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Futurs Antérieurs
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June 5
Johnny Jewel (live A/V), Ambassade (live), Misstress Barbara, KYRUH, Evita, Matias Aguayo, PAURRO, Fabrizio Di Salvo, zi!, Eccina (live)
Johnny Jewel
Johnny Jewel is a composer, producer, and the visionary founder of Italians Do It Better. As the driving force behind Chromatics, Glass Candy, and Desire, he has shaped a contemporary language of synth-driven noir that bridges underground music and cinema. His work has left a lasting mark on film and television, featured in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive and Bronson, Ryan Gosling’s Lost River, Fien Troch’s Home, and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return, where Chromatics’ “Shadow” became iconic. Beyond the screen, he has also composed for fashion houses including Chanel, Dior, and Bottega Veneta. On stage, Johnny Jewel transforms his catalog into immersive live performances where analog synthesizers, projected visuals, and cinematic soundscapes blur the line between concert and film.
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Ambassade
Ambassade is back on the road this spring, bringing you the tale of Manrira with a brand new audiovisual show. They are focussing on collaborative performances and audiovisual art forms, with the goal of combining their transformative musical power with visual works that invite the audience on a unique journey of live performance. This new audiovisual work is sonically devoted to the enchanting acoustics of the voice and its relation to other bodies and spaces. Moving from dynamic song compositions into more soundscape structures, blending live bass, neo-classical elements and synthesized electronics with ethereal vocals and drum machine-driven beats. Together with the visual narrative by Marcel Constantin Wilkens, they invite the audience to take a break, listen, and reconsider their connection with their surroundings.
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Misstress Barbara
Misstress Barbara (a clever play on “Miss” and “Stress”) emerged in the 1990s as one of the first female superstar DJs and a driving force in global techno. Known for her explosive, high-precision sets, she helped shape the international electronic music scene while inspiring a new generation of artists, particularly women. Born in Italy and raised in Canada, she brings a fearless curiosity to everything she does—from touring as a headlining DJ on major festival stages to exploring life beyond music. A drummer, certified pilot, sailing instructor, and communications and cinema graduate, she embodies creative versatility. Her releases span leading techno labels and her own imprints, including Relentless and Iturnem. Today, she continues to perform and produce under the Misstress Barbara name, with techno at the core of her ever-evolving artistic journey.
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KYRUH
KYRUH is a Brooklyn-born and raised techno selector and producer whose raw energy and unapologetic joy transcend genre conventions. Rooted in rhythm as ritual and vibration as memory, her work transforms the dancefloor into a space of reclamation, release, and rebirth. Emerging from New York’s DIY scene, she challenges techno’s austere norms, creating sets that balance intensity with emotional depth—gritty, hypnotic, and undeniably magnetic. A regular presence at BASEMENT NYC, she has built a reputation for immersive performances that don’t overwhelm, but instead envelop and liberate. A key figure in New York’s underground, KYRUH has performed at Wire Festival, Boiler Room, UNTER, Nowadays, and Draaimolen Festival, with her artistry featured in Document Journal, Complex, Mixmag, Resident Advisor, and DJ Mag.
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Evita
Evita emerges from a world where figments of the dreams cross over into waking life. Prioritizing emotional charge over conventional dancefloor functionality, her selections encapsulate both shadow and innocence. She moves through sound with instinct and intention, guiding the dancers into an uncompromising exploration. Based in Montreal, Evita is deeply rooted in the city’s DIY scene, co-founder of the Sunday Service series and behind Serpentine — series that embrace a radical artistic vision.
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Matias Aguayo
Chilean-born musician and DJ Matias Aguayo has spent over three decades exploring music, performance, and community. His practice blends playfulness, physicality, and sensuality with experimentation and a convivial spirit, always grounded in the present while reaching for transcendence. From collaborations with Michael Mayer, Dirk Leyers (Closer Musik), and Battles to acclaimed albums including Are You Really Lost, Ay Ay Ay, The Visitor, Sofarnopolis, and Support Alien Invasion, Aguayo constantly blurs the line between club music and artistic research. A powerful live performer, he merges DJing, live sound, dance, and audience interaction, turning the club into a shared space of play and connection. Co-founder of Cómeme and active in social projects, his work reflects a belief in sound as a tool for collective transformation.
