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AUX 88 (US) @aux88 Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 1 on August 23, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Aux 88’s live performances very much feel like a rousing old-school Hip-hop show. Though the latter certainly has legitimate claims on Aux 88’s sound, so do Techno, Miami Bass, Trip-hop and Funk. Still, the Detroit-based pair never aims to fit a narrow definition, b...

Atamone (CA/QC) @atamone World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 6 on August 27, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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.

Anatohl (FR/QC) @anatohl World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 4 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Drawing inspiration from 90s-2000s Deep house, Dub techno, Electro, Minimal and Ambient, Anatohl proposes a dynamic and visceral musical patchwork; groovy and at times bittersweet, melancholic and ethereal, filled with cavernous bass, sparkling percuss...

Amselysen & Racine (CA/QC) @amselysen & @julienracine World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Nocturne 2 on August 24, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 a...

Alexis Langevin-Tétrault & Guillaume Côté (CA/QC) @alexis-langevin-t-trault & @guillaumecote North America Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 A/Visions 1 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ This is one of Alexis Langevin-Tétrault and Guillaume Côté's most unique audiovisual creations, both dazzling and accessible. It is an open door to their imagination, from which...

Ale Hop (PE/DE) @alehophop2 Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Play 3 on August 26, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ By avoiding overbearing postures or gestures while playing her guitar, Ale Hop adopts a position of vulnerability in front of her audience to encourage visceral experiences and emotions.

AAAA (MX) @gabobarranco North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24 Expérience 4 on August 25, 2023 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ With the performance Xtasy_Core, Gabo Barranco (also known as AAAA) is exploring the boundaries of melodic analog assaults, reaching the limits of trance state melodies and techno rumble rhythms embellished with glitches and post-IDM motives. P...

In 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 l...

In 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 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 self...

Marina Herlop(ES/CAT) Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Nocturne 2 on August 25, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ The Catalan artist’s technique is remarkable, but her passion remains aesthetics. Hands flowing seamlessly between machines and piano keys, hair tangled in assorted cables… Herlop does not simply play music, she embodies it.

SVHS (NO) World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 3 on August 25, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ SVHS is the solo work of Canadian Martin Dumais, a leading figure in Montréal's vibrant electronic music scene.

Dauwd (UK/DE) North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Nocturne 4 on August 27, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ The producer and DJ's ability to balance such sprawling and varied genres is paradoxically an exercise in restraint in which he finds his creative freedom.

Liliane Chlela (LB/QC) Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Play 3 on August 27, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Dig deep inside Liliane Chlela’s music and you’ll find relentless, dark electronic beats mingled with anger and anguish. For this live interpretation of Safala, the artist taped into her personal heritage and birth a sonic concoction anchored in the inherited oral epist...

The Mugzy & Maam Show (CA/QC) World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 6 on August 28, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ The Mugzy & Maam Show is a hybrid theatrical extravaganza featuring the titular alien puppets made to look like they’re triggering the various drum machines and synths. Mugzy and Maam dominate the visual aspect of the show through impressive puppe...

Nahash (FR/QC) @nahashisalive North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Play 3 on August 27, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 dru...

propulse (CA) Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 5 on August 27, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ For the 23rd edition, propulse premiered a special live hardware set with influences ranging from jungle to hardcore punk.

Louvoyons (CA/QC) World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 2 on August 24, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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...

Vanyfox (PT/QC) @vanyfox Exclusive Set at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 2 on August 24, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 produc...

EEJUNGMI (CA) @eejungmi Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 5 on August 27, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Inspired by her recent research work on rivers and the poetry of water, these songs explore the emotional landscapes of grief and the transport and change that accompany it. With the musicality of Raf Wilcot, who plays with EEJUNGMI, A Shifting Mirro...

Nicolas Bougaïeff (CA/DE) @nicolasbougaieff World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Nocturne 3 on August 26, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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...

Nixtrove (CA/QC) @nixtrove World Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 3 on August 25, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 se...

Sissel Wincent (SE) @sissel Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 5 on August 27, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ Sissel Wincent’s live sets are more subtle and warped. Machines squeal, squeak, and hiss in the most naturally uncanny ways, conveying passion and emotion, and purveying an uneasy, yet inviting atmosphere from start to finish.

Totalement Sublime (CA/QC) @totalement-sublime-504238082 Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Nocturne 1 on August 24, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ THRU OAEE UIE is the working name for Totalement Sublime’s live laboratories in 2022. Merging sequencing, alternative rock and electronic music, the band aimed to shape its next album through live performances.

Korea Town Acid (KR/CA) @koreatownacid Canadian Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23 Expérience 5 on August 27, 2022 Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio) __ 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 ma...