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meek is the 7 year old spawn of 23 year old mike baugh, currently residing in montreal, canada. his hometown of calgary is not much to speak of as an inspiration, especially for a queer anti-capitalist ass-pirate aspiring to make innovative, unforgetable, and absorbing abstract beats. but this meek bug, though raised in the prairies leaves behind him an impressive musical resume including 4 independent releases (CDR1, 2, 3, self-titled), spots on 5 comps (FatCat, Worm Interface, Six Records, Meson Octet, and forthcoming NFB/Cocosolidciti), and live performances across the country with the likes of unit, stewart walker and pan sonic.

his musical career began unexpectedely when he picked up a rack-mount synthesizer his dad bought to create drum beats to play guitar to. too young to be able to afford a more user-friendly synthesizer, meek learned the ins and outs of MIDI and synthesis on a 1" X 2" LCD. as the years progressed, so did his technical proficiency and taste for electronic music that pushed through boundaries and genres. now trained in audio post-production meek has developed a penchant for solid production and a much more critical ear.
"tare", an online release for BricoLodge, represents a bit of reverse engineering - an experiment in restraint prompted by a disillusion with brute-force programming and a gear makeover. while his other releases have travelled a road increasingly more complex, more fractured and more detailed, "tare" is pared down, more rhythmic and steady, sugary but dense. 4/4 beats supply the foundation on which twisting and choppy vocal samples and un-imposing melodies are errected. and quite often as soon as a steady groove is constructed, the foundation shifts as meek reverts to more comfortable territory - rhythms that skitter and trip, only hinting at a downbeat. the irony is refreshing.

in the future expect simplified programming, making use of more frequently repeating but carefully crafted sounds. the past year has seen him climbing the dauntingly steep learning curve presented by more flexible tools such as NI Reaktor and the Nord Modular, and he vows that in the coming months we can expect to hear some, if not inimitable, at least obtuse dance music. "i know it sounds really academic but what's really exciting me about music is further abstracting the part i play in a song's evolution." we will be listening.