Bonimenteurs took us by surprise. The two year old collective brings a breath of fresh air to both local performance arts and the electronic music scene. The Bonimenteurs crew brings assembles storytellers, actors, creatives, and nightlife inventors. They create meeting points between music and performance art, deeply-rooted event concepts and video-mapping. The result is an […]
One morning at 6am, around 4 months ago in Amsterdam, I received an intense stream of frantic, thrilled text messages, quite unlike anything I’d ever read. There were jumbled mentions of the matrix, reptiles, vortexes, and being under the devil’s grasp. One didn’t need to look too far into the ADE program for that night […]
Following another hard-hitting Montreal performance, Ellen Allien is already well off to new horizons. We’re left with a recording of perhaps the coldest ever Boiler Room set: a slick techno masterclass leaping to and from gems by the likes of Royksopp, Burial, DJ Rush, Héctor Oaks and more. Ellen Allien is as creative and giving in […]
Sitting down with Calling Marian on the Portimão beach, during Shesaid.so‘s first ever conference, MEETSSS, was a laidback exchange with a self-made woman, genuinely possessed by what she does. Refreshingly blunt, Calling Marian emanates an inspired DIY no-nonsense, navigating what works for her and putting it out with sincerity. This young producer, DJ and label […]
“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.” -Agatha Christie It was on these words that Cazar was conjured; what has become a weekly escape into high-spirited music and decor started out as a single, strong intuition. Intuition of what a truly multi-sensorial experience could look like in our local nightlife. […]
Montreal record stores need our support this holiday season. From the charm of their facades to the depths of their treasures, they are essential organs of our local culture. In the past weeks, they have faced unhealthy scrutiny and fines from the Ministère, who activated by-laws dating back to 1970, charging La Rama, Death of […]
After last week’s spotlight on Paji, we’re excited to talk about another Katermukke artist and EP. We’ve wanted to share Roderic with our community for some time now, and this Friday’s release of his album remixes marks the perfect time to plunge. Roderic is a Mexican producer navigating warm, hybrid waters of electronica with modesty […]
Composed, organic, connected with their surroundings and each other. Birds of Mind take us on the kind of trip where we want to stay a while, and just coast with them. Hailing from Paris, the duo nurtures spirituality in sound: their own, and that of the listener. This past year has seen them land all […]
At the heart of the Montreal rave culture constellation, an event series hosted by seasoned collectives shines through: the explosive Fragments nights, taking up 18 hours to revolve around our weekend in an immersive outbreak of sound and light. Strung together with care by AlpaKa Productions and Awsum Kultur, two groups that have demonstrated only […]
“A female-first / music-forward conference for music industry professionals, artists and other creatives working in entertainment” A lecture ‘On Feeling Healthy’ at Factory Berlin; curating a room at Fabriclive; 7 months of mentoring women in sound in Brazil; a groovy series of shows in Mumbai; co-hosting the International Music Summit in Ibiza; a panel with Beatport […]