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Canadian Style Mixes

Canadian Style Mixes

Here are the playlists for all the Canadian Style mixes, as compiled by Marc Xavier LeBlanc.

CANADA… ELECTRO POP
1. 1 JANVIER look ahead ou le premier mois – Montag
2. Poster of a Girl – Metric
3. Roses & Blue Jays – Buck 65
4. Dirty Water – K-Os with Sam Roberts
5. Annie – Slainte Mhath
6. Moola Moola – Jordy Birch
7. Lord Leopard – Caribou
8. Sur le complexe – Echo Kitty
9. My Last Breath – Panurge
10. Go – Bella
11. Elephant (Partie Un) featuring Séba – Ghislain Poirier
12. Romantic Rights [Marczech Makuziak Remix] – Death From Above 1979
13. Our Pen’s Out of Ink – The Russian Futurists
14. Perfect Vision – Montag
15. No Cars Go (Arcade Fire Cover) – Vitaminsforyou
16. Chameau – pAn
17. Le confort de la star – Lili Fatale
18. Assimilation – Jacobus Et Maleco
19. Laisse tomber les filles – Gin Sonic
20. Perte de nord (Remix by Jérôme Minière) – Martin Léon

CANADA GOES INSTRUMENTAL
1. 004 – Slainte Mhath
2. Mendes – The Baron Samedi Ecstatic Soul Quintet
3. Intro – Local Rabbits
4. We Dance – Kary
5. Terrene Dream – Azuris Aurum
6. Hubbard’s Blues – Hot Toddy
7. The Breakwater Boys – Duane Andrews
8. Papillon Brun – Gwenwed
9. Tempete De Glace – Les Paiens
10. 7894897121589812 – Oxygen Fad
11. Fried, Dyed and Laid to the Side – Steve Dawson
12. Foups – Andy Creeggan
13. Lapins – André
14. Pelican Narrows – Caribou
15. Le temps d’observer les voies ouvertes – Montag
16. Stretch-Vergeresse – Echo Kitty
17. Diviser pour mieux régner – Ghislain Poirier
18. Sergio’s Trio – Champion
19. Confiture verte – Ginette
20. Le loup dans la bergerie – Polémil Bazar
21. Skilsaw – Steve Dawson
22. Veranda celestre – The Heavy Blinkers
23. 04 – The Hylozoists
24. Triste tropiques – Hopeful Monster

CANADA… FRANCO POP ROCK
1. Retour à Vega – The Stills
2. Le métronome – Malajube
3. Caco disco – The Hot Springs
4. L’aventurier – The Kingpins
5. Manon, viens danser le ska – The Kingpins
6. Le columbarium – Pierre Lapointe
7. Mange ton âme – Polemil Bazar
8. L’île des filles – Beluga
9. Le Monde Est A Pleurer – Jean Leloup
10. Nous deux noues – Roverselli
11. Les animaux – Nico Lelièvre
12. Mieux vaut tard que jamais – Les Séquelles
13. L’amour entre animaux – Comme Un Homme Libre
14. les princesses – LE VOLUME ETAIT AU MAXIMUM
15. Laisse autant le vent tout emporter – Les Breastfeeders
16. Amoureux solitaires – Les Breastfeeders
17. Junkie de toi – Anik Jean
18. Les corneilles (Jean L.) – Les Porn Flakes
19. Ça m’a aidé – Ève Cournoyer
20. Tu comprends rien – Martin Léon
21. Johnny Go – Jean Leloup

CANADA JAZZ… READY OR NOT
1. Intro – Do Right Music
2. Senor Blues – Emile Normand Sextet
3. Ready or Not – Kathryn Moses
4. Saphir – Nick Ayoub
5. Star of India – The Electric Ninja Group
6. My Sister – Maynard Ferguson Sextet
7. The Family – Billy Robinson
8. Consuelo – Pierre Nadeau Trio
9. Voices – Al Michalek Quartet
10. Lawrence of Arabia – Fred Stone
11. Soya – Pierre Leduc
12. Jolie Julie – So Wh4t
13. Soul Sauce – El Fuego

