Sixtoo

Sixtoo was the main project of Canadian underground hip hop DJ, producer and rapper Vaughn Robert Squire between 1996 and 2007.^[1] He has since retired the Sixtoo name, and is pursuing other directions in electronic music, with a large genre shift from experimental hip hop to deeper club sounds of various tempos.^[1] He has also released music as Speakerbruiser Rob,^[2] and Prison Garde.^[3]

History

Sixtoo rose to prominence in the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene, initially as half of Halifax, Nova Scotia hip hop duo Sebutones, along with Buck 65.^[4] During that time, he worked with Sage Francis, Moka Only, Mr. Dibbs and other members of Anticon.^[5]

In 2000, Sixtoo moved to Montreal where he signed on with UK-based record label Vertical Form. Soon after came the release of Antagonist Survival Kit, a synth-based sample album that showcased both sides of his skills: on the mic and on the sampler.^[6]

In 2003, Sixtoo signed to Ninja Tune.^[7] His debut album on the label, Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures, has won acclaim in the international electronic beats community in 2004.^[8]

Since silencing the Sixtoo project, he has had a string of visible live P.A. projects including Megasoid along with Hadji Bakara, a former member of Wolf Parade.^[1] He has also collaborated with Ango (born Andrew Gordon Macpherson) and Lunice (born Lunice Pierre Fermin) on the electronic music project Nouveau Palais. The trio released Avant Gang in 2012.^[9]

Sixtoo entirely produced Isaiah Toothtaker's Sea Punk Funk in 2012.^[10]

Discography

Albums

• Superstar Props (1994)
• Four Elements (1995)
• Return of the Seeker (1996)
• Progress (1997)
• The Psyche Intangible (1998)
• The Psyche Continuum (1999)
• Songs I Hate (and Other People Moments) (2000)
• Duration (2001)
• Antagonist Survival Kit (2001)
• Antagonist Survival Kit Instrumentals (2001)
• Almost a Dot on the Map: The Psyche Years 1996-2002 (2004)
• Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures (2004)
• Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man (2007)
• Système Hermès Volume One (2011) (as Prison Garde)
• Occultsystem (2014) (as Prison Garde)

Mixtapes

• Boogie Screw (2012) (as Prison Garde)

EPs

• Termination Dubs (2000)
• Body Ache Summer (2004)
• Boxcutter Emporium (2004)
• It's the Mindfuck Yo! Sit Your Ass Down (2006)
• Forts (2014) (as Prison Garde)
• October (2015) (as Prison Garde)

Singles

• "A Work in Progress" (2001)
• "The Secrets That Houses Keep" (2001)
• "Outremont Mainline Runs Across the Sunset" (2001)
• "Krunk's Not Dead" (2005) (as Six Vicious)
• "Two Strikes" (2005)
• "Next" (2006)
• "Fight" (2006)

Collaborations

Albums

• Sebutones - 50/50 Where It Counts (1998)
• Villain Accelerate - Maid of Gold (2003)

Mixtapes

• Megasoid - Tank Thong Re-Mixtape (2008)
• Megasoid - Remix Runners Re-Mixtape (2009)

EPs

• Sebutones - Psoriasis (1996)
• Sixtoo / Moka Only - Crystal Senate (1997)
• Garde & Eames - Bricks (2011)
• Nouveau Palais - Avant Gang (2012)

Singles

• Hip Club Groove - "Cool Beans" (1993)
• Sebutones - "Sebutone Def" (1997)
• Sixtoo & Matth - "He Did Glass Music" (2003)
• Sixtoo vs. Simahlak - "All Star Battle" (2003)
• DJ Signify and Six Vicious - "No One Leaves" (2005)
• Sixtoo & Norsola - "Homages" (2005)

Guest appearances

• The Goods - "Saga" from Dream Sequence (1999)
• Sole - "Nothing Fell Apart" from Bottle of Humans (2000)
• Shape Shifters - "Man 2 Ape 2 Fish" from Know Future (2000)
• Alias - "Awaken" from "Final Act" (2001)
• Aquasky - "The Shamen" from The Shamen (2001)
• Stigg of the Dump - "Garbage Rain", "Pointing Fingers", and "Short Strings" from Still Alive at the Veglia Lounge (2002)
• Hip Club Groove - "Cool Beans", "Big Bad Stylee '91", and "Fluctuating Mental States" from Unreleased & Rare (2010)

Productions

• Hip Club Groove - "Pornostar" from Land of the Lost (1996)
• Sole - "Nothing Fell Apart" from Bottle of Humans (2000)
• Kunga 219 - "Fine Spirits" and "Lonesome Cowboy: Part 2 ('98 Revisited)" from Tharpa's Transcripts... A Time and a Place (2000)
• Anticon - "Pitty Party People" from We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
• Sage Francis - "Crack Pipes", "Different", "Buckets of Silence", "Black Sweatshirt", and "Cup of Tea" from Personal Journals (2002)
• Knowself & Moves - "Reality of Birth" and "Meaning?" from Pseudo Freedom in the Age of Manipulation (2004)
• Recyclone - "The Dead World" from Corroding the Dead World (2005)
• Sage Francis - "Crumble" and "Ground Control" from A Healthy Distrust (2005)
• Moka Only - "More Soup" from The Desired Effect (2005)
• Sage Francis - "Broccilude" from Human the Death Dance (2007)
• Isaiah Toothtaker - "Biters Eat a Dick", "Cypher & Sphere", "Free Gear", and "Ready to Die" from Murs 3:16 Presents (2008)
• Isaiah Toothtaker - "Hard as Hell", "Werewolfing", and "Bass Face" from Yiggy (2010)
• Isaiah Toothtaker - Sea Punk Funk (2012)

Remixes

• DJ Vadim - "Edie Brickell (Sixtoo Remix)" (2003)
• Smyglssana - "Foaming Prairie (Sixtoo Remix)" from We Can Fix It Remixes (2003)
• Lali Puna - "Small Things (Sixtoo Remix)" from I Thought I Was Over That (2005)
• Amon Tobin - "Kitchen Sink (Sixtoo Remix)" from Kitchen Sink Remixes (2007)
• Ghislain Poirier - "No More Blood (Megasoid Remix)" from No Ground Under (2007)
• Thunderheist - "Jerk It (Megasoid Remix)" (2008)
• Hovatron - "Gypsy Trader (Prison Garde Remix)" (2011)
• Monolithium - "Simon & G-Funk (Prison Garde Remix)" (2011)
• Gunplay & Isaiah Toothtaker - "Frownin (Sixtoo Remix)" (2013)

Compilation appearances

• "Simulated Snow" "Holy Shit!" on Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop (1999)
• "Grimey Inks the Moment" on Giga Single (2001)

References

External links

• Official website
• Prison Garde on Cargo Collective
• Sixtoo discography at Discogs

This page was last edited on 1 December 2022, at 01:16