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Composer | Mentor | Sci Fi Turntablist

Alternate Forest - Nature Minutes is presented in honour of Earth.

Transport Station is the starting point of a fantastic voyage deep into your imagination. There's a wooden bench with headphones hanging above so you can wait for your ride. Sounds are constantly entering our bodies through our ears or by vibrations felt everywhere. Our brains have this amazing ability to cancel out familiar frequencies like the humming of a fan, fridge noise, and even the steady flow of highway traffic. With this installation, SlowPitchSound wanted to examine what happens when familiar sounds are manipulated with the absence of sight as a reference and taken out of context. The experience is made with field recordings collected from locations around Toronto.

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Space Travelers

Welcome to an expanded heart sound journey into the infinite skies. Esoteric scattered beats offer warmth to a free fall opening into the familiar unknown. Beyond mind. Beyond space. Beyond time. Effortless melodies of truth, meaning and nothingness all merge into one. Shape shifting forms of freedom float and dissolve into the rays of light of this spacious sky scape. A remembering. A passageway. Softly beckoning to this moment, to our hearts, to our home.

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métis 2S multidisciplinary sound artist / vocalist / educator

Old words create new worlds.

Centring nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree language) as a generative transmission for far into the future generations, this dream song crosses listening thresholds to highlight trans*dimensional kinship relations with beyond human relatives. A mirror is sung between earth and sky, reflecting the gifts both piyêsiwak (thunderbirds) and 2Spirit kin embody as guardians between realms. We call in prophecy and the vital importance of nipiy (water) in this future realm, layering source recordings of nipiy with têwêhikan (drum), sisikwan (rattle), and voice. piyêsiwak wâhkôhtowin invites us inside the dream lodge to remember piyêsiwak and their great migration to skyworld. piyêsiwak wâhkôhtowin is a prayer, singing open sovereign sites of futurity which animate the flux and fluidity of existence.

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Vocalist | Therapeutic Musician | Sound Astronaut

An immersive and sensory experience inviting audiences to reconnect with the essence of our natural world and embrace the elements as vital allies in our lives. Inspired by the urgency to honour and protect our planet, our bodies, and our voices , these soundscapes aim to raise awareness of the importance of our relationship with the environment and inspire a deeper sense of connection and change. Through a unique blend of voices and natural soundscapes, MELTING WITH ALLIES creates a space of presence for audiences to feel and embrace these elements: water, fire, wind, earth, and the cosmos. By melting with our allies within and around us, we can potentially transform our relationship with the world and inspire a deeper felt connection within the web of life.

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Composer

FOREVER MEDITATIONS is a set of immersive compositions and live performance for ambient electronics and double bass (featuring orchestral bassist Freddy Speer). Drawing from Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening, modern electronic, ambient and neo-classical music, as well as research in the field of psychology, FOREVER MEDITATIONS is an invitation to experience meditative states of listening, merging live strings and contemporary electronics.

The creation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec | Photo: Sebastien Roy

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Music Producer + Composer, AP Musik

"Connection happened to me in February 2016. I had been obsessed with the great Pyramid of Giza for a while. I calculated the standing waves inside the Grand Gallery, the two chambers and the Sarcophagus. Matching the results with colundi frequencies worked really well, like it was meant to be. I analyzed recordings made by people singing inside the pyramid. I sang my own version and had my family sing too. I felt a strong connection, like I was there myself.

Here, a part of the album has been reworked into a surround sonic experience."

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Founder of Music is My Sanctuary | Music Curator

Montreal-based music curator Lexis invites you to take an exploratory walk around old Montreal while listening to a session of carefully selected and sequenced music coming only from Montreal’s talented artists. This listening experience proposes to turn an everyday walk into a ritual that calms and inspires.

Sound Artist | Music Producer | Assistant Professor Sound, Concordia

Do you know how to listen? Do you want to learn to listen more deeply? Join us for a sound walk that starts in the forest of Mont-Royal and continues towards the PHI Centre. Tune yourself in to the frequencies of nature and to your own footsteps. The discoveries you will make will leave a lasting impression!

Sound Artist | Composer | Sound Engineer

Christian Carrière is an experimental recording artist based in Montreal, Canada. His works have been broadcast on CBC, BBC3 and Radio-Canada, among many others. His work touches on experimental music production, audio collage and sound engineering hacks. His infuences range from the minimalism of early Brian Eno and Arvo Pärt to the more frenetic Aphex Twin and Colin Stetson - with lots in between.

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métis 2S multidisciplinary sound artist / vocalist / educator

âpihtawikosisâniskwêw (Métis / Norwegian / French / British) multidisciplinary artist moe clark is a 2Spirit singing thunderbird. She works across disciplines of vocal improvisation, sound design, spoken word poetry and performance creation to create work that centres embodied knowledge, Indigenous futurities, and creative kinship. Hailing originally from the prairies in Treaty 7, moe has resided as a guest in Tio'tiá:ke/ Mooniyang/ Montréal for more than a decade.

