MUTEK 2024 | Quiet Start Under August Rains… with Duchesse

The PAN M 360 team is criss-crossing the entire MUTEK 2024 program, picking up as many artists as possible during this 25th edition of its Montreal version. Follow our experts all the way to Sunday – no other MUTEK coverage promises to be this extensive!

Montreal-based Duchesse, born in Beirut, Lebanon, opened the 25th anniversary edition of Mutek, her first North American performance coinciding with the release of her album, Procrastinate debate. A student at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Libanais de Musique, she delivered a refreshing live electro set in the rain. It was good to get lost between samples of soft female vocals, downtempo and minimal housy rhythms. Unfortunately, the audience had to take refuge in the annex for a long while, waiting for the rain to stop… A quiet start at the Esplanade… quiet.

Photo credit: Frédérique Ménard-Aubin