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Laura Mota-Juang is a Taiwanese-Brazilian shameless experimentalist from São Paulo and based in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. Her work has been published by PRISM International, carte blanche, Augur, The Rumpus, Plenitude and elsewhere. She is the author of Light Spill (Block Party Press 2023), a chapbook inspired by Physic's imagination. In 2023, Laura was a finalist of the QWF's carte blanche Prize. She...

Formed over the Fall of 2022, Shunk is a four piece from Montreal. Drawing from a vast catalog of musical influences, their sound ranges from shimmering French love songs, to cataclysmic rock. The band's live performances are intense and mesmerizing, the whimsical lyrics and cutting riffs fashion a distinctive sound. Find them here : https://shunkland.bandcamp.com/ 13/08/2025

iPod Baby woke up last night, in an ice bath, drenched in sweat. She had been asleep for 12 days, listening to the sounds of looping lullabies, karmic kicks, deconstructed dubstep, and bubblegum bass. She needed to share what she heard with the world but she knew that noone would believe her. The frequencies… they were simply too esoteric. The groove… it was too powerful. And don’t even get her st...

We dive in Swan kiss art show (featuring Mariana JImenez, Chloe Majenta, FIona Nguyen, Sarah Piché at Westlab + Gallery, in Broolkyn.

Runa and Asha are a DJ duo whose partnership is anchored in a friendship spanning over 10 years. Originally from Toronto, their journey into music stemmed from a shared background in and passion for dance that was reignited by Montreal’s DIY rave scene. The pair originally found their stride in Montreal through organising community nights at Barbossa for up and coming voices in the underground mus...

Marie Hamilton, a harpist and vocalist of profound emotional depth, mesmerizes with every performance. Her unique blend of velvety vocals and intricate fingerwork weaves together sound, color, and emotion, drawing listeners into a dreamlike world of exploration, intimacy, and connection. Marie's performances, rich in narratives of love, life, and loss, consistently leave a lasting imprint on the h...

DJ Whorito is a Colombian-born, Canadian-raised DJ who started during his university days, mainly mixing mainstream reggaeton. Coming from a heavy background of Salsa, merengue and reggaeton, he began experimenting more once he moved to Montreal in 2022. His sound is ideally the party starter as his track selection varies from lowdown and sweaty reggaeton to high BPM guaracha. He has been able to...

« 00stains is the multimedia project of Samuel Houston, featuring zines, videos, and sounds that document his journey through Montreal’s nightlife scene and beyond. It’s an unapologetically queer project that rejects capitalist interests, instead embracing the complexities of identity to foster underground networks of care and community. This mix reflects the eerie vibes experienced during the tra...

@0003201 Originally aired Friday, April 12th, 2024. IG: @iiiinmybag

miniheartsbeating... is the solo project of Montréal based performer and composer Jenn Mong. They are primarily involved in the performance of contemporary works on the concert stage, as well as collaboration with composers to create and premiere new works. Inspired by classical piano traditions, ambient sound design, and electronic dance styles, miniheartsbeating... seeks to create a space where...

Samantha Blake is a Montréal (Tiohtiá:ke) based photographer, creative director, and party girl. Her work is rooted in the connections that spark within nighttime spaces and underground communities as it focuses on uplifting the excellence of the spectacular people around her. Her work as a co-founder of UNIKORN is a testament to her undying love for nightlife in the city of Montréal. @sam-blake-s...

Cralias, also known as Dj Animebby, is a Producer/DJ hailing from South London. With a musical spectrum spanning from 70 to 180bpm across both aliases, Cralias delivers a focused blend for ffiles, honing in on the 140-160bpm range. Drawing from his catalogue under both monikers, he curates a mix, featuring tracks from his own repertoire as Cralias and Dj Animebby, alongside selections from friends...

éli del (Ariane Gagné) aims to dive into crude, visceral and enlightening experiences to come back and share what they have found in the abyss. Their practice makes use of calligraphy, diagrams, drawings, songs and tattoos, tools which allow them to connect to their epigenetic legacy of trauma, poverty, mental health and addiction problems, while invoking an inspiring heritage of witchcraft, visio...

gaëlle legrand is a queer interdisciplinary artist based in Tiohià:ke / Montreal. She works mostly with sculptures and installations, but also makes ambient/folk mixtapes once in a while. More from her here : https://soundcloud.com/user-646551067 "to sing with all the women who have ever sung" is a mix composed of spiritual and calming sounds, womxn voices singing in many different languages and m...

An interview about Metatron Press' newest project, GLYPHÖRIA, with Managing Editor, Ashley Obscura. * Ashley Obscura is a Canadian-Mexican poet, writer, publisher and literary curator. She is the author of three poetry collections: SEXO POR ÚLTIMA, AMBIENT TECHNOLOGY and I AM HERE. She is the Founder and Managing Editor of METATRON PRESS (2016), a multi-award-winning literary publisher that publis...

@digital-polyglot is inspired by space and other worlds. Not bound by genre, they are drawn to whatever feels raw, hard-hitting and transcendent. They like to conjure up sonic journeys that propel you to leave your demons on the dance floor. ** Originally aired on n10.as on Friday, January 12th, 2024

Born in Morocco and raised in between multiple cultures, Jade has taken their kaleidoscopic influences and plastered them all over their craft. They have been hyperfixated on DJing ever since they discovered how decks work, and obsessed over ways to blend, transition, and control energy with their fingertips. Jade endeavours to understand crowds and adapt to them, as they see DJing as a conversati...

Montreal-based visual designer and storyteller, kot baiun (aka Macha) uses sound and mixing as a way to picture raw emotional states and evolutions. Exploring sound through various and wide ranging music genres, their mixes move from from rock to classic pop lyricists to alternative, all culminating in something noisy and experimental. More from them at @kotbaiun * Originally aired on CKUT on Wedn...

Classically trained pianist, born and raised in Tehran, Iran, currently based in Toronto. Having started her piano studies at 9, Paria developed a passion for music. She completed her diploma after 6 years of academic music education and later received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Piano Performance from Tehran University. Numerous Musicians and Pianists have trained her in Classical, Jazz, and C...

@malice_doll / Sable is Canadian based Artist, Music Producer, and DJ currently in Montreal. Her sound embraces industrial club, pop, noise, and ambient. She‘s a cofounder of Montreal party series p.0.r.t4.l Her music focuses on catharsis, sex, violence, and surrender, through heavy bass and resampled noise, and cutting vocals.”

Ura is a multidisciplinary artist, a proud member of the trans community, she was born and raised in the South West part of Montreal. Since her first steps, she always liked to express her complete self trough dancing to music. Her passion for sounds followed her everywhere, specially during her studies in visual arts. She was inspired by the underground queer nightlife parties and the love everyo...

@meiiyun is a multidisciplinary artist who draws on experiences of dance performance and visual art to inspire his music selections. He is interested in connecting the dots of music and mind/body awareness to create a unique experience for listeners and introduce music that’s often missing in club settings. * Originally aired live on n10.as on Friday, July 14th, 2023

@teykirisi is a dynamic Honduran DJ and producer who mixes the vibrant and diverse sounds of the latinx diaspora, from the gritty sounds of reggeaton, dembow & batida, to the sleek electronic sounds influenced by footwork, jersey club and techno. Her passion for music goes beyond the dance floor, as she works closely with members of the local community to create events that showcase and uplift Lat...

Flleur (Malaika Astorga)is the Co-Founder & Creative Director of Also Cool Mag. She is a Mexican-Canadian visual artist, writer, and social media strategist currently based in Montreal. She also has recently accidentally become a DJ, spinning sparkly dancey tunes whenever people ask her to. * Originally aired live on Friday, May 12th, 2023

༻¨*:·.·:*¨༺Curating energetic dance floors with relentlessly untamed narratives & sounds | Khan is a non binary ‘so-called Montréal’ based DJ who leaves you feeling ecstatic, with ethereal chaos & emotion. |ᖭི༏ᖫྀ_༻| More from them found @dj_ekhan * Originally aired live on n10.as Friday, April 14, 2023