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INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DIGITAL CREATIVITY
AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
16TH EDITION
MAY 27 - 31, 2015
FINAL PIECES FOR THE 16TH EDITION OF MUTEK HAVE FALLEN INTO PLACE
Free programming revealed, including the outdoor stage in the Quartier des
spectacles and daytime activities at the Phi Centre
Montréal—April 28, 2015: Emphasizing and celebrating real time, live expressions of original
creations that traverse the realms of music, sound and visual art, the final pieces for the 16th
edition of MUTEK have fallen into place! With more than 80 live performances from 110 artists,
the festival boasts 9 world, 11 North American and 16 Canadian premieres running from
Wednesday, May 27 to Sunday, May 31, all happening in the beating heart of the city.
In its constant efforts to make electronic and digital artistry accessible and to create the
context for discovery and revelation, MUTEK is proud to reveal the details of its free outdoor
stage EXPÉRIENCE, which this year will occupy the Parterre in the Quartier des spectacles, the
nighttime experimental PLAY programs at the MAC, and its daytime program DIGI_SECTION,
at the Phi Centre.
The detailed program and schedule is available here:
http://www.mutek.org/en/montreal/2015/schedule
Preview Video: https://vimeo.com/mutek/teaser2015
EXPÉRIENCE
Free outdoor stage on the Parterre of the Quartier des spectacles presented by
Mailchimp
Expanding on last year’s winning formula that mixed emergent local and Canadian artists with
international names, MUTEK moves its outdoor operations to the Parterre, the open air lawn
facing the Maison symphonique. Running from Thursday to Sunday this year, the Parterre will
be outfitted in MUTEK’s inimitable style and complemented all week long with food trucks and
refreshments. The substantial increase in capacity at this new site allows room for big name
guests like Canadian superstar MATHEW JONSON, the farewell concert from brassy electronic
Mexican big band the NORTEC COLLECTIVE, following a recent stopover at Coachella, British
bass music aficionado KODE9, the legendary ADRIAN SHERWOOD and masterful techno maven
DANIEL BELL.
Thursday, May 28 - 5:00pm: CMD (CA) / BASSILUS C (CA) / DROL. (FR) / MATHEW
JONSON (CA)
Friday, May 29 - 5:00pm: RACINE (CA) / NEU BALANCE (CA) / PROJECT PABLO (CA) /
KHOTIN (CA) / OJPB (CA)
Saturday, May 30 - 3:00pm: LUNATE (CO) / DÉBRUIT (BE) / NORTEC COLLECTIVE (MX) /
MOON BUGGY (CA) / DEWALTA & SHANNON (DE/CA)
Sunday, May 31 - 3:00pm: ADRIAN SHERWOOD (UK) (DJ set) / DANIEL BELL (US) (DJ
set) / KODE9 (UK) (DJ set) / + SURPRISE GUEST
The artists of the EXPÉRIENCE series mixed by Vincent Lemieux:
https://www.mixcloud.com/mutekfestival/mutek2015preview004/
175, ROY EST, MONTREAL (QC) H2W 1M3
T. (514) 871.8646 / [email protected] / MUTEK.ORG
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DIGITAL CREATIVITY
AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
16TH EDITION
MAY 27 - 31, 2015
PLAY
Showcases dedicated to emerging experimental creativity, exploring audiovisual,
electro acoustic and ambient work
Presented in collaboration with MixGenius, the Salle BWR in the basement of the Musée d’art
contemporain de Montréal (MAC) hosts MUTEK’s long running, free PLAY showcases.
On Friday, the OFFTA and MUTEK join forces to present a program of Belgian and Québec
artists (in collaboration with the KIKK festival), and on Saturday a program that takes “retrotech” and obsolete technology, object-oriented practices as its theme.
PLAY 1: KARA-LIS COVERDALE (CA) / RAMZI (CA) / DIFFERENT FOUNTAINS (BE) /
SQUEAKY LOBSTER (BE) / WOULG presents RING BUFFER (CA)
PLAY 2: MUSIC FOR LAMPS (CA) / HERMAN KOLGEN presents INKUBATOR (CA) /
BANGKOK LOOPS (CA) / TROJAN HORSE OF MEANING (CA) / /||\||\ (CA)
DIGI_SECTION
A digital technology and music symposium, artist Q&As, panels, presentations,
workshops and showrooms
This year the festival has expanded the depth and reach of its free daytime programming at
the Phi Centre, which will run from Tuesday, May 26 to Saturday, May 30. Geared towards
curious explorers, music enthusiasts, and creative professionals, this crucial component of the
festival furthers critical discourse through thoughtful, intimate interviews with artists and
creators, hands-on interaction with the latest technologies, workshops dedicated to visual
software and practices, industry insights and presentations, and by creating opportunities for
the community at large to network and converse.
Beginning on Tuesday, May 26, MUTEK welcomes the Oxford University research project
MusDig, as it reports on several years of research into digital technology and its impact on
music making practices, with a full day symposium mixing academics and artists.
Once again esteemed media partners, The Wire magazine, Resident Advisor and HOLO
Magazine will conduct sessions and live interviews with some of the festival’s most notable
performers: SHERWOOD & PINCH, ROBIN FOX, ATOM™, and HIROAKI UMEDA.
Showing off a range of new tech and tools, this year’s technological partners are plentiful, with
gear on display from: Roland, Hexinverter, Sputnik Modular, Malekko Heavy Industry,
Tiptop Audio, Verbos Electronics, Kilpatrick Audio, littleBits Electronics and Korg.
