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Quan & D.B.Y. (VN/QC+CA/QC) @nguyendominhquan @chezkitokat World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 3 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Quan & D.B.Y delivered an entirely live performance, gradually increasing the tempo from 130 to 145 BPM to introduce their fresh new sound characterized by improvisation and exploration.

Page Vide (CA/QC) MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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.

Hellgrammite (CA/QC) @hellgbtq Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 4 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Hellgrammite investigates the discarded archives and precarious traces that analog technologies left, as the world abruptly shifted to digital.

Outro (AR) @outro_outro World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 3 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Argentine producer Outro explores Patagonia's lush, complex land in Intemperie, a music and visual work that acts as a dialogue between the sound manipulation of these environments and the music they inspire.

Open Reel Ensmeble (JP) North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 1 on August 23, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Open Reel Ensemble uses vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders as instruments by combining them with the latest technology and other unusual finds. They continue to explore new possibilities granted by reel-to-reel tape recorders by modifying their...

OBUXUM (CA) @obuxum Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 5 on August 26, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Interconnectedness draws its inspiration from the profound concept of collective consciousness. Guided by the visionary OBUXUM, this one-hour immersive experience promises to transport the audience on a transcendent journey, a voyage filled with spatiall...

NegoO (PT/FR) @nego0 North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 2 on August 23, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 gr...

Lowfish (CA) @lowfish World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 3 on August 24, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 striv...

Leon Louder (CA/QC) @leonlouder World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 1 on August 22, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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...

Kyoka & Shohei Fujimoto (JP) @kyoka North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 A/Visions 1 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ In this project, the human brain – considered as a black box –, is captured objectively as an unknown structure and conceptualized through sound and visuals.

Kyoka (JP) @kyoka Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 2 on August 24, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Kyoka embarks on a journey of sonic creation, weaving intricate compositions predominantly crafted from the mesmerizing Moog Synth sounds

Joël Lavoie et Guillaume Vallée (CA/QC) World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 A...

Intercity-Express & Manami Sakamoto (JP) @indusmusica World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Combining organic abstract melodies and inorganic noises and rhythms, the soundscapes are perfectly synchronized with primitive materials – such as particles and lines –, which creates new designs and regularities.

Indus (CA/QC) @indusmusica North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 1 on August 22, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Indus’ live performance is a veritable discharge of acid-soaked synths and Afro-Colombian percussion, an invitation to dance and travel through the root sounds of the “land of a thousand rhythms”, reinterpreted through contemporary productio...

Honeydrip (CA/QC) @wavesofhoney World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 4 on August 26, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Honeydrip’s performance is an homage to dub, reggae, and dancehall, while keeping her signature bassy dancefloor sound. Psychotropic is any drug that affects behavior, mood, thoughts, or perception, and this debut live set from Honeydrip, featurin...

Hieroglyphic Being (US) @hieroglyphicbeing Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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.

Halina Rice (UK) @halinarice World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 3 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 te...

Airhaert (CA/QC) @airhaert Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 2 on August 23, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ This sonic exploration of healing musical instruments and traditional structures of electronic dance music production invites listeners to meditate while sitting, standing or dancing, as they embark on a journey through entrancing rhythms and voca...

Eƨƨe Ran (CA/QC) @esse-ran World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 2 on August 24, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Eƨƨe Ran presented a fluid experimental techno, combining various musical elements on different machines—no computer, featuring noise beats, post-rave sounds, with a touch of dark ambient tinged with industrial vibes.

Efe Ce Ele (CO/ES) @efeceele World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 2 on August 24, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Others is an A/V live set in which Efe Ce Ele creates immersive, real-time environments where the audience is immersed in an impactful audiovisual show spanning from ambient sounds to experimental dance music. The performance explores the intersectio...

Deena Abelwahed (TN/FR) @deenaabdelwahed North America Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 5 on August 27, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Merging techno, Arab musical frameworks and hypnotic vocal harmonies, Deena Abdelwahed’s music doesn’t soothe; the sounds she crafts unambiguously reflect the frustrations and violence of the modern world, yet unleash a torrent of...

DATUM CUT (CA/QC) North America Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 A/Visions 2 on August 26, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Post-digital and analog meet in this performance by DATUM CUT, where creative methods associated with experimental cinema and video art merge with those of digital technologies.

Deabeat présente Ark Welder Guild (CA/DE) @ark-welders-guild North America Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 4 on August 26, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Ark Welders Guild is a new audiovisual project created by Scott Monteith, best known by his stage name Deadbeat, in collaboration with Italian singer Letizia Trussi

Cinthie (DE) @cinthie DJ set at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 6 on August 27, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Berlin’s Cinthie has grown to become one of the most prominent figures in the contemporary house scene in recent years.

Brett Bolton (US) @kitzestuff Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 1 on August 23, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Brett Bolton explores the various phases of matter by gradually transforming the surface of a custom-made drum projection instrument into its solid, gaseous, liquid and plasma states.