MOONSHINE ANNOUNCES UPCOMING MIXTAPE AND SHARES NEW SINGLE, “SIKOYO” FT. PIERRE KWENDERS, UPROOT ANDY, BRANKO

THE POST-BORDER MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST COLLECTIVE WILL RELEASE THEIR NEW MIXTAPE, NOIR FEVER PRESENTS: MOONSHINE & LA FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DU BRUIT, ON JANUARY 26

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“Moonshine knows how to get a party bubbling. With every new release, the Montreal-based collective (co-founded by 2022 Polaris Music Prize winner Pierre Kwenders) proves why its parties are beloved around the world. The ear the team has for boundary-pushing dance music is unparalleled…” - CBC Music

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Recently signed to Aluna’s new imprint, Noir Fever, Moonshine is a post-border, multi-disciplinary artist collective creating lunar-based events, music, apparel and film centered on African and Afrodiasporic club culture since 2014. It was co-founded by 2022 Polaris Music Prize winner Pierre Kwenders in Montreal and its members are based in North America, Europe and Africa. Today Moonshine is sharing their second single, “Sikoyo”, featuring Pierre Kwenders, Uproot Andy, and Branko.

“‘Sikoyo’ embodies embracing the present, pursuing your aspirations, and prioritizing what truly matters to you,” says Kwenders. “Whether it's expressed through your expertise, talents, or, above all, love. Seizing the moment when it presents itself is crucial. It's wiser to pursue a dream than to live with regrets. Sikoyo, in Lingala, translates to ‘Right Now!’”

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MORE ABOUT MOONSHINE
Since its founding in 2014, Moonshine has carved out an enviable niche in Montreal’s nightlife milieu by celebrating a wide range of fledgling local talents, championing Afro-futuristic, bass-heavy, electro-funk sounds, and bringing together communities that wouldn’t necessarily cross paths otherwise. As the name indicates, the lunar-based Moonshine recipe has the collective throw an all-night, sensory-soaked party on the Saturday after every full moon in ever-shifting, unpredictable locations across the city, always strictly disclosed via text messages. With fresh cuts supplied by resident DJs Pierre Kwenders, Vanyfox, San Farafina, and AKantu, visual installations and a slew of live musicians and performers that have included Kaytranada, Dâm-Funk, Le1f, Venus X, Uproot Andy, Bambii and Branko, the parties have become a staple of the after-hours scene, in Canada and abroad, with appearances in NYC, LA, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Lisbon, London, Barcelona and Santiago just to name a few.

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“The essence of Moonshine came out of parties we used to throw in our kitchens,” recalls Kwenders. “We felt like we couldn’t go out and find what we had cooked up in that kitchen. It’s one of the reasons we started Moonshine: to share that with more people who felt just like us, and who didn’t have access to such sounds or vibes.” Still going strong nine years on, Moonshine has also begun making use of the aesthetic, network, and structure it established with the parties to promote affiliated artists, expanding its vision from ephemeral moonlit soirées to an expanding catalog of genre-busting music, art, and apparel.

MORE ABOUT LA FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DU BRUIT
Fédération Internationale du Bruit, “International Federation of Noise” in French, stands as a cutting-edge musical odyssey, conceived by the innovative minds behind Moonshine—an avant-garde, cross-border collective that curates lunar-pii experiences, music, fashion, and cinema rooted in the realms of African and electronic club culture. Born from their dance floor journey, extending from Lisbon to Los Angeles, FIDB emerges as the quintessential cultural amplifier of the club, offering a haven for self-expression and unity.

In this realm, FIDB shines a brilliant spotlight on the boldest and most inventive African and diasporic club and electronic artists of our era. From the pulsating beats of batida and amapiano to the infectious rhythms of jersey, the “International Federation of Noise” aims to be the resounding heartbeat of dance floors—transforming them into sanctuaries of self-expression and peace, from the sun-soaked streets of Los Angeles to the vibrant alleys of Abidjan.

