Shows
MUTEKMUTEK LIVE 374 - Mike ShannonMike Shannon (CA/DE) @djmikeshannon
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Mike Shannon's performance at MUTEK Montréal is a riveting exploration of deep techno through a sophisticated array of modular synthesis and drum machines. Embodying the essence of Detroit and Chicago influences, Shannon crafts a unique sonic signature that defines Canadian minimal house/techno.
2025-03-0158 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE 373 - Cobblestone JazzCobblestone Jazz (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 4 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Cobblestone Jazz melds jazz's improvisational flair with the precise beats of minimal techno. Known for crafting their music live using keyboards and drum machines, the trio of Danuel Tate, Mathew Jonson, and Tyger Dhula eschew pre-recorded elements, ensuring that each performance is a unique sonic exploration.
2025-02-221h 32
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE372 - Korea Town AcidKorea Town Acid (KR/CA) @koreatownacid
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 4 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Korea Town Acid unleashes her avant-garde electronic explorations in Sonic Chaser. Her performance weaves dubby beats, syncopated rhythms, and industrial textures into a compelling narrative, highlighted by mesmerizing live finger drumming. Her innovative use of analog and digital tools crafts unpredictable soundscapes that bridge classical influences with futuristic sounds.
2025-02-1656 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE371 - SeulementSeulement (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 2 on August 1, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Seulement crafts a unique live A/V performance, Bricolage Architecture. This project delves into a tactile dialogue between stop-motion animation and live modular synthesis, merging handcrafted cardboard cutouts with electroacoustic manipulation of voice and flute loops. His work exposes human vulnerability within technological perfection, celebrating bodily imperfections in an era dominated by artificial intelligence.
2025-02-1420 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE370 - RibambelRibambel (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Ribambel is an explosive fusion of jazz, synth-pop, and techno.Based in Montreal, Massyl and Ellxandra offer a one-of-a-kind duo performance, drawing from their rich individual repertoires.Joined by Pulsatilla, their chemistry of pulsating rhythms, catchy melodies, and soulful harmonies creates an electrifying atmosphere that is sure to captivate the audience.
2025-02-0947 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE369 - LiftkitLiftkit (CA) @liftkit
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 4 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Liftkit brings an electrifying MUTEK-exclusive live set, directly from their rural Epekwitk studio. Integrating mostly unreleased tracks, their sound is a unique blend of dance genres with a flair for analog and digital synthesis. Expect a dynamic journey through lush, melodic soundscapes enriched with psychedelic vocal samples.
2025-02-0356 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE368 - PiuPiu (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 5 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Piu presents Echoes, a performance that marries Indian classical vocals with expansive electronic landscapes. Through her live set, accompanied by dynamic visuals, she explores the evolving nuances of a single theme, transforming it across varied musical territories from contemplative atmospheres to rhythmic techno pulses. Her approach involves a fusion of organic and synthetic sounds, drawing on minimalist influences and modern electronic vibes, that invites deep emotional engagement.
2025-02-0159 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE367 - RhywRhyw (UK+GR) @rhyw
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Métropolis 1 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Rhyw presents a live performance that pushes the boundaries of techno, blending precise sound design with dynamic broken beat elements. His approach merges minimal structures with intricate modular synthesis, offering a set that balances dancefloor energy with experimental depth.
2025-01-271h 02
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE366 - BLK MTRBLK MTR (PA/QC) @blkmtr
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
BLK MTR crafts eerie, entrancing soundscapes blending pop, ambient, and noise elements. His performance at MUTEK featured modular synthesizers and samplers, weaving unsettling electroacoustic compositions with field recordings. Expect a deep dive into hyper-stimulation and cognitive dissonance, reflective of modern societal navigation.
2025-01-2533 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE365 - BénédicteBénédicte (CA/QC) @benedictemusic
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
In this partial sound recording from her performance at MUTEK, Bénédicte blends distorted field recordings, ethereal vocal samples, and dynamic synths within her electronic compositions. She delivers a live set that contrasts ambient soundscapes with intense, glitched rhythms, demonstrating her unique ability to translate complex emotional themes into captivating experiences.
2025-01-2026 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE364 - Arc & TextureArc & Texture (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Arc & Texture fuses the talents of Toronto's Vanese Smith (Pursuit Grooves) and Caleb Klager. Their debut at MUTEK will showcase unorthodox cinematic percussive sounds and emotive modular synthesis tones, creating techno that is as thought-provoking as it is visceral. This bass-driven performance marks their beginning of their collaboration.
2025-01-1553 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE363 - JacquesJacques (FR) @jacquestransversal
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 2 on August 21, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
With Vidéochose, Jacques transforms the everyday into a dazzling symphony for his new live performance at MUTEK Montréal. Using clips from movies, documentaries, and sounds captured over time, he creates a soundscape where rockets, barking, and baby cries turn into instruments. His unique approach blends audiovisual performance and live interaction, offering an experience where sound and image merge to captivate and get the audience dancing.
2025-01-111h 04
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE361 - CLOUD BODIESCLOUD BODIES (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Playing with scale and perspective, CLOUD BODIES is an immersive performance that explores the body as landscape and investigates its relationship with virtual spaces. As bodies and landscapes waltz, the topography of bodies morphs with the topography of the natural world. Allison Moore’s CLOUD BODIES is a generative immersive experience in the Satosphere combining dance and technology. Using live volumetric capture, dancer Lucy Fandel’s choreography is tracked by sensors during the performance. The geometric metadata collected is processed and reconstructed in the...
2025-01-0633 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE362 - mesocosmmesocosm (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Terra Flecta by mesocosm trio, Emma Forgues, Philippe Vandal, and Joël Lavoie, stages a journey into speculative extraterrestrial biomes. Crafted during their Satosphère residency, the work melds photogrammetric visuals and soundscapes derived from Québec's contaminated locales with cinematic music, exploring futuristic possibilities and environmental narratives.
