Muneshine is an MC/producer/DJ/engineer originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, now based in Toronto, Ontario.
Notable Achievements (2011):
• Named one of Canada’s top hip hop producers in Exclaim Magazine’s Year End Issue (‘The Canadian Sound’ with Boi 1nda, T-Minus, Chin Injeti, Frank Dukes & Rich Kidd)
• 1/4 of the Train of Thought Tour with Ghettosocks, Jeff Spec & Timbuktu (sponsored by VIA Rail, Converse, American Apparel & Molson) - Performing 25 shows across Canada
• Contributed to 3/5 ‘Best Rap Recording’ nominees at the Juno Awards (D-Sisive’s ‘Vaudeville’ - engineering & production, Ghettosocks’ ‘Treat of the Day’ - guest appearance, Eternia & MoSS ‘At Last’ - engineering)
• Long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize with D-Sisive for ‘Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye-Bye’ (fully produced and engineered by Muneshine)
• Released Twin Peaks ‘Kissing Hands & Shaking Babies’ (with Ghettosocks) on Droppin Science Productions
• Released 3 new music videos - 2 solo - ‘Get So High’ (feat. D-Sisive) & ‘Easy Does It’, and 1 Twin Peaks ‘The Black Lodge’ (with Ghettosocks)
• Released ‘Larger Than Life’ EP with Dutch production duo Vinyl Frontiers • Produced new music for Canadian artists such as Shad, Maestro, D-Sisive (with Damian of Fucked Up, Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash, and more) Pigeon Hole, Jeff Spec, Toolshed, and many more.
Muneshine has had great success overseas, selling over 30,000 units of his previous releases, ‘A Vision and a Plan’ (2004), ‘Opportunity Knocks’ (2005) & ‘Status Symbol‘ (2008) in Japan alone. Outside of Canada he has also released music in Australia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Holland, Germany, Brazil and the United States.
Muneshine has toured extensively in promotion of his new and most popular material; across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Holland, Poland and Czech Republic.
Muneshine has collaborated with a number of hip hop legends (such as Pete Rock, DJ Spinna, Buckwild of D.I.T.C., Sean Price of Boot Camp Clik and Rob Swift of the Executioners) and many contemporary artists from Canada and abroad. His creativity and consistency have established his reputation as one of Canada’s most sought-after producers, most trusted engineers and favourite artists to listen to and see perform live.