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Based in East Vancouver, Ranta has been a freelance music scribe since 2004. His bylines have appeared in such publications as Exclaim!, CBC Music, PopMatters and Tiny Mix Tapes. He has also performed jury duty for the Polaris Music Prize, Pazz & Jop, and Juno Awards. Ranta graduated with distinction from SFU’s Contemporary Arts program with a BFA in music in the summer of 2012. 


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Jokers of the Scene

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Tegan & Sara

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The Square Root of Evil

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Kardinal Offishall

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YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN

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Pheek

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Shout Out Out Out Out

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Dreamboat

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XI

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Vancouver’s New Forms Festival 2007 Starts Thursday

Vancouver’s New Forms Festival 2007 Starts Thursday

Vancouver New Forms Festival 10: Traversing Electronic Narratives - September 10-18

Vancouver New Forms Festival 10: Traversing Electronic Narratives - September 10-18

Longwalkshortdock: Hell, hair and high expectations

Longwalkshortdock: Hell, hair and high expectations

Grammy-nominated Dream Theater’s link to small-town Ontario

Grammy-nominated Dream Theater’s link to small-town Ontario

Q&A: Carrie Brownstein makes multitasking look easy

Q&A: Carrie Brownstein makes multitasking look easy

Monolithium's 2011 MUTEK preview podcast revisited

Monolithium's 2011 MUTEK preview podcast revisited

Covered: The Dø ‘Tightrope’ (Janelle Monáe cover)

Covered: The Dø ‘Tightrope’ (Janelle Monáe cover)

ill-esha: Droppin' bass in the bay

ill-esha: Droppin' bass in the bay

Bon Iver, Arcade Fire and the Grammy Awards hypocrisy conundrum

Bon Iver, Arcade Fire and the Grammy Awards hypocrisy conundrum

Duck Sauce: Laughing all the way to the Grammys

Duck Sauce: Laughing all the way to the Grammys

Welcome to the new home of Electronic on CBC Music

Welcome to the new home of Electronic on CBC Music

WATCH: Solvent explains his penchant for the modular synth

WATCH: Solvent explains his penchant for the modular synth

Meet CBC Music host Lana Gay

Meet CBC Music host Lana Gay

The Sunday Night Experiment: Irunak "born a total loss"

The Sunday Night Experiment: Irunak "born a total loss"

Futuristic noise-pop anthems: The music of Born Gold

Futuristic noise-pop anthems: The music of Born Gold

Life After Rave: Part 1 of 5

Life After Rave: Part 1 of 5

Andy Dixon: Processes, punk, and new forms of prosperity

Andy Dixon: Processes, punk, and new forms of prosperity

MUTEK launches Kickstarter campaign

MUTEK launches Kickstarter campaign

CBC Music celebrates Record Store Day 2012

CBC Music celebrates Record Store Day 2012

Shambhala Music Festival keeps it all in the family

Shambhala Music Festival keeps it all in the family

Allow me to reintroduce myself: Kid Koala

Allow me to reintroduce myself: Kid Koala

Love CBC Music? Make sure your voice is heard!

Love CBC Music? Make sure your voice is heard!

Canadian minimal wave: FM

Canadian minimal wave: FM

Electronic Music Festivals Summer 2012

Electronic Music Festivals Summer 2012

Cadence Weapon releases ground-breaking "Hope in Dirt City" [Featured Album]

Cadence Weapon releases ground-breaking "Hope in Dirt City" [Featured Album]

Q&A with DJ Food on The Search Engine, the trippiest planetarium show since Laser Floyd

Q&A with DJ Food on The Search Engine, the trippiest planetarium show since Laser Floyd

Polaris Music Prize 2012 snubs and surprises

Polaris Music Prize 2012 snubs and surprises

MC Chris kicks fan out of concert after criticizing opening act

MC Chris kicks fan out of concert after criticizing opening act

Q&A: Bass Coast co-founder Andrea Graham tells the tale of how one of the coast's funnest festivals came to be

Q&A: Bass Coast co-founder Andrea Graham tells the tale of how one of the coast's funnest festivals came to be

CBC Music's rules for concertgoers

CBC Music's rules for concertgoers

Q&A: Calamalka on his latest release, All the Way Up

Q&A: Calamalka on his latest release, All the Way Up

Shambhala Diary, Day 1: Arrival

Shambhala Diary, Day 1: Arrival

Shambhala postscript: Loads of fun under the Kootenay sun

Shambhala postscript: Loads of fun under the Kootenay sun

Photo gallery: Pussy Riot rally in Toronto, musicians show support

Photo gallery: Pussy Riot rally in Toronto, musicians show support

BPI apologizes for removing negative Drake reviews from internet

BPI apologizes for removing negative Drake reviews from internet

New Forms Festival 2012 wrap up

New Forms Festival 2012 wrap up

Dan the Automator and Emily Wells’s Pillowfight: album stream and Q&A

Dan the Automator and Emily Wells’s Pillowfight: album stream and Q&A
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