Recorded sets from artists like Boogieman & Samito, CMD, Guillaume Coutu Dumont, T. Gowdy, OBUXUM and Tati au Miel will be available through Replay until November 30th. It includes all audiovisual works from the event’s Distant Arcades exhibition as well as 20 of their Stream On performances.

MUTEK’s organizers debuted a digital experience in 2020 owing to restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. For all its limitations, the event at least succeeded in offering something that previous editions didn’t. Live streams from artists performing in Argentina, France, Japan, Mexico, and other countries were available to those who attended the online event.

All of the Replay recordings can be streamed through the end of November via Virtual.Mutek.org.

Image credit: Bruno Destombes for MUTEK

Borrowing elements of the MUTEK.SF digital makeup event, NEXUS Experience, MUTEK Montréal will consist of a partly online and partly in-person event. The travel ban imposed by Canadian authorities last month means that only local artists and musicians such as Maarten Vos, Poirier, Softcoresoft and Artexte have been billed for the gathering. The performances will take place at Cinquième Salle of Place des Arts and the SAT’s SATosphère.

Meanwhile, live streams from the flagship event as well as those of satellite editions in Argentina, France, Japan, Mexico, and other countries will be available through a virtual experience.

As August drew to a close, so too did an event ban that categorically forbid all large gatherings in Quebec. MUTEK Montréal will offer a case study of sorts in how events can be held responsibly amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“All festivals everywhere on the planet are asking themselves what to do,” said Mutek Director Alain Mongeau, reported the Montreal Gazette. “Just doing something is an achievement in itself.”

More information is available on the MUTEK Montréal website.

Image credit: Bruno Destombes for MUTEK

Powered by playlist hosting site Currents.fm, NEXUS Experience will attempt to foster a “sense of gathering and group friendship by creating and sharing experiences in private rooms.” Performing artists will include K-HAND, RP Boo, Jasmine Infiniti and Auscultation per Resident Advisor. Ticketing is donation based with proceeds going directly to the artists.

Many MUTEKs

The flagship MUTEK event has taken place annually in Montréal, Quebec since its debut in 2000. With a mission of promoting electronic music and the intellectual culture around it, the five-day gathering sees DJs, controllerists and other performers paired with visual art forms and installations.

Over the past 20 years, the brand has grown to include offshoot events in Mexico, Spain, Japan, Brazil and Argentina. Until further notice, the Montréal event remains scheduled for August 25th-30th, 2020.

More information can be found on the NEXUS Experience website.

The final lineup announcement featured Canadians Racine & Wolski, buffalo MRI and Loose Excursions in addition to artists from other parts of the world like Beatrice Dillon from the U.K. and Shit & Shine from the U.S.. Just shy of 100 names found their way onto the bill for the festivities, 41 of which consist of at least one member hailing from some part of Canada.

Following its debut in 2000, MUTEK has expanded to include editions in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Colombia. According to the organization’s website, it has also given its brand varying degrees of presence abroad in cities like London, Barcelona and Berlin – “exploring the contemporaneous and multi-disciplinary links between Montréal and these capitals.”

The 2017 edition of MUTEK Montreal will take place in the Musee de’Art Contemporain. Find the alphabetized list of performing artists below.

Worldwide:

• Africaine 808
• Anchorsong
• Anthony Child
• Aurora Halal
• Bambooman
• Beatrice Dillon
• Borchi
• Clip
• Deathprod
• Detroit Swindle
• DeWalta & Shannon
• Dis Fig
• Driftmachine
• EvilTapes
• Filastine & Nova
• Fis
• Fred P
• Graham Dunning
• Harvey Sutherland
• Helm
• JMII
• Kuniyuki
• Lao
• Lotic
• Max Cooper
• Mexican Jihad
• Michela Pelusio & Glenn Vervliet
• Monolake
• Murcof
• Nicola Cruz
• N.M.O.
• OLY
• OMAAR
• Polar Inertia
• Reginald Omas Mamode IV
• Robert Henke
• rRoxymore
• Sarah Farina
• Sau Poler
• Sculpture
• Sensate Focus
• Shit & Shine
• Shiva Feshareki
• Space Afrika
• Sunny Graves
• Surgeon & Lady Starlight
• Upgrayedd Smurphy
• Wooky & Alba G. Corral
• Zip

Canada:

• Alexandre Burton & Julien Roy
• (artificiel)
• Alexis Langevin-Tétrault
• Automatisme
• Ben Shemie
• BSLC x Groj
• buffalo MRI
• Cecilia A.K.A. BABI AUDI
• Christian Olsen
• Daphni A.K.A. Caribou
• Demora
• EOP
• ESB
• Flandez
• Forage
• France Jobin
• gonima
• Herman Kolgen
• Imaginary Landscape
• Jimmy Lakotos (artificiel) & Murkof
• Jonathan Kawchuk
• Kara-Lis Coverdale
• Loose Excursions
• Lucas Paris
• Marlie Davidson
• Maxime Corbeil-Perron
• Moma
• Myriam Bleau
• OSB
• Ouri
• Pelada
• Racine & Wolski
• Revlux
• Sarah Davachi
• Stereo_IMG
• Teo Zamudio
• Timbre
• Toboggan
• Tokiomi
• Valeda
• Van Did
• You’re Me Band

Source: Data Transmission