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= Long Time No Time = Long Time No Time (LTNT) is a Canadian horn band formed in 2017 in Calgary, Alberta by Daniel Pelton (alto saxophone, vocals). Other founding members include Andrew Leitch (trumpet, vocals), Thomas Dundas (trombone, vocals), Jesse Schwartz (electric bass, vocals), and Fletcher Dahlman (drums, vocals). Notable distinctive features of LTNT include reliance on brass instruments, incorporating rap, and utilizing styles from klezmer to modern folk to jazz, rock, and metal. Accolades include 2018 independent music video of the year, and multiple YYC Music Award nominations

First Time Full Time (2018)
First Time Full Time is an amalgamation of LTNT's first performance-ready pieces, stitched together by seeming non-sequiturs in the form of a phone message left for a friend of a friend gone off the rails. The music was recorded in studio over two days in January of 2018, and release later the same year in June.

Next Time (2020)
Released in January of 2020, LTNT recorded Next Time in the summer of 2019. Next Time contains music written by Daniel Pelton, as well as debut compositions by bandmates Jesse Schwartz and Thomas Dundas. Each of the singles were accompanied by music videos. The video for Hellephant earned 2018 Independent Music Video of the Year in Dropout Canada's Metal category. Next Time was a nominated finalist in 2020 for Jazz album of the year at the YYC Music Awards, as was Hellephant for Music Video of the Year.

Single(s):

 * Hellephant - Dropout Canada's 2018 Independent Metal Music Video of the year - Music video


 * Maj7 Chord Song - Music video

Big Time (2020)
Big Time is the result of a collaboration with the University of Calgary's Jazz Orchestra working towards a live performance at Calgary's Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre. Event profiles in article by the Calgary Herald. Each song performed with the U of C Jazz Orchestra required the original quintet music to be re-arranged for Jazz Orchestra by each song's respective composer. If I Had a Boat was supported by the background vocals of two of the founding members of the band Meadow Drive.

Live Times (2020)
Released as a reprieve from the ongoing global pandemic, Live Times features music recorded during various live appearances by the band through campus radio station CJSW in 2018 and Studio Bell in 2019 (See Big Time )

Tough Times (2021)
Tough Times is an upcoming album set for release in early 2021.

Single(s):

 * I Don't Wanna Go To School Tomorrow (campfire version) (2021)
 * Lightning Strikes the Waves (2021)

Artist Collaborations
Long Time No Time collaborated with local Calgarian artist Emma Kilburn Smith in designing their initial logo, which they then adapted as the album art for First Time Full Time.

The artwork for Hellephant was commissioned by LTNT from Calgarian artist Taylor Odynski

The art for Next Time was adapted from the original LTNT logo by local artist who practices under the pseudonym Corvus Corax