Sixtoo was the main project of Canadian

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DJ, producer and

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Vaughn Robert Squire between 1996 and 2007. He has since retired the Sixtoo name, and is pursuing other directions in

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, with a large genre shift from

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to deeper club sounds of various tempos. He has also released music as Speakerbruiser Rob, and Prison Garde.

History

Sixtoo rose to prominence in the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene, initially as half of Halifax,

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hip hop duo Sebutones, along with

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. During that time, he worked with

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and other members of

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. In 2000, Sixtoo moved to

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where he signed on with UK-based

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Vertical Form. Soon after came the release of ''Antagonist Survival Kit'', a synth-based sample album that showcased both sides of his skills: on the mic and on the sampler. In 2003, Sixtoo signed to

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. His debut album on the label, ''

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'', has won acclaim in the international electronic beats community in 2004. Since silencing the Sixtoo project, he has had a string of visible live P.A. projects including Megasoid along with Hadji Bakara, a former member of

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. He has also collaborated with Ango (born Andrew Gordon Macpherson) and

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(born Lunice Pierre Fermin) on the electronic music project Nouveau Palais. The trio released ''Avant Gang'' in 2012. Sixtoo entirely produced Isaiah Toothtaker's ''Sea Punk Funk'' in 2012.

Discography

Albums

* ''Superstar Props'' (1994) * ''Four Elements'' (1995) * ''Return of the Seeker'' (1996) * ''Progress'' (1997) * ''The Psyche Intangible'' (1998) * ''The Psyche Continuum'' (1999) * ''Songs I Hate (and Other People Moments)'' (2000) * ''Duration'' (2001) * ''Antagonist Survival Kit'' (2001) * ''Antagonist Survival Kit Instrumentals'' (2001) * ''Almost a Dot on the Map: The Psyche Years 1996-2002'' (2004) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man'' (2007) * ''Système Hermès Volume One'' (2011) (as Prison Garde) * ''Occultsystem'' (2014) (as Prison Garde)

Mixtapes

* ''Boogie Screw'' (2012) (as Prison Garde)

EPs

* ''Termination Dubs'' (2000) * ''Body Ache Summer'' (2004) * ''Boxcutter Emporium'' (2004) * ''It's the Mindfuck Yo! Sit Your Ass Down'' (2006) * ''Forts'' (2014) (as Prison Garde) * ''October'' (2015) (as Prison Garde)

Singles

* "A Work in Progress" (2001) * "The Secrets That Houses Keep" (2001) * "Outremont Mainline Runs Across the Sunset" (2001) * "Krunk's Not Dead" (2005) (as Six Vicious) * "Two Strikes" (2005) * "Next" (2006) * "Fight" (2006)

Collaborations

;Albums * Sebutones - ''50/50 Where It Counts'' (1998) * Villain Accelerate - '' Maid of Gold'' (2003) ;Mixtapes * Megasoid - ''Tank Thong Re-Mixtape'' (2008) * Megasoid - ''Remix Runners Re-Mixtape'' (2009) ;EPs * Sebutones - ''Psoriasis'' (1996) * Sixtoo /

- ''Crystal Senate'' (1997) * Garde & Eames - ''Bricks'' (2011) * Nouveau Palais - ''Avant Gang'' (2012) ;Singles * Hip Club Groove - "Cool Beans" (1993) * Sebutones - "Sebutone Def" (1997) * Sixtoo & Matth - "He Did Glass Music" (2003) * Sixtoo vs. Simahlak - "All Star Battle" (2003) *

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and Six Vicious - "No One Leaves" (2005) * Sixtoo & Norsola - "Homages" (2005)

Guest appearances

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- "Saga" from ''Dream Sequence'' (1999) * Sole - "Nothing Fell Apart" from ''

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'' (2000) * Shape Shifters - "Man 2 Ape 2 Fish" from ''Know Future'' (2000) * Alias - "Awaken" from "Final Act" (2001) *

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- "The Shamen" from ''The Shamen'' (2001) *

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- "Garbage Rain", "Pointing Fingers", and "Short Strings" from ''

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'' (2002) * Hip Club Groove - "Cool Beans", "Big Bad Stylee '91", and "Fluctuating Mental States" from ''Unreleased & Rare'' (2010)

Productions

* Hip Club Groove - "Pornostar" from ''Land of the Lost'' (1996) * Sole - "Nothing Fell Apart" from ''

'' (2000) * Kunga 219 - "Fine Spirits" and "Lonesome Cowboy: Part 2 ('98 Revisited)" from ''Tharpa's Transcripts... A Time and a Place'' (2000) *

- "Pitty Party People" from ''

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'' (2002) *

- "Crack Pipes", "Different", "Buckets of Silence", "Black Sweatshirt", and "Cup of Tea" from ''

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'' (2002) * Knowself & Moves - "Reality of Birth" and "Meaning?" from ''Pseudo Freedom in the Age of Manipulation'' (2004) * Recyclone - "The Dead World" from ''Corroding the Dead World'' (2005) * Sage Francis - "Crumble" and "Ground Control" from '' A Healthy Distrust'' (2005) *

- "More Soup" from ''

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'' (2005) * Sage Francis - "Broccilude" from '' Human the Death Dance'' (2007) * Isaiah Toothtaker - "Biters Eat a Dick", "Cypher & Sphere", "Free Gear", and "Ready to Die" from ''Murs 3:16 Presents'' (2008) * Isaiah Toothtaker - "Hard as Hell", "Werewolfing", and "Bass Face" from ''Yiggy'' (2010) * Isaiah Toothtaker - ''Sea Punk Funk'' (2012)

Remixes

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- "Edie Brickell (Sixtoo Remix)" (2003) * Smyglssana - "Foaming Prairie (Sixtoo Remix)" from ''We Can Fix It Remixes'' (2003) *

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- "Small Things (Sixtoo Remix)" from ''I Thought I Was Over That'' (2005) *

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- "Kitchen Sink (Sixtoo Remix)" from ''Kitchen Sink Remixes'' (2007) *

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- "No More Blood (Megasoid Remix)" from ''No Ground Under'' (2007) *

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- "Jerk It (Megasoid Remix)" (2008) * Hovatron - "Gypsy Trader (Prison Garde Remix)" (2011) * Monolithium - "Simon & G-Funk (Prison Garde Remix)" (2011) * Gunplay & Isaiah Toothtaker - "Frownin (Sixtoo Remix)" (2013)

Compilation appearances

* "Simulated Snow" "Holy Shit!" on '' Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop'' (1999) * "Grimey Inks the Moment" on '' Giga Single'' (2001)

References

External links

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