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Ever heard of Bobby Orr or the Rocket number 9? Neither had The Mole until he moved to Montreal from Canada’s west coast. And now he loves them. Perhaps there is something magical in the humble success of these men that inspires. Who doesn’t love a reluctant hero?

Dance music fans in Victoria and Vancouver in the 90s heard a lot of The Mole in his infancy. His mentors, believing he had a natural talent, pushed him from his DJ beginnings into music production. This natural talent was, in reality, mountains of hard work consummated in secret not unlike the rigorous discipline kung fu students undertake in those wonderful bamboo forests. For The Mole though this retreat took the form of long winters in the French and arguably the cultural capital of Canada, Montreal. Long, cold winters indeed.

It was only natural that the city’s storied disco story would fit him well. Warm people and cold nights warming blood like so much sap in spring. The Mole is often reminded of his voyageur past (as an 18th generation Canadian he is very proud of his French and English roots) when navigating the graveyards of vinyl that abound in his hometown. What could make a black crack addict feel more at home in this cold climate? I tell you what: 7 years of residency at the Laika bar and numerous appearances at the MUTEK Festival.

Enough about why The Mole has chosen to make his burrow in the storied city, let’s talk about the music. Urb magazine named him one of the ‘next 100’ in 2004. His live set at MUTEK 2004 was one of the top ten in the Village Voice Critics’ Poll 2004, followed by 2005’s collaboration with long time friend and band mate Mathew Jonson ‘Dirt Road and a Boat From Soundwave’ on Kompakt’s Speicher was received with critical acclaim. As were his releases that year on Philpot, Musique Risquée and Revolver. 2005 also saw the reunion of the Modern Deep Left Quartet on Wagon Repair, probably the greatest source of pride for the molito to date.

There is also what The Mole refers to as the ‘starchy root machine’. And with a little like that, it should spark some interest! Anyway, it is a performance in which a minimum of 5 turntables are all playing loops that are either manufactured or hand made. With this The Mole then manipulates them, in a traditional DJ sense, with some effects to bump it up (what he confesses is quite a psychedelic experience for him). And although he has, because of other projects had to put this endeavor on the back burner for a little while, he still gets questioned on when he will bring it back. ‘I’ve only ever don it in Montreal because I think the number of tables scares people and it is fairly experimental… though terribly techno as well’.

With his 2006 ‘In my song/Acadian’ being signed to a Sven Vath mix and a part time collaboration with Paddy from Cobblestone Jazz as the ‘Smokin Posties’ releasing their first remix on itiswhatitis, things were heading in the right direction for The Mole. 2007 saw further standout releases on Wagon Repair and late in the year a relocation to Europe, where he’d spent much of the summer months touring. Now 2008 heralds even greater things as The Mole releases his debut album ‘As High As The Sky’ on Wagon Repair and prepares to tour around it across the globe. Plus there’s the release of singles for Prins Thomas Ful Pupp imprint and there’s plans afoot to create a create diggers wet dream of a 7” label with fellow Canadian Koosh, code named Sticky Fingers.

In some ways all this begs the question of ‘why Bobby Orr and Rocked Richard’. In the end The Mole insists that he’s ‘just a hockey player’. Wait that’s not right! He doesn’t even play hockey. In fact, he can barely skate! But he does love music with a humble and honest gratitude that can be heard throughout his work.

More info:
www.myspace.com/eslamolita

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RELEASES:

