After the 26th edition of MUTEK, we embark on a fall tour in Europe, beginning with the Musica festival in Strasbourg. This stop highlights artists from Québec and Canada alongside local and international creators, fostering exchange and artistic dialogue.

Founded in 1983, Musica has, each autumn, attracted a curious and passionate audience with bold programming that spans orchestral works, chamber music, electroacoustic projects, and transdisciplinary performances. More than forty years after its creation, the festival remains a leading European reference for contemporary and experimental music.

For its 43rd edition, Musica shines a spotlight on Québec and invites MUTEK to curate two unique events.

MUTEK #1: Friday, September 26 at Karmen Camina from 11pm

A nocturnal journey into Strasbourg’s experimental scene, featuring Lesley Flanigan, Tristan Perich, Guillaume & the Coutu-Dumonts, and Data Plan.

Lesley Flanigan

Lesley Flanigan embodies the spirit of New York’s experimental scene, emerging from creative hubs like Brooklyn’s ISSUE Project Room and Manhattan’s Blank Space. Her practice unfolds through sound installations and live performances in which she fuses voice and electronics. In Subtonalities, low frequencies draped in her voice fill the space and resonate through the body, creating both an auditory and physical experience.

Tristan Perich

Composer and electronic performer Tristan Perich, a regular at Musica since 2021, has spent the past two decades exploring electronic lutherie through 1-BIT technology. Following the same-day premiere of Reflections of a Bright Object for harmonicas and electronics, performed by the HANATSUmiroir ensemble, he presents a new electronic live set at Karmen Camina.

Guillaume & the Coutu-Dumont

Montreal-based composer and musician Guillaume Coutu Dumont crafts a distinctive piece blending electronic music, jazz, and traditional music. His intuitive approach to sound stands out for its rich rhythmic complexity and particular attention to texture. Enriched by training in electroacoustics and percussion, his practice explores the connections between improvisation, electronic structures, and acoustic expression. Both through performance and composition, he encourages an open and active form of listening, where pulsation and sonic experimentation unfold in a constant tension between the physical and the abstract.

Data Plan

This rising Berlin-based artist, originally from Canada, has performed in some of the most renowned clubs on both sides of the Atlantic. She creates a space where electronic music, eclectic percussive rhythms, techno, and ambient blend seamlessly.

MUTEK #2: Saturday, September 27, at Église Saint‑Paul from 8:30pm

An exceptional electro-ambient evening featuring Quatuor Bozzini & Sixtrum, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Guillaume Coutu Dumont & Line Katcho, and France Jobin.

Quatuor Bozzini + Sixtrum

Opening the evening, Montréal-based Bozzini String Quartet and percussion ensemble Sixtrum present a short programme centred on Folk noir/Canadiana (2018) by Nicole Lizée, a work that captures one facet of contemporary Canadian musical culture: a dialogue between musical registers, whether popular, experimental or contemporary.

Kara-Lis Coverdale

Pianist, organist and composer Kara-Lis Coverdale is a sensation in Canada’s minimalist and experimental scene. While evolving as an organist and choir director in various Canadian parishes since the age of 13, she has developed a distinctive artistic path and a contemplative, spectral, and organic musical identity. After Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro, Sarah Davachi and Claire Singer, she completes the line-up of ‘organ divas’ charted by Musica’s programming over the past few editions.

Guillaume Coutu Dumont & Line Katcho

Guillaume Coutu Dumont, Montréal-based composer and musician, and Line Katcho, audiovisual artist, present a new iteration of Les Empires, merging retro-futuristic synths, hypnotic rhythms, and mythological themes. This performance has received support via the Itérations immersives project. We would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for their financial support.

France Jobin

Montréal-based sound artist, composer, and curator France Jobin develops a distinctive practice that blends sonic art with electroacoustic research. Rooted in a minimalist aesthetic, her work is often described as a ‘sound sculpture’. With finesse, she explores the interactions between analogue and digital sounds, crafting profound yet subtle soundscapes. Her immersive installations, both musical and visual, engage intimately with the surrounding architecture, inviting audiences to a mindful and sensory listening experience.

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By collaborating with Musica, MUTEK continues its mission to highlight Québec and Canadian artists on the international stage, fostering both artistic innovation and intercultural exchange. This project is made possible with the support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.