Pop District is the solo musical endeavour of Toronto, Canada’s Chris Macintyre. Perhaps best known for his stint as 1/2 of celebrated mutant-techno outfit Jokers of the Scene and the industrial club duo Bulkhead, Macintyre has been involved in a wide array of musical collaborations over the last 15 years. The Pop District project sees him take an entirely DIY approach - producing, composing, performing, mixing and mastering his own records while also handling album design and video direction for each release. 2020’s ‘The Gold Rush’ LP is a debut album that actually wasn’t the first to be released. Recorded and sequenced between 2009 and 2012, the album was shelved after being rejected by the labels it was pitched to. His subsequent production, the ‘Secret Dream’ LP emerged in 2015 and spawned the sleeper techno hit “Red Eye”, a dreamy dancefloor cut that is still gaining momentum 5 years on. Finally, after 8 years in the vault, ‘The Gold Rush’ is released via Los Angeles cult cassette label Far Away Tapes, still sounding as unique and fresh as when it was first conceived. A lush mix of instrumental dream pop, electro funk and left-field electronics, it’s an album that aims to defy categorization and reveal itself for years to come.