Preserve The Beat is an ongoing archival project to digitize the complete photographic archive of TRIBE Magazine — thousands of original 35mm slides documenting the birth of electronic music and DJ culture in Canada between 1993 and 2005.
This is slow, careful work. Every image is digitized at high resolution and catalogued with full contextual metadata — the year, venue, event, performers, city, and magazine issue number. The goal is not simply to scan photographs, but to preserve their complete story. Context is everything.
The project was initially funded by a community of over 100 donors through an Indiegogo campaign that raised more than $11,000 — a testament to the enduring connection people feel to this archive. That amount was matched in full by the publisher to purchase the professional scanning equipment and software needed to complete the digitization.
That work continues now. Every contribution — however small — keeps the scanner running and the archive growing.
Video Coming Soon
The digitization is ongoing. Your support — at any level — sustains the work and helps ensure this irreplaceable visual record of Canadian music history is preserved for future generations.
Any amount. A direct one-time contribution to the archive digitization project, processed securely via PayPal.
A small monthly contribution keeps the scanner running. Sustaining support that makes a real difference over time.
A large-format photographic book drawn from the complete TRIBE Magazine archive. A visual history of Canada's electronic music underground — from the first warehouse parties to the peak of the national scene.
Coming SoonA feature documentary exploring the people, places, and music that defined a generation of Canadian nightlife — told through the photographs and the voices of those who were there.
In DevelopmentPhotographs from the TRIBE Magazine archive are available for editorial, documentary, and commercial licensing. The archive spans over a decade of Canadian electronic music history — club nights, rave events, DJ portraits, and cultural documentation from 1993 to 2005.
Please get in touch to discuss usage, rights, and reproduction.