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PAURRO
Paulina Rodriguez, known as PAURRO, is a Mexico City-based DJ and producer who has become a key figure in the global electronic music scene. PAURRO's journey began over a decade ago, quickly gaining recognition in local venues before expanding her reach to major clubs and festivals in Mexico and South America. In 2018, her influence grew further as a booker, programmer and radio host at Aire Libre. Her debut single, “Only You Can Save Me,” released during the pandemic, marked a pivotal moment in her career. With residencies and performances at top venues worldwide, including Boiler Room and Tresor, PAURRO’s dedication to her craft and dynamic performances have earned her a loyal fan base and a prominent reputation.
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Fabrizio Di Salvo
Fabrizio Di Salvo is a sound artist whose practice focuses on knowledge making through acoustic exploration: listening as a method to think with, and sound as a way to understand how we relate to materials, spaces, and one another. He develops situations and systems where perception becomes tangible and negotiable, often by shifting the conditions of hearing and attention. Across contexts, his practice asks what can be learned when sound is not only heard, but used as a tool for investigation, relation, and collective awareness.
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zi!
Born and raised in Montreal with North African roots, zi!’s love for music and dance came well before they stepped inside a nightclub. Very active in Montreal’s vibrant underground scene, she has been creating dancefloor euphoria through DJing as well as with event organizing, as part of queer collective FLUSH (@arriverflush) and of Missed Connections (@missed_connections_radio). Musically, their sets include an array of percussive grooves and sentimental breaks. zi! has quickly made their mark in Montréal’s DIY scene.
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Eccina
Eccina is a microorganism enthusiast and raver in Montreal. Find their music in the levitation chamber, rotating freely in all directions. It is acid-informed, buoyant, and body-ready. An improvised hardware live set has newly emerged from their latest research in psychotropic sonic propulsion and state-of-the-art groove sensibilities. On the dance floor, eccina is inspired by hypnotic rhythms, preposterous timbres, and fun.
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (live), Flore b2b Nahash, Hyd (live), Honeydrip, t-nex, Jacques Greene b2b Martyn Bootyspoon, Mozhgan, France Jobin & Markus Heckmann (live A/V), Alan Harman, copcarbonfire, Richard b2b M Salaciak
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, the world-renowned, award-winning electronic artist, transforms synth-driven soundscapes into immersive, otherworldly experiences. Known for her ability to weave organic textures with futuristic electronic elements, KAS creates music that feels both ethereal and deeply human. Her work blurs the lines between ambient, experimental, and dance music, capturing the attention of tastemakers and festival-goers alike. With each release, she continues to innovate, crafting sound journeys that challenge convention and connect listeners on a visceral level. KAS transcends genre as a sonic architect reshaping the possibilities of music.
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Flore
Flore is a DJ, producer, curator, label boss of POLAAR and leading figure in the French bass scene, operating at the intersection of club culture, production, and education. She has built a reputation for high-intensity sets that blend amen-breaks, Afro-Caribbean influences, acid house, and techno, while fostering a strong sense of community on the dance floor. Her 2020 album RITUALS drew international media attention, with coverage from BBC, Mixmag, and Trax. Beyond releases, Flore explores immersive performance formats and sound spatialization, and became the first certified female Ableton instructor in France, expanding her influence across both artistic and pedagogical spheres.
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Nahash
Artist, producer and DJ Raphaël Valensi embarked on his Nahash adventure in 2013 while in Shanghai, releasing electronic music inspired by metal on his own label Huashan Records. Nahash left the Chinese mega-city in 2017 to settle in Montréal, though he continued to work with Shanghai’s independent label SVBKVLT. Nahash is emerging as an emblematic figure on the Montreal alternative scene. His music, both experimental and immersive, promises a sonic journey, captivating audiences and transporting them into an atmosphere where creativity reigns.
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Hyd
Hyd is the pop project of artist Hayden Dunham, crafting seductive, experimental music that merges sound, visuals, and performance into immersive worlds. Their debut album Clearing (2022) gained critical acclaim for its bold, multidisciplinary vision, following earlier boundary-pushing projects like QT and the viral “Hey QT.” Blending emotional pop with conceptual depth, Hyd explores cycles of destruction, regeneration, and transformation. Their second album, HOLD ONTO ME INFINITY, expands this evolving universe with shimmering songwriting and fluid reinvention. Performing everywhere from rooftops and caves to festivals and museums, Hyd has shared stages with Charli XCX, SOPHIE, and Caroline Polachek, building a practice at the intersection of music, art, and community.
