SELECT PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHTS, 2003-2018
(all events in Vancouver unless listed otherwise)
2018
Bass Coast (Merritt) all vinyl old school jungle DJ set
Revenant Halloween (Cat Lake) DJ
Future Forest (New Brunswick) 2 DJ sets
Few Norms (Sunshine Coast) (w/ Sophia Dagher, Jason Mannings as co-producers and co-curators) DJ & co-producer & co-curator
Bass Coast Mutiny Tour (Edmonton) DJ
Club Haus (Calgary) DJ
Aurora Sensoralis Festival (Salt Spring Island) DJ
Urban Therapy 5 Year (Victoria) DJ
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival @ The Orpheum Annex live collab w/ Camille Hesketh, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa
Lumiere Festival @ Vancouver Art Gallery DJ
Lighta! Annual Post-New-Years @ The Imperial DJ
The Rattle (a handful of *very vibey small events through-out the year)
Gateways (premiere) @ The Orpheum Annex score for an Olivia Davies dance performance
W(e)aves (Vancouver, Berlin, Victoria) partial score for a Sammy Chien dance performance
Under the Bridge NYE DJ
2017
Bass Coast (Merritt) LivePA
MEME Festival (Winnipeg) LivePA
Souns @ Pushmi Pullyu (Toronto) LivePA
Spectrum (Toronto) DJ
’Change’ Jonny Ostrem Video Debut @ Animafest Zagreb (Croatia)
Souns audio appearing @ Sonic Arcade at Museum of Arts and Design (New York)
Cats Only Club @ Backstage Lounge DJ & co-curator with Chapel Sound
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival @ The Orpheum DJ
Alex & Allison Grey @ The Imperial DJ
Bass Coast @ The Commodore DJ
’Searching’ new project debut @ Empyreal Transmissions w/ ASC, C Olvrin LivePA
Lighta! Annual Post-New-Years @ The Imperial DJ
Scratcha DVA @ Open Studios DJ
Babel Pressed Vinyl Release @ Open Studios LivePA
Bound By Sound VI @ VAL LivePA
Chapel Sound Long Weekend @ VAL DJ
Wind:Up @ The Biltmore Resident DJ
2016
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival @ The Orpheum DJ
+15 Soundscape (Calgary) downtown public audio installation (sept 2016 - jan 2017)
'Twin Maples' global premiere (Iceland) video by vasho pekar, audio by souns
Bass Coast (Merritt) LivePA
Shambhala (Salmo) LivePA set + DJ set
Diversity (Texada Island) DJ set
The Field (Slocan Valley) LivePA
Pretty Good Not Bad (Victoria) LivePA + live collab w/ Loscil
Lighta! Annual Post-New-Years @ Red Gate (sold out in 1 hour) DJ
Wind:Up @ The Biltmore Resident DJ
Modern Math Showcase @ HiFi (Calgary) LivePA
Chapel Sound Festival LivePA + panel speaker
Kamp Festival (Kootenays) DJ + workshop
D Double E @ VAL DJ
Obesøn @ Red Gate DJ & curator
2015
Maadaadizi / Summer Journeys (Toronto) live collab with Tanya Tagaq, Santee Smith, Jason Baerg
FUSE @ Vancouver Art Gallery live collab with Rachel Iwaasa
Revival (Toronto) live collabs with Shanbehzadeh Ensemble and Mamood Schricker
Tirgan Festival (Toronto) live collab with Shanbehzadeh Ensemble
Nomadic Streams Festival @ VIVO 'souns' livePA + collab with Rafael Anton Irisarri, loscil, DJ Olive, +
Eye Of The Storm + The Emerald 'chambers' live and recording sessions for 'Beacon Sound' release
VSO New Music Festival @ The Orpheum DJ
Anahata @ Taichung Light Fest 2015 (Taiwan) musical contribution
Archi-textures @ Round (Toronto) DJ
Home Bass @ Reflections (Halifax) livePA, DJ
Harvest Festival (north of Toronto) DJ
Mythodical (Salt Spring) DJ
Bass Coast (Merrit) DJ
Motion Notion (Golden) DJ
The Field (Slocan Valley) DJ, livePA
Andy Stott & Kowton @ The Fox livePA
Kahn @ Red Room DJ (vinyl)
SBTRKT @ Celebrities DJ
Cats Only Club @ The Rattle DJ & curator
Ciliate @ Studio East livePA
AlienInFlux / Promise NYE (Toronto) livePA
2014
Mexico and Canada Tour dates with Tanya Tagaq San Cristobal, Cumbre Tajin, Mexico City, Toronto, Charlottetown, Guelph, Comox, more
NeoIndigenA (Toronto) recorded soundtrack and live collab with Tanya Tagaq and Jesse Zubot, for Santee Smith
The Bug & Flowdan @ The Electric Owl 'chambers' live
Shambhala (Salmo) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
Bass Coast (Merrit) DJ
Atmosphere (Comox) DJ + live collab with Tanya Tagaq
Rifflandia (Victoria) livePA
