Canaille Release Show & Our Best Work

Canaille CD / LP release show!
Nov 19th at 8PM
Tranzac Main Hall
with I am Robot and Proud
$10 admission

We are very excited to announce the release of Canaille’s sophomore album Practical Men. The work of our … Continue Reading

Kyle Bobby Dunn Plays Toronto

Kyle Bobby Dunn, friend and contributor to our Rural Routes series, is playing a rare show in Toronto and we are excited to invite everyone out to it. The performance, a duo with Benoit Pioulard, will take place on … Continue Reading

Rural Route No. 9 & Beyond

We are very pleased to announce the next installment in the Rural Routes series by the artist, Keepsakes. Rural Route No.9 contains five pieces written and performed by Arizona based musician & photographer, K. Eric Kassner. Here he employs piano, vibraphone, … Continue Reading

Video and Announcement: Record Jacket Machine

Not that we were keeping it a tight secret, but we are happy to announce that we have a new piece of machinery in the shop:  a Winkler and Dünnebier folder/gluer. What the heck is that you ask? It’s a … Continue Reading

Our New Website

After months of plotting we finally have our new website up and running! We decided the time had come to upgrade from the old one as we realized it was seriously lacking in the visual department, which is kinda ridiculous … Continue Reading

Women – Women

• Artist: Women
• Title: Women
• Label: Flemish Eye
• Printing: Full colour offset
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard uncoated side
• Die Pattern: 6 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

The artwork on this jacket is one of our favs and it comes from some … Continue Reading

The Trinity University Review

• Title: The Trinity University Review CXXIII
• Editor: Christian Julien Siroyt
• Cover: Full colour offset on Beckett Sand Stone 80lb cover
• Inside: Full colour offset on French Butcher White Off White 80lb text
• Binding: Perfect bound with Classic Crest Epic Black

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Timber Timbre – Medicinals

• Artist: Timber Timbre
• Title: Medicinals
• Printing: First Edition: 3 spot colour offset (Brown, Red and White), Second Edition:  2 spot colour offset (Brown and Silver Metallic)
• Paper: First Edition: Manilla Tag, Second Edition: Jute 80lb cover
• Die Pattern: Square

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Tasseomancy – Ulalume

• Artist: Tasseomancy
• Title: Ulalume
• Label: Out of This Spark
• Artwork: Sojourner Truth Parsons
• Printing: Full colour offset
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on uncoated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

Originally Sojo approached us about finding … Continue Reading

Synonymy: OCAD D&P Thesis 2011

• Title: Synonymy: OCAD Drawing & Painting Thesis Catalogue 2011
• Design: Melissa Zeta
• Cover: 1 spot colour offset and debossing on Revive 100lb cover
• Inside: Full colour offset on Revive 80lb text
• Binding: Perfect bound

We were thrilled as always to … Continue Reading

Steamboat – Live in Nassau

• Artist: Steamboat
• Title: Live in Nassau
• Artwork: Reesa Del Duca
• Printing: 2 spot colour offset (Peach and Brown)
• Finishing: Silver Foil Stamping
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on coated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

Reesa is … Continue Reading

A Silver Mt. Zion – Kollaps Tradixionales Booklet

• Artist: A Silver Mt. Zion
• Title: Kollaps Tradixionales
• Label:  Constellation Records
• Cover: 2 colour foil stamping (Red and Purple) on Jute 80lb cover
• Inside: 2 colour spot colour offset (half is Black and Yellow, other half is Black

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Rob Moir – The is the Lie

• Artist: Rob Moir
• Title: This is the Lie
• Printing: 1 spot colour offset (Silver Metallic)
• Finishing: 1 colour foil stamping (Red Metallic)
• Paper: French Speckletone Black 140lb cover
• Die Pattern: Jewel-case 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

A great example … Continue Reading

The Pining – The Pining

• Artist: The Pining
• Title: The Pining
• Label:  Blocks Recording Club
• Printing: Full colour offset
• Paper: 20 pt. paperboard on coated side

A really nice illustration from everybody’s favourite local record releasing collective!… Continue Reading

Peculiar Cultures Catalogue

• Title: Peculiar Cultures
• Design: Small Design
• Cover: Full colour offset on Coated 80lb Text
• Inside: 1 colour offset (Black) on newsprint, Full Colour offset on coated 80lb text, 1 colour offset (Black) on uncoated 80lb text and pink 80lb text

