Bender (rapper)

Alexander Buchanan (July 19, 1980 – March 1, 2018), better known by his stage name Bender, was a Canadian rapper.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

He was a member of the group Flight Distance and a former King of the Dot champion.^[6][7][8][9] Bender was also a professional visual artist.^[10]

Bender died on March 1, 2018, aged 37, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[11] No cause of death has been released, but an article has reported that he may have died from sleep apnea.^[12]

Solo

• The Squidmilker Instrumentals (2004)

Flight Distance (Bender with Patience & DJ Calkuta)

• Run for Your Lives! (2005)
• Bad Information (2011)
• High Priests of Low-Life (2014)

Other collaborations

• Soma Holiday (1996) (with Sunshine Dick Surprise)

EPs

• The Warning Shot (2005) (with Flight Distance)
• Chuck B vs The Boombaptist (2011)

Singles

• "Real Teeth" (2010) (with Flight Distance)
• "All Crushed Under the Same Terrible Wheel" (2011) (with Flight Distance)
• "Worth" (2013) (with Flight Distance)

• Atherton & Sire - "Indifferent in Significance" from A Different Way of Doing the Same Old Thing (2006)
• Self Driven - "3 Strikes", "Musical Youth", "Dyno Killas" & "No Life (Remix)" from Self Driven (2006)
• 24/7 – "White Chalk" (2010)
• Noah23 – "Air Guitar" from Heart of Rock (2010)
• Prehistoric - "Short Bus" from Forgive the Hero (2012)
• Bruff - "On the Block" from Skidoo Soup (2012)
• 24/7 – "Pulling Teeth" from A.I. Project (2012)
• Charron – "Go In" from Bath Salts & Vinegar Chips (2013)
• Eskr-One – "Iron Fist" from Beautiful Decay (2013)
• Prehistoric – "Perspective" from Walking Backwards on an Escalator (2013)
• Giant Gorilla Dog Thing – "Stonewall" from Horse (2014)
• D-Sisive – "And They Hide Their Eyes" from The Great Mr. Nobody (One) (2014)
• Noah23 x DJ Coutz – "Campy Squalor" from Discordian Pope (2016)
• Real Deal – "The Axis of Evil" from The Mount Oliver Project (2017)
• Prehistoric – "Another Day" from Elephant Graveyard (2018)
• Buck-n-Nice – "Ocean or Shallow End" from EMAG (2018)
• Ramcliff – "Human Language" from Ramcliff (2019)

• Canadian hip hop

• Official website
• Official website of hip hop in Canada