June 14th, 2009 
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Being born in Scotland, and emigrating to Windsor, Canada has certain advantages if you are an electronic musician.
First, Windsor has the unique feature of being situated just two minutes by car across a river from Detroit, Michigan, the city where one of electronic music’s most important movements began. The sounds of seminal techno music broadcast from Detroit radio stations were easily received by the radio of Paul Edwards, singer/producer of Le Bus.
Meanwhile, Paul’s cousin back in Scotland was sending him a steady stream of mixtapes via airmail of the UK underground music scene.
Moving to Toronto, Paul began to release electronic music and perform live, which led to Paul opening for techno legends Orbital, invitations to festivals like Toronto’s Edgefest where he mixed beats to shocked Nickleback fans, and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival.
While producing electronic music, Paul also was busy playing guitar and singing in indie-rock bands. Eventually, along with collaborators Aaron Farr (Drums) and Ron Starfield (Synths), Paul began to merge these two musical spheres together.
By combining vocals and songwriting with synths, blips, and beats, Le Bus create danceable electronic songs.
“We are definitely making dance music with an electronic heart, but each track also has the soul of a simple, good song,” says Edwards.
In 2008, Le Bus released their debut EP ”It’s All On” which CBC Radio 3 said “could easily be the best Dance album of the year”.
On July 10th 2009, Le Bus releases Fission Friction Frequency on Spiral Recordings.
Who would you like to perform with in the future?
I think it would be rad to perform with Ringo Starr…. he could drum along to my beats and we could get a tribal thing happening…
Who were your greatest influences musically?
One of my musical influences has to be The Orb because their early work managed to synthesize so many forms of electronic music into one mind-expanded world. But also very important was a Detroit Radio DJ called The Electryfying Mojo who used to broadcast late nights back in the 80′s just as techno was exploding. Listening to him mash up Model 500 with a Prince 12″ on a commercial radio station[!] really opened my ears.
More info and tunes after the jump.
When did you finally realize you wanted to be a Dj/Producer?
i was messing around with guitars and songwriting using 8 tracks in the 90′s when a friend of mine showed up with a Korg synth, which suddenly offered up the possibility of creating elaborate arrangements and fucking with weird sounds and gritty beats.. i was locked instantly…
Most unique form of show payment?
a pair of cowboy boots…i would have accepted them, but they didn’t fit !
What was the most difficult thing to sacrifice to get here?
Long hours in the studio…sometimes i have to lock myself away …but when you finally hear the music through a club sound system and you see people having a good time and magic is happening, it’s worth it.
Fav breakfast spot/meal?
my favourite diner just closed after 50 years!… it was a time capsule with everything being decades old, including the place mats which had drawings of all sorts of happy 1950′s folks eating eggs and bacon with “Good Food For Good People” printed in huge letters…i’ll miss it !
Would u rather be important or famous?
I’d rather be famous because if a mad dictator gets hold of power, maybe his daughter will be a fan and can convince him not to throw me in jail for being a dissident.
Who affects you today musically?
everyone….really….with so many bands and dj;s making their own records and releasing shit, there’s so much amazing music out there… it’s like cross-pollination. …electro has rock influences …i also produce/record bands and more of them are interested in adding electronics into their songs…i listen to everything and let it all filter down into the music i’m making now…
What CD is in your car stereo right now?
Gustav Holst: The Planet Suite… badass music from 1900
How do you describe your music to people?
Big Bangs. Bit-Shift Slapped to 6 bits. Ready for Throwdown…. we are defintely making dance/electro music, but Le Bus tracks always have a simple song with lyrics as the backbone…
What is the most memorable live performance expierence?
it was opening for Orbital at Opera House in Toronto….the crowd gave us a warm reception but the most memorable part was chatting/smoking with Paul and Phil who are these really brilliant and totally cool cats…
Is there a tour in your near future?
Yes…there is a tour planned for the US West Coast in October.
Bionic Heart-Le Bus(Starfield Mix)
Throwdowns Vol. 1-Le Bus(Continuous Mix)
For more info and tunes on Le Bus visit his myspace here.
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