whole Gardiner Express thing is just our own personal experience from back in the day, when we would travel to Toronto to buy records at Play De Record or late at night driving on the Gardiner Expressway to go to a hip-hop jam or concert."

While Circle Research might remix indie rock, jazz or electro artists, they're hip-hop first and foremost.

"I will always think of myself as a hip-hop producer," Nik says. "When you're immersed in a music and culture, it almost feels religious to be a part of it."

Circle Research's breakdancing days are pretty much over, and there's not even a remote chance of this duo rocking the mic, but as Gil says, "Don't get it twisted — it doesn't have to be rapping to be considered hip-hop."

Ultimately, Circle Research, like hip-hop, are an evolving work in progress.

EXCLAIM -REVIEW

http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/latestsub.aspx?csid1=142&csid2=870&fid1=45879

Circle Research
Gardiner Express
By Kevin Jones

With two previous LPs consisting largely of the one-two beats-and-rhymes punch you'd expect from DJ/production duo Circle Research, the long-time Toronto hip-hop mainstays bank on round three to finally express the myriad musical influences they've heretofore only hinted at through remixes. New disc Gardiner Express is a cooled-out instrumental joyride through the warm and cosy world of analog sounds, as the two men lace each bass-driven beat with heavily synthesized melodies that bridge future sonics with hip-hop's early electro offshoots. Familiar classics are taken down alternative paths on cuts like "Look Of Love," "Got Your Money" and "Rock Creek Park," the latter's warbled keys and robotic vocals eclipsing the funky guitar and soulful harmonies of the original. Actual voices on the album serve as just another audio flavour in the mix, rather than for the progression of complete verses, and on hypnotic head-nodders like "Formulas and Functions," are pushed deep into the background. On the whole, each of the disc's varied moods find success in drawing you into the emotions they convey, from romantic space trip "With You" to reggae-inflected spine-twister "Stop…Look…Listen To Your Heart," with a host of captivating soundscapes filling out this impressive set of in-travel grooves.

What is the album's connection to the Gardiner Expressway?
Gil: For us, the Gardiner symbolized our youth ― coming downtown and being exposed to all of these new sounds, or going to check out the DJs. It's like the feeling you get when you're riding down the Gardiner and the anticipation and the excitement of going to the party.

Nik: It was never a preconceived notion that we were going to do an album that sounds like this. But after, when we were listening to all the tracks after they were done, it was like, "I feel like I'm in a car, on a summer night, and we're going downtown." When we were younger, we were into hip-hop, obviously, and electro funk. Those would be the type of songs we'd be listening to when we were heading downtown, and those are the styles that we're doing right now.

Why are the vocals pushed so far back on cuts like "Formulas and Functions"?
Gil: What happened was Maylee Todd actually wrote a full song to that beat, and you're gonna hear it after the release of this album when we put out a remix EP with vocalists over these instrumentals. But the reason that we took out her verses was because we liked the fact that the vocals that we kept were more atmospheric and in the background. It's one of the reasons why we didn't have any guest appearances on this album: we wanted to showcase Nik and Gil. A lot of times a producer has an album and he'll have 17 rappers [on it], and it tends to overshadow the actual artist. So, for that reason, we consciously didn't use any of our friends

You Don't Know Me

You Don't Know Me - Circle Research - from the album GARDINER EXPRESS from Circle Research on Vimeo.

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NOW - My Style - Toronto street style

NOW - My Style
Toronto street style

Nik Timar and Gil Masuda:

DJ/Producer duo Circle Research

http://www.nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/mystyle_story.cfm?content=174581

GARDINER EXPRESS - Available NOW!

GARDINER EXPRESS The New Album From CIRCLE RESEARCH

Available NOW!

http://www.itunes.com/circleresearch

http://thecircleresearch.bandcamp.com


If you haven't already downloaded the first free single "Out Of This World", well whatcha waitin' for!?
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YES YES Y'ALL!

CIRCLE RESEARCH – ‘GARDINER EXPRESS’ RECORD RELEASE PARTY

Join us this Thursday, April 22nd in celebration of our brand new album, Gardiner Express! There will be free cd's, an exclusive live performance.

See us at BEAT LOUNGE for a LIVE! beat production set that will take you OUT OF THIS WORLD!