CANADA… POP FRANÇAIS
1. Reine Émilie – Pierre Lapointe
2. Montréal – Ariane Moffatt
3. Te quitter – Daniel Bélanger
4. Supernova – Yves Marchand
5. Monte le tempo – Mathieu D’Astous
6. À bientôt – Ginette
7. Perte de nord – Martin Léon
8. Jane – Dumas
9. La vague – pAn
10. L’amour ne dure pas toujours – Feist
11. Mirador – Fredric Gary Comeau
12. Ardoise et poussière – Guy Bourgeois
13. La jeune amoureuse – Julie Doiron
14. L’amour sous l’eau – Malajube
15. Atlantique – Philippe B
16. J’en ai nul pore – Pascal Lejeune
17. Un musicien parmi tant d’autres – Harmonium
18. La nuit des masques – Bïa (Krieger)
19. Concerto pour rien du tout – Les Breastfeeders
20. Les vaisseaux nocturnes – Lily Frost
21. La rivière – Heliüm

CANADA… POP ROCKS
1. The Rest of My Life – Sloan
2. Still in Love Song – The Stills
3. Combat Baby – Metric
4. I Believe in the Good Life – The Hidden Cameras
5. Sickly and the Awkward Gene – Telepathic Butterflies
6. Use Your Powers – Dog Day
7. Middle of Nowhere – Hot Hot Heat
8. Girl Up the Stairs – Two Hours Traffic
9. Shine a Light – Wolf Parade
10. Brother – Organ
11. Carry Me – Fancey
12. The Bones of an Idol – The New Pornographers
13. Drink to Me, Babe, Then – A.C. Newman
14. Woodland National Anthem – The Arcade Fire
15. Balloons – The Golden Dogs
16. Extraordinary – Joel Plaskett Emergency
17. Fire – Jason Collett
18. The Canadian Dream – Sam Roberts
19. Daily Electric – Hopeful Monster
20. P.I.N. – Rheostatics
21. Fog – Wintersleep
22. Chancellor – Gordon Downie

CANADA… POP ROCKS 2
1. Everything You’ve Done Wrong – Sloan
2. 10 Lbs – The Super Friendz
3. Soundboard Love – The Local Rabbits
4. Silas Please Come Home – The High Dials
5. Same Old Song – Boy
6. On The Run – Sam Roberts
7. Elevator Man – The Golden Dogs
8. The Guilty Party – Telepathic Butterflies
9. Mr. Face – The Datsons
10. Laisse autant le vent tout emporter – Les Breastfeeders
11. Blow Up – The Candidates
12. Talk to the Hand – The Flashing Lights
13. Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers
14. Anytime You Want – Eric’s Trip
15. Nocarsgo – The Arcade Fire
16. Le métronome – Malajube
17. Retour à Vega – The Stills
18. Emergency Band Meeting – The Porcelain Gods
19. Camera – Clark
20. Swimmers – Broken Social Scene
21. Gunningsville Drawbridge – Elevator

CANADA… INDIE POP
1. I Dig POP – The Port City Allstars
2. French Diplomacy – Boy
3. In Horsedrawn Delight – Brent Randall
4. Come on Over – The Diskettes
5. Running Out of Freon – The Two-Minute Miracles
6. In the Morning – The Heavy Blinkers
7. This Charming Man – Stars
8. Swimmers – Broken Social Scene
9. Virus Carriers – Zwerg
10. Final Curtain Down – Rick White
11. FuturePop – Scarboro Aquarium Club
12. Between Spring + Fall … Summer – Bahai Cassette
13. Chickadee in D – The Forever Project
14. Play with Me – Rick of the Skins
15. Rocket Piano Man – Mark, Carolyn
16. All Your Exmuses – Mike Evin
17. Kissing Queens – Nathan Lawr
18. Mississauga Goddam – The Hidden Cameras
19. Autumn Wind – Test Tone Channel
20. Hello Hammerheads – Caribou
21. Allergic To Love – Eric’s Trip
22. Kiev Trains – Strawberry

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