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Cassiar Records
@cassiarrecords.bsky.social
a small independent label run by bassist Josh Cole focused on releasing music from the vibrant Canadian experimental and improvised music scene.

https://cassiarrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://joshcolebass.substack.com/
@socanmusic.bsky.social

Petition against use of copyrighted music for AI training

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Maxwell Stover and Josh Cole
duo at Second Fridays at the Canadian Music Center

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#Toronto #experimentalmusic #improvisation
Second Fridays: Josh Cole & Maxwell Stover Duo
YouTube video by CanadianMusicCentre
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February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
@bandcamp.com F R I D A Y
2025 releases
Collateral
Dun-dun band
quartet +strings

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Cassiar Records
an artist-run label focused on releasing music from the vibrant Canadian experimental and improvised music scene. Distribution: Tobira Records (JP) Soundohm (EU)
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February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
~~~ live show
josh cole trio +strings
Friday Jan 30th, at Sellers&Newel
#toronto
#livemusic
#improvisation
#experimentalmusic
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
thanks to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social and Daniel Spicer for mentioning Dun-Dun band on the year end list!

#experimentalmusic #yearend2025 #toronto
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
back to the stack

year end roundup with Craig Dunsmuir

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Favourite records of 2025 with Craig Dunsmuir
the Dun-Dun man returns to weigh in on his jazz/improv/experimental picks for 2025
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December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
December issue of Songlines Magazine (UK)
★★★★
"It’s hypnotic, entrancing and genuinely psychedelic."

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Pita Parka Pt. II: Nim Egduf
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December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
the earshot! charts
((( Canadian college/indie radio)))

dun-dun band holding it down this fall

thanks to Canadian indie-radio for the support!!!

www.earshot-online.com/charts/2025/...
top 20 jazz chart : october 2025
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December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#Toronto
a special #film is debuting Jan 15th
'Memory of Light'
a deep dive into the creative process of the Cluttertones

#experimentalmusic #newmusic
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sei Miguel

a north star, patron saint of doing your own thing

www.freejazzblog.org/2025/11/sei-...
Sei Miguel (1961—2025)
Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media
www.freejazzblog.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Toronto friends - live music listings are a tricky dance these days - but over the last couple months I've found this substack to be the most reliable for seeing the big picture

Lust for Live, Nov-Dec
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Lust for Live, Nov-Dec
Selected shows for the final weeks of 2025
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November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
file under: nation building projects
@thestar.com @mfs-toronto.bsky.social

more arts, less oil. better trains to make touring less oil dependant please too while we're at it.

culture matters, beauty matters

www.thestar.com/entertainmen....
Canada’s arts and culture sector contributed $65 billion in GDP, new report finds
The study from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce found the industry is growing faster than oil and gas, manufacturing and agriculture.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
thanks to Ian & 'Rabble without a cause' on @ckcufm.bsky.social for hi-lighting some of whats going on here in Toronto in the experimental scene with dun-dun band and quartet +strings!

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Rabble Without a Cause, October 29: Funding Drive show numero 1: local and Toronto-based groups
Linsey Wellman, Matt Robert McLennan Quintet, the Dun-Dun Band, Josh Cole and Rich Brown
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October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"All in all, Pita Parka, Pt. II is the most musically dense and ambitious four-song record you’ll hear all year, an epic that leaves you wanting more." - Malcolm Fraser, Maisonneuve

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The Music Room
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October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
thanks @thequietus.com for the kind words

"Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf is an album that enchants and transports. Each of its blissed-out segments appears like a portal to some cosy, safe place. Meanwhile, reality slips away."

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Dun-Dun Band – Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf | The Quietus
Balearic bliss and free jazz skronk collide on the second album from Craig Dunsmuir's Toronto-based big band
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October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
talking pizza at cassiar HQ with the dun-dun buds
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Dun-Dun Band on Toronto's absolute best pizza
YouTube video by Kreative Kontrol
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September 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reposted by Cassiar Records
September 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
~~𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙎𝙐𝘽𝙎𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙆~~
talking to Joe Sorbara about the new Guelph Jazz Festival, highlighting a visit to Toronto by James Annett, and the new dun-dun band record.
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#toronto #guelphjazzfestival #improvisedmusic #experimentalmusic
a new Dun-Dun Band album, a new Guelph Jazz Festival, and a visit from an old friend
Talking to Joe Sorbara about the new Guelph Jazz Festival, celebrating the Dun-Dun Band’s new release Pita Parka Pt. II, and welcoming viola player James Annett for a visit to Toronto.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
last show of the 2025 Cassiar residency at the Tranzac

Josh Cole trio + strings
w/ John Oswald (sax), Aline Homzy (violin), James Annett (viola), Nick Storring (cello), Blake Howard (percussion), and Josh Cole (double bass)
September 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
selections from all three 2025 releases today on CSJW thanks to Tim at Jazz Today at @cjsw.bsky.social

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Jazz Today – Episode August 21, 2025 – CJSW Radio
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August 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM