Colin de la Plante mixes the latest podcast for Roof.fm, featuring music from Recloose, Daphni, Todd Terje, Losoul, Bam Bam, Richard Sen and Locussolus
The Canadian DJ/producer talks to Soundwall about being angry when people bust all the light bulbs in the bathroom to smoke speed and what marijuana is apparently good for (aside from smoking, that is).
Colin de la Plante sails away on a funny fishing tangent while talking to mirror balls.
Real name /
Colin de la Plante
Aliases /
Modern Deep Left Quartet, Cobblestone Jazz, Mole Of Soul, Colin de la Plante,
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 ind..
