Honoured to have a track, 'Fog' with Tsimka, in an excellent new documentary from Leena Minifie & David Paperny. It's not an easy watch, but it's important one, especially for non-indigenous people who identify as canadian. the full film is easily streamed on youtube in the link below ⬇⬇
Tsimka & Michael Red Debut Album Release
Tsimka & Michael Red - Album Release & Listening Event
Friday, June 6 @ Hypha Arts, 1410 Venables
7pm : doors .... 8pm : listening to the new album in full (45 mins) .... 9pm : artist talk and q&a, hosted by Leena Minifie .... 10pm : improvised live set from Tsimka & Michael
$15 adv / $20 door / no one turned away for lack of funds .... couches, bean bag chairs, and other cushy & comfy seating .... optional individual wireless stereo headsets available (for an extra $5). (good quality sound system for everyone else) .... video of natural content Tsimka gathered from in her territory will be projected as a backdrop.
Music in INCANDESCENCE
Happy to have music in Nova Ami & Velcrow Ripper's latest film Incandescene. A handful of tracks made with Tsimka and one track made with Skeena Reece. Full film can be watched here.
Tsimka & Michael Red with CBC in Port Alberni
In January 2025, Tsimka & I did a project put together by CBC Vancouver Island that had us play a show at the Capital Theatre and do a language & music workshop at Haahuupayak School in Port Alberni. The entire experience was beautiful and fluid and rich with meaning.
Many milestones achieved - our first concert with just us on the bill (and a full house too!), our first workshop we co-facilitated together (which went extremely well), and our first time with a conversation component to our show (which felt great and really helped give context and better meaning to what we do). Huge thanks to Haahuupayak School and the Tseshaht & Hupacasath Nations for hosting us, and for the dedication and hard work from CBC through coordinating it all.
Huge thanks to Haahuupayak School and the Tseshaht & Hupacasath Nations for hosting us, and for the vision and hard work from CBC through coordinating it all.
There are four CBC Radio Pieces that can be live streamed from their site at any time (that aired in February), here: PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4
And some of the sounds recorded with the Haahuupayak School students is here on soundcloud.
Tsimka & Michael Red Full Performance @ Active/Passive
Full performance video just got posted, from the very lovely Active/Passive Festival. The album is nearly complete. This video shows a more simple version of the songs and energy, which was performed at the other summer festivals 2023 too. The New Forms Festival performance in December showed some of the developement and richer layers and details, bringing cues closer to what the album will fully reveal.
Owl Remix part of Huuhtaksklin Video
very nice to have the remix of tsimka's owl in this short film piece. also because the collab album is past the half way point of completion. stay tuned!
courtyard series and tsimka collab announce
"one of a current musical collaborations i have going on right now, which i feel so good and whole about, rich with depth and learnings and new/next/needed energy.
tsimka and i started with a simple remix in 2020. and now were past the halfway mark of working on a full release together (somewhere between a long EP and a shorter album). full of natural sounds and words and energy of the west coast.
friday aug 12th will be our first time performing together and first time revealing the sounds we’re been working on. there will be an opening solo set from me (contemplative soundscapes and quiet rhythms), then an intermission, then the two of us together. early evening sit down show, in the little outdoor courtyard of the fire hall arts centre (follow link for tix and more info). 🌻"
