17 years ago i started making electronic songs. i didn’t know where to put them so i uploaded them to a myspace page and chose the name ‘felix cartal.’ i never thought i was making a decision that would be…

i’ve been roaming japan for the past week on airplane mode. the wifi only really happens in my hotel or an occasional cafe. i was sort of longing for a time of travelling overseas pre-smart phone when data plans were too expensive to justify — a chance to disconnect. mix that in with an opposite time zone to your hometown and…

i was listening to the new 070 shake album the other day. i really like it. it felt very conceptual — which i like when done right and hate when done wrong. (but hey isn’t that everything?) the concept of the album feels like this separation between “the industry” and “the artist.” anyone who works in the industry and isn’t an artist will probably advise..

my song with tegan and sara is out now. i appreciate everyone who sent me kind messages about it. i was on a run this morning thinking about the concept. what does right on time mean to me? i think about time a lot as i get older, how i…

on thursday i premiered my upcoming song with tegan and sara at the cambie in vancouver. this was all very last minute. we had originally planned to shoot a music video somewhere else, but the location fell through. we had to scramble a bit, but the cambie was kind enough to let us roll up and…

perfection seems like a worthy endeavour but it’s an oasis. the idea of making something “perfect” is not only completely contingent on the taste of the person, but it’s also a crippling concept that renders all art impossible to finish. professionals have…

the rain has come. it’s that time of year where it’s stays this time of the year until next year. anyone from vancouver knows what i mean. probably anyone from a northern city knows what i mean. i asked my friends from norway how they deal with seasonal depression as the darkness envelopes 80% of their days. they say…

a creative career is surfing. we sit on our board waiting for a wave. we need to prepare in order to ride the wave when it comes. we train. we hone our…

the hardest part about coming up with an idea is actually executing it. we’ve all had that thought… “you know what would be a good idea?” it’s the next step that’s the hardest. the enemy of creativity is…

to be completely honest, i’m not quite sure why i went to berlin. it was impulsive and i think that was the appeal. i’ve been trying to zoom out of my own life lately, practice some gratitude. what is my life? well i get to...

I’m sitting here in the Amsterdam airport absolutely buzzing. Saturday we did a pop up at the top of the motherf*cking CN tower! It feels strange to even type those words. It’s surreal. Part of me wants to play it cool and act like it’s no big deal, but I can’t even do that, because I can’t....

just over a year ago i threw my first pop up. i didn’t have a big plan behind it, i had just put out a remix album called Into Sunsets, and wanted to play somewhere with a sunset. simple as that. the response was unbelievable. more than i could have...

i was watching a clip of Patrice O’Neal on a panel show the other day and he said “comedy is 50% people laughing and 50% horrified.” that got me thinking, is music the same? does the best art resonate with half of the people while the other half don’t really...

everyone will agree to a collaboration in theory. it all sounds good on paper. “yeah man, that would be cool.” who wouldn’t say that? it’s the nice thing to do. but the real trick to getting things done is to…

if i had to give one piece of advice for DJ’ing: make sure your first song is the right song. get it right and everything after is way easier. now this isn’t simple advice. it can take hours to find that perfect track (sometimes days). if it’s too hard you fuck yourself, having to stay in that energy for the whole set. too soft and you won’t…