In a music climate dominated by regurgitated cliches, Winnipeg's own Deon Wysocki insists on straying from the pack by taking risks with his music resulting in a skillful and unique fusion of power pop and reggae rock, full of clever hooks and his signature "scat"tered chorus lines.

Born and raised in Point Douglas, a tough borough of Winnipeg’s North End, Deon Wysocki has spent most of his life writing, performing and producing music. His unique blend of old and new - coupled with unmistakable melody and obsessive musicianship - culminate into a sound that is distinctively his own.

And Deon also performs every instrument and vocal on his self-produced recordings, including over a hundred songs spanning over twenty years as a musician.

“There’s a lot to write about when you’re a poor kid growing up in a crappy neighborhood," he chuckles.

After graduating from St. John's High, alma mater of The Guess Who's Burton Cummings, Deon spent the early nineties fronting several cover bands and would ask Remy Shand - then only thirteen and learning to play the bass guitar- to join his group. They performed their first gig at Winnipeg’s Diamond Club - now Silverados -and immediately began to focus on writing during the long Winnipeg winters, collaborating and mastering the mixing board and other instruments.

“Remy and I had a lot in common. We could pick up almost any instrument and be playing it. So we became interested in recording, mostly funk stuff. It was hard to find others who were as committed so we ended up doing everything ourselves. We were inseparable... ” says Deon

Then after nearly ten years, Shand began to commit all of his time to his soul music project which later managed to grab the attention of Glen Willows, guitarist for legendary Winnipeg rockers Harlequin and also one of Canada's leading talent managers (Inward Eye). Although the two were no longer jammming, Deon stayed involved by helping keep Shand - who had never worked a regular job - focused and out of trouble.

Shortly after in 2002, Shand signed a deal with Universal/Motown and to the surprise of many abandoned his friendship with Deon and burned Willows all the same, never to be heard from either again.

Fueled by the loss of his buddy and a failing marriage, Deon wrote and recorded Green, an EP of loosely recorded pop-rock and ska songs, at his small home studio on Atlantic Avenue. Green sat on the shelf for almost two years after he and his wife split up and the house – and studio – were sold off.

“It was all I had left. So that’s all I did – recorded, slept, drank, recorded more...all by myself. It was a really low time, ” says Deon.

While taking a hiatus from music to recover, Green managed to grab the attention of Billy Collins of Paquin Management.

“When Collins called me up and said I had something there that was enough to get me off my ass and recording again,” exclaims Deon.

So, over the summer of 2006, between makeshift apartment studios and Uncle Tony’s basement, Deon wrote and recorded the final tracks for Green and renamed it No Film after a lyric from Don’t Say You’ll Hate Me, a song about coming clean and forgiveness.

No Film is all about just that – forgiveness – as well as cheap women, booze, Deon poking fun at popular music clichés and occasionally himself, and growing up and getting your ass kicked (and kicking ass) in Canada’s toughest little prairie city – Winnipeg.

“People told me I should drop my last name but I don’t want to hide from who I am - that’s just pretentious and phony. I’m a tough Polish kid from the North End who writes songs and proud of it.”

Adds Deon, "And what the hell's wrong with that???"