“By close-ups of the things around us, by focusing on hidden details of familiar objects, by exploring common place milieus under the ingenious guidance of the camera, the film, on the one hand, extends our comprehension of the necessities which rule our lives; on the other hand, it manages to assure us of an immense… Continue reading Video for “No Homonym”
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Mental Health Day
Saskatoon Folk Rap Records and AudioRecon are proud to present Mental Health Day by Gruf & Yy, produced by rob crooks. Mental Health Day is the long anticipated collaboration between two of Canada’s most technically adept rappers, Gruf & Yy. Best known for their solo and group projects released under the Peanuts & Corn banner,… Continue reading Mental Health Day
Art Holm
It begins with record crackle that skips and replays, as though time itself were stuck in a loop. Hamlet’s father returns as a ghost emerging from the fog. Time is out of joint. The path forward has been derailed. History repeats itself over and over in a mechanistic metaphysical determinism at a cosmic scale, as… Continue reading Art Holm
Introducing the Ghost 12 inch Vinyl Now Available
For the first time, rob crooks’ shamefully overlooked art-rap gem Introducing the Ghost is available on 12” vinyl from Audio Recon and Saskatoon Folk Rap. This album seamlessly fuses genres and musical styles, fearlessly shifting between emotional tones with a level of vulnerability and sincerity not often heard in contemporary hip-hop. Created in Winnipeg on… Continue reading Introducing the Ghost 12 inch Vinyl Now Available
Introducing the Ghost Album Release Date October 6
Combat Liberalism 7″ Single Now Available for Pre-Order
Saskatoon Folk Rap Records presents their 3rd limited edition record release, a split 7″ featuring an all star cast. ‘Combat Liberalism’, is a heart felt prose written, produced, and performed by Rob Crooks and is the first single from his forthcoming project “Introducing the Ghost”. Track 2 marks the return of Epic who’s work with… Continue reading Combat Liberalism 7″ Single Now Available for Pre-Order
Buy This T-Shirt If You Want
You can buy this t-shirt that was designed by 319 Heads. As you may be able to tell, the logo is derived from the Winnipeg Jets’ old logo, from the team’s first incarnation. Winnipeg has a complicated history with the NHL. Like many people around my age, I grew up watching the Jets. Some of… Continue reading Buy This T-Shirt If You Want
Third Verse Podcast
Last winter, I went to Saskatoon with Nestor Wynrush to play a show with Ceschi and Factor. That was one of the best trips I’ve had in a long time. We went up a day early to make sure we had lots of time to hang out with all of our friends there. The day… Continue reading Third Verse Podcast
Pip Skid & Rob Crooks – It’s Ok
Pip Skid returns with his quarantine-themed EP It’s Ok. Produced entirely by Rob Crooks, It’s Ok explores the distress that has captured the entire world in the wake of a global pandemic. Pip’s lyrics express the restlessness that accompanies indefinite shelter-in-place orders, the anxiety of accessing essential services in the time of social distancing and… Continue reading Pip Skid & Rob Crooks – It’s Ok