It’s been a long time since 1997 Dark Comedy: Seven Days [Elypsia] Belgium but Kenny Larkin is still going strong. A true techno king, shaping the genre since the 90s, with producers Derrick May and Juan Atkins as inspiration, has undoubtedly created some of the most influential unique and soulful sounds over the decades. Kenny… Continue reading Interview with Kenny Larkin [Special Mutek Festival]
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Interview with Machine Woman [Special Mutek Festival]
There’s something about the name Machine Woman that’s deceptively simple. Perhaps it speaks to the way Anastasia Vtorova’s work feels like marriages between bruce force and intimacy—elements that feel as though they are coming together to create a stronger bond in the face of the unknown. Starting with a joint cassette release with Famous Moon… Continue reading Interview with Machine Woman [Special Mutek Festival]
Interview with Aleksi Perälä [Special Mutek Festival]
Before his Mutek Montreal live, we asked some questions of bleep-techno aficionado, Aleksi Perälä. Read the interview below to find out some rare info about the relatively anonymous but prolific producer. INTERVIEW It’s difficult to find much in the way of your bio info online. So maybe you could start by giving us a little… Continue reading Interview with Aleksi Perälä [Special Mutek Festival]
Interview with Yagya [Special Mutek Festival]
Iceland’s Yagya will deliver one of Mutek Montreal’s final sets. Before playing only his second North American show, the multi-genre producer told us about the busy year he’s had and how he describes his music. Hey, Yagya! Thanks for taking some time to talk to us. It’s nice for us have the chance to interview… Continue reading Interview with Yagya [Special Mutek Festival]
Bolting picks ~ August 2018
Pic by @SolineLemoine Bolting Bits is, at its core, a collective of individuals, artists, DJs, producers, promoters, label heads and much more from locations all around the globe. Since so many of our contributors reside in various locales where electronic music is thriving, we felt that it would be appropriate to bring our readers a… Continue reading Bolting picks ~ August 2018
MUTEK INTERVIEW: DEMORA
Crédit photo : Ashutosh Gupta Demora is a new collaboration between two well-known staples of the Montreal underground techno world – Softcoresoft and Devon Hansen (Stefan Jós). The project immaculately combines Devon’s delicate sound programming and astute ear for refinement with Leticia’s rough, raw lively energy and seasoned yet intuitive dancefloor expertise. Although the duo has… Continue reading MUTEK INTERVIEW: DEMORA
MUTEK REVIEW: Daphni All Night (Jiao) Long
Photo credit: Trung Back before Dan Snaith was recording as Daphni, or even Caribou, he made two full length albums under the name Manitoba (he would later forfeit said moniker after being threatened with a lawsuit by punk rocker Richard “Handsome Dick” Manitoba). For a suburban kid weaned on the likes of Daft Punk, The… Continue reading MUTEK REVIEW: Daphni All Night (Jiao) Long
MUTEK INTERVIEW: LOOSE EXCURSIONS
Montreal-based duo Loose Excursions make their live debut at Mutek this year, providing dub, house and techno flavours for electronic music aficionados from around the world. Jeanne Gariépy and Gabriel Rei, longtime friends, share a passion for many strains of dance music, and their mutual understanding and appreciation of the art drive their musical narrative.… Continue reading MUTEK INTERVIEW: LOOSE EXCURSIONS
MUTEK INTERVIEW: HARVEY SUTHERLAND
Finally making his North American debut this week, Australian Mike Katz, who you may know better as Harvey Sutherland, is bringing his live show to Canadian soil. Starting off producing as Mike Katz and Mike Kay, he felt he lacked some consistency in his sound. The Harvey Sutherland alias was born to represent the more… Continue reading MUTEK INTERVIEW: HARVEY SUTHERLAND
Mutek Interview: France Jobin – Sound Installation Artist
Photo Credit: Fabio Perletta Montreal based multidisciplinary sound artist France Jobin is certainly not unfamiliar with Mutek. Her debut in 2001 performing under the alias i8u saw her become the first female audio artist ever to perform at Montreal’s annual festival celebrating digital creativity and forward-thinking electronic music. France takes a minimalist approach to sound,… Continue reading Mutek Interview: France Jobin – Sound Installation Artist
MUTEK 2016 IN REVIEW
Credit: Trung Dung Nguyen I have a confession to make. I moved to Montreal in 1999, one year before MUTEK took the city and the festival scene by storm, and, in sixteen years, I have only managed to go to a handful of its amazing shows – mostly to the Saturday nights held at Metropolis where… Continue reading MUTEK 2016 IN REVIEW
Doomsday Dancehall: a Lakker interview at Mutek
Lakker is a very particular project. While participating in a very central way to the aesthetic revolution around the techno scene that has been unfolding in the last few years, informed by both late 70’s/80’s industrial, EBM and the deep mark the early dubstep scene left both in it’s birthplace in the UK and Germany… Continue reading Doomsday Dancehall: a Lakker interview at Mutek