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JEREMY DUTCHER SHARES A STUNNING AND INTIMATE LIVE VIDEO FOR THE GRAMMYS “GLOBAL SPIN” PERFORMANCE SERIES

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Today, Jeremy Dutcher - the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada –  is excited to share a new live video for “Pomawsuwinuwok Wonakiyawolotuwok” – off the latest opus Motewolonuwok – as part of the GRAMMYs Global Spin performance series featuring artists from around the world such as K Pop artist B.I. and afrobeat Diamond Platnumz, focusing on the celebration of the global music communities. The video is hosted on the GRAMMYS / Recording Academy YouTube Channel, gathering more than two million subscribers. The Canadian tour is soon coming to an end with a final concert in Toronto at Massey Hall on December 9th, where many dates were sold out, Dutcher is starting 2024 strong and just announced five dates to come in January: Nantes, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and Oslo. 

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Jeremy Dutcher’s latest opus Motewolonuwok has been prised by critics and mentions all around the world, as he was featured in Vogue Magazine, on the NPR show 1A and WNYC “All of it” and “New Sounds” in the United States and in Canada on the Exclaim! cover for October, on TV show The Social on CTV. Dutcher also did a session and interview on RFI (France), has been crowned in the UK as the MOJO Rising Artist in the September issue and the magazine gave the record ★★★★, stating “there is real weight behind these songs, and Motewolonuwok carries it with sombre grace.” Rolling Stone France also shares the ★★★★ status calling the album “a total and captivating success” as well as The Morning Star (UK) calling it “A captivating set, with Dutcher’s extraordinary and expressive vocals underpinned by orchestral arrangements... Mesmerising, magical and often deeply moving”. Télérama adds “richly orchestrated, his intimate ballads unfold an intense dramaturgy to transcend the pain of oppression and express the soothing beauty of resilience.” 

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Dutcher originally vaulted himself into the upper echelons of Canadian performance with his 2018 debut, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. Since winning the Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award, performing for NPR Tiny Desk, and collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma and Beverly Glenn Copeland, Dutcher returns with Motewolonuwok, a moving and radiant exploration of contemporary Indigeneity and his place within it, presenting his most expansive work yet. The new album also marks Dutcher’s first time writing and singing in English. A powerful invitation for collective healing and understanding, “Shared tongue is a beautiful gift, with a complicated reason,” Dutcher explains. These new English songs are also a way of singing directly to the newcomer, or settler, in their own language — a direct line of communication that seeks to platform his community’s stories of healing, resilience, and emergence to all that may hear.

Motewolonuwok heaves with dynamic orchestration and the inherent drama of grand piano, recalling a long line of artists who have turned the classical establishment on its head to deliver compositions that are doubly ecstatic and modern — luminaries such as Julius Eastman, Perfume Genius, Arthur Russell, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, and Merce Cunningham. More intimate and expansive than anything Dutcher has created before, Motewolonuwok hedges the line between storytelling and composition as both a transcendental protest record and an exploration of self. This is experimental pop as corrective medicine: a defiant, healing, and queer experience that fills any listener with power and wisdom.

TOUR DATES
December 7 – St. Catharines, Canada - FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
December 9 – Toronto, Canada – Massey Hall
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January 21, 2024 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Venue to be confirmed TICKETS ON SALE SOON
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January 26, 2024 – Berlin, Germany - Michelberger Hotel NEW DATE
January 28, 2024 – Oslo, Norway NATIVE LANGUAGE TBD - Parkteatret Scene NEW DATE 
March 16, 2024 – Princeton, New Jersey - McCarter Theatre Center NEW DATE

PRAISES FOR MOTEWOLONUWOK

“[Jeremy Dutcher] Brings forward the spirit of his people on this beautiful record.” — Ann Powers, NPR Music (US)

"There is a revolution in this album...Motewolonuwok is about people rising up in the streets, about unity and community, about identity. Dutcher […] shares an operatic timbre with Anohni, his songs transmitting a similar sense of spiritual commitment. There is a real weight behind these songs, and Motewolonuwok carries it with sombre grace." ★★★★ – MOJO (UK)

“a total and captivating success” ★★★★ – Rolling Stone France 

“Jeremy Dutcher creates music that has never been created before in Canada... The album is built like a suite in 11 movements, building a crescendo that includes hymn-like songs coloured with hints of jazz and gospel, making the whole experience an almost spiritual quest.” ★★★★ - Songlines (UK)