2025-01-0534 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE360 - Liliane ChlelaLiliane Chlela (LB/QC) @lilianechlela
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Liliane Chlela, a producer, DJ, and performer born in Beirut, presents the latest live performance from her latest album. In Anatomy of A Jerk, she explores improvisation and sound manipulation, blending frenetic synth patterns with poignant melodic interludes.
2025-01-0243 min
MUTEKMUTELIVE359 - DAPASHU?DAPASHU? (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 5 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
DAPASHU? captivates with their eclectic fusion of electro, blending house, techno, and bass. Using a mix of retro and modern synthesizers, their set is designed to energize and excite. Their approach reflects a sharp synthesis of nostalgic and contemporary influences, promising an hour of music filled with emotion.
2024-12-311h 10
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE358 - Sara MagnanSara Magnan (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 2 on August 21, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Sara Magnan presents Rétrocausalité, a culmination of seven years of life and sound archives from her time in Mexico. This decontextualized sound matter blends current, experimental, immersive, and concrete music with drone, psychedelic folklore, pop, and electro elements.
2024-12-2849 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE357 - Fred EverythingFred Everything (CA/QC) @fredeverything
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 4 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
For MUTEK Montréal's 25th edition, Fred Everything presents a live set blending Downtempo, Broken Beat, and Deep House. Featuring tracks from his latest album, this performance highlights his refined sound and inventive production, offering a thoughtful and engaging exploration of contemporary electronic music.
2024-12-2757 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE356 - Bored LordBored Lord (US) @BOREDLORD
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 2 on August 21, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Bored Lord presents her first live performance at MUTEK, bringing together breakbeat and acid influences with a personal and dynamic style. Rooted in rave culture and a DIY ethos, her music blends club energy with emotional depth, offering a fresh take on contemporary electronic sounds.
2024-12-2158 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE355 - Cy-EnsCy-Ens (CA/QC) @cy-ens
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Cy-Ens unveils their latest performance, Synapse, a profound exploration of the nexus between nature and technology through a six-movement suite. Masterfully blending live coding, generative algorithms, and an array of instruments including voice and Theremin, Cy-Ens creates a unique auditory and visual tableau. Synapse emphasizes the harmonious interplay between computational intelligence and human expressivity, inviting the audience into a world where sound transcends traditional confines.
2024-12-171h 20
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE354 - OrchestrollOrchestroll (CA/QC) @orchestroll
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 5 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Orchestroll, the duo of Jesse Osborne-Lanthier and Asaël Richard-Robitaille, presents a dissonant and surreal performance blending anachronistic melodies with slambient textures. Drawing from their Mini-LP Hyperwide Lustre and their EMS Stockholm residency, this world premiere fuses untamed creativity with digital precision, offering an intricate auditory journey.
2024-12-1648 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE352 - Technologies of ConsciousnessTechnologies of Consciousness (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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In Numinous Machines, Sonya Stefan and Stephanie Castonguay delve into the liminal space of near-death experiences, blending analog and digital techniques. Using modified turntables, macro imagery, and graphical notation, they merge sound and image into a visceral audiovisual journey. This premiere explores the intersection of decomposition, sacred geometry, and tactile sound creation, offering an evocative and deeply physical performance.
This project emerged from the residency call for proposals between the Avatar Centre and MUTEK.
2024-12-1321 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE353 - Steffi (live)Steffi (NL) @steffi_official
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Métropolis 2 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Steffi presents a specially commissioned live performance for MUTEK that reflects her decades of experience and relentless innovation in electronic music. With a career highlighted by her residency at Berghain and the creation of influential labels such as Klakson and Dolly, she continues to reinvent her music. This rare live set recording is a chance to experience the essence of her ever evolving sound.
2024-12-111h 02
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE351 - AndreaAndrea (IT) @andreamusik
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Originally from Turin, Andrea draws inspiration from his city’s post-industrial aesthetic to craft music that blends IDM, 90s breakbeat and techno. His performances are marked by intense rhythms and refined textures, balancing sonic experimentation with raw energy for the dancefloor.
2024-12-111h 01
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE350 - CUERPOSCUERPOS (CA) @cuerpos
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 5 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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CUERPOS, a duo hailing from Newfoundland (Ktaqmkuk), blends their Latin and Caribbean roots with vibrant electronic rhythms.
By weaving post-punk, dub, and reggae into bold production, their performances exude a raw, psychedelic energy. A sound that's both unfiltered and heartfelt, reaching its full potential on stage.
2024-12-1141 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE349 - Colin StetsonColin Stetson (US/CA) @colin-stetson
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Special Event on August 21, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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With his commanding bass saxophone and mastery of sonic textures, Colin Stetson captivated the audience at New City Gas. His dark and intense performance blended free jazz, electroacoustic elements, and darkwave influences. A raw display of technique and emotion, foreshadowing his album The Love It Took to Leave You, released in September 2024.
2024-12-0159 min
MUTEKMUTEK Dialogues x CKUT 2024Animé par Maïté Belmir ( @freshmaite ) dans les studios de CKUT, découvrez la 25e édition de MUTEK Montréal, MUTEK Forum et le lancement du Village Numérique.
Au programme:
· la présentation de la programmation par Marie-Laure Saidani
· un entretien avec l’artiste G L O W Z I
· un aperçu du Forum avec Sarah Mackenzie en compagnie de Kahentawaks
· le dévoilement du Village Numérique avec Sarah-Eve Toussignant
2024-08-131h 49
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE348 - µ-Ziq & ID:Moraµ-Ziq & ID:Mora (UK + CZ) @mikep
North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 4 on August 26, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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With this performance, µ-Ziq embarks upon an intrepid and emotional journey into the jungle genre and the most bittersweet IDM typical of his work. Videographer and visual artist ID:Mora is the perfect partner for this project; together, they deliver an intense audiovisual adventure as humorous as it is delirious.
2024-04-2959 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE347 - x/ox/o (CA) @x-o-xio
North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 2 on August 24, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Fusing breakbeats, with elements of solemn ambience, distorted metal, and trip-hop, Vietnamese-Canadian electronic music producer x/o's Chaos Butterfly follows an anti-hero navigating trauma through whirlwinds of grief and anger; a vengeful spirit who finds true strength in inner healing and forgiveness.
