Mutek Festival

Mutek Festival's First Days Fill Montreal With Strange Sounds

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By Liisa Ladouceur (CHARTattack) May 30, 2008 3:30 pm
Coming to Mutek feels like leaving the planet. Or at least North America. For four days here, experimental electronic music — that buzzing, throbbing