Astral Harvest (Driftpile) DJ
Home Bass @ Reflections (Halifax) DJ, 2 separate dates
Spectrum (Toronto) DJ
Visionary Nanotech (Calgary) livePA
Theory Thursdays @ Hush (Victoria) DJ, series finale
Quiet City 'souns' livePA
Hyperdub 10 Year @ The Fox DJ
Happy Endings Fridays @ Fortune Sound Club DJ
Tribe Called Red + Lido Pimienta @ The Commodore DJ
Lighta! Sound @ Open Studios livePA
Danny Corn @ The Fox DJ, alongside Librarian and Endtask
Evy Jane, Chambers, Surround @ The Rattle chambers' live
New Years Day Cats Only Club @ Lana Lou's DJ & curator
2013
Great Northern Arts Festival (Inuvik) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
National Aboriginal Day (Winnipeg) televised main stage performance with Tanya Tagaq
Surrey Art Gallery's 5th Annual Sound Thinking Symposium (Surrey) panelist and presenter
Snooze Fest (Vancouver) 'chambers' live
Shambhala (Salmo) DJ
Bass Coast (Merrit) DJ
Motion Notion (Golden) DJ
The Field (Slocan Valley) DJ, livePA
Home Bass (Halifax) DJ
Zodiac Series (Edmonton) DJ
Hifi Club, The Area, CJSW (Calgary) DJ
Happy Endings @ Fortune Sound Club DJ
Machindedrum, Ango @ Fortune Sound Club DJ
Lighta! Sound Post NYE @ The Astoria DJ
2012
Planet Indigenous (Toronto) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
New Forms Festival 'chambers' live
Modulus Festival live collab with Mei Han
Richmond International Film and Media Arts Festival (Richmond) livePA
Modern Math (Calgary) DJ, livePA
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) DJ
Bass Coast (Squamish) DJ, livePA
Circle of Sleep @ the Western Front livePA (late night performance intended to soundtrack people's dreams)
Photek @ Warehouse location DJ
Shackleton @ The Waldorf 'chambers' live, curator
Deadbeat @ The Waldorf DJ, curator
Brainfeeder Showcase @ The Waldorf DJ, curator
2011
Mutek Festival @ Metropolis (Montreal) livePA
WOMAD (Australia) live collab with Tanya Tagaq and Jesse Zubot
WOMAD (New Zealand) live collab with Tanya Tagaq and Jesse Zubot
Review of Stage Songs Festival (Poland) live collab with Tanya Tagaq and Jesse Zubot
??? (Prague) live collab with Tanya Tagaq and Jesse Zubot
The Ambient Ping @ Supermarket (Toronto) livePA (souns)
Dubwise 125 @ Stanley Park livePA, live "dubbing" of Sorcerers, Mad Riddim, more.. , curator
Modulus Festival live collab with Couloir and Rachel Iwaasa
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) DJ
Bass Coast Festival (Squamish) DJ, livePA
Transmission: Global Summit (Victoria) livePA
Mad Professor, Twilight Circus @ The Waldorf DJ
Addison Groove, Silkie @ W2 vj, curator
Africa Hitech, Dibiase, JonWanye @ W2 host, curator
Emika @ W2 livePA
2010
Festival Barroquisimo (Mexico) live collabs with Tanya Tagaq and Cris Derksen
Gothenburg & Umea (Sweden) live collabs with Tanya Tagaq and Cris Derksen
SoundFjord (London, UK) 'souns' appearing at UK's 1st Sonic Art Gallery
Fennesz @ The Western Front 'souns' live collab with Scant.Intone
Artificiel POWEr @ W2 'souns' live collab with Scant.Intone
Code Live 'souns' 3 week art installation for the cultural olympiad
Music Waste Festival @ VIVO livePA
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) DJ, livePA
Bass Coast Festival (Squamish) DJ
Pinch, XI @ Secret Location DJ, curator
Shackleton @ The Biltmore DJ, curator
Synkro @ Low Indigo DJ, curator
Headhunter @ Open Studios DJ, curator
Slugabed, Illum Sphere, Blue Daisy @ W2 livePA, curator
2009
European Tour dates with Tanya Tagaq and Kenton Loewen London, Bristol, Porto, Guarda, Prague, Talin, Viljandi
The Tube (Bristol) DJ, in support of Bar9 (club apparently owned by Massive Attack's Daddy G)
Akropolis (Prague) DJ
Modern Math (Calgary) DJ
Bass Coast Festival (Squamish) DJ
Wild Things, Bass Coast Halloween DJ
Fuse @ Vancouver Art Gallery 'souns' liveAV
Open Season Festival livePA
Skream @ Richards on Richards DJ
RSD @ Lotus Sound Lounge DJ, curator
2562, DJG @ Dubforms host, curator
2562 @ Maxx Fish (Whistler) DJ, alongside Daega, Librarian and Mat the Alien
Kode9 @ The Biltmore livePA, curator
Joker & MC Nomad @ The Biltmore DJ, curator
