Puffy Coates / Chris Quotes

Montreal, November 2006: cold water shower, leaks on the film buff below. Skater pimps, crackheads, bareknuckle boxers for neighbours. Eloquent arrives and epiphanies flow like blood down the drain.



Flash forward: Chris Quotes aka Puffy Coates, b. Toronto, 1983. Schooled in Toronto. Learned in Montreal. Creative Writing BA. Pound Magazine journo. Classmate of Spencer Krug. Concordia radio DJ. Poetry slam champ. Joins Typecast. Meets Specifics. Quits Typecast. Goes solo.



Enter Think Twice. Four releases, 50,000 sales. CoatesTwice, Supernova, August 2009. Jazzy space crunk beatscapes. Intergalactic balling (“Where’s the Cash At?” “WeeOooh”), guilt and redemption (“The Accomplice,” “The Only Hot Thing”), and beats like habitats for luxury (“Supernova,” “Heat,” and “Just the Tip”). Everything you’ve ever danced for.