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Composer | Mentor | Sci Fi Turntablist

SlowPitchSound (Cheldon Paterson) is an award winning Toronto-based composer, mentor, and explorer of sound & visuals. He has collaborated with creators from a wide range of disciplines including opera, jazz, classical, electronic music, theatre and dance. His unique style of music production, self proclaimed as "sci fi-turntablism", has graced stages around the world.

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Sound Artist | Researcher, PHI

Andrew, sound artist and researcher, explores the role listening has in shaping our relationship with the world and with others. A fervent collaborator, Andrew brings a perspective sensitive to the intimate interplay between our senses, silence, our physical presence, the presence of others, and time.

Cognitive Neuroscientist | Principal Investigator

Alexandre Lehmann (M.Eng, M.Sc., Ph.D.) is a cognitive neuroscientist, associate professor at McGill University Faculty of Medicine and adjunct professor at Université de Montréal Psychology department. His research focuses on cognitive auditory neuroscience using neuro-imaging and virtual reality in normal hearing and hearing impaired populations. Some of his topics of interests are sensory motor processing, music-based health interventions and brain plasticity. He is interested in combining recent theoretical and technological advances, such as neuro-phenomenology and mobile brain imaging, to study real-world situations such as collective dancing, chanting or drumming.

Vocalist | Therapeutic Musician | Sound Astronaut

Rafaelle Mackay is a multi-talented artist with a passion for exploring the transformative power of the human voice. As a vocalist, composer, and sound artist, she has dedicated herself to sharing her voice in many diverse ways, from recording & performing with electronic music producers to creating live meditative soundscapes. Rafaelle's smooth and profound vocal tone has been influenced by her study of vocal jazz and Hindustani classical vocal studies. She has created multimedia performances that showcase the visual and synesthetic effects of cymatics combined with the Voice. Currently, Rafaelle is working on her next album and multimedia project, pushing the boundaries of what's possible with the human voice.

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Associate Professor of Psychology at Fitchburg State | Fulbright Research Chair in Brain, Language, and Music, McGill

Michael Hove is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fitchburg State in Massachusetts and the Fulbright Research Chair in Brain, Language, and Music at McGill. He received a PhD from Cornell and held research positions at Max Planck Institute and Harvard. Dr. Hove’s research uses behavioral and cognitive-neuroscience tools to investigate music, rhythm, and the brain. His work examines how people move with music and how music can induce altered states of consciousness. He published the first fMRI study of shamanic trance and his work appears in journals including Current Biology, NeuroImage, Cerebral Cortex, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Fellow Traveller | Director, Project Immersed

Sarah first discovered the transformative power of music and sound on the dance floors of Toronto’s underground rave scene. This experience of expansion was akin to falling in love with the space between the stars and set the tone for a lifelong heart journey toward all things energy, frequency and flow. In 2007 Sarah met John Alexiou, Co-Founder of StudioFeed. Visions around space for music aligned with and their collaborations began. Taking on many twists and turns over the years, it is now manifesting as Project Immersed; a series around music, health and technology which she produces and co-curates. Music and Sound continue to be a Guide for Sarah and remains an integral part of the work she does in her community.

Vocalist | Therapeutic Musician | Sound Astronaut

A unique and transformative workshop that explores the power of the voice as a tool for accessing and discovering your inner vibrational world. Using an active meditative approach, this workshop will guide you on a journey of self-discovery, as you learn to connect with your natural voice, breath and explore the depths of your inner soundscapes. As you tap into the power of your voice through various exercises and techniques, you will release tension and stress, connect with your emotions, develop a deeper awareness of your breath, and alignment within your body. Helping to cultivate a deeper sense of inner peace and well-being. Whether you're a seasoned singer or have never sung before, this workshop is for anyone who wants to explore the transformative power of the voice and discover the freedom that comes from sounding our inner constellations.

Multimedia Artists | Wellness Facilitators | Musicians

A program designed by Dove Raven to holistically explore our various moods, emotions and states of being, with the support of sounds, to stimulate the senses.

Sound has an impact on us, as it has different frequencies. Our moods and state of being can be influenced by them. Let’s navigate through these sonic frequencies, along with a great selection of afro grooves & organic house, with guided breathing exercises and movements, to facilitate the experience of consciousness in our full body spectrum.

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Sound Engineer, PHI | DJ

With the rising interest in immersive audio, driven in large part by Apple, Tidal and the Dolby Atmos format, artists and lovers of sound are now part of a revolution in the way that musical and sound content will be consumed, much in the same way that mono made way to stereo decades ago.

Immersive audio opens up a range of new creative possibilities for artists to experiment with space, emotion and narration, effectively creating a new language in making recorded audio content. While access to these tools and technologies was once out of reach for most artists, it is now easier than ever to gain access to them and begin creating.

Focusing on the Dolby Atmos format, this short panel will demonstrate how artists can begin to appropriate these tools in the creation of their own immersive pieces as well as how content is delivered once finished.

Sound Artist

Felicia shares her journey of the creation of Infinite Sky. From brainstorming to recording she will explain her creative flow throughout.

Felicia Lush is the tripped out experimental moniker of Montreal-/Mexico-based producer Alicia Hush. Inspirited by field recordings, fairytales and fragmented beats - the Felicia Lush project blends stout bass lines, dim lit dub and whimsical warmth resulting in a no boundary live performance and sound.

