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THE AIRPLANE BOYS and ROCHELLE JORDAN as part of INTIMATE & INTERACTIVE at Lambadina (875 Bloor West), Friday (October 15), doors 10 pm. $10. intimateninteractive.tumblr.com.


You know a hip-hop act is serious when they refer to their music as a “movement.”

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Such is the case with Toronto rap duo the Airplane Boys, who’ve spent the last few weeks on a swift ascent thanks to a series of high-concept YouTube music videos, heavy airplay on FLOW 93.5 and an ambitious hustle.

“If Drake is the Jay-Z of Toronto, then we wanna be the OutKast,” says Jason Drakes, aka Bon Voyage.

This goal may come to fruition soon Bon Voyage and partner-in-crime Mannie Serranilla, aka Beck Motley, just returned from L.A., where they networked with high-profile labels and management companies (though they’re not at liberty to say which ones).

The influence of Big Boi and Andre 3000 is clear in their work, as is that of other acts they look up to: N.E.R.D, Kanye West, Daft Punk. Take their biggest song to date, Sleep, with its combination of minor-chord electro production, Neptunes-style drum work and abstract lyrics.

“That song is about how when people are asleep, they’re more awake, and when they’re awake doing their day-to-day routine, they’re sleeping,” Drakes says.

“It’s also about leaving periods of negativity behind in your life – doing what you really want to do.”

Interview Clips

Drakes explains how the group came together, when he was just 10

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Drakes, on where they see the group in the future

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Serranilla talks about how they came to be called The Airplane Boys

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Video Clips

The Airplane Boys’ video for Sleep:

Their video for Outerspace:

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