Alan Ranta

Somewhere in the multiverse exists an alternate dimension where Sook-Yin Lee has already won herself the Canadian cultural equivalent of an EGOT. As a well-established musician, director, actor and broadcaster in our realm, the Vancouver-born artist has carved an incomparable path as a modern renaissance woman for many years leading up to 72RHR, arguably her finest work yet.

You can't always get what you want — but if you rave sometimes, you get what you need. That was basically the case with Canadian producer Caroline Cecil. Born in Toronto and raised in Nanaimo, there was a time when Cecil was on track to possibly compete at the Olympics as a figure skater before a debilitating mishap dashed her ice dancing hopes in her late teens. From that low, an inspirational experience at the now-defunct Sasquatch! Music Festival got her high-stepping in a different way.

Eureka! I have found an ancient relic from the distant future! Sent back through a wormhole by mad synth scientist Will Gregory, this so-called Heat Ray is a weapon of unknowable power. To most earth dwellers of the present day, Will Gregory is best known as the half of the English electronic duo Goldfrapp, who isn’t Alison Goldfrapp.