Thursday, June 27th @ The Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave.) - 10pm - $10
TONE & Peter Gough Present:
CACTUS TRUCK
KAJA DRAKSLER / ANDREW FURLONG / BRODIE WEST
FEECHO
@ Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave)
10pm, $10
CACTUS TRUCK (https://cactustruck.bandcamp.com)
Cactus Truck creates startlingly intense music, not merely in terms of volume or velocity but through complete physical/psychological surrender. One can find hints of delta blues, early free jazz, Japanese noise, and no wave in the music. The collaborated with Terrie Ex, Colin McLean, Ab Baars, Han Bennink, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Peter Jacquemyn, Teun Verbruggen, Nicolas Field, Jon Rune Strøm.
KAJA DRAKSLER / ANDREW FURLONG / BRODIE WEST (http://kajadraksler.com)
Kaja Draksler is a Slovenian pianist and composer. After her studies in the Netherlands she decided to stay in Amsterdam, where she is an active member of the improvisors scene, performing extensively all over the Europe. Kaja is interested in finding ways to merge the composition and (free) improvisation by working with different structures and musical logics. In the spirit of the Dutch jazz/improvised music legacy, she is drawn to the idea of erasing the stylistic and historical musical borders, and discovering personal expression and language through composition and improvisation. For this performance she will team up with two Toronto improv mainstays, bassist Andrew Furlong & saxophonist Brodie West (Eucalyptus).
FEECHO (https://soundcloud.com/kajadraksler/feecho-live-in-newcastle)
Feecho brings together two of the most talented musicians of the current generation of European improvisers. Based in Amsterdam, with origins in Holland and Slovenia, they combine a thorough knowledge of the European classical music history with an extreme sense of earthly energy to be found in the most pure forms of improvised or traditional folk music. A Feecho concert is a jump into the unknown; changes of moods and textures may happen abruptly, but they magically always seem like the most logical and natural way for the music to go. The combination of incredible musicality and intelligent sense of form is very rare for musicians of such age as Kaja Draksler and Onno Govaert. Their maturity speaks for itself and is embodied by the interplay which consists not only of an almost scary like-mindedness, but also of a respect for each other’s personal ideas and history of music.
$10 at the door
$55 TONE 4 Show Pass
$70 TONE Festival Pass
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2154067434688681/
CACTUS TRUCK
KAJA DRAKSLER / ANDREW FURLONG / BRODIE WEST
FEECHO
@ Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave)
10pm, $10
CACTUS TRUCK (https://cactustruck.bandcamp.com)
Cactus Truck creates startlingly intense music, not merely in terms of volume or velocity but through complete physical/psychological surrender. One can find hints of delta blues, early free jazz, Japanese noise, and no wave in the music. The collaborated with Terrie Ex, Colin McLean, Ab Baars, Han Bennink, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Peter Jacquemyn, Teun Verbruggen, Nicolas Field, Jon Rune Strøm.
KAJA DRAKSLER / ANDREW FURLONG / BRODIE WEST (http://kajadraksler.com)
Kaja Draksler is a Slovenian pianist and composer. After her studies in the Netherlands she decided to stay in Amsterdam, where she is an active member of the improvisors scene, performing extensively all over the Europe. Kaja is interested in finding ways to merge the composition and (free) improvisation by working with different structures and musical logics. In the spirit of the Dutch jazz/improvised music legacy, she is drawn to the idea of erasing the stylistic and historical musical borders, and discovering personal expression and language through composition and improvisation. For this performance she will team up with two Toronto improv mainstays, bassist Andrew Furlong & saxophonist Brodie West (Eucalyptus).
FEECHO (https://soundcloud.com/kajadraksler/feecho-live-in-newcastle)
Feecho brings together two of the most talented musicians of the current generation of European improvisers. Based in Amsterdam, with origins in Holland and Slovenia, they combine a thorough knowledge of the European classical music history with an extreme sense of earthly energy to be found in the most pure forms of improvised or traditional folk music. A Feecho concert is a jump into the unknown; changes of moods and textures may happen abruptly, but they magically always seem like the most logical and natural way for the music to go. The combination of incredible musicality and intelligent sense of form is very rare for musicians of such age as Kaja Draksler and Onno Govaert. Their maturity speaks for itself and is embodied by the interplay which consists not only of an almost scary like-mindedness, but also of a respect for each other’s personal ideas and history of music.
