"Spool isn't for the faint-hearted. Their roster includes some of Canada's most adventurous and advanced creative musicians. From international recognized artists such as pianist Paul Plimley and violinist Jacques Israelievitch, to Vancouver's exceptional young talents — drummer Dylan van der Schyff, cellist Peggy Lee, and clarinetist Francois Houle, to name three — Spool has begun documenting an important moment in the history of Canadian improvised music."

—Greg Buium, Coda.

Music IS Rapid Transportation ...from the Beatles to Xenakis 

Editor: Daniel Kernohan

Lawrence Joseph, Dan Lander, Donal McGraith, Bill Smith, Alan Stanbridge, Scott Thomson & Vern Weber

photos by Gordon Bowbrick, Herb Greenslade & Bill Smith

"The emergence of Spool Records is an important event, to say the least, in the history of contemporary Canadian music." 

—Marc Chenard

"Spool has released a significant portion of the best Canadian experimental music of recent years, as well as discs by foreign artists."

—David Dacks, Exclaim.

Rant & Dawdle:

The Fictional Memoir

of

Colston Wilmott

As Imagined by

William E. Smith