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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/
Sei Miguel

a north star, patron saint of doing your own thing

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Sei Miguel (1961—2025)
Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media
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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

maisonneuve.org/article/2025...
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
dun-dun band album release show Sept 27th!
#toronto #livemusic #experimentalmusic #jazz #freejazz
August 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
happy release day to this
full album now available for streaming/purchase

#canadianart #experimentalmusic #toronto #improvisedmusic

cassiarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/quarte...
quartet +strings, by Josh Cole
3 track album
cassiarrecords.bandcamp.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
big congrats to Collateral (Sam Shalabi, Tim Crofts and Norm Adams) for this Music Nova Scotia nomination for classical album of the year.

www.nsmw.ca/news/2025-mn...
Music Nova Scotia Announces 2025 Music & Industry Award Nominees, Voting Now Open — Nova Scotia Music Week
(July 15, 2025 – Halifax/Kjipuktuk, NS) Music Nova Scotia is pleased to present the 2025 Music Nova Scotia Music & Industry Award nominees! With award submissions covering 23 music and 7 indust...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
~~~this summer at Cassiar~~~

Josh Cole: quartet +strings (July 18)
Dun-Dun Band: pita parka pt.ii (Sept 19)

#toronto #experimentalmusic #freejazz #improvisedmusic
July 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
excited to work with @wearebusybodies.bsky.social on helping to get this one out
Sept 19, Dun-Dun band: Pita Parka pt ii
kunudusuvuntu.bandcamp.com/album/pita-p...

#toronto #prog #experimental #freejazz
Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf, by Dun-Dun Band
4 track album
kunudusuvuntu.bandcamp.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
a busy month for all things cassiar
4tet+strings out july 18
+ another release announcement coming july 9

and then two gigs
Dun-dun band july 15
+ JC 4tet+strings July 22
both at the Tranzac

#toronto #improviedmusic #freejazz #experimentalmusic
July 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
new release for you from over here at Cassiar Records

Josh Cole quartet +strings
f/ John Oswald, Lina Allemano, Aline Homzy, Nick Storring, Blake Howard

this is #chambermusic, #instantcomposition, #freeimprovisation, this is...

cassiarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/quarte...
quartet +strings, by Josh Cole
3 track album
cassiarrecords.bandcamp.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
coming up next month as part of "cassair records presents"
the dun-dun band returns after over a year
July 15th

#toronto #experimentalmusic
June 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM