a nice little animation is circulating as well. artwork by yasmin lever.
souns @ museum of arts and design (nyc)
modest appearance of some souns work at the museum of arts and design in new york city, via the radius / IO sound element of the sonic arcade: shaping space with sound exhibit. thanks to all involved.
souns 'aquamarine' album announced
very pleased to announce the souns 'aquamarine' album, forthcoming on subtempo records dec 8. artwork by yasmin lever. mastered by josh stevenson. first listen is 'untouched', available for streaming today. bandcamp pre-order here. and see the terrorbird press announcement here. stay tuned..
bass coast 10 year @ the commodore ballroom
honoured and excited to play the 10 year celebration for the much beloved bass coast music festival. it's a sold out show with matt the alien, librarian, barisone, and shah dj's. long life space toast!
souns on ambient parks vol 3
so very happy to be continuing to work with the wonderful berlin based new kanada label. souns 'quiet love' closes out this compliation, and leads the way for the souns 'eve' EP is set for an early november release. release details here and bandcamp page here.
'quiet love' also appears in the national geographic / ben knight film 'the last of honey hunter' which recently qualified for an academy award. and also serves as mood woven into tanya tagaq's 'erie changys' featuring radik tyulyush.
new forms festival 2017
curated the artists appearing at New Forms Festival 2017 friday and saturday late night event in the hangar at great northern way. very much looking forward. the entire festival is rock solid this year and so is the team.
Hangar Friday Night :
10:00 PM: City (Halycon Veil) -Live- 10:45 PM: Edna King (Modern Math) -Live- 11:30 PM: Aïsha Devi with Emile Barret (Danse Noire) -Live A/V- 12:30 AM: Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones (Fractal Fantsay) -Live A/V- 2:00 AM: ZutZut (N.A.A.F.I.) -DJ- 3:00 AM: Endgame (Hyperdub, Bala Club) -DJ-
Hangar Saturday Night :
10:00 PM: E3 (ZamZam Sounds co-founder) -DJ- 11:00 PM: Sky H1 (Codes, PAN) -Live- 12:00 AM: Peverelist (Livity Sound, Punch Drunk) -DJ- 1:30 AM: DJ Lag (Goon Club Allstars, Gqom) -DJ- 2:45 AM: Madam X (Kaizen label-founder) -DJ-
low indigo 012
happy to announce 'smoke mountain' is out today. a oollab between myself and synkro, together with remixs from eli muro, jade statues, and self evident. also featuring "slow video" from jason mannings. folks can grab on bandcamp and most other stores and streaming sites. vid up on youtube as well.
'CHANGE' festival premiere in Zagreb, Croatia
proud to have 'change' make it's festival debut at animafest zagreb world festival of animated film in crotia this weekend. always thanks to the incredibly talented jonny ostrem for creating the video for my audio released on babel earlier this year. (short clip of the video in my instagram here)
crow's nest and other places she's gone
proud to have been a part of this project put together by olivia davies. i composed the majority of the music for the work, four original long-form pieces, and helped with mastering and gluing together the rest of the audio. i was able to catch the premiere in may and was quite moved and inspired. thanks liv!
more details on the story and production here, and trailer video here.
The Wire : Global Ear
many thanks to nick storring and the wire for the mentions in their global ear piece. happy to be a part of a well written and balanced article.
souns @ PGNB 2016
wind:up
this monthly's been happening for a little while now. thanks beatroute for printing your piece on us.
Alejandro Bento 'Rain' Souns Remix
souns remix of alejandro bento's 'rain' is out now on the subtempo imprint. the whole release is worth checking out, some beautiful work in there. listen here, read a little bit about it at a strangely isolated place and finest ego, and buy it here.
vso new music festival 2017
last year was such a pleasure and an inspiration. excited to take in all the concerts and provide a cap on the evening for folks. i'll be dj'ing the post-concerts jan 24, 26, 27, and 29.
you can check out the full festival program here
and listen to my post-concerts from last year below..
livePA in support of ASC
brighter colours ep
my first release of the year is on really good records. cheers folks. here's all the info:
Michael Red's 'Brighter Colours' EP is a collection of tracks that trace back to dubstep's early days in Vancouver. Tracks that got the best dancefloor reactions back then AND still do now. 'Presha Dem' and 'Chops' were both dropped on acetate at the legendary Dubforms parties actually. Worth another note is that 'Chops' is the original take of it's re-imagined dub version 'Ops Dub' (released on New York's South Fork Sound). Stripping down sounds to the essentials being a central theme in dub music - "Chops" is "Ops Dub" but with the "C", the added colour and drums, still intact. Sound System Culture, Dub Music, and West Coast Canadian influences are all clear here. Functional bass heavy dancefloor music .. with lasting depth. Lighta! Really Good!
featured in ZamZam's mix for RBMA, BunZero's SubFM show, Spurz mix for the-levels-are-very-high
"REALLY GOOD VIBES" ~ moresounds
"birds sound like rewinds sometimes" ~ Om Unit
"Great dubby vibe. Fantastic!" ~ CBC electronic
"Riding down the street in a zamboni, cause the streets are all frozen, blasting the ep, looking for the best veggie burger in town." ~ Danny Corn
"Wonderful EP! Love the variety of the tunes yet the vibe is unified. Glad to hear a couple favorites in here." ~ E3 (zam zam)
"Very strong release, 'Presha Dem' is a percy!" ~ Blind Prophet (south fork sound)
"COOL" ~ Ed Solo
"REALLY FRESH BEATS" ~ KeepDeep
in between times
only the most sensitive radar could catch this one. low flying release and personal creative exercise in clearing out some cob webs .. or perhaps more accurately - going through old photos in the attic.
split vinyl EP with taal mala
it's been an extra long process to get this release together but totally worth the wait. the fellas from babel printed and pressed (also see undone) worked hard to get it right and it shows. the booklet looks great. the vinyl sounds amazing. the video by endtask is world class. proud of this one. nice one taal mala too of course. vinyl & booklet is available at record shops in vancouver, new york, bristol, toronto, juno, rwd_fwd, red eye and bandcamp.
also a little lighter flash to the sinking ship, where me and taal mala and the label all lived under the same roof for a time, and where this project was seeded.
YEARS END - A1PHA
i initiated the low key YEARS END at the very end of last year, and got a bunch of positive feedback about it. the plan is to release another albums worth of material at the very end of this year too. i'll also be slowly feeding select unreleased back catelog and certain older short-run physical releases to there too.
just put up the original score i did for A1PHA, a short film eron carruth wrote and directed. thanks for the support
new forms festival 2016
a belated but hearty thanks to everyone who came out and took part in new forms festival 2016. it was a pleasure to put together two of the line up's for this year. the satellite gallery on friday night with lee bannon, strategy, x/o, rosen, wzrdryAV, and aspecial performance from mark van hoen. and the main room saturday night with untold, deft, swisha, hood joplin and c130. it's been nothing but positive and entusiastic responses on all fronts. happy this could happen in vancouver. special thanks to malcolm levy, scott w, emmy, rauiri, matt, and the whole rest of the team. cheers!