2024-04-2944 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE346 - .VRIL.VRIL (DE) @vril_01
MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Métropolis 1 on August 25, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Known for his ability to craft immersive atmospheres, .VRIL showcased the gamut of his Dub Techno sounds at MUTEK, focusing on tracks from his latest album Animist. The musical performance was enhanced by a stimulating visual environment, thus creating a truly comprehensive experience.
2024-04-2958 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE345 - UraUra (CA/QC) @unsignedrecordingartist
North American premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Play 2 on August 25, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Ura presents a new electronic work composed and performed live specifically for MUTEK. Through the use of programs such as Max MSP and Ableton, Ura assembles broken sounds and ideas into something intentional and beautiful, interpreting these sounds through his idiosyncratic approach to sound design and melody.
2024-04-2945 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE344 - Twin Rising (Live Instrumental)Twin Rising (CA/QC) @twinrising
Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 2 on August 24, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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This album-project by Twin Rising was sparked from an interest in fusing together the artist’s fascination with electroacoustic music and pop; inducing a complete absorption in sound, coupled with the cadences of pop codes. Born from a desire to bring the listener into an immersive environment, the performance allows for optimal listening
2024-04-1646 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE343 - The MoleThe Mole (CA) @moleofsoul
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 2 on August 23, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Based on a lyric from Parliament/Funkadelic that The Mole’s daughters love to chant and shout in the car, Go Wiggle ! is in part about crossing thresholds and the dramatic effect of passing through doorways and also strictly retro, which can be heard in the drums and stripped down rhythms and harmonies.
2024-04-1656 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE342 - StMichelStMichel (CA/QC) @stmichelbipbip
Canadian premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 4 on August 25, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Accompanied by an array of synths, StMichel returns to the limelight to present a live version of his acclaimed album Données Sensibles. Throughout this performance, he explore the many nuances of his signature brand of electronic music, mesmerizing the audience with enthralling Techno, synthetic textures and leftfield House sounds.
2024-04-1659 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE341 - The CyclistThe Cyclist (IE) @the-cyclist
Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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The Cyclist’s performances never disappoint. Favoring an approach that does not tolerate laptops, The Cyclist will propose an intoxicating blend of reworked original compositions, punctuated with unreleased material and live improvisations for his first appearance at MUTEK Montréal.
2024-04-081h 02
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE340 - SUFYVNSUFYVN (SD/CA) @sufyvn
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 4 on August 26, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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This performance by SUFYVN continues the artist’s experiments with Sudanese and Nubian sounds within an electronic music context, such as dance, IDM, and experimental genres. While showcasing the cultural musical traditions of Northern villages of Sudan, SUFYVN demonstrates the potential for electronic music to expand and evolve by embracing various influences.
2024-04-0852 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE339 - SPRLUASPRLUA (CA/QC) @sprlua
MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 2 on August 23, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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For their first MUTEK appearance, SPRLUA’s live/DJ set hybrid performance mainly focus on tracks from Magnum Dopus and Magnum Dopus 2 (their debut album and its remixed version), combining brisk and electrifying Amapiano, Afro House and R&B rhythms with vintage House effects, along with a sprinkling of Rap.
2024-04-0853 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE338 - SPIME.IMSPIME.IM (IT) @spimeim
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
A/Visions 1 on August 26, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Grey Line is a live A/V show by media art collective SPIME.IM. The performance delves into themes related to contemporary issues with raw sincerity, namely the inevitability of climate change and humanity’s impact on the earth. SPIME.IM attempts to describe the emotional place in which we are trapped and the "era of the absurd" we are living in.
2024-04-0145 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE337 - SkesaSkesa (CA/QC) @skesa
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 3 on August 24, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Laid back house and techno vibes with organic samples and intricate percussions, that's Montreal-based Skesa's special blend of dance music. Cerebral, technical, with abstract melodies and groovy beats, Skesa's rhythms and anthem-like general feel are addictive.
2024-04-0158 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE336 - Sheenah KoSheenah Ko (CA/QC) @sheenahko
MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 5 on August 26, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Montréal-based musician Sheenah Ko presents her latest album, Future is Now, and its hypnotic, dancey songs, filled with raw emotions. A real feast for analog synth lovers, Ko's expansive 80s flavored compositions are an ode to atypical synth-pop music.
2024-04-0154 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE335 - Sara BertsSara Berts (IT)
Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 5 on August 26, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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A conversation between natural ecosystems and synth voices and effects, Braiding Fragments by Italian musician Sara Berts weaves together field recordings and synthesis, creating a sonic in-between space, a melting together, a processing of the visible world into beautiful ambient tones and possible states.
2024-03-2548 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE334 - S. ChioiniS. Chioini (CA/QC) @chioini
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 6 on August 27, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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After several years of exploration, this inaugural live performance under the alias S. Chioini represents significant musical growth and maturation. At the heart of the performance is enthralling, danceable club music that embodies the composer's wide-ranging influences. Techno and breaks intertwine in dynamic contrast, extending from 20th-century orchestral music to contemporary electronic avant-garde.
2024-03-251h 04
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE330 - Hatis Noit & Yuma Kishi (Excerpt)Hatis Noit & Yuma Kishi (JP) @hatis-noit
Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
A/Visions 2 on August 26, 2023 (excerpt) - Angelus Novus, Inori, Sir Etok
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Courtesy of @erasedtapes
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Hatis Noit presents the Canadian live debut performance of her much applauded album Aura, whose haunting tones invites the audience into these stirring, nostalgic soundscapes.
She will be performing live this year at MUTEK Barcelona XV on April 11.
2024-03-1823 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE328 - Page VidePage Vide (CA/QC)
MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Page Vide is the collaborative project of Montréal-based experimental artists Sarah Pagé and Joni Void. Pagé’s versatile harp practice meets the cinematic, sample based narratives of Void in atmospheric and emotive soundscapes.