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Honeydrip
Honeydrip has been a notable name in the Montreal underground electronic scene for a decade. Having built her reputation in the burgeoning rave scene, she is now a revered bass music producer, DJ, and speaker builder who hosts workshops for women and LGBTQ+ to get more involved in sound system culture. Her practice is heavily inspired by dub, reggae, and dancehall, which she hybridizes and explores to create her signature sound. Honeydrip has been touring as a DJ and a live performer in Europe, UK, South America, and Canada and has released on labels such as Banoffee Pies Records, Woozy, Early Reflex, and more.
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t-nex
t-nex is a behind-the-scenes character to some of the city’s most forward-thinking afterhours events, missed connections & flush. Normally spotted on the dancefloor, catch him on the other side of the booth delivering his taste to you.
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Jacques Greene
Jacques Greene has been making club-oriented music for over a decade, evolving his sound across EPs, singles, and acclaimed albums Feel Infinite (2017) and Dawn Chorus (2019). His music blends emotional depth with atmospheric, physical club energy. In 2020, ANTH01 gathered early and unreleased works, tracing the roots of his sonic language. He is also one half of Verses GT with Nosaj Thing, a collaborative project spanning music, live performance, and visual art, shaped through sessions across major cities and featuring artists like George Riley and Kučka. Greene hosts a long-running Rinse FM residency and has collaborated with Bonobo, Radiohead, and Jessy Lanza, refining a deeply personal yet collective vision of club music.
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Martyn Bootyspoon
Martyn Bootyspoon (born Jason Voltaire) is a Montreal-based producer and DJ known for building ecstatic club worlds where satire, sensuality, and sub-bass collide. Emerging from the post-club underground alongside artists like Sinjin Hawke and Lunice, he first stood out with an irreverent mix of ghetto tech, jacking house, and electroclash infused with sharp wit. He has since become one of North America’s most distinctive dance music voices, balancing showmanship and precision. His sets are fast, unpredictable performances that fuse hard-hitting techno and ghetto house with absurd vocal flips and narrative flair, turning the dancefloor into a playful dialogue. In the studio, he has released on Fool’s Gold, Future Classic, LuckyMe, AUS Music, and more, with highlights including Thicc! (2024) and a 2025 feature on Jump Source’s “On”.
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Mozhgan
Mozhgan, an Iranian-born DJ, has been mesmerizing the global electronic music scene with her dark, percussive, and psychedelic sounds. In 2011, she co-created the visionary party experience "We Are Monsters" with Jason Greer, and later joined by Solar, crafting a space that transcends genre boundaries. Known for her captivating and mysterious soundscapes, Mozhgan has become a staple in the underground music scene, regularly playing at prestigious venues and festivals like Panorama Bar, De School, No Way Back, and Sunset Campout. Mozhgan's music is a unique blend of dark dancefloor rhythms infused with a psychedelic touch, often exploring the depths of the subconscious. Her sets are known for their spiritual and extraterrestrial qualities, utilizing sound to break the mundane and create hypnotic, otherworldly experiences.
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France Jobin & Markus Heckmann
Based in Montréal, France Jobin is a sound artist and composer whose minimalist practice she describes as “sound sculpture,” exploring silence, restraint, and dynamic range to create immersive sonic environments. Working between analog and digital processes, she crafts detailed sound worlds that shift perception and invite deep, focused listening. Her work has been released on influential experimental labels such as LINE, Editions Mego, ROOM40, and ATAK, often drawing inspiration from quantum physics and architectural space. Markus Heckmann is a media artist and Technical Director at Derivative (TouchDesigner), whose practice blends generative visual systems with the physical properties of light. He creates real-time abstract visual environments that respond live to sound and space, existing only in the moment of performance. Together, in Lueurs Quantiques, they explore the paradoxes of antimatter through modular sound and visuals, where collisions-like sonic textures merge with real-time visuals to create a quantum-inspired landscape.
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Alan Harman
Alan Harman is a 26 year-old Canadian coldwave artist known for his entirely analog live recording process and dedication to a bleak, dark sound. He grew up in a small town known solely for having high levels of radiation in the soil. All through his youth he longed for meaning, unable to find it in religion, he discovered synthesizers and coldwave music. Inspired by the more philosophical side of Cold-War science-fiction books, Alan’s writing often evokes feelings of alienation in an unrecognizable environment. These stories are told through relics of the same era, old analog synthesizers and drum machines recorded to tape. Using minimal instrumentation, Alan is able to compose tales of lost romances, war, and solitude, resulting in raw and honest narratives, free from over-production.