“A captivating set, with Dutcher’s extraordinary and expressive vocals underpinned by orchestral arrangements... Mesmerising, magical and often deeply moving.” ★★★★ - The Morning Star (UK)

“Dutcher yearns earnestly in a powerful voice that lands somewhere between Anohni and Curtis Stigers, doling out lush soul ballads, which deal with land sovereignty and queerness.” 7/10 - Uncut (UK)

“[Ancestors Too Young] is a powerful new prism through which the composer shines his light. His plaintive vibrato still reflects his opera training as he sings, […] but his howl eventually rises to a rock-inspired crescendo […]. It's an exciting new direction for the composer's upcoming sophomore album, Motewolonuwok, mixing art rock influences with orchestral swells and a jazz rhythm section.” – Exclaim!’s Staff Picks (CA)

“The song [Skicinuwihkuk] is tender and lyrical, but also takes flight on a wave of orchestral sound that amplifies the song’s emotional content” – WNYC “New Sounds” (US)

‘“Skicinuwihkuk” is a moving piece” – CBC Music (CA)

“richly orchestrated, his intimate ballads unfold an intense dramaturgy to transcend the pain of oppression and express the soothing beauty of resilience.”

 - Télérama (FR)

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OURI RELEASES DOUBLE SINGLE, “BLUEPRINTS OF US” / “TAME ME”

OURI RETURNS WITH TWO NEW SINGLES, “BLUEPRINTS OF US” AND “TAME ME”

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“ethereal beauty” - i-D

"a richly rewarding left turn" - The FADER

"dials in swooping sounds, echoey vocal syllables, a glitchy beat, tentative chords; the dance beat solidifies, falls away and reappears" - The New York Times

“a nuanced encapsulation of her sound from underground DJ to fully-rounded composer.“ - Exclaim!

“Ouri [uses] ambient pop and rich, hot-blooded techno to interrogate the way experiences of emigration and falling in love reshape identity over time.” - Pitchfork

"a master at crafting synth soundscapes that flow with ease and unexpectedly morph and shapeshift over the course of the track” - CBC Music

“Ouri is no stranger to warping and blending the boundaries of genre” - The Line of Best Fit

“a genre-defying amalgamation” - NME

“real originality” - Clash

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Today, Ouri has returned with two new offerings via her double single “blueprints of us” / “tame me”. As a musician, producer, DJ, vocalist, and composer, Ouri is known for her range, and this double single marks yet another notch on her belt. Both “blueprints of us” and “tame me” are relaxed and minimalistic, yet they maintain a hypnotising quality, both through Ouri’s ethereal vocal and the track’s airy layering.

Talking of the single, Ouri shares: “I forget, remember and forget, but ultimately remember that we are all animated by the same indescribable thing called life. When we love each other, and when we ignore each other. That’s the only thought that helps me integrate the discrepancy of human experiences on this planet. Creating a liminal space between the intangible world of music and the actual world we live in. I had the privilege of having Oli XL, Decz, Loukeman and John Debold’s touches support my vision for these two songs, a dream come true.”

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“blueprints of us” / “tame me” follows Ouri’s collaborative EP i had this dream that you were my sister with Antoniya, and the standalone single “Twin” in Spring, as well as opening for Yaeji on her North American tour. Ouri’s 2023 releases follow her highly praised and Polaris Music Prize shortlisted 2021 debut album Frame of a Fauna, which The FADER described as "a richly rewarding left turn”, and features the standout tracks ‘High & Choking Pt 1’, which was later remixed by Jacques Greene, ‘Chains’, and ‘Fonction Naturelle’. The new song also follows a joint project with Helena Deland titled Hildegard, which Pitchfork hailed as "pure creative symbiosis".

Ouri's musical journey began when she moved to Montreal from France at just 16 with the dream of becoming a composer. As she developed her compositional ability, as well as her production and vocal chops, she became a fixture in Montreal's underground rave scene and was eventually selected to take part in Red Bull Music Academy's Montreal Bass Camp. From there, her profile began to grow as she headlined Boiler Room's Montreal showcase, toured with the likes of Yves Tumor and Arooj Aftab, and released her first EPs Superficial and We Share Our Blood. With her latest releases Ouri continues to cement her status as one of the most exciting and innovative artists in the experimental music scene.