$10 at the door
$55 TONE 4 Show Pass
$70 TONE Festival Pass
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2154067434688681/
Saturday, July 6th @ Prairie Drive Park (119 Pharmacy Ave) - 5pm - FREE - All Ages
Feast In The East is an east end music, food & art installation series.
This edition features a free Mango Curry dinner by Alan Kobayashi
Music by:
SANDRO PERRI (http://www.sandroperri.com/)
One of Toronto’s most interesting & inspiring composers, Sandro Perri returns to Feast In The East with bassist Josh Cole, percussionist Blake Howard & synth player Ryan Driver. His pop songs are layered deep in textures and full of meanderings. Synth hums and bubbles float above carefully placed percussion like some slowed down jungle dance party. Guitar notes dissipate into hums & lost flourishes. Sandro’s voice moves over the instrumentation, almost caressing it like a sheet. His music creates it’s own environment, it’s own weather conditions, with seamless movement, sounds & textures flow into each. Don’t miss this prodigy of the avant smooth.
BERNICE (https://bernice.bandcamp.com/)
Robin Dann & her who’s who crew of Toronto avant song slingers (Thom Gill, Dan Fortin, Felicity Williams, and Phil Melanson) pump out soulful compositions that are full of blooming vocal flourishes, airy guitar whispers and bubbling beats. Sounding like the release of some lost spirits rejoicing as they flee into the eather, Bernice creates a uniqwue atomosphere. Vocals swell and fall, as spectral guitar notes drip from the sky. Electronic drum textures pop & gurgle like a stewing bog, fermenting. Get into this beautiful ghost music.
NEW CHANCE (https://newchance.bandcamp.com/)
Vic Cheong’s posi beat project sees slowly flowering electronic textures mingle with bopping drum machine rhythms, and effected vocals. Lines blur between glitched vocal effects and shaking electronic beats. Whispers become spiritual drones. New age textures amped up with fresh rhythms. Vic takes you on the celestial journey merging the dance and drone zones.
Installations & Environs by:
Emily Grace Harrison (https://www.emilygraceharrison.com)
Roxanne Ignatius (http://roxanneignatius.com)
Sara Maston (https://saramaston.com)
jes sachse & Khanh Tudo (https://jessachse.com / https://khanh.online)
Still Boys (https://www.facebook.com/stillboyz)
Dinner Menu:
Mango Curry with Eddoe & Summer Gourd
Served with Grilled Rice & Refreshing Bitter Melon Salad
*gluten-free, nut-free, vegan
Bike tune-ups by Scarborough Cycles (www.scarboroughcycles.ca)
RAIN DATE: Saturday, July 13th
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/405093940088845/
This Feast In The East is made possible through the support of Arts in the Parks, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Arts Foundation, and Loblaws.
This edition features a free Mango Curry dinner by Alan Kobayashi
Music by:
SANDRO PERRI (http://www.sandroperri.com/)
One of Toronto’s most interesting & inspiring composers, Sandro Perri returns to Feast In The East with bassist Josh Cole, percussionist Blake Howard & synth player Ryan Driver. His pop songs are layered deep in textures and full of meanderings. Synth hums and bubbles float above carefully placed percussion like some slowed down jungle dance party. Guitar notes dissipate into hums & lost flourishes. Sandro’s voice moves over the instrumentation, almost caressing it like a sheet. His music creates it’s own environment, it’s own weather conditions, with seamless movement, sounds & textures flow into each. Don’t miss this prodigy of the avant smooth.
BERNICE (https://bernice.bandcamp.com/)
Robin Dann & her who’s who crew of Toronto avant song slingers (Thom Gill, Dan Fortin, Felicity Williams, and Phil Melanson) pump out soulful compositions that are full of blooming vocal flourishes, airy guitar whispers and bubbling beats. Sounding like the release of some lost spirits rejoicing as they flee into the eather, Bernice creates a uniqwue atomosphere. Vocals swell and fall, as spectral guitar notes drip from the sky. Electronic drum textures pop & gurgle like a stewing bog, fermenting. Get into this beautiful ghost music.
NEW CHANCE (https://newchance.bandcamp.com/)
Vic Cheong’s posi beat project sees slowly flowering electronic textures mingle with bopping drum machine rhythms, and effected vocals. Lines blur between glitched vocal effects and shaking electronic beats. Whispers become spiritual drones. New age textures amped up with fresh rhythms. Vic takes you on the celestial journey merging the dance and drone zones.