2024-03-1139 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE323 - NegoONegoO (PT/FR) @nego0
North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 2 on August 23, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Thanks to the hype he generated at Moonshine and the notable inclusion of one of his tracks on the SMS For Location vol.5 compilation, NegoO was a logical choice to showcase the Montréal Afrocentric collective’s fevered rhythms and irresistible grooves at MUTEK, as a North American premiere no less.
2024-02-051h 46
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE322 - LowfishLowfish (CA) @lowfish
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 3 on August 24, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Premiering at last year's MUTEK, Lowfish's latest live performance combined punishing 808 drums with the Canadian producer's signature synth harmonies and highly-manipulated samples. At times moody, often melodic and catchy, Lowfish's tracks forever strive to be refined and timeless.
2024-02-0559 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE321 - Leon LouderLeon Louder (CA/QC) @leonlouder
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 1 on August 22, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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In the commissioned work for the Montréal Insectarium | Espace pour la vie, Leon Louder presented a live performance in four movements, created entirely using sampled sounds of insects. Through this sonic ecosystem, the playful, magnetic energy of insects was revealed in strange polyrhythms and emotionally engaged harmonic tapestries.
2024-02-0532 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE318 - Joël Lavoie et Guillaume ValléeJoël Lavoie et Guillaume Vallée (CA/QC)
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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By manipulating sound and visual landscapes in real-time, the artists explore new hybridizations between both digital and analog processing and reproduction systems.
This project is created during the Avatar-MUTEK production residency in August 2023. A co-production by Avatar.
2024-01-2930 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE313 - Hieroglyphic BeingHieroglyphic Being (US) @hieroglyphicbeing
Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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For his very first appearance at MUTEK as Hieroglyphic Being, Moss promised a live and improvised performance of music made on the fly, never heard anywhere before.
2024-01-151h 59
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE312 - Halina RiceHalina Rice (UK) @halinarice
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 3 on August 25, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Halina Rice brings her unique immersive A/V live set to MUTEK in a show described as part rave, part art-happening. Blending emotionally evocative electronic music with impactful visuals and bespoke lightshow, the performance unites art, music and tech to deliver a mesmerizing experience. With a keen focus in her work on immersive sound, the show will be delivered in spatial audio to enhance the experience.
2024-01-1556 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE302 - AtamoneAtamone (CA/QC) @atamone
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 6 on August 27, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Want to lounge and forget all your worries? Like lo fi hip hop beats to relax to? Montreal-born Inuk beatmaker Atamone's got you covered. His shimmering sunshine beats and effortless breezy melodies are automatic good vibes.
2023-12-1141 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE300 - Amselysen & RacineAmselysen & Racine (CA/QC) @amselysen & @julienracine
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 2 on August 24, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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For their first stint at MUTEK as a duo, the two artists, who had collaborated in various ways before, showcased a convergence of their respective practices: Amselysen, known for their chaotic and iconoclastic interventions and a unique sense of subversion; Racine, renowned for his mastery of spatial and temporal gesturality, often accompanied by a lush sonic vocabulary.
2023-12-1157 min
MUTEKMUTEK Dialogues by Eastern Bloc: Amselysen & RacineIn this podcast series produced by Eastern Bloc, Malte Leander engages in conversations with artists from the 24th edition of MUTEK Montréal. For the third episode of the season, we welcome Amselysen & Racine.
Sitting down with Amselysen & Racine, we get a glimpse into the duo’s playful dynamic, hearing about how their musical differences became their collective strength, and how happy accidents led to the two now sharing the stage together. Credits:
Production: Eastern Bloc x MUTEK Montréal
Interview: Malte Leander
2023-08-1919 min
MUTEKMUTEK Dialogues by Eastern Bloc: Pascale ProjectIn this podcast series produced by Eastern Bloc, Malte Leander engages in conversations with artists from the 24th edition of MUTEK Montréal. For the second episode of the season, we welcome Pascale Project.
In this chat with Pascale Project, we dive deeper into the making of her soon to be released EP ‘Good People Only’, the importance of different initiatives in the local electronic music scene in Montreal, and about her upcoming move to Berlin.
Credits:
Production: Eastern Bloc x MUTEK Montréal
Interview: Malte Leander
2023-08-1522 min
MUTEKMUTEK Dialogues by Eastern Bloc: Abdul Lateef & The Distraction MachineIn this podcast series produced by Eastern Bloc, Malte Leander engages in conversations with artists from the 24th edition of MUTEK Montréal. For the first episode of the season, we welcome Abdul Lateef & The Distraction Machine.
Abdul Lateef steps right out of the apocalyptic world of Z’isle, sharing thoughts and stories behind the worldbuilding of the comic, the video game, and the original selfbuilt instruments of upcycled bike parts that will be played as part of his live performance.
Credits:
Production: Eastern Bloc x MUTEK Montréal
Interview: Malte Leander
2023-08-1321 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE295 - SVHSSVHS (NO)
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 3 on August 25, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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SVHS is the solo work of Canadian Martin Dumais, a leading figure in Montréal's vibrant electronic music scene.
2023-04-0959 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE291 - NahashNahash (FR/QC) @nahashisalive
North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Play 3 on August 27, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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For his MUTEK debut, Nahash drew inspiration from Flowers of the Revolution, his Tides and Stockpiling EPs, as well as unpublished and exclusive material. Some heavy drums and airy synths created a makeshift jungle sound built from recycled drum loops and second-hand trance samplers.
2023-03-151h 03
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE289 - LouvoyonsLouvoyons (CA/QC)
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 2 on August 24, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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For her MUTEK debut, Louvoyons delivered a uniqquely playful performance filled with sprinkles of melancholic yet rhythmic synth movements, recorded and reworked synth and piano samples as well as familiar voices and deconstructed speeches that connected the listener to something more concrete; an encompassing performance, simultaneously joyful and introspective.
2023-03-1148 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE288 - VanyfoxVanyfox (PT/QC) @vanyfox
Exclusive Set at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 2 on August 24, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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To celebrate his MUTEK debut, Vanyfox rocked the esplanade Tranquille stage with tracks from his latest EP Banzelo, produced and recorded between Portugal and France. His Batida-infused musical selection also featured unreleased tracks explicitly produced for the occasion.
2023-03-091h 48
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE286 - Nicolas BougaïeffNicolas Bougaïeff (CA/DE) @nicolasbougaieff
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Nocturne 3 on August 26, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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After years spent exploring the diverse microcosms of the world’s most iconic clubs, Québec’s prodigy Nicolas Bougaïeff made his debut on the MUTEK stage with Begin Within, a live performance featuring his signature rhythmic structures, drum patterns, and synthwork.
2023-03-051h 02
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE285 - NixtroveNixtrove (CA/QC) @nixtrove
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 3 on August 25, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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For his debut MUTEK performance, Nixtrove paid homage to Acid, Electro and Glitch through a decidedly deconstructionist approach to rhythm and melody. His compositions has been transformed in real time, leaving ample room for improvisation. A live set that was both cerebral and emotional, revealing Nixtrove’s personal insight into dance music.
2023-03-0338 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE282 - Korea Town AcidKorea Town Acid (KR/CA) @koreatownacid
Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 5 on August 27, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Returning to MUTEK for a second live appearance, Korea Town Acid presented Digital Detox, a unique and improvisational experience featuring the exclusive use of hardware without backing tracks, along with an impressive array of drum machines, samplers and modular synthesizers.
2023-02-2552 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE278 - Handsome TigerHandsome Tiger (CA) @handsometiger
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 2 on August 24, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Fresh from the release of his DECOLONIZED EP, Handsome Tiger made his debut on the MUTEK stage at the esplanade Tranquille by showcasing the Indigenized Bass sound he’s been cultivating for the past two years.
2023-02-171h 01
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE271 - Icky MagdalaIcky Magdala (CA/QC) @ickymagdala
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 2 on August 24, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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A veritable pillar of Montréal’s underground scene, Icky Magdala finds much appreciation for the soundsystem and vinyl cultures. Having started her career by mixing classic hip-hop and house vinyls, she became inspired by different musical styles, nowadays navigating through the worlds of dub, jungle, drum and bass and acid techno.
2023-01-291h 07
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE268 - Parts ProjectParts Project (CA/QC) @partsproject
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Nocturne 5 on August 28, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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For MUTEK, Parts Project’s performance Steps And Dreams celebrated the beauty of imperfection with sample rate reduction, background noise, distortion and saturation in all their time-worn character.
2023-01-2458 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE263 - CMDCMD (CA/QC) @c-m-d
World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 3 on August 25, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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CMD's performance for MUTEK 2022 played with the perceptual possibilities of repetition and abstraction, combining cumulative machine rhythms with textural melodic elements to move both bodies and minds.
2023-01-0545 min
MUTEKMUTEK x Eastern Bloc - Icky Magdala Interview🎧 PODCAST : MUTEK x Eastern Bloc
Last podcast of our MUTEK x Eastern Bloc series and last artist: Icky Magdala.
To be found on Wednesday, August 24 during Experience 2 on the Esplanade Tranquille.
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Dernier podcast de notre série MUTEK x Eastern Bloc et dernière artiste : Icky Magdala.
À retrouver le mercredi 24 août à l’occasion de Expérience 2 sur l’esplanade Tranquille.
2022-08-2216 min
MUTEKMUTEK x Eastern Bloc - Sarah Mackenzie Interview🎧 PODCAST : MUTEK x Eastern Bloc
A new podcast in about MUTEK Forum with the creative producer and music journalist Sarah Mackenzie in conversation with Malte Leander of Eastern Bloc.
She will be presenting at the Forum on Friday August 26th on a panel entitled: Welcome to the Musicverse: Music in the Age of Web3
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Nouveau podcast en lien avec MUTEK Forum car c’est la productrice créative et journaliste musicale Sarah Mackenzie qui nous fait l’honneur de prendre la parole au micro tenu par Malte Leander de Eastern Bloc.
Elle sera notamment présente au Forum le vendredi 26 août pour...
2022-08-1912 min
MUTEKMUTEK Dialogues #2 | Orphx & DiagrafAiring today on CKUT: MUTEK Dialogues, a podcast/radio mini-series that aims to explore the conceptual arcs and creative rhythms that connect the diverse musicians, artists and practitioners that make up the festival year.
For this new episode, Matthew Raymond talks to Orphx & Diagraf, Toronto-based musicians Rich Oddie and Christina Sealey, and Montréal artist, VJ, DJ, designer and producer Patrick Trudeau, aka Diagraf.
2022-08-162h 00
MUTEKMUTEK Dialogues #1Airing today on CKUT: MUTEK Dialogues, a podcast/radio mini-series that aims to explore the conceptual arcs and creative rhythms that connect the diverse musicians, artists and practitioners that make up the festival year. For this broadcast, Matthew Raymond (modal.future) sat down with composer/AV duo Chloe Alexandra Thompson and Aesthetic Stalemate to discuss the history of their collaborative practice and the aesthetic possibilities of world-building. This episode also features multi-media artists Nancy Lee and Kiran Bumber, whose recent gallery show, Union, explores the utopian potential of touch, and the politics of memory in the age of psychopolitics. Live...
2022-08-132h 00
MUTEKMUTEK x Eastern Bloc - Timothy Gowdy Interview🎧 PODCAST: MUTEK x Eastern Bloc
For this third episode of our podcast series co-produced with Eastern Bloc, T. Gowdy plays the question and answer game. He will be performing at the 23rd edition of the festival during the Play 1 evening, on Thursday August 25th at the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT].
ℹ️ bit.ly/PLAY1_ | 🎫 bit.ly/MUTEK23_TICKETS
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Pour ce troisième épisode de notre série de podcasts co-produite avec Eastern Bloc, T. Gowdy se prête au jeu des questions-réponses. Il sera présent à la 23e édition du festival lors de la soirée Play 1, le jeudi 25 août à la...
