Flight Distance (hip-hop group)

Flight Distance
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
GenresUnderground hip hop
Years active2004–2018
Past membersBender (Alexander Buchanan)
Calkuta (Callum Browne)
Patience (Patrick Jodoin)
Websiteflightdistance.net

Flight Distance was an underground hip hop group from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The group consisted of MC Patience, DJ Calkuta, and MC/producer Bender, who was a former King of the Dot champion.[8] Flight Distance released three albums over the course of their career: Run for Your Lives! in 2005, Bad Information in 2011, and High Priests of Low-Life in 2014.[1][9][10] As of December 2014, they had begun work on their fourth album, entitled Harmony Chlorine,[11] and were still working on it at the time of Bender's unexpected death on March 1, 2018.[12][13]

Discography

Albums

  • Run for Your Lives! (2005)
  • Bad Information (2011)
  • High Priests of Low-Life (2014)

EPs

  • The Warning Shot (2005)

Singles

  • "Real Teeth" (2010)
  • "Worth" (2013)

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2013-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "As seen at Bluesfest, local hip hop artists are having a big influence on the Ottawa music scene | Ottawa Citizen". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  3. ^ "Derealization – Flight Distance Interview by Patrick Ackroyd – April 8, 2013 HIP HOP – the Cornwall Free News".
  4. ^ "Ottawa's golden age of hip hop - Ottawa Citizen Digital Lounge". Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  5. ^ "Ottawa's golden age of hip hop". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Flight Distance :: Bad Information". Rapreviews.com.
  8. ^ "KOTD x Niftory: Own Hip Hop History". Kingofthedot.com.
  9. ^ "(Ac)Knowledge: Bender Interview". Acknowledge-knowtheledge.blogspot.com. 3 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Patrick of Flight Distance Talks About Arboretum Music + Arts Festival 2013". Photogmusic.com. 14 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Flight Distance on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  12. ^ "Home". Flightdistance.net.
  13. ^ "Former KOTD champ Bender has passed away". Hiphopcanada.com. 2 March 2018.


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