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Composer | Media Artist

EVERYTHING IS A FEELING:
Cultivating Physical Emotions in Immersive Music

Join Michael Gary Dean to discuss the artistic process of composing meditative instrumental music for immersive spaces.

Using the compositions from FOREVER MEDITATIONS as a starting point, Dean will guide participants through different compositional techniques developed to reach deep emotional levels. He will demonstrate how he uses trance-like states, meditative aspects of introspective music in modern electronic, ambient and neo-classical music, and recent research in the field of psychology to amplify these effects. In this interactive session, participants will reflect and exchange about their own emotional and physical responses to Dean’s demonstrations.

Meanwhile, FOREVER MEDITATIONS can be experienced downstairs in Habitat Sonore, PHI Centre’s new immersive listening space, to explore further the artist’s approach to composing music for surround sound spaces.

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Sound Artist | Music Producer | Assistant Professor Sound, Concordia

A captivating artist with a minimalistic style rooted in groove and space, Claire has carved out a niche for herself in the underground. For 2023, she has some releases on PPRZ and Ice Wax, and is also launching her own label, Planète Secrète. From Piknic Electronik to the Techno Parade, and MUTEK to Club Der Visionaere, Claire’s music will move you.

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DJ

From the cracks of the Montreal electronic music scene was born Zepha. Inspired from a young age by different currents of jazz, r&b, hip-hop, & electronic music, her minimalistic yet bouncy selection is brought with her own touch of quirk and mystery.

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Sound Engineer, PHI | DJ

Philippe Rochefort is the PHI Centre's Creative sound supervisor and Mix engineer. With over 20 years in the audio industry, Phil has worked on numerous projects for film, television, music, immersive sound installations and more. He is now helping spearhead PHI's immersive sound program which is centered around the Habitat Sonore listening room and PHI's immersive mixing studio.

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Join NAO founder and facilitator Dave Sorbara for a transformational journey like no other. Guests will sit in lounge chairs fitted with vibratory transducers and embark on a multi-sensory journey through a world-class music experience. The vibrations and light are attuned to frequencies known to elicit optimal responses from the mind and body. After a brief 15-minute session, participants feel a sense of presence, connection, and mental and physical restoration similar to deep meditation.

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Debuting at David Lynch's Festival of Disruption in 2019 in Los Angeles. An exploratory sonic vessel, Soundship is designed to provide transformative experiences and explore insights into mind, body and consciousness.

Sound Artist

Felicia Lush is the tripped out experimental moniker of Montreal-/Mexico-based producer Alicia Hush. Inspirited by field recordings, fairytales and fragmented beats - the Felicia Lush project blends stout bass lines, dim lit dub and whimsical warmth resulting in a no boundary live performance and sound.

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Workshop Facilitator

In a previous lifetime, Ramya was an Engineer. In 1996, when a Zen retreat shattered her belief system, she left her old skin behind and embarked on an ongoing inner and outer journey around the world. Unlearning and unwinding as she explored the visible and invisible dimensions of human consciousness. For more than 20 years, she has been leading workshops exploring altered states of consciousness, working with themes around death, meditation, Zen and beyond, all in service of awareness and presence. Her work is an invitation to come back home to ourselves, to remember who we are and have a direct experience of our soul.

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Composer 

Michael Gary Dean is a composer and media artist who straddles the avant-garde edges of digital art and the traditional veins of classical music. He has presented his immersive film, performance and installation works at international festivals, electronic art symposiums and in surround sound planetariums. His latest project, Forever Meditations, merges orchestral double bass with meditative electronics.

Photo: Sarah Kim

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Multimedia Artist | Wellness Facilitator | Musician

Exodeus Devi, is a visual artist, VJ, artistic director, producer,
songwriter & singer. She is also widely known as a skin care expert and wellness facilitator. As a visual artist, she has presented her art in notable exhibitions such as The Venice Biennale in Italy, also in Miami and Los Angeles. She is highly inspired to keep combining visuals and sounds, for soulful immersive experience.

The dove brings a message of peace, purity, beauty and good tidings.

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Multimedia Artist | Wellness Facilitator | Musician

Satya Wayne, is a DJ, Producer, Emcee, songwriter and wellness facilitator. DJ by night in Montreal venues and hosting holistic events and treatments by day with sonic facilitation. Inspiring his fellow night lovers to take time to indulge in what is good for their mind body and soul.

The symbol of the raven is to be a bridge between seemingly opposing worlds, and bringing a reconciliation between the two.

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Fellow Traveller | Director, Project Immersed

Sarah first discovered the transformative power of music and sound on the dance floors of Toronto’s underground rave scene. This experience of expansion was akin to falling in love with the space between the stars and set the tone for a lifelong heart journey toward all things energy, frequency and flow. In 2007 Sarah met John Alexiou, Co-Founder of StudioFeed. Visions around space for music aligned with and their collaborations began. Taking on many twists and turns over the years, it is now manifesting as Project Immersed; a series around music, health and technology which she produces and co-curates. Music and Sound continue to be a Guide for Sarah and remains an integral part of the work she does in her community.