Matt Thibideau + Akumu

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Location: Toika Lounge
Live Performances by Matt Thibideau and Akumu DJs: Ghettocyb.org, Marshall Dragun, Jairus Khan Visuals by Hugh Elliott. Toika Lounge, 471 Richmond Street West (one block west of Spadina), 10PM. 19+ This is a pay-what-you-want event in support of electronic artists. — This is the second event of the United Electronic Audio Workers of Toronto. Through regular pay-what-you-want showcases of emerging and established artists, we will provide our community with an opportunity to enjoy the craft of live performance. We will celebrate art by making it accessible. We will help audiences discover new artists. We will help artists reach new audiences. We will share our techniques and talents. We will build our strength through performance. — MATT THIBIDEAU Tech House, Downtempo, Ambient http://soundcloud.com/matt-thibideau For the last 20 years, Matt Thibideau has been involved in making electronic music. He started off with his Moog Prodigy, a 4 track, and a drum machine. Matt dove into making electronic, industrial pop songs in 1989-1990. His basement soon became the place where he and his twin brother Mark would start their first project called the Waxbean Orchard. This was all in a small town called Wallaceburg Ontario (located close the American border not far from Detroit). Over time Matts interest in electronic music grew and he relocated to Toronto where his chances of releasing records & performing grew. He dove into making ambient and techno music after experiencing some of the local underground parties. This lead to several releases on Blue Recordings in the mid to late 90s. Matts monikor at the time was Altitude. This started a chain reaction of working with other local labels such as Chair and Cynosure Recordings. Matt was also performing with the likes of Jeremy Caulfield, Mike Shannon, Adam Marshal, Jeff Milligan, Mike Huckaby, Ritchie Hawtin, Akufen and Peter Grove. He and Mark started working on a new project called Repair in 2001. It was dedicated to all of the old broken synthesizers that they had in their studio. This was quickly signed to both Sub-Static records (Germany) as V-Wreck and Dumb-Unit records (Canada at that time) as Blackline Display. Matt followed up this project with solo releases on Cynosure and Sub-Static records around 2003. He has performed live at several venues and festivals and does not use a laptop to do so. Venues such as Mutek (Montreal), C.O. pop festival (Cologne), Observatori (Valencia), Bunker (NYC), Break & Enter (Toronto), Tempo (Toronto), Watergate & Suicide Circus, (Berlin) and Oslo (Detroit) have welcomed his live performances. Matt has completed a record for Deep Data (Berlin) that focuses on a special instrument called the Synclavier. Matt (along with some friends) also started a small label called Obsolete Components based on using his old synthsesizers and recording equipment. Obsolete Components has released a new Repair EP and video along with several of Matts Archived unreleased recordings over the years. These synthesizers are his inspiration for new sounds and ideas. His love for these vintage instruments gets incorporated into all of his projects. — AKUMU Low Frequency Beats / Dark Ambient http://www.musicbyakumu.com/ Akumu is Torontos Deane Hughes, composer of dark electronic ambient music. Hughes explores the eerie side of natural systems through long-form instrumental tracks — drones, found-sounds and micro-sonics are synthesized into haunting atmospherics and low frequency beats. He has released several full-length albums, including 2011\’s \”Descent\” on Panospria/NoType, as well as a split release with Andrew Duke and various compilations and net tracks. He has scored music for television and film and has performed live across Ontario and Quebec including at Montrals Mutek Festival and Torontos X-Avant and Ambient Ping events. — HUGH ELLIOT Developer / @wheniwas19 http://blog.wheniwas19.com/ Hugh Elliott is a developer with over a decade of experience in coding for the online space. His collaboration with Displacer and the subsequent DisplacerCode he wrote showed an interest in making \”visual art out of music\” and writing for a more dynamic, live environment. Taking this concept one step further Hugh hopes to create an experience that both stands out and complements the music as it happens. — ghettocyb.org Electro / Disko ghettocyb.org is Toronto\’s James Meier, owner of recording studio 01system and a DJ/Producer/Technologist. He developed the worlds first cyborg DJ system, and showcased it at his computer art party, irq, in the early days of the 21st century. With an energetic DJ style and bass lines from the future, a ghettocyb.org set is guaranteed to keep the crowd moving. — DRGUN tekno/nu-disko/tek-house/mnml + analog fx Drgun has been immersed heavily in the Toronto music scene over the years holding down a rotational residency on the city\’s east side while also head deep in production, live electronic multimedia showcases, as well as purveying conventional and unconventional dj performances in the city\’s bustling west end. Performing since the early age of 12 under a slew of guises, formats, and styles, this shapeshifter\’s diverse array of crowd pleasing musical delivery is second to none. http://dubstatik.tumblr.com/ — Jairus Khan Tribal / Industrial Before releasing his first record as Adversary, Jairus Khan had already spent ten years destroying dancefloors as DJ Twiin. He is at home anywhere in the electronic music underground, from industrial clubs, ambient galleries and trip-hop dinners to post-punk socials and hardcore raves.

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