Installations & Environs by:
Emily Grace Harrison (https://www.emilygraceharrison.com)
Roxanne Ignatius (http://roxanneignatius.com)
Sara Maston (https://saramaston.com)
jes sachse & Khanh Tudo (https://jessachse.com / https://khanh.online)
Still Boys (https://www.facebook.com/stillboyz)
Dinner Menu:
Mango Curry with Eddoe & Summer Gourd
Served with Grilled Rice & Refreshing Bitter Melon Salad
*gluten-free, nut-free, vegan
Bike tune-ups by Scarborough Cycles (www.scarboroughcycles.ca)
RAIN DATE: Saturday, July 13th
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/405093940088845/
This Feast In The East is made possible through the support of Arts in the Parks, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Arts Foundation, and Loblaws.
Saturday, July 27th @ Small Arms Inspection Building (1352 Lakeshore Rd.) - 7pm - FREE - All Ages
Presented by the City of Mississauga, Feast In The East brings its 74th edition to the Small Arms Inspection Building. The evening features Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar from Niger, kulintang ensemble Pantayo, and a DJ / Live PA set by Raf Reza; with immersive visual art projects by Chloe Lum & Yannick Desranleau, Arezu Salamzadeh, and Khanh Tudo; and a Nigerian Suya-spiced dinner by local Nigerian-inspired caterer, Twins In Kitchen.
Come early for an artist talk at 4pm by Khanh Tudo as part of ongoing public programming series re:placement, can we find a way? curated by Anu Radha Verma.
MDOU MOCTAR (https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com)
Niger based songwriter / guitarist Mdou Moctar brings his contemporary electronic adaptions of traditional Tuareg guitar music to Mississauga. Touring behind his newest studio record, Ilana: The Creator with a full band, Moctar’s music has come a long way from the West African trading network of cellphones & memory cards that spurred his fame & his starring role in the Nigerien re-invention of “Purple Rain” aka “Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai,” which translates as “Rain the Color of Red with a Little Blue In It.” Constantly evolving the forms of Tuareg music Moctar’s latest venture sees him dip into psych trance territory. Guitar grooves swirl in a never ending dance with each other, only breaking out into blistered solos over a locked in rhythm section. True desert psych the band prods forward as vocal pattern slip upward into a guitar fuelled heat sink. Merging western rock shredding with the patience & momentum of Tuareg folk tradition, Moctar creates a unique & lasting sonic world.
PANTAYO (https://pantayo.bandcamp.com)
Pantayo is an all-women lo-fi R&B gong punk queer collective based in Toronto, combining percussive metallophones and drums from the kulintang traditions of southern Philippines with synth-based electro grooves
RAF REZA (https://soundcloud.com/rafreza)
DJ / mood masher / creative soul Raf Reza (Cosmic Resonance Records) blends sonic landscapes together with ease, merging dance floor momentos with shifting synth nodes and airy nods. Percussive notes shuffle as organ swells move under sparkling electronic pulses. Though Reza’s dance floor sensibilities shine, he also drops in for the long game building kraut inspired synth droners, full of climbing electronic patterns and glowing cosmic hums. Synthetic notes decay in a forest of minimalist inspired beats. Meditative moods grow into distorted grooves, lost post punk guitar licks, busted beats, zapping synths slap back on themselves. Raf brings the party, the choice vibe, the rejuvenation zone & so much more. Hang late for the post vibes party!
Environs by:
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau (http://www.lum-desranleau.com)
Arezu Salamzadeh (https://arezustudio.com)
Khanh Tudo (https://khanh.online)
Dinner Menu (may contain nuts):
Pepper Soup
Suya Chicken* OR Suya Vegetable Skewers
Fried Rice & Coleslaw
Puff Puff & Ice Cream
*halal
FREE
All Ages
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1148129038693527/
Schedule of events:
7:00pm doors + dinner
8:30pm Pantayo
9:30pm Mdou Moctar
11pm to late Raf Reza
Limited capacity. Reserve your free ticket.
Limited number of $10 (+ service charge) round-trip SHUTTLE BUS seats available: https://www.showpass.com/feast-east-mississauga/
Departure:
Stop 1: 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education (918 Bathurst St just north of Bloor), departing at 6:30pm
Stop 2: Queen St W and Triller Ave in Parkdale (by the U-Haul lot), departing at 7pm
Arrival at SAIB approximately 7:30pm
Return:
Midnight from SAIB to Stop 2 (approx 12:15 arrival) and Stop 1 (approx 12:30 arrival)
2:00am from SAIB to Stop 2 (approx 2:15am arrival) and Stop 1 (approx 2:30am arrival)
Free dinner is first come, first served. Reserve your meal, veggie or halal chicken, as part of the registration process. Note: Dinner contains nuts.