Pinch @ W2 DJ, curator
Hush (Victoria) DJ
2008
Respect Festival (Prague) live collab with Tanya Tagaq and Cris Derksen
Komodo Dubs @ S.A.T. (Montreal) - DJ, with Joe Nice
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) DJ
Mala @ The Lamplighter DJ, curator
Pole @ Dubforms DJ with Jornick on the mic,, curator
The Bug + Warrior Queen @ Dubforms DJ, curator
Distance @ All Systems Special DJ, curator
Rusko @ All Systems Special DJ, curator
Bruk Out @ Shine resident DJ
2007
Voices From Another World (Portugal) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
Joe's Pub (New York) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
Pop Montreal (Montreal) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
FrostBite Festival (Whitehorse) DJ
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) DJ
Canada Winter Games (Whitehorse) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
Vancouver Folk Fest live collab with Tanya Tagaq
Diversity Music Festival (Texada Island) DJ
Loefah @ Dubforms livePA, curator
Kode9 & DJ Collage @ Dubforms DJ, curator
Benga & Hatcha @ Dubforms DJ, curator
Bruk Out @ Shine resident DJ
2006
Atlantic Waves (London, UK) live collabs with Tanya Tagaq and Sainkho Namtchylak and guests
Juno Awards Festival (Halifax) live collab with Tanya Tagaq
Big Toe's Hifi @ Edinburgh College of Art (Scotland) DJ
Full Canadian Tour with Tanya Tagaq and Kinnie Starr Montreal to Vancouver, and everywhere in between
Silence: John Cage @ Scotia Bank Centre collaborative and solo performances as 'souns'
Mercury Theatre @ Cathedral Square live collab with inter_mission and guests, part of SWARM
Vancouver Folk Fest live collab with Tanya Tagaq and guests
Kode9 @ Secret Location DJ b2b with Angst, very first dubstep show in Vancouver
Dubforms @ Open Studios livePA, curator
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) DJ
ReMarc @ Shine DJ
The Bug @ Red Gate livePA duo with Calamalka, curator
Krinjah @ Shine DJ
Bruk Out @ Shine resident DJ
Warm Up @ Lick resident DJ
The Relick @ The Met DJ
Open Inputs @ Soma Cafe (monthly) livePA, VJ, curator
2005
The Aboriginal Music Awards (Toronto) live televised collab with Tanya Tagaq
New Forms Festival @ MOA live collab with Tanya Tagaq, curator
Mercury Theatre @ Cathedral Square live collab with inter_mission and guests, part of SWARM
Signal + Noise Festival @ VIVO 'souns' liveAV, festival finale
LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 'souns' livePA
Invision Festival (Sunshine Coast) DJ
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) 'souns' livePA
Si.cut-db, Tomas Jirku @ Jewel of India DJ, curator
environments / 11:11 @ radha 'souns' live collab with lee hutzulak, curator
Bruk Out @ Shine resident DJ
The Relick @ Lotus Sound Lounge DJ
2004
A Sound Event @ New Forms Festival live collab with hawah, anomalous disturbances, tarran, and more
Mercury Theatre @ Cathedral Square live collab with inter_mission and guests, part of SWARM
Pan Sonic @ Richards On Richards livePA
New Music West @ DV8 livePA
Invision Festival (Sunshine Coast) DJ
Under the Volcano Festival of Art & Social Change DJ
Environments @ Placebo 'souns' livePA, with loscil, granny'ark, inter_mission
Blue Moon (China Beach) DJ
Bruk Out @ Shine resident DJ
2003
Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) DJ for Camobear Records hip hop showcase
Environments 'souns' livePA, in support of Loscil and Inter_mission
Scenarios For The Real Self @ The Sugar Refinery 'souns' livePA and CD release
Windows In Time @ The Sugar Refinery 'souns' livePA, the first in the 'environments' series
Dionysus (Mount Elphinstone) DJ
Cameleon Urban Lounge livePA
..it gets foggy before that. mostly dj'ing jungle and downtempo events in vancouver and on the sunshine coast. sometimes dancehall and rap. ..going farther back to the mid to late 90's in Halifax - dj'ing trip hop and jungle. highlights include sharing the bill with Sniper, Miro, Sebutones, Buck65, Sixtoo, DJ Moves, Kunga219, Tachichi, Josh Martinez, and co-hosting Halifax's first jungle weekly with Sammy D.