2010 - The Mole - "Dreamer You Keep On Dreaming EP" 12" - Musique Risquée
2010 - The Modern Deep Left Quartet - "Chance EP" 12" - Wagon Repair
2010 - The Modern Deep Left Quartet - LP - !K7 CD & Wagon Repair 12"
2009 – The Mole – 7 Inches of Love 3 (7”) – 7 Inches of Love
2009 – The Mole - 7 Inches of Love 1 (7”) – 7 Inches of Love
2009 – The Mole – Family / Rotation EP 12”- Internasjonal
2009 – The Mole - "For The Lost / There's Hope EP" - 12" - Internasjonal
2008 – The Mole - “As High As The Sky” LP CD & 2x12” – Wagon Repair
2008 – The Mole - “Baby You’re The One” EP 12”– Wagon Repair
2007 – The Mole - VA – “Katapult Artists Vol. 3” – A1 – “Conscience Down by The Tracks Rear the 80s” – Karat EP 12”
2007 – The Mole – “Ombudsman” EP 12” – Musique Risquée
2006 – The Mole – “In My Song” EP 12” – Wagon Repair
2006 – The Mole – “Conversations With The Past” EP 12” – Wagon Repair
2005 – The Modern Deep Left Quartet – “Babyfoot” EP 12” – Wagon Repair
2005 – Mathew Jonson & The Mole / Axel Bartsch – “Speicher 26” 12” – Kompakt Extra
2005 – The Mole – “One Foot On Either Side Of The Ladder” EP 12” – MUTEK_rec
2005 – The Mole – “Notes From The Desktop Of My Mind” EP 12” – Revolver
2005 – The Mole – “My Dog Arthur” EP 12” – Arbutus
2005 – The Mole – “Fat S Edit” EP 12” – Philpot
2005 – The Mole – “Meets The Bacon Smugglers” EP 12” – Musique Risquée
2004 – Mathew Jonson & The Mole – “Moss Rocks” EP 12” – Arbutus
2004 – Phlegmatic & The Mole – “Motorsoul Vol. 1 (Chapter 3)” EP 12” – Philpot
2001 – Hreno & The Mole – “Living Human” EP 12” – Next Door

REMIXES:

2009 – Who Made Who - The Plot - "Mole Remix" - Gomma
2008 – Hrdvsion - Playing for Keeps - "The Mole Remix" - Wagon Repair
2008 – Mood Edit - Man And Nature - "The Mole Remix" - New Kanada
2008 – Minilogue - Hispaniola - "The Mole Remix" - Cocoon Recordings
2007 – Pole – Pferd – “The Mole’s Lost In The Wood Remix” – Scape
2003 – Ben Nevile – Petid – “The Mole Remix” – Telegraph
2004 – Bucci & Pink Elln – Mavis 350 – “The Mole’s Who Is a Pimp Lapointe Mix” – Cynosure
2004 – Crackhaus – Spells Disaster – “The Mole Remix” – MUTEK_rec
2003 – Bodycode – Hands Free Computer Interface – “The Mole Remix” – Spectral Sound

SAT 03.07.10 - NL, Amsterdam @ Costa del Soul Festival
THU 08.07.10 - JP, Tokyo @ Eleven
SAT 10.07.10 - JP, Tokyo @ Eleven (Modern Deep Left Quartet)
SAT 17.07.10 - CA, Victoria Island @ Soundwave Festival
FRI 23.07.10 - UK, London @ Corsica Studios
SAT 07.08.10 - PL, Plock @ Audioriver Festival (Modern Deep Left Quartet)
SAT 21.08.10 - UK, London @ Fabric (Modern Deep Left Quartet)
SUN 29.08.10 - ES, Ibiza @ We Love Sundays (Space)
SAT 11.09.10 - DE, Berlin @ Arena Club
FRI 17.09.10 - DK, Copenhagen @ Culture Box

DJ SET:

• 1 x Allen & Heath XONE 92/XONE 62, Function One FF-6000, Rodec MX300MK3, Vestax PMC-500 or Urei 1620
• 2 x Technics SL 1200/1210’s
• 2 x Pioneer CDJ 1000 or equivalent
• Extra set of turntable needles
• High quality sound system
• 2 x high quality monitor speakers (with adjustable levels) placed on the right and left side of the DJ

LIVE PERFORMANCE:

Equipment:
• 2 x Technicks SL 1200
• 1 x Rane TTM 56 or Vestax PMC 8pro mixer
• 1 x 16 channel line mixer sweepable mids and a minimum of 2 aux sends with pre fader capability - Midas Venice 160, Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro or Allen and Heath MZ3 14:4:2 preferred

Physical Setup:
• Table with enough space for the equipment and 2 laptops
• If 2 or more tables are required, equal height is preferred
• Preferred table height is 39 inches
• Minimum 1 monitor. To be placed on the right side of the artist if only one is available. Head height preferred

Technical Setup:
• At least one power supply at the table
• Total output will be 1 stereo mix from the line mixer
• The stereo mix from the DJ mixer will be input into the line mixer so if there are other DJs or artists using the DJ setup before or after then this needs to be taken into account.
• If at all possible a monitor volume control would be greatly appreciated.

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