Pigeon Hole is a

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hip hop group from

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. They were previously known as "Creative Minds". The duo consists of Colin "Dusty Melo" McCue and Lee "Marmalade" Napthine, who are also members of the band Sweatshop Union.

History

McCue and Nepthine began jamming together in 1993 while still in school in their hometown of Nanaimo. They began performing on the Vancouver hip hop scene as "Creative Minds" and collaborated with Dirty Circus to release both of their first album "Wildlife Canada". Later on Dirty Circus and Pigeon Hole joined the collective Sweatshop Union with some other local Vancouver hip-hop artists. The pair released their first album as a duo, ''Age Like Astronauts'', in 2010 on URBNET Records."Sweatshop Union to Release Three New Albums this Summer"
. '' Exclaim!'', May 21, 2010. It was one of three albums released on the same day by side projects of Sweatshop Union, alongside Dirty Circus's ''Alive and Well'' and

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' ''By Hook or by Crook''. It appeared on the EarShot campus and community radio hip hop chart in August that year. The album features collaborations with

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and their Sweatshop Union colleagues DJ Itchy Ron and Mos Eisley and was nominated for the 2011 WCMA rap recording of the year. After releasing an EP in 2011, in 2013 Pigeon Hole released a second album, ''Chimp Blood''.

Discography

*2000 ''Wildlife Canada'' (as "Creative Minds" in collaboration with Dirty Circus) *2010 ''Age Like Astronauts'' *2011 "Sunday Remixes" free EP *2013 ''Chimp Blood''"Pigeon Hole – Chimp Blood"
''BC Musician Magazine'', reviewed by Dave O Rama August 29, 2013

References

External links

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