Montreal native and DJ
Ghislain Poirier, who has collaborated with the likes of
Beans and
Lotek Hi-Fi, has a monthly show, Bounce le Gros, at a packed club in his hometown, and is also a visual artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries around Montreal, first entered the music scene with his 2001 record
Il N'y a Pas de Sud. After that, he came out with nearly an album a year on various labels (three -- Beats as Politics, Breakupdown, and the Cold as Hell EP -- on Chocolate Industries) until 2006, when he started his own company, Rebondir Records, whose inaugural release was
Poirier's Rebondir EP. The DJ continued to remix other artist's work, including
Lady Sovereign,
Clipse, and
Editors before issuing
No Ground Under in early 2008 on Ninjatune. ~ Marisa Brown