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copcarbonfire
Based in Montreal, copcarbonfire is a multidisciplinary artist performing raw, rhythmic live electronic hardware sets that balance structure and chaos. Moving between heavy intensity and more open, atmospheric passages, their work is guided more by intuition than genre. Emerging from Montreal’s underground, they’ve performed everywhere from city streets to warehouse raves and more established festivals like MUTEK. Built around distortion, tension, and atmosphere, their sets aim for something immersive, unpredictable, and visceral.
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Richard b2b M Salaciak
Richard and M Salaciak have been mainstays of the Montreal underground for over 10 years, releasing solo and collaborative records as Richard Lamb, Variant, DJ Medallion, Library L’Amour, and more. They co-run Temple Records with Adam Feingold (Pondlicker, Ex-Terrestrial) and have released a wide range of music, from techno and house to synth-pop and experimental.
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Aube and Skeletron.tv (June 5 and 6)
Aube
Based in Montreal, Aube is a duo of young creators brought together by a bold vision: to redefine the atmosphere of the city’s events with an avant-garde touch. Pushing against conventions, they handcraft modular structures whose raw, industrial aesthetic contrasts harmoniously with fluid and precise lighting design. Each piece seems to float, suspended between reality and imagination. Light moves across metallic surfaces and through the air, creating hypnotic effects that bring the space to life.
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Skeletron.tv
Ryan Mason (Skeletron.tv) is a video installation artist who navigates the liminal spaces between analog nostalgia and digital futurism. His practice revives forgotten CRT monitors, analog cameras, and vintage video mixers, weaving them into interactive ecosystems where glitches and grain become the language of expression. By marrying retro analog hardware with modern digital tools, Mason challenges the sterile precision of modern media and screens, instead celebrating the warmth, light and unpredictability of decaying signals. His installations invite audiences to touch, play, and disrupt—transforming viewers into collaborators in the analog-digital dialogue.
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BunBun and Alex Vlair (June 5), SULFATION and al11z (June 6)
BunBun
BunBun is a British-American-Canadian multimedia artist and performer renowned for their distinctive style characterized by vibrant colours, intricate textures, synchronized beats, and mesmerizing holographic quality. Their artistic talents have graced the stages of numerous international festivals, concerts, conferences, and clubs, including shows at Bass Coast, HELLERAU — European Centre for the Arts, Jazz Fest, MUTEK Montréal & Tokyo, NODE — Forum for Digital Arts, SXM Festival and WOMB Tokyo. Similarly, BunBun has had the privilege to share the stage with world-renowned musical artists such as Alicia Keys, Black Coffee, Bob Sinclar, Claptone, Gipsy Kings and Phish.
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Alex Vlair
Alex Vlair is a multidisciplinary 3D artist and VJ. He is interested in the boundary between the digital world and the real, working often with real-time content for music events that bring people away from their screens and into social gatherings. His personal work gravitates towards dark, dream-like themes with an underlying hint of ancient and esoteric symbolism. He strives to capture a sense of a deeper coherent meaning for humanity, using the allure of virtual worlds to draw the audience into moment. Alex Vlair’s VJ sets are performed using the 3D software Notch, allowing pre-constructed 3D scenes to be manipulated in real-time. Focusing on colorful psychedelic mantra-like patterns mixed with lo-fi digital glitches, his visuals could be described as esoteric cyber-punk.
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SULFATION
Meisam Nemati, known as SULFATION, is an international artist and audiovisual developer, who has been working in Quebec since 2017. His early experience as a magazine cartoonist shaped his surrealist vision, which was enriched over time by his years spent in industrial and mining environments as a field engineer, forming a unique perspective that defined his style. It was at the SAT that he began to focus on immersive experiences, developing his artistic language in fulldome and 360° environments, with creations that balance structure and spontaneity. As an artist and director, SULFATION has experience ranging from fulldome short films to live installations, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in surreal worlds shaped by abstraction and unexpected forms.
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al11z
Alice Aterman (@al11z) is a digital multimedia artist based in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke. Influenced by urban grunge, surrealism, and light dynamics, her visuals transport viewers to alluring yet uncanny dimensions. Working primarily with 3D animation, she blends digital and physical realms through concert visuals, animated flyers, mixed-reality VFX, AR, and VR.
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