Family friendly. Cash bar.
Accessible space, all-gender single-user washrooms available.
This Feast In The East is in partnership with Good Kind Productions and Polyphonic Ground, 10 GTA-based presenters of culturally-diverse music. PG is made possible through grants from Canada Council, Canadian Heritage, Ontario Media Development Corporation and the Toronto Arts Council.
Thanks to 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture - https://www.facebook.com/918bathurst/
Feast In The East is made possible through support from the City of Mississauga, Small World Music Society and Wellington Brewery. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des Arts du Canada. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.
Come early for an artist talk at 4pm by Khanh Tudo as part of ongoing public programming series re:placement, can we find a way? curated by Anu Radha Verma.
MDOU MOCTAR (https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com)
Niger based songwriter / guitarist Mdou Moctar brings his contemporary electronic adaptions of traditional Tuareg guitar music to Mississauga. Touring behind his newest studio record, Ilana: The Creator with a full band, Moctar’s music has come a long way from the West African trading network of cellphones & memory cards that spurred his fame & his starring role in the Nigerien re-invention of “Purple Rain” aka “Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai,” which translates as “Rain the Color of Red with a Little Blue In It.” Constantly evolving the forms of Tuareg music Moctar’s latest venture sees him dip into psych trance territory. Guitar grooves swirl in a never ending dance with each other, only breaking out into blistered solos over a locked in rhythm section. True desert psych the band prods forward as vocal pattern slip upward into a guitar fuelled heat sink. Merging western rock shredding with the patience & momentum of Tuareg folk tradition, Moctar creates a unique & lasting sonic world.
PANTAYO (https://pantayo.bandcamp.com)
Pantayo is an all-women lo-fi R&B gong punk queer collective based in Toronto, combining percussive metallophones and drums from the kulintang traditions of southern Philippines with synth-based electro grooves
RAF REZA (https://soundcloud.com/rafreza)
DJ / mood masher / creative soul Raf Reza (Cosmic Resonance Records) blends sonic landscapes together with ease, merging dance floor momentos with shifting synth nodes and airy nods. Percussive notes shuffle as organ swells move under sparkling electronic pulses. Though Reza’s dance floor sensibilities shine, he also drops in for the long game building kraut inspired synth droners, full of climbing electronic patterns and glowing cosmic hums. Synthetic notes decay in a forest of minimalist inspired beats. Meditative moods grow into distorted grooves, lost post punk guitar licks, busted beats, zapping synths slap back on themselves. Raf brings the party, the choice vibe, the rejuvenation zone & so much more. Hang late for the post vibes party!
Environs by:
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau (http://www.lum-desranleau.com)
Arezu Salamzadeh (https://arezustudio.com)
Khanh Tudo (https://khanh.online)
Dinner Menu (may contain nuts):
Pepper Soup
Suya Chicken* OR Suya Vegetable Skewers
Fried Rice & Coleslaw
Puff Puff & Ice Cream
*halal
FREE
All Ages
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1148129038693527/
Schedule of events:
7:00pm doors + dinner
8:30pm Pantayo
9:30pm Mdou Moctar
11pm to late Raf Reza
Limited capacity. Reserve your free ticket.
Limited number of $10 (+ service charge) round-trip SHUTTLE BUS seats available: https://www.showpass.com/feast-east-mississauga/
Departure:
Stop 1: 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education (918 Bathurst St just north of Bloor), departing at 6:30pm
Stop 2: Queen St W and Triller Ave in Parkdale (by the U-Haul lot), departing at 7pm
Arrival at SAIB approximately 7:30pm
Return:
Midnight from SAIB to Stop 2 (approx 12:15 arrival) and Stop 1 (approx 12:30 arrival)
2:00am from SAIB to Stop 2 (approx 2:15am arrival) and Stop 1 (approx 2:30am arrival)
Free dinner is first come, first served. Reserve your meal, veggie or halal chicken, as part of the registration process. Note: Dinner contains nuts.
Family friendly. Cash bar.
Accessible space, all-gender single-user washrooms available.