2022-08-1216 min
MUTEKMUTEK Dialogues x CKUTAnimé par Maïté Belmir (@freshmaite )dans les studios de CKUT, découvrez la 23e édition de MUTEK Montréal, MUTEK Forum et le lancement de la Collection Immersive. Au programme:
· un entretien avec NSDOS
· un échange avec Ellxandra
· la présentation de la prog par Marie-Laure Saidani
· un aperçu du Forum et de l'Exposition Virtuelle intitulée "États d’existence"
· le dévoilement de la Collection Immersive par Lola Baraldi en compagnie de l'artiste France Jobin
2022-08-091h 41
MUTEKMUTEK x Eastern Bloc - Immersive Collection InterviewPODCAST : MUTEK x Eastern Bloc
This second podcast, co-produced with Eastern Bloc, is an opportunity for us to introduce our never-before-seen Immersive Collection.
Through this exciting interview, learn more about the production of three XR contents by MUTEK!
Immersive Collection is to be discovered during the 23rd edition of MUTEK Montreal.
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Ce deuxième podcast, co-produit avec Eastern Bloc, est l’occasion pour nous de vous présenter notre Collection immersive inédite.
A travers cette entrevue passionnante, apprenez-en davantage sur la production de trois contenus XR par MUTEK !
Collection Immersive est à découvrir en avant-première pendant la 23e édition de...
2022-08-0524 min
MUTEKMUTEK x Eastern Bloc - Liliane Chlela InterviewDive into the world of MUTEK artists with our podcast series produced in collaboration with Eastern Bloc.
For this first episode, Lebanese producer and DJ Liliane Chlela, who will be performing at Play 3 on Saturday, August 27, spoke with Malte Leander.
2022-07-2916 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE262 - Carmen VillainCarmen Villain (NO/MX) @carmenvillain
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Play 2 on August 26, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Carmen Villain made her debut at MUTEK Montréal by showcasing her latest album, Only Love From Now On, in which the artist’s aesthetic sensibilities give way to an exuberant, dreamlike and mysterious sensuality; a collection of brilliantly polished pieces whose themes are as diverse as they are cohesive.
Presented with the support of @smalltownsupersound
2022-02-2447 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE255 - Mimi Allard & Gabriel Lavoie ViauMimi Allard & Gabriel Lavoie Viau (CA/QC)
@user-636080251
"4:3 LIVE" - World Première
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Play 4
September 10, 2020
Who
Mimi Allard is a sound artist whose work expands into experimental electronic music, noise, and improvised instrumental music. Half of modular synth duo EAUFORTE with Gabriel Lavoie Viau, a sound designer and composer for cinema and theatre.
Style
Experimental
Appears as part of AMPLIFY D.A.I
AMPLIFY D.A.I is an initiative of the British Council in partnership with MUTEK Montréal, MUTEK Buenos Aires and Somerset House Studios in the UK. The programme is supported by Ca...
2021-06-1028 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE242 - Desert BloomDesert Bloom (CA/QC) @desertbloom
World Première
Nocturne 2
September 12, 2020
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Who
Montréal-based, Victoria-born producer Rachel Nam and Montréal drummer Austin Tufts.
Style
Ambient, Electronic, Minimal, Techno
Labels
@moon-boy-records
Appears as part of AMPLIFY D.A.I
AMPLIFY D.A.I is an initiative of the British Council in partnership with MUTEK Montréal, MUTEK Buenos Aires and Somerset House Studios in the UK. The programme is supported by Canada Council for the Arts and Fundación Williams.
Presented by @trax-magazine
2021-04-1953 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE240 - Le désert mauveLe désert mauve (FR+CA/QC)
Play 4 World Première
Recorded live during MUTEK Montréal Édition 21
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Who
The duo of sound artist Gabrielle HB and multidisciplinary artist Charline Dally.
Style
Ambient, Drone, Experimental
Appears as part of AMPLIFY D.A.I
AMPLIFY D.A.I is an initiative of the British Council in partnership with MUTEK Montréal, MUTEK Buenos Aires and Somerset House Studios in the UK. The programme is supported by Canada Council for the Arts and Fundación Williams.
2021-04-1446 min
MUTEKMUTEKLIVE239 - Cy-EnsCy-Ens (IR/QC) @cy-ens — "Lullabyte Portamenti"
Play 3
September 9, 2020
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
Who
Interdisciplinary sound artists and educators Honey Haq Pazhutan and Max Pazhutan, who also collaborate as The Quark Model.
Style
Ambient, Experimental
Appears as part of AMPLIFY D.A.I
AMPLIFY D.A.I is an initiative of the British Council in partnership with MUTEK Montréal, MUTEK Buenos Aires and Somerset House Studios in the UK. The programme is supported by Canada Council for the Arts and Fundación Williams.
2021-04-1459 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Boundary (CA/QC)EN:
A restless, forward-thinking producer, @boundarysound has been a pillar and world-renowned ambassador of Montréal’s electronic music scene since the early 2000s, spearheading some of the city’s most mythical soirées (Bounce Le Gros, Karnival, Qualité de Luxe). The Juno nominated artist has always stayed a few intuitive half steps ahead of the rhythmic herd, consistently expanding minds with a pitch shifting catalogue. With Boundary, an evocative project of electronic chamber music launched in 2013, Poirier comes full circle back to his early career interests in IDM and minimal techno (think Aphex Twin and Plastikman). With two instrumental albums...
2021-02-041h 10
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Charbonneau/Amato (CA/QC)EN:
Although their names are familiar, and Amato and Charbonneau have worked together off and on since their earliest days of music-making, Synth Works Vol.1 is actually your first occasion to hear these two together specifically as a duo. This project continues on a path initially forged by early electronic artists like Harmonia, Neu! and Laurie Spiegel, among many others. Synth Works Vol.1 is a slow, pensive experience that unfolds over many listens. Entirely self-produced and thoughtfully rendered, the music was made over long distance while each player was on tour with other bands; Charbonneau developed the modular synth elements...
