Jérôme Beaulieu, William Côté and Simon Pagé play jazz that plays with jazz codes.
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Jazz / Jazz Fusion
Light As A Feather played by Coral Egan, Daniel Thouin, Yannick Rieu, Alain Caron and Paul Brochu
A tribute to the great Chick Corea, who passed last winter. The band plays Return to Forever’s 2nd album, released in 1972.
Neoclassical
SIMON LEOZA PLAYS THE FIJM
Self-taught neoclassical composer will play Jazz Fest for the first time.
Ensemble Alex Le Blanc at the Off Festival de jazz
Bass player Alex Le Blanc and his Ensemble will channel the Cool Jazz movement. Featuring Michael Johancsik on tenor saxophone, Patrice Luneau on alto and baritone saxophones, Alex Desjardins on trombone, Marcus Lowry on guitar and Guillaume Pilote on drums.
Contemporary
Morton Feldman and Jeanne Renaud: Interartistic rendez-vous
Festival Quartiers Danses presents a project where Morton Feldman’s famous For Bunita Marcus merges with a choreography by modern dance pioneer Jeanne Renaud.
Laura Anglade Quartet
Jazz singer Laura Anglade gains increasing recognition. I’ve Got Just About Everything, her first album, was released in 2019 on Justin Time Records and she has another one in the works. With Valérie Lacombe on drums, Mike DeMasi on bass and Sam Kirmayer on guitar.
Bass House / Bass Music / Deep House / Electronic / House / Indie Pop
PIKNIC: FELIX DA HOUSECAT, HOOPALAÏ, MKEISER, UNDERHER, POE, 2NDFIKRI
Felix Da Housecat: 3:30pm, 8:30pm, Videotron stage
With the reopening of the borders between Canada and the United States, Piknic Electronik can now welcome American artists: the headliner on Saturday, August 21 is Felix da Housecat (real name: Felix Stallings), 48 years old, a reference in house music, a famous style born in Chicago, where our man grew up and surfed on the second wave of house music, since the 90s. He is also known under the pseudonyms Thee Maddkatt Courtship, Aphrohead and Sharkimaxx, and for his label Radikal Fear Rec
Hoopalaï: 7:30pm, 2:30pm, Videotron stage
Hoopalaï is composed of veteran house musicians Lebaron & Pfreud (François Lebaron and Frédéric Laurier). Their first weapons were sharpened in the 90s. They roll their hump since then, here they are again on the menu of a raised program of house diversity.
Mkeiser: 6pm, 1pm, Videotron stage
Mkeiser is another Quebec producer and DJ with a passion for house music. We don’t know much about him… let’s leave it to his music to introduce him.
Underher: 8:30 pm, Museum stage
The Tunisian artist Underher applies himself to hybridize house and bass music with indie pop and dream pop.
Poe, 7:30 pm, Museum stage
Poe is a Quebec producer at the confluence of indie pop and melodic electro involving the human voice and reconstructing the song form.
2ndFikri, 6pm, Museum stage
Montreal producer and DJ Manal Fikri, aka 2ndFikri, is into deep house and unleashes her Sunday arsenal.
Bass House / Deep House / Electronic / House / Indie Pop / Instrumental Hip Hop / Progressive House / Techno
Piknic: A-Rock & Shaydakiss, Pat Boogie, Taima, Jacques Greene, Martyn Bootyspoon, Kris Tin
B2B with A-Rock & Shaydakiss: 8:30pm, Videotron stage
Montrealers A-Rock and Shaydakiss have been working in tandem for a decade now, and their participation at Igloofest can be seen since 2011. They draw from house, techno, funk and disco, the biggest electronic families are once again gathered for a choice menu at Piknic.
Pat Boogie, 7 PM , Vidéotron stage
Artist living in Griffintown. Pat Boogie does house, afro-house, soul, instrumental hip hop, eminently afro-montreal mix!
Taima, 6 PM, Vidéotron stage
The Montreal producer and DJ is obviously addicted to instrumental hip hop, to which she adds her own spices in the slow cooker.
