SUBSTRAT, SOUND SERIES — Estelle Schorpp • Ida Toninato • Checkpoint303

Estelle Schorpp is a French sound artist, composer and researcher based in Montreal, active in the fields of experimental music and sound ecology. She uses the tools and methods of research-creation to set up projects that take a critical and creative look at our relationship with the sound environment. Integrating concepts from disciplines such as sound ecology, sound studies, media theory, history of science, acoustics and psychoacoustics, her polymorphous approach combines performance, sound installation and algorithmic composition, as well as academic communication and the writing of scientific articles.

Ida Toninato is a saxophonist, composer and artistic director. Her practice unfolds at the intersection of acoustic exploration and the creation of hybrid sound worlds where electronics and instruments are in symbiosis. Praised for her unique way of channeling vulnerability and power, attentive listening and explosiveness, Toninato brings to the fore specific spaces with reverberation, in which she uses her baritone saxophone as a revelator of acoustic beauty. Toninato committed herself to electronic music as a solo artist in 2024, with the video Lions on the Run on the Live in Concrete platforms.

The project is led by Tunisian producer SC Mocha and has numerous collaborations with Palestinian artists including Rim Banna, Jawaher Shofani, Ministry of Dubkey and more. The project performed all around the world and has even been invited as a supporting act by the band Massive Attack.