2021-02-0433 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - ESB (CA)Vancouver studio hound and analog synth aficionado, @esb-trax's most recent 'earth and heaven' EP on Wex records, as well as an appearance on Montreal's 00AM compilation, showcases classic influences of vintage house, Detroit techno, and dub. Perfect for ears that enjoy unique textures and harmonic interplay with a solid dose of snappy percussion.
This recording is an edited down version of 2 different 3-hour live studio recordings. The instrumentation consists mostly of Tr909, SP1200, mpc Live, Roland Jupiter 6, Sequential 440/ 2002, and PPG wave 2.2, through a 14 channel Trident recorded digitally straight to 2 tracks. The tracks are generally constructed with percussion and samples processed...
2021-02-0436 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - France Jobin (CA/QC)EN:
@francejobin is a sound/installation / artist, composer, and curator residing in Montreal, whose audio art, qualified as “sound-sculpture", reveals a minimalist approach to complex sound environments where analog and digital intersect. Her installations incorporate both musical and visual elements inspired by the architecture of physical spaces. Her work can be “experienced” internationally in a variety of unconventional spaces and new technology festivals. While her music often makes use of restraint and limit, she isn't one to shy away from extremes. Her skillful interplay between highs and lows, louds and softs, creates an intricate narrative, which stretches the listener's perception and co...
2021-02-0434 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Khotin (CA)EN:
Pioneering a unique blend of ambient and downtempo electronic storytelling, @khotin’s formidable catalogue oscillates between propulsive and reflective—always pinned to plot points in his wistful compositional style, in which repeated listens reveal deeper layers of emotional complexity.
Presented as part of STREAM ON, a project by MUTEK, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Par leur mélange unique de narrativité ambient et downtempo, les parutions de @khotin oscillent entre l'aventurier et l'introspectif et s'articulent autour de pivots et de tournants imprévisibles, révélant par les écoutes répétées des strates n...
2021-02-0446 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Korea Town Acid (KR/CA)EN:
Using an experimental and purely improvised approach to samplers and synths, @koreatownacid’s expansive and cerebral rhythms sit at the juncture of dubby house, free-jazzy techno and funky ambient territories. Hypnotic compositions are dextrously assembled as skittering, slowly billowing technicolour synth jolts. Building on the momentum of childhood piano lessons and teenage stints as a keyboardist in various bands, Korean-born, Toronto-based producer, musician and DJ Jessica Cho took a liking to improvisation through jazz and hip-hop. Her early career cuts of abstracted house were indebted to Korean folk, experimental hip-hop and even R&B.
With this performance, Cho brings he...
2021-02-0446 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Miraj (CA)EN:
@mirajmusic is a dub techno and acid house duo located in Denendeh (Yellowknife, NT) formed by Harrison Roberts (DJ Flora) & Sami Blanco (Temple Volant/Sunaïra). Using a hybrid of DJ mixers and live analog, digital and polyphonic FM hardware-based synthesizers and mixers to create atmospheric tranced-out dreamscapes & polyrhythmic house, ambient, downtempo and techno music. The music is inspired by the infinite beauty of northern landscapes, extreme climates of the Sub-Arctic and total darkness to the midnight sun and long summer nights of the Northwest Territories, Miraj paints lushed out, open worlds with celestial FM synthesis & organic wavetables as c...
2021-02-041h 07
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - OBUXUM (CA)EN:
@obuxum is a Toronto based, Somali-Canadian producer and beatmaker, whose lush and characteristic sound celebrates storytelling. She has made her presence known with notable festival performances at Wavelength Festival (Toronto), Kazoo! Fest (Guelph, Ontario), Electric Eclectics (Big Head Valley, Ontario) and Venus Fest (Toronto). In 2018, NOW Magazine listed her as one of Toronto’s “electronic musicians to watch.” Recently, OBUXUM’s project Re-Birth was longlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.
Presented as part of STREAM ON, a project by MUTEK, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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@obuxum est une productrice et beatmaker somalienne basée à Toron...
2021-02-0421 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Persuasion (US/QC)EN:
Drawing on a number of influences in ambient, dub techno, and electroacoustic music, Montreal-based artist @persuasionsounds has produced and performed under various styles and pseudonyms over the years, from spacious textural techno as Persuasion (and with softcoresoft as Demora), to experimental freeform work as D.Hansen (and as part of the improvisation trio Fousek/Hansen/Tellier-Craig). Hansen has released material with an international slew of labels, including Where to Now?, Black Opal, Phinery, and flau. Having performed at the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 editions of MUTEK, Hansen is now focused on self-releasing through the Bandcamp-based label Idioms. Its first release, Winter Studies...
2021-02-0439 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - punctï (CA/QC)EN:
An experiment at all levels, @puncti pushes performance and improvisation to its expressive limits. A physical and sonic shapeshifter, the punctï project's style varies by collaborator yet consistently hinges on a post-punk reckoning, merging a minimalist musical atmosphere with meditative distortion and noise, striking vocals, hypnotic melody and situationist’s wink.
Spearheaded by artist and writer Laura Bardsley, punctï is an experimental “yes wave” project steeped in “noise, meditation and inner turmoil.”
Set as a phone call to Puncti Enterprises, this mix is much like navigating the automated bureaucracy of late capitalism, with the on-hold music being the most beautiful pa...
2021-02-0455 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Pursuit Grooves (US/CA)EN:
American born, Toronto based @pgrooves(Vanese Smith) has released numerous sonically adventurous projects on labels such as What Rules, Deepblak and Tectonic to name a few. Creating genre-bending soulful and bass laden electronic music she has performed internationally at theaters and festivals as well as hosted workshops on creative sound sources and unique music production techniques. She is an alum of the Red Bull Music Academy (Barcelona edition) and holds a BA in Film from Vassar College. As a visual artist, she creates video art and graphic design as Mo:delicarts to complete her audiovisual narrative. She also co-runs...
