Pocket Dwellers |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 1996 (1996)–present |
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| Labels | Blue Note |
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| Members | Dennis Passley
Nigel Williams
John Griffith
Marco Raposo
Gord Shields
Christian McKibbin
Sheldon Moore |
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The Pocket Dwellers are a Canadian seven-member experimental hip-hop group from the Toronto area.[1] The band's main genre is hip-hop, but their music is influenced by jazz, funk, soul and breakbeat.
History
The Pocket Dwellers began forming together in 1996. That year the band performed at EdgeFest in Toronto.[2] In 1999 the band performed in Hamilton as part of Showcase '99.[3]
The Pocket Dwellers released their first full-length record in 2000 after they signed a recording deal with Song Corp, and a second album, Digitally Organic, later that year.[4] Song Corp went bankrupt in early 2001, leaving the second album with no promotion.[5]
The next release was the album recorded live during sold out performances at a club in Toronto called the Reverb. The recording was released under Urbnet records.
In 2005 they signed with Blue Note/EMI and released PD-Atrics. The recording was more hip hop based and involved less live instrumentation than had been employed in the past.[6] In 2006 the band was nominated for a Juno award for best new group.[7][8]
