some music work for Destination BC

first foray into this sort of thing. music for destination bc's ongoing ad campaign. 8 pieces have been released so far, with more rolling out over the year. many thanks to jason mannings for providing the link, shawn parkinson for being a great project lead, and for jenny lea and skeena reece for lending their incredible voices to the work.

'no seh' out on RED GATE double cassette comp

red gate makes no compromises in serving the true underground community and up-and-comers and weirdos in east vancouver. contributing a track to their wildly diverse double cassette compilation, to help raise funds for their continued efforts, was no question.

remix for mahmood schricker

mahmood schricker's latest album 'el muerte' is out now, featuring a michael red remix of 'shanaz' and a mix credit on the 'shanaz' original track and 'opa shahr'.

souns (re) [isla19]

(re) is now fully available on extra-warm cassette or digital download. just under 100 minutes of deep ambient and soundscape music. THANK YOU Isla.

basscoast 2018

2 hour live set to close the new ambient/lounge stage. 4am late sunday night. ~bless~

one of the most anticipated events every year. happy 10 year basscoast

new souns ..soon

the next souns release, (re), arrives june 23. limited edition cassette and digital.

just under 100 minutes of deep meditative ambient textures and tones and slow morphings. working with themes and methods of healing sound and sacred frequencies. almost the entire ‘lights’ album combined with half of the ‘scenarios for the real self’ album - all re-edited and refined and re-mastered, in some cases to such a degree that a lot of it sounds like brand new work. the title “(re)” is partially short for “(revisted)”.

it feels perfectly at home to release with ISLA for this one. daniel rincoin (label head / NAP) is a pleasure to work with. and the work was originally created all pre-ableton (a lot of it on hardware), all while firmed rooted and living in east van (12th & st. catherine, heatley & keefer) - very ISLA. (re) carries a size-able resonance (maybe it’s an east van thing) with the rest of ISLA’s body of work so far - perfectly below radar, perfectly free-spirited exploratory, and that comfy insular alone-while-together feel that comes with the weather/social climate this side of the world.

tracklisting:

side a: 1 red (re) 2 orange (re) 3 yellow (re) 4 green (re) 5 blue (re) 6 indigo (re) 7 violet (re) 8 rain (re)

side b: 1 white (re) 2 open tones (re) 3 frozen ocean1 (re) 4 frozen ocean3 (re) 5 frozen ocane2 (re) 6 frozen ocean4 (re)

very much looking forward to the release event at index gallery, which is actually a co-release with sean evans (who’s music i really believe in). it fits as well that deep sea mining syndicate be the imprint for sean’s album debut, who i also put an album out with and have plans for another release with in near future too. all is in sync.

music for dance

taking on three musical commissions for dance performance this year. one centered around a free public summer solstice event for the little chamber music series that could, one for a project called 'gateways' for olivia c. davies, and one for a mixed-media piece being created by sammy chien which also features music from barry truax.

souns on 16 wooden panels

live souns performance amongst some very good company, for west coast radians, put together by vancouver new music's giorgio magnanensi. read more about his wooden panels in cbc's article here.

'Aquamarine' reviewed in ELECTRONIC SOUND

Thanks to UK's Electronic Sound Magazine for the glowy review of Aquamarine. Cheers!

vancouver symphony new music festival 2018

pleased to be joining the VSO's New Music Festival again. live performing with pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa and soprano Camille Hesketh, and dj'ing three of the post-concerts (past years dj sets here).

subtempo 1.0 compilation

subtempo round out their first year with a free (for the moment) compilation of selected works from their libary so far. souns 'untouched' and 'sun inside the sun' featured.

blind prophet re-dub

originally set for a vinyl 45 release (industry woes), but out now via bandcamp - a true-to-roots re-dub of 'dub love' on a well toned EP from new york's blind prophet.

souns 'aquamarine' full album out today

out now on subtempo records

most stream/buy links here

'open face sun' video by vasho pekar

limited edition merch from yasmin lever: prints / t-shirts & sweaters

press: ravelin magazine, resident advisor, exclaim!, northern transmissions, the province 'album of the week', skope, radioECO, dslo.

hope you enjoy

raveline magazine souns feature & video premiere

thanks to raveline magazine for the kind words and asking some interesting questions, and for the being the launchpad for the new video from vasho pekar.

CHANGE video online streaming in full now

so great to have this video finally available in full to the public. thanks once again to endtask and babel pressed.

change online premiered via CB festival (read about jonny's process here too), and has picked up a couple of international awards so far.

change ..

souns 'eve' ep + 'better half' video

souns 'eve' ep is now out, courtesy of new kanada.

hardwax, bandcamp, and the rest of the usual suspects should all be carrying it by now.

big warm thanks to endtask for the video, and to adam marshall for putting out the release.

open face sun

resident advisor gives first listen to 'open face sun' from the upcoming aquamarine album on subtempo.

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!