BEAT LOUNGE
Thursday, April 22, 2010
THE RIVOLI
332 Queen Street West
Doors: 9PM / 19+
$7 admission w/ a FREE copy of GARDINER EXPRESS for the first 100 guests!
+ Round-Robin Producer Showcase:FULL PRODUCER ROSTER TBA: STAY TUNED IN

The Circle Research Show! EPISODE #45

The Circle Research Show! EPISODE #45
w/ Big Tweeze & *circle research*

http://thecircleresearchshow.podomatic.com

1. Rocksteady Crew - Hey You
2. Herbie Hancock - Rockit
3. One Way - Mr. Groove
4. Mann Parish - Boogie Down (Bronx)
5. Jonzun Crew - Electro Boogie Encounter
6. Break Machine - Street Dance
7. West Street Mob - Mosquito
8. Chaka Khan - Can't Stop The Street
9. Star Quality and Class - Betcha Got A Dude On The Side
10. J Dilla - Glamour Shots (inst)
11. Circle Research - Formulas and Functions
12. The Roots - Donuts Outro
13. BoomBaptist - Townsend / Too Late
14. Leonard Dstroy - Soul Stew
15. Samiyam - Fishsticks
16. Daru Jones - Rat Race "Up & Down"
17. Indigo Pyramid - When I Think About You
18. KenLo Craqnuques - Stmilgnemauve
19. Buscrates 16 Bit Ensemble - Captain Coolout
20. BreakBot - Make You Mine
21. Daft Punk - Something About Us
22. Circle Research feat. Jeremy Glenn – Summertime in the City
23. The Roots - Eve
24. Art Of Noise - Moments in Love
25. Circle Research - Hot Hot Shit
26. Souls Of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
27. Redman - Time 4 Sum Aksion
28. The Notorious B.I.G. - Party And Bullshit
29. A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
30. Wu Tang Clan - Method Man
31. De La Soul - Ego Tripppin'
32. Craig Mack feat. Q-Tip - Get Down (remix)
33. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin And Juice
24. Frankie Cutlass - Boriquaz On The Set
25. A Tribe Called Quest - Push It Along
26. The Dells - Can We Skip The Party

CIRCLE RESEARCH - 'GARDINER EXPRESS' RECORD RELEASE PARTY

GARDINER EXPRESS
The New Album From CIRCLE RESEARCH

See them at BEAT LOUNGE
for a LIVE! beat production set that will take you OUT OF THIS WORLD.
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BEAT LOUNGE
Thursday, April 22, 2010
THE RIVOLI
332 Queen Street West
Doors: 9PM / 19+ w valid ID
$7 admission w/ a FREE copy of GARDINER EXPRESS for the first 100 guests!

Round-Robin Producer Showcase:
FULL PRODUCER ROSTER TBA: STAY TUNED IN

______________________________________________
GARDINER EXPRESS
The New Album From CIRCLE RESEARCH
on URBNET Records

http://www.itunes.com/circleresearch
http://www.urbnet.com/circleresearch

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Circle Research - Gardiner Express (EPK)

Circle Research - Gardiner Express (EPK) HD from Circle Research on Vimeo.

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The Circle Research Show! EPISODE #44

The Circle Research Show! EPISODE #44
w/ Big Tweeze & *circle research*

http://thecircleresearchshow.podomatic.com

1. 2 Pac - I Get Around
2. Choclair - Let's Ride (inst)
3. Jay - Z - Feelin' It
4. Smif N Wessun - Wipe Ya Mouf
5. Redman - 1 Million And 1 Boodah Spots
6. Erick Sermon - Tell Em
7. Masta Ace - Born To Roll (remix)
8. Jeru Tha Damaja - Scientifical Madness
9. Lone Catalysts feat. Talib Kweli - Due Process
10. Jesse Futerman - I Love You So
11. Saukrates - Soarin' To Heaven prt 2
12. Dipack Chand - Hello Nurse
13. Decpticon Bootleg Machine - Orbit162
14. Erykah Badu - Love Of My Life (Shelltoes remix)
15. Take - Neon Beams
16. Eulorythmics feat. Proh Mic- Hot and Nasty
17. Tobrock & Fella Vaughn - When You Hear That
18. Vital - Gaffer Tape
19. Circle Research - Gummy Worm
20. V Looper - Neon
21. Devonwho - Keep The Funk Alive
22.MadLib - The Frontline (Liberation)
23. D'Angelo - Funky Drummer
24. J - Dilla - Safety Dance
25. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
26. Lemuria - Hunk Of Heaven
27. Joseph Henry - Who's The King
28. Marie Queenie Lyons - Fever
29. Professor Longhair - Big Chief
30. Mary Jane Hooper - I've Got Reasons
31. The Budos Band - Ghost Walk
32. Word A' Mouth - Famous Last Words