Out here there is no distinction between listener, performer and sound. No distinction between the trees, the air, and the water. All are waves of energy, waves of sound, and waves of light.
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Nick Schofield performance for Many Moons is out today
Co-presented with SAW, Many Moons online video concert series features six groundbreaking musical artists from the National Capital Region performing onstage at Club SAW in an immersive “moonlit” set.
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Photo: Rémi Theriault
Interested in being involved in an upcoming edition of Pique, or future Debaser programming? Debaser is looking for artists, guest curators, and artist talk/workshop facilitators.
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Image description: A polaroid photo of Sanjeet Takhar and Evan Vincent smiling is tucked in amongst a green and red fuzzy plant
We ask See No Stranger (sanjeet & Emissive) to take the Pique artist questionnaire. They tell us about the augmented audio meditation/ sound walk they are creating for Pique, the pressures of being an artist living in Toronto, and viewing the world through gentler eyes.
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Image description: Lauren Bousfield covers her face with her arms as she takes a step forward toward the camera. She wears a skirt and top in neutral colours and stands in front of a white wall.
We ask Lauren Bousfield to take the Pique artist questionnaire. She tells us about her obsession with failed Macy’s thanksgiving day parade videos, and why all of the music she writes is about hope.
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Image description: Paper cut-outs of sparkly blue tears stream down to respectfulchild's frowning face. They wear a blue shirt and appear in front of a green background.
Photo credit: Lindsey Rewuski
We ask respectfulchild to take the Pique artist questionnaire. They tell us about the gradient jigsaw puzzle that is inspiring their audio/visual project for Pique, and a Kpop competition show that they are “very invested in”.
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Image description: Poster for Pique event on June 12, 2021. The wordmark for Pique is a wavy typeface that appears diagonally across the bottom third of the poster. The background is vertical lines of pale yellowy-green and white, overlaid with a swirly design in the same colours. The poster also shows the event date, website, and names of participating artists.
Graphic design & web development by @mouthoftiger. Original wordmark typeface created by Moritz Esch
Pique is a new forward-thinking, artist-driven quarterly event series featuring eclectic musical, visual and multimedia artists. Happening online on June 12th, 2021 at thisispique.com
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Photo: Wellington Sanipe by Rémi Theriault
We are hiring a part-time Administrative Coordinator to support Debaser’s ongoing projects. Deadline to apply is May 21.
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Please take a few moments to fill in our 2020 audience poll. Be candid and constructive. We are all ears.
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See/Hear launch event at City Hall, featuring Wellington Sanipe, Pansee Atta, and Compagnie ODD. Photo credit: City of Ottawa
2020 was off to a great start. And then the pandemic hit. This year we focused on putting in strong foundations to build on in 2021 and beyond as we begin to reemerge from social isolation.
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A compilation and interactive choose-your-own-adventure website that guides you to a song from the compilation. Out Friday, November 27
Read MoreThank you to POP Montreal for inviting Debaser director Rachel Weldon to attend the festival this year, and to sit on the panel Envisioning Music Industry Futures with the incredible Elle Barbara, Anachnid, and Ari Swan.
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The Debaser director chatted with Music Calgary’s Colleen Krueger about Debaser’s roots in community radio and DIY organizing.
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Our new hand-printed merch, including tote bags and recycled t-shirts, are now in stock in our online shop!
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Photo: Ming Wu, from Mdou Moctar’s performance at Queen St. Fare in Ottawa in July 2019
Back in April when we re-scheduled this show to September 12, it seemed like a realistic date to plan for hosting a live show again. Turns out it wasn’t.
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Debaser is seeking new board members who share our passion for boundary-pushing creative music and art, and our commitment to fostering safer and more inclusive cultural spaces.
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A screenshot from Xuan Ye’s S.Q.U.I.R.R.E.L.S
thinking about sound and connection to one another is a sound works series curated by Debaser as part of SAW Video and Knot Project Space’s a graph, a lovely tree symposium.
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Poster by Alicia Nauta, who has made this image available for free download and encourages people to print and distribute it widely.
Debaser stands in solidarity with the Black community and all those working to dismantle white supremacy across Turtle Island.
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Markus Floats was supposed to perform April 10 at Pressed. Photo: Stacy Lee
Might we suggest buying music from artists whose shows were cancelled this Spring? We made it easy for you…
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We were so bummed when Mdou Moctar’s North American tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak just three days before his sold out stop in Ottawa on March 16 at Club SAW
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