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Project: INSTRUMENTS

Membership: J. LaPointe, Jon Hutt, Daniel MacDonald
Location: Halifax, Canada
Previous Affiliations: North of America, The MOTES, Recyclone
Keywords: ROCK, MATH, ELECTRONIC, AMBIENT, ATONAL
Status: Active
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  • The Book of Records, The Box of Books: Remixes and Extras
  • Mic placement for the bass cabinet
  • Ghosts
  • Winter is for making records
  • An excerpt from the studio maintenance log
  • Remix complete
  • Mixer repair
  • Video - Live at the Marigold (in HD)
  • Remix in progress
  • INSTRUMENTS at the Marigold
  • Three Sheet + INSTRUMENTS live in Truro, Aug 26th.
  • Clock live at Messtival
  • On the road to Messtival
  • Gallons of fake blood
  • Jayrope
albums analog recording Ant Records Big Black blood Chaos Machine covers drums film gear jason johnson JH-24 maintenance MCI messtival model rockets motes Nomeansno remix shows singles soundtrack Super 8 Toft ATB16 tour dates VHS video vinyl
  • THE SECRET LOGIN
  • FRIENDS

    • Endemik Music
      The wonderful little label that helps us get our vinyl out into the world.
  • Social Crap

    • INSTRUMENTS Youtube channel
    • INSTRUMENTS Twitter: @instrumentslab
      Mostly forwards from this site's NEWS page
    • Daniel MacDonald's Twitter: @danielmacdonald
      Tech, gadgets, photography, design
    • Jon Hutt's writing blog
      Literally a work in progress.
    • Jon Hutt's Twitter: @DrJonhut
      Weather, food, live sound log
    • J. LaPointe's Twitter: @masterarchivist
      Mostly Archive Mastering news
    • INSTRUMENTS Facebook fan page
      I don't know about you, but I hated highschool.
    • Myspace
      "Check, check, is this thing still on?"
  • WHERE TO BUY - ONLINE

    • Bandcamp
      Absolutely the best place to buy our music, with multiple digital versions (FLAC, mp3), vinyl, cd, etc.
    • Endemik Music Store
      Our records (12" + dig), the rest of the Endemik roster, and more avant electronic and hiphop. Highly recommended.
    • iTunes USA
    • iTunes Canada
    • Zunior
  • WHERE TO BUY - STORES

    We have/had distro with Revolver (USA) and FAB (Canada). You might still find our vinyl in stores serviced by those outlets + those listed below. Our current m.o. is to deal directly with indie stores regionally. Please email for wholesale pricing.
    • Obsolete Records - Halifax, NS
    • Taz Records - Halifax, NS
    • Select Sounds - Bedford, NS
    • Backstreet Records - Fredericton, NB
  • PRESS

    • noisography
    • Moncton Times & Transcript
    • herenb.com
    • heretodestroy.com
    • ugsmag.com
    • noisography
    • The Coast
    • The MOTES make top 10 Halifax 7" list
  • RELATED PROJECTS

    • The MOTES
      Seeking a true understanding of space rock since 1993.
    • North of America
      J. LaPointe was a founding member of the Norts, and played with them from 1998-2001, and 2008-present.
    • Recyclone
      Jon Hutt's industrial / hiphop / noise project.
    • Ant Records
      J., Jon, and Dan founded Ant Records in 1994, and released over 50 cassettes from 1994-1999, including classics by Sixtoo, The Motes, DJ Moves, and more. The online archive is currently down, but we're working on reviving it.
    • Archive Mastering
      J. LaPointe's studio, which includes the tracking rooms where INSTRUMENTS records.
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