Today, SXM will be launching into five days of music, festivities, and bliss. After postponing its third edition following the destruction left behind by Hurricane Irma, SXM is back with a flawless lineup of world class house and techno artists. Given its pristine Caribbean Island location of Saint Martin, parties on boats and in the jungle, as well […]
In 1938, experimental German-American musician Johanna Beyer composed one of the first known musical pieces (and the first by a female artist) scored for electronic instruments, Music of the Spheres. We’ve come a long way since then, with producers and performers of both genders truly advancing electronic music in innovative, experimental and incredibly entertaining ways. In […]
This weekend, Montreal is filled with outstanding techno. Our friends at OCTOV are premiering Regal and JKS on Friday night at Entrepôts Dominion. Drumcode’s Enrico Sangiuliano and Weska are making their Stereo debut on Sunday morning…and on Saturday night, one of the current reigning queens of techno will be paying a visit to Montreal’s SAT. Last year, […]
OCTOV has undeniably been producing some of Montreal’s best techno shows. And not just any kind of techno. OCTOV brings artists who deliver the real, underground, industrial sounds which so many of us techno-heads live for. I Hate Models played a high tempo set with massive kicks which left my legs and thighs hurting for days last […]
Prophän‘s record label, Rhadâb, can be translated from Arabic into “wrath”, which he describes as an “unspeakable animosity defined by an intense internal turmoil and an entropic emotional state.” Hailing from Morocco, where the physical landscape matches the political, the music on Rhadâb seeks to sonically display these tensions and encounters through the production of hypnotic rhythms […]
Consider this your official invite to the most anticipated underground event of the winter. Taking place on Valentine’s Day weekend, AXIS Music (in partnership with AlpaKa Productions, Awsum Kulture, Inner Circle, Arder, Agora Crew, Agora Collective, OCTOV and Silent Monkey) presents Reflection; an industrial techno party boasting an orgasmically good lineup and decor designed to peak all your […]
It’s no secret that Montreal is home to an abundance of queer nightlife and events. Since moving here in 2013, I’ve had the chance to explore countless LGBTQ-centric happenings throughout the city. From events produced by Lez Spread the Word, to any evening spent at Mado, Stud, NDQ, or Never Apart, Montreal has its bases […]
2019 is starting with an industrial kick from Ellen Allien. This week, the Berlin techno maven jumpstarts a hard-hitting cosmic trip with her new label UFO Inc. The vision? « A rough and raw approach to contemporary techno », an exploration of the space between firm mechanical beats and the rhythms that glide and invent […]
January 12th – Öona Dahl at Newspeak All Day I Dream’s princess will be in town tomorrow and you certainly don’t want to miss her. The New York-based DJ and producer Öona Dahl has emerged as an intricate, delicate talent in the world of deep house. Gifted with an open mind and a broad knowledge […]
Who better than Avision to represent the dedication and talent of the new generation of techno producers? Anthony Cardinale started DJing at 12, got his first residency at 15 and is now well-versed in the New York and North American scenes. You can feel his early initiation to electronic music in his productions, the labels […]