::Bio and Press::
Biography:
Pete Samples is a solo artist and a one-of-a-kind creative force. This multi-instrumentalist invites us into a fantastical musical creation of cinematic sounds, whimsical melodies, and hypnotic rhythms. An artist known for consistently reinventing his sound, Pete Samples has created a world entirely of his own, and a live show with as many tricks as a circus.
Following the release of his first album, An Unsent Letter (Vinyl Republik), Pete Samples left his home of Winnipeg for Montreal in 2004. Half a fine arts degree and three years later, Pete had fine-tuned and refined his style, and in 2007 his second album, Yours Makes Mine, was released. A far departure from the beat-heavy, sample-driven sounds of An Unsent Letter, YMM is a rousing cinematic and pop experience that relies on Phil Spektor's wall-of-sound approach and less than conventional instrumentation.
How Yours Makes Mine was to be followed is a classic Pete Samples concept to make something completely different. The result is The Jumper Cables, a mini album consisting of explosive rhythms, singsong vocals and whimsical strokes of glockenspiel mixed with guitar and autoharp. The Jumper Cables is Pete Samples most flirtatious endeavour with pop music, yet it maintains a firm foot in his roots of hip hop, electronic and rock. With 9 songs of genre-transcending song writing, The Jumper Cables is available for free digital download and a limited edition hand made CD.
Pete Samples previous work has been praised by CBC Radio 3 and Radio Canadas Bande a Part. He has been featured on the homepages of myspace.com and virb.com and received attention from traditional media and bloggers alike. In June of 2007, Yours Makes Mine reached #2 on the Earshot! national college radio charts, and closed the year off as one of the top 10 albums of 2007 in the same charts. While touring Canada, Samples has played festival showcases at Canadian Music Week in Toronto, Mutek Festival in Montreal and New Music West in Vancouver.
The Pete Samples experience remains dream-like and resolutely ethereal, and he will be touring Canada in May/June 2008 as a part of The Jumper Cables Tour.
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