2021-02-0440 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Sarah Davachi (CA)EN:
As a composer and performer of electroacoustic music, @sarahdavachi's work is concerned with the close intricacies of intimate aural space, utilizing extended durations and simple harmonic structures that emphasize subtle variations in texture, overtone complexity, psychoacoustic phenomena, and temperament and intonation. The instrumentation she employs is varied, including electric organ, pipe and reed organ, piano, tape-replay samplers, analog synthesizers, voice, early Western strings and keyboards, and orchestral strings, brass, and woodwinds, with mutual idioms often layered in tonal counterpoint. Similarly informed by minimalist tenets of the 1960s and 1970s, baroque leanings toward slow-moving chordal suspensions, and experimental production practices...
2021-02-0450 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL (CA)EN:
Dancehall culture and sound system tropes are celebrated, distilled, smoked out and reawakened by this murky, shapeshifting project from Richmond (BC) by way of the Philippines. Using conventional dub as a figurative square one for its introspective, avant-garde explorations, SKRS (the preferred diminutive) creates its own, beguiling brand of truncated, reverb gorged dub. Formed in the early aughts and working alongside in house artist MYSTERYFORMS, SKRS operated mostly under the radar until the 2012 release of The Call From Below on Digitalis Recordings – an outstandingly heady symphony of shattered bass weight. 2014’s Rootprinciple on Bristol’s No Corner imprint served as an...
2021-02-041h 02
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Segue (CA)EN:
@segueambient is the name used by Jordan Sauer, an electronic music producer from Vancouver, BC. He creates ambient and dub-techno music with layers of field recordings, acoustic and electronic sounds, creating sonic soundscapes that conjure images of nature and emotions of peace and introspection. He has released numerous solo albums and collaborations with artists from around the world, including three LPs on the Silent Season record label. A high point of his career was the 2013 release of the dub-techno album Pacifica and the following performance at Mutek the following year, captured here in this live recording. In 2020, Jordan was...
2021-02-0457 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Solitary Dancer (CA/QC)EN:
@solitary-dancer's ambitiously detailed sound design shows no fear of dropping from beatless ambience into bombastic breakbeats or flattening the mind with crystalline melodies on repeat, rinsed and ramped up in an emotional wash of low-end techno.
The two members of Solitary Dancer crossed paths in Montréal and Toronto but only met in the studio in 2016, launching their first album on British house-techno-dubstep producer Midland's Graded Records, following it up with three more releases to date. Both artists are known for experiments in electronic music that merge songcraft with uptempo house, techno and bass and for their appearances at u...
2021-02-0450 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Stephen Beaupré (CA/QC)EN:
Through his innovative approach to production, @stevebeau conjures up unexpected pairings of lurching, syncopated beats, lush melodies and wistful vocals, that offer equal parts animated narratives and agitated funk—full of rich micro-samples and superimposed layers of synths.
Cutting his teeth as a teenage promoter for electronic music events in Ottawa, this respected figure in the world of Canadian electronic music was immediately drawn to house and techno textures of the deeper, funkier and more unpredictable variety. Montréal has been home to Beaupré's distinct and exhilarating musical productions for over two decades. Attracting early attention as part of t...
2021-02-042h 12
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - The Mole (CA)EN:
With eclectic and psychedelic beats pureed in a satisfyingly smooth tech-house processor, it’s easy to get lost in the magic of ‘El Molito.’ From British Columbia all the way to Neukölln, Berlin, @moleofsoul's catalog of fired-up, oddball disco cuts have been ambushing unsuspecting audiences for the past two decades. Rather than completely shift groove gears with every new release, this prolific musician has made timelessly funky, left-of-centre electronic loops his winning trademark.
This set is a tribute to the film Re-animator. Like Herbert West, De la Plante tries to bring the dead back to life. With mixed results...
2021-02-041h 15
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Yu Su (CN/CA)EN:
Tapping into an expansive repertoire of New Age, library music, meditative jazz and loopy house, @yu_su’s emotion-packed compositional punches are best described as organically groovy jazz-bient expeditions between coasts. A proficient instrumentalist who conjures up moments of natural and synthetic beauty, her delicate, dub-inflected signature balances a variety of luminous and wistful downtempo textures.
Yu Su studied classical piano for years, devoting countless hours to learning the contrapuntal complexities of Bach, and later the ambience of Debussy and Liszt. It’s only upon relocating to Canada five years ago that she got acquainted with disco and funk, ther...
2021-02-0432 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - dull (CA/QC)EN:
In memory of our dear friend Marc Bartissol.
Marc was not only a radiant part of the local music scene, he was also a member of the MUTEK team, working for number of years translating texts and artist biographies so integral to the festivalʼs voice and identity. A talented musician and performer, he was also an empathic confidante to those closest to him and a funny, kind and delicate soul in every interaction with others.
Unreleased before, this mix was recorded live at MUTEK Montreal in 2016, 3 years before his sudden passing in august 2019.
Rest in Power Marc.
Presented a...
2021-02-0455 min
MUTEKMUTEK_Stream On - Quan (VN/QC)EN:
@nguyendominhquan’s expertise designing and operating modular synthesizers delivers a musical palette that jumps between uplifting experimental soundscapes, minimal techno, and deep house. A prominent figure in the development of Vietnam’s experimental electronic music scene, the spontaneous revisions to his live, ever-evolving improvised performances provide an endlessly varied alternative to traditional loop-structured song formats.
This improvised modular techno live set is the result of 2 years of developing his own electronic instruments, Quanalog, as well as new influence from the city of Montreal.
Presented as part of STREAM ON, a project by MUTEK, with the support of the Canada Coun...
2021-02-0438 min
MUTEKWolke7 live @ MUTEK.ES X 2019Miguel Dahbar and Alexis Cabrera, both Argentina-born and Berlin-based, form @wolke7live.
From the German capital, they give shape to a sound that sails between percussive and Afro-Latin electronica. Inspired by the rhythmic journeys to the Andes and Central America, the duo began to merge that essence with electronic instruments, Afro-Latin percussion, guitars and more soundscapes.
Conditioned by their fantastic and emotional narration, their performance during Experience, at the parking lot of the Antigua Fábrica Estrella Damm, during MUTEK.ES X 2019 travelled through experimental Latin rhythms and warm dream textures. A magical journey, in which Wolke7 tells the story o...
2020-05-051h 02