Artist Information Biography "Hypnotic rhythms, I'm hooked, I'm hooked." - CBC Radio 3 Pete Samples is a solo artist and a one-of-a-kind creative force. This multi-instrumentalist invites us into a fantastical musical creation of cinematic sounds, whimsical melodies, and hypnotic rhythms. An artist known for consistently reinventing his sound, Pete Samples has created a world entirely of his own, and a live show with as many tricks as a circus. Following the release of his first album, An Unsent Letter (Vinyl Republik), Pete Samples left his home of Winnipeg for Montreal in 2004. Half a fine arts degree and three years later, Pete had fine-tuned and refined his style, and in 2007 his second album, Yours Makes Mine, was released. A far departure from the beat-heavy, sample-driven sounds of An Unsent Letter, YMM is a rousing cinematic and pop experience that relies on Phil Spektor's wall-of-sound approach and less than conventional instrumentation. How Yours Makes Mine was to be followed results in a classic Pete Samples concept - to make something completely different. The result is The Jumper Cables, a mini album consisting of explosive rhythms, singsong vocals and whimsical strokes of glockenspiel mixed with guitar and autoharp. The Jumper Cables is Pete Samples most flirtatious endeavour with pop music, yet it maintains a firm foot in his roots of hip hop, electronic and rock. With 9 songs of genre-transcending song writing, The Jumper Cables is available for free digital download and a limited edition hand made CD. Pete Samples' previous work has been praised by CBC Radio 3 and Radio Canada's Bande a Part. He has been featured on the homepages of myspace.com and virb.com and received attention from traditional media and bloggers alike. In June of 2007, Yours Makes Mine reached #2 on the Earshot! national college radio charts, and closed the year off as one of the top 10 albums of 2007 in the same charts. While touring Canada, Samples has played festival showcases at Canadian Music Week in Toronto, Mutek Festival in Montreal and New Music West in Vancouver. The Pete Samples experience remains dream-like and resolutely ethereal, and he will be touring in 2008 as a part of The Jumper Cables Tour.  Festival showcases include: Canadian Music Week - 2006 New Music West - 2006 Mutek Festival- 2007 New Music West - 2008 North by Northeast (NXNE) - 2008 Halifax Pop Explosion - 2008 Pop Montreal - 2008 Sled Island - 2009 Pop Montreal - 2009 Instrumentation Pete Samples is a one man show. In addition to vocals, Pete Samples plays an array of instruments including, guitar, autoharp, piano, glockenspiel, lapsteel, percussion, toys, bubbles, etc. Discography Pete Samples - Unsent Letters e.p - 2004 - Vinyl Republik Pete Samples - An Unsent Letter - 2004 - Vinyl Republik Northern Faction 3 Compilation - 2005 -Balanced Records Fear of a Digital Planet - Compilation - 2006 - Vinyl Republik Pete Samples - Yours Makes Mine - 2007 - Vinyl Republik Manoeuvres 2 - Compilation - 2008 - So Called Recordings Pete Samples - The Jumper Cables - 2008 - Independent Links http://www.petesamples.com