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Kamikaze Nurse

It’s difficult to find bands in today’s rock landscape that deliver a grandiosity in their sound. One may go through the endless filler of the…

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Conundrum #3

Set 1: Julia Geaman sat tentatively behind her drum kit. Slowly and softly, she began to tap on the snare drum, building up a roll….

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Things Resounding Things

Presented by ECUAD’s Basically Good Media Lab, Things Resounding Things was an installation by Vancouver sound artist and percussionist John Brennan, to explore the “agency…

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Destroy Vancouver XVIII

The moon was a ripe yellow crescent through the balding trees that surrounded VIVO Media Arts — it was as if the sky itself knew…

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Destroy Vancouver XVIII

Destroy Vancouver XVIII is the final chapter for the experimental electronic music series. For the past five years, Destroy Vancouver has brought together artists from the…

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Destroy Vancouver XVIII

I think it’s important to think about how this project started — the name “Destroy Vancouver” was about “protesting” what was happening in the city, the closing down of spaces where you could really experiment with noise or other genres.

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Vancouver Noise Fest VI

On May 7, I was to have my first experience with “unlistenable” sounds in a musical context, and for 7 hours, no less. While I…