Tue, 15 Jun 2010 / Post a commentA seven year residency at Laika and hailed appearances at MUTEK helped to carve The Mole’s reputation at home and abroad. Coupled with his work alongside Cobblestone Jazz as the Modern Deep Left Quartet, a string of soul inspired jams and a move to Berlin, where he resides in the main, de la Plante has more than a story or two to tell - and doesn’t he tell them well!
So we decided to find out what the incomparable Mole is currently diggin’…
The raw stream of talent bred from Canadian shores has often been adopted by educated European floorfillers… from Basic Soul Unit, Mathew Jonson, Cobblestone Jazz and… ahem… Mr Hawtin.
But one of the most interesting artist’s to emerge from the North American hotbed in recent times is The Mole; an overtly eccentric character, Colin de la Plante sculpted his musical path in the 90s featuring regularly on the scene in his native Montreal. A seven year residency at Laika and hailed appearances at MUTEK helped to carve The Mole’s reputation at home and abroad. Coupled with his work alongside Cobblestone Jazz as the Modern Deep Left Quartet, a string of soul inspired jams and a move to Berlin, where he resides in the main, de la Plante has more than a story or two to tell - and doesn’t he tell them well!
So we decided to find out what the incomparable Mole is currently diggin’…