Jacques Greene, 8:30 PM & 3h30PM, Piknic stage
A key figure in Canadian electro since the end of the decade 2000, Jacques Greene has acquired an international reputation, we’re talking about a perennial career and here’s the next chapter !
Martyn Bootyspoon, 7:30PM & 2:30PM, Piknic stage
Jason Voltaire, aka Martyn Bootyspoon, is a Montréal-based interested by rejuvenating ghettohouse among other subgenres in electronic music.
Eejungmi, 6PM & 1 PM , Piknic Stage
From Calgary Katie Lee aka Eejingmi addresses the questions of identity and musical genres.
Kris Tin, 8:30PM, Musée stage
Montreal producer and Beirut native Kris Tin could become a must in the national electro scene. A brilliant technoid designer, she is not the headliner of this museum scene by chance.
The Insolitudes festival concludes on Friday at Ausgang Plaza with an urban music night featuring Ragers, Sarahmée and Urban Science Brass Band. Ragers is one of the rising forces of rap keb mixed with soul/R&B, as evidenced by the EP Tant qu’à y être, released last March. Urban Science Brass Band’s reputation is well established, these Montreal musicians and MCs have been playing at the crossroads of jazzy-funk groove and hip hop for many years. Of course, Sarahmée is the queen of this emblematic evening of urban culture. Welcome “dans sa vie” !
Eastern European / Electronic / Maghrebi / Progressive Folk / Rom / Turkish
Insolitudes: metis menu
For the second series of the Insolitudes festival presented at Ausgang Plaza, a mixed evening presents in turn Funk Lion, Djely Tapa and Briga. Funk Lion is embodied by a Quebecer of Haitian origin, his emancipatory and poetic quest is presented as a journey for uprooting at sometimes unusual stations. As for Djely Tapa, the Montreal singer once again offers her repertoire drawing from her Mandingo and Malian roots, without neglecting many updates developed in her adopted city. Violinist, composer and producer, Briga also sings in French and English, Montreal style. Ambitious and charged, her updated compositions have infused the Roma, Balkan, Ottoman, Maghrebian and Montreal teapots.
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Psychedelia
Insolitudes: psychedelic serie
The Insolitudes Festival presented at Ausgang Plaza by Indie Montreal, welcomes 9 Quebec artists, three thematic programs in as many nights – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Wednesday’s psychedelic menu consists of MIELS, a psych rock keb band with a stoner or laidback edge, followed by Hippie Hourrah, a very psychedelic 70’s keb band, as well as Elephant Stone, a proven mix of psychedelic rock and Indian music.
24 h of Vinyl – 21st Edition
24 Hours of Vinyl – 21st Edition March 13, 4pm to March 14, 5pm.
Casino of Montréal presents the 21st edition of the 24 Hours of Vinyl, part of the official Nuit Blanche in Montréal programming.
The world’s first “around the clock” musical marathon dedicated to vinyl records & DJ culture returns for its unmissable annual edition at the Nuit Blanche in Montréal.
Since 2011, in over 20 editions around the world (London, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Paris, Vancouver), the event has showcased over 200 DJ’s and record collectors.
For the 21st edition we present a musical trip around the clock with some of Montreal’s best DJs coming together to celebrate the love of vinyl records with this marathon created by the team behind Music Is My Sanctuary.
Over 12 DJs will relay using only vinyl records for 24 consecutive hours to which dancers and music lovers are invited to boogie from the comfort of their house. A full day focused on the discovery and sharing of music without borders, from jazz to electronic and soul.
You can video stream the entire event, for free at:
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/
Created by Music Is My Sanctuary.
In collaboration with Transmission & Bar à Vinyle.
Artwork: Cécile Gariépy
16h00 FROG
18h00 REGULARFANTASY
19h00 DUST-E-1
20h00 LOUM
22h00 SILKTITS
00h00 FRED EVERYTHING
03h00 LOST HEROES
05h00 GRONDINI
07h00 SEB FAUTEUX
08h30 LEXIS
09h30 SUGARFACE BELFO
11h00 UZI
12h30 DONALD LAUTURE
14h00 EDUARDO (SONORAMA)
15h30 G L O W Z I