This Feast In The East is in partnership with Good Kind Productions and Polyphonic Ground, 10 GTA-based presenters of culturally-diverse music. PG is made possible through grants from Canada Council, Canadian Heritage, Ontario Media Development Corporation and the Toronto Arts Council.
Thanks to 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture - https://www.facebook.com/918bathurst/
Feast In The East is made possible through support from the City of Mississauga, Small World Music Society and Wellington Brewery. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des Arts du Canada. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.
Wednesday, September 25th @ The Jam Factory (2 Matilda St.) - 8:30pm - $17/$20 - All Ages
Burn Down The Capital Presents:
XIU XIU
JESSICA MOSS
@ The Jam Factory (2 Matilda St.)
8:30pm, $17/$20, All Ages
XIU XIU (https://xiuxiu.bandcamp.com)
The long running & unclassifiable band fronted by singer / composer / tortured mastermind Jamie Stewart is at it again with their 2019 release "Girl with Basket of Fruit" on Polyvinyl. This tour sees Jamie join forces with the Swans rhythm section of Thor Harris & Christopher Pravdica. Haunting emotional ballads channeled through a filter of writhing vocal whispers and harsh noise gurglings juxtapose against frantic rhythmic electronics, Stewart's vocals shouting into an industrial, brutal techno influenced void. A true chameleon of the post punk world, Xiu Xiu merges influences from pop music sorrow, caustic noisescapes, the outskirts of electronic dance music and a sundry of other cut by hand puzzle pieces. Xiu Xiu effortlessly balances darkness with light in a crippling display of brutal force and subtle care. Not to be missed!
JESSICA MOSS (https://jessicamoss.bandcamp.com)
Montreal violinist & vocalist Jessica Moss (Silver Mt. Zion), continues to ride the rails behind her 2nd solo LP "Entanglement" on Constellation Records, following the evolution of her solo music for violin, voice & electronics. Tortured violin loops weave a web of bristly yet comforting fur. Errant vibrations blistering into distorted notes. Beauty finds a way to exist amongst inevitable sorrow. Contemplative and cosmic sound pieces exist in a space between the global hum. Get here on time for an inspiring & introspective performance.
$17 Adv at Rotate This, Soundscapes, Ticketscene: www.ticketscene.ca/events/25112/
$20 at the door
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/383284175644651/
XIU XIU
JESSICA MOSS
@ The Jam Factory (2 Matilda St.)
8:30pm, $17/$20, All Ages
XIU XIU (https://xiuxiu.bandcamp.com)
The long running & unclassifiable band fronted by singer / composer / tortured mastermind Jamie Stewart is at it again with their 2019 release "Girl with Basket of Fruit" on Polyvinyl. This tour sees Jamie join forces with the Swans rhythm section of Thor Harris & Christopher Pravdica. Haunting emotional ballads channeled through a filter of writhing vocal whispers and harsh noise gurglings juxtapose against frantic rhythmic electronics, Stewart's vocals shouting into an industrial, brutal techno influenced void. A true chameleon of the post punk world, Xiu Xiu merges influences from pop music sorrow, caustic noisescapes, the outskirts of electronic dance music and a sundry of other cut by hand puzzle pieces. Xiu Xiu effortlessly balances darkness with light in a crippling display of brutal force and subtle care. Not to be missed!
JESSICA MOSS (https://jessicamoss.bandcamp.com)
Montreal violinist & vocalist Jessica Moss (Silver Mt. Zion), continues to ride the rails behind her 2nd solo LP "Entanglement" on Constellation Records, following the evolution of her solo music for violin, voice & electronics. Tortured violin loops weave a web of bristly yet comforting fur. Errant vibrations blistering into distorted notes. Beauty finds a way to exist amongst inevitable sorrow. Contemplative and cosmic sound pieces exist in a space between the global hum. Get here on time for an inspiring & introspective performance.
$17 Adv at Rotate This, Soundscapes, Ticketscene: www.ticketscene.ca/events/25112/
$20 at the door
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/383284175644651/
Upcoming Summer 2019 Shows:
AUG 29TH - SEPT 1ST: Intersection 2019
SEPT 21ST: Feast In The East 75: Fly Pan Am @ Matt Durant Studio
NOV 7TH: Oliver Coates + Ana Roxanne @ The Garrison
SEPT 21ST: Feast In The East 75: Fly Pan Am @ Matt Durant Studio
NOV 7TH: Oliver Coates + Ana Roxanne @ The Garrison
