Sound Advisory
Antidote Magazine
The Remedy is Diversity
DJ Shimza put it plainly in his own notes for Karma Karma Radio 014: MoBlack’s “Mandjou” was one of the biggest anthems of his summer, and it did not matter where he played it, the reaction was always the same.
DJ Shimza put it plainly in his own notes for Karma Karma Radio 014: MoBlack’s “Mandjou” was one of the biggest anthems of his summer, and it did not matter where he played it, the reaction was always the same.
Read the storyThe record inside the sleeve, playable in the page. Signed out of Spotify, the player runs a preview; signed in, the full track.
Diversity is not a trend we follow, it is the very medicine we prescribe. It is the antidote to the mundane, the predictable, and the painfully generic.
The full set, playable in the page — no account needed. Pairs with “Theo Parrish: Detroit’s Beautiful Problem” in Latest Stories.
Antidote Magazine is an urban lifestyle guide published from Ottawa since 2001. It was founded on a suspicion: the most interesting culture in a city rarely happens at centre stage. It happens in record shops and listening bars, in club booths at 2 a.m., in the margins of other people’s records.
Twenty-five volumes in, the brief has not changed. If it is made with obsession — a Detroit record that takes all night to say its piece, a London jazz band playing like it is a contact sport, a Montreal hotel room wired like a gallery — it belongs here, covered in long form by people who were actually listening.
More voices, more rooms, more records. The remedy is diversity is not a slogan the magazine inherited. It is the assignment, renewed every issue since 2001.
Meet the team — the people behind the magazine.