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Owen Pallet – Heartland Scorebook

• Title: Owen Pallet – Heartland Scorebook
• Cover: One colour offset on Feltweave Natural 80lb Cover
• Inside: One colour digital on Cougar White 80lb Text
• Binding: Perfect bound

Owen always seems to bring us jobs we’ve always wanted to do. Making … Continue Reading

OCAD 4th Year Sculpture/Installation Invitation

• Title: OCAD 4th Year Sculpture/Installation Program Invitation
• Design: Jayme L. Spinks
• Paper: Two Colour Offset (Red, Blue) on  Cougar 80lb cover
• Finishing: Perforated Score

One of our first jobs to use perforation. A really great effect/device. It obviously helps things to … Continue Reading

Muskox – 5 Pieces

• Artist: Muskox
• Title: 5 Pieces
• Label: Standard Form
• Printing: 1 spot colour offset (Green)
• Finishing: One color foil stamping white, embossing
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on uncoated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

Another round of … Continue Reading

The Magic – EP

• Artist: The Magic
• Title: The Magic EP
• Design: Sylvie Smith
  
• Finishing: Custom Die Cut
• Paper: 18pt Foil Board – Silver
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

One of the fun things about this job is the … Continue Reading

Cootes Leland – Trail of Smoke

• Artist: Cootes Leland
• Title: Trail of Smoke
• Label: Latent Recordings
• Design: Alice Phieu
• Printing: 1 Spot Colour Offset (Black)
• Paper: Chip Board
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

Another great example from Alice of the power of … Continue Reading

Julie Fader – Outside In

• Artist: Julie Fader
• Title: Outside In
• Label: Hand Drawn Dracula
• Design/Illustration: James Mejia
• Printing: Jacket: Full Colour Offset, Insert: 1 spot colour (Black)
• Finishing: Tipped in Insert
• Paper: Jacket: Recycled 18pt paperboard on uncoated side, Insert: 7pt Reply-card

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Jennifer Castle – Castlemusic

• Artist: Jennifer Castle
• Title: Castlemusic
• Label: Flemish Eye
• Design: Colin Bergh
• Artwork: Mira Dancy
• Printing: Full Colour Offset
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on uncoated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

Always a treat when everyone … Continue Reading

Eric Brown – Inflight

• Artist: Eric Brown
  
• Title: Inflight
• Publisher: Regency Arts Press
• Design: Omnivore
• Cover: One Colour offset (Silver Metallic) on Cougar Natural 100lb Cover
• Inside: Four Colour Spot Offset (Black, Blue, Grey, Silver Metallic) on Cougar Natural 80lb text
• Binding: Saddle-stitch

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Holy Fuck – Tour EP

• Artist: Holy Fuck
• Title: Tour EP
• Illustration: Chad VanGaalen
• Printing: 1 Spot Colour Offset (Silver Metalic)
• Finishing: 1 color foil stamping (Gold)
• Paper: Feltweave Black 80lb Cover
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

One of our earliest … Continue Reading

Holy Cobras – Forever

• Artist: Holy Cobras
• Title: Forever
• Label: Telephone Explosion Records
• Printing: 1 spot colour offset (Black)
• Paper: 20pt SBS on coated side
• Die Pattern: 12″ Record Jacket

One of the first jackets to come off our record jacket machine… Continue Reading

Hand Drawn Dracula Records – Promo CD Sleeve

• Title: Hand Drawn Dracula Records – Promo CD
• Label: Hand Drawn Dracula Records
• Finishing: Embossing
• Paper:
• Die Pattern: CD Sleeve

This is a really smart idea from another local label. This sleeve is used in their promo mail-outs in … Continue Reading

Garrett Walker – Toronto Souvenir Postcards

• Title: Garett Walker – Toronto Souvenir
• Printing: Recto: Full Colour Offset, Verso: 1 Spot Colour Offset (Black)
• Paper: Recycled 18pt Paperboard
• Finishing: Perforated Score

This set of postcards was made to coincide with an exhition of Garrett’s work. These were … Continue Reading

Going Places – OCAD Drawing & Painting Thesis 2010

• Title: Going Places – OCAD Drawing & Painting Thesis 2010
• Designer: Colin Bergh
• Cover: Two spot colour offset (Black. Fluorescent Orange) on Revive 80lb cover
• Inside: Full colour offset on Revive 80lb Cover
• Binding: Perfect bound
• Finishing: Perforated Score

This … Continue Reading

Fred Squire – Sings Shenandoah and Other Popular Hits

• Artist: Fred Squire
• Title: Sings Shenandoah and Other Popular Hits
• Label: Blue Fog
• Design: Paul Henderson
• Printing: 1 spot colour offset (Black)
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on uncoated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

This … Continue Reading

Fantastic Frameworks Catalogue

• Title: Fantastic Frameworks: Architectural Utopias + Designs for Life
• Designer: Small Designs 
• Cover: 1 colour foil stamping (Yellow) on Via Vellum Black 80lb Cover
• Inside: Full colour offset on HannoArt Silk 70lb text & 1 colour offset (Black) on Enviro100

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Eye Spy Magazine

• Title: Eye Spy
• Publisher: Flemish Eye Records
• Editor: Eric Rumble
• Art Director: Dwayne Dobson
• Cover: 2 colour offset process (Black, Red) on Revive 80lb Cover
• Inside: 1 Spot Color Offset (Black) and Full Colour Offset on Revive  80lb Text
• Binding: Center

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etaoin shrdlu – Mating Calls

• Artist: Etaoin Shrdlu
• Title: Mating Calls
• Label: Standard Form
• Finishing: One color foil stamping (Red), embossing
• Paper: Beckett Concept Mahogany 130lb Double-thick Cover
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

OK, so this is Alex’s band and when … Continue Reading

Brian Borcherdt – Coyotes

• Artist: Brian Borcherdt
• Title: Coyotes
• Label: Hand Drawn Dracula
• Design/Illustration: James Mejia
• Printing: Full colour offset
• Finishing: Tipped-in Insert
• Paper: Becket Concept Sand Stone 130lb Double-Thick Cover
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

As far as … Continue Reading

Burnt Lands

• Title: The Burnt Lands
• Author: Bruce Munro
• Illustrations: Brian Rideout
• Designer: Michael Boatman
• Cover: 1 Colour offset (Black) on Cougar Natural 100lb cover
• Inside: 1 Colour offset (Black) on Cougar Natural 80lb text
• Binding: Perfect bound with Classic Crest Epic

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Bruce Peninsula – A Mountain is a Mouth

• Artist: Bruce Peninsula
• Title: A Mountain is a Mouth
• Artwork: Yuula Benivolski
• Printing: Full colour offset
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on coated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

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More great stuff from our fine city.

Braids – Native Speaker

• Artist: Braids
• Title: Native Speaker
• Label: Flemish Eye
• Printing: Full colour offset
• Finishing: Spot UV
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on coated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

Some really smart artwork from Montreal’s Braids, really … Continue Reading

Blocks Promo Jacket

• Title: Promo Sleeve
• Label: Blocks Recording Club
• Finishing: One color foil stamping (Gold), Custom Die Cut
• Paper: Neenah Classic Linen 100lb Cover Patriot Blue
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

Really neat idea from Blocks. They wanted … Continue Reading

Balconies – S/T

• Artist: The Balconies
• Title: S/T
• Design: Colin Bergh
• Printing: 2 spot colour offset (Black, Glow in the Dark)
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on coated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

We tried to take photos of … Continue Reading

Baby Eagle – Dog Weather

• Artist: Baby Eagle
• Title: Dog Weather
• Label: You’ve Changed Records
• Printing: Full colour offset
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard on coated side
• Die Pattern: Square 4 Panel Gatefold CD Jacket

The YC gang have a real knack for making … Continue Reading

Final Fantasy – 14th Century Spectrum

• Artist: Final Fantasy
• Title: 14th Century Spectrum
• Design: Colin Bergh
• Label: Blocks Recording Club
• Printing: 2 spot colour offset (Silver Metalic + Peach)
• Finishing: Tipped-on panel
• Paper: Linen Black 80lb cover, Fasson Label stock
• Die Pattern: 10″ Record

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Canaille ‘Potential Things’

• Artist: Canaille
• Title: Potential Things
• Printing: 2 colour offset (black and red),
• Finishing: Foil Stamping (bronze), Embossing
• Paper: Recycled 18pt paperboard coated side, Via Laid Light Gray

Full disclosure, we released this album ourselves and as such felt obliged to … Continue Reading