Workshops are offered by Ableton Live, TouchDesigner, Elektron, Verbos, Tiptop and
MadMapper.
Roland in particular, will be displaying their latest range of instruments all day on Friday,
culminating in live demonstration/performance from Montréal’s MATEO MURPHY, a master of
their AIRA series of instruments already.
On Saturday, in partnership with MOOG AUDIO, an extensive modular synthesizer
showroom will be set up to exhibit the latest modules in the renaissance and rebirth of these
machines. Native Instruments will also take charge of a room to unveil their latest tools and
devices.
175, ROY EST, MONTREAL (QC) H2W 1M3
T. (514) 871.8646 / [email protected] / MUTEK.ORG
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DIGITAL CREATIVITY
AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
16TH EDITION
MAY 27 - 31, 2015
McGill and Concordia University exert a presence this year: The Electronic Music Association
of Concordia will host a lecture and question period for students and the public with RICHARD
DEVINE and another with Luca Mortellaro (aka LUCY), while Professor Jonathan Sterne, the
Chair in Culture and Technology at McGill leads a discussion centered on epiphanies and a
creative process informed by technology featuring ROBIN FOX and Steve Goodman (KODE9).
SPECIAL PROJECTS
An experiential sonic installation at the Phi Centre, a 5 à 7 collaboration with FTA
and a 360 animation in the dome at the SAT
Housed at the Phi Centre during the festival and running until June 11, Steve Goodman
(KODE9) and Toby Heys present their experiential sonic installation, film and discussion,
Delusions of the Living Dead / DRNE Cartography, a new iteration of their ongoing
research as AUDINT (co-presented with DHC/ART). Featuring bespoke subwoofers, directional
ultrasonic speakers, and wearable SubPacs, the work is based on their 2014 record/book/print
release Martial Hauntology, which explores vibration and the history and future of sound as a
weapon.
Teaming up again with the Festival TransAmériques, MUTEK co-presents two eccentric talents
from Montréal’s fertile underground for a free 5 à 7 at the Coeur des Sciences on Friday, May
29: YLANG YLANG and FDG-.
On Saturday, May 30 its an immersive and musical brunch (12:00am to 3:00pm - $20)
presented by the NFB and the SAT, with the dome version of MUNRO FERGUSON’s seven
minute 3D animation inspired by the mythical Greek half man, half bull, MINOTAUR,
accompanied by a session of KID KOALA’s Music To Draw To.
MOBILE APP
For the full schedule, artist biographies, venues, social media and Montréal recommendations,
get the MUTEK 2015 mobile app for both iPhone and Android.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MUTEK would like to thank the following partners who play a key role in MUTEK's ongoing
activities: the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Secrétariat à la région
métropolitaine of the Québec government, the ministère du Tourisme du Québec, the Canada
Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the Bureau des festivals et des
événements culturels of the City of Montréal, the Department of Canadian Heritage, FACTOR
and Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters, Musicaction, the ministère de la Culture et des
Communications du Québec, the ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie
du Québec, the European Union Culture Programme, The British Council, the Consulat général
de France à Québec, the Institut français, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, the Goethe-Institut
and Auswärtiges Amt.
MUTEK also wishes to thank the following media and private partners for their invaluable
support: Solotech, Red Bull Music Academy, Tourisme Montréal, Mailchimp, Sapporo, Musée
d'art contemporain de Montréal, Place des Arts, Phi Centre, Moog Audio, Ableton, Roland,
Native Instruments, Derivative, MixGenius, Elektron, MusDig, MadMapper, Doepfer,
Hexinverter, Kilpatrick Audio, Korg, littleBits Electronics, Malekko Heavy Industry, Sputnik
175, ROY EST, MONTREAL (QC) H2W 1M3
T. (514) 871.8646 / [email protected] / MUTEK.ORG
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DIGITAL CREATIVITY
AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
16TH EDITION
MAY 27 - 31, 2015
Modular, Tiptop Audio, Verbos Electronics, Electronic Music Association of Concordia, DHC/ART
Foundation for Contemporary Art, Convergence, KIKK Festival, OFFTA, CTM Festival,
Musicboard Berlin, the festival TransAmériques, the Quartier des spectacles Partnership, Laïka,
Montréal Digital Spring, La Vitrine, C2MTL, SubPac, Karibu, Prime Mate, Insertech, Resident
Advisor, XLR8R, The Wire, FACT, Exclaim!, CRACK Magazine, MCD, HOLO Magazine, Mixcloud,
Cult MTL, URBANIA, Thump, ETC MEDIA, Eliptik Magazine, CISM, CKUT, CHYZ, CJLO, CHOQ,
CFRU, Hotel ZERO1, Hotel W, Auberge Alternative du Vieux-Montréal, Appartements Hôtel des
Résidences de l'UQAM, Auberge Le Pomerol, Cirkus, Laloux, Au Cinquième Péché, Pullman,
Restaurant La Cuvée, UBER, Fitz & Follwell Co, and AmigoExpress.
CONNECT
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PRESS KIT
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Contact
Anne Dongois, 514-826-2050, [email protected]
If you are a journalist and would like to cover MUTEK, please fill in the online media
registration form here
http://www.mutek.org/en/montreal/2015/press/accreditation
175, ROY EST, MONTREAL (QC) H2W 1M3
T. (514) 871.8646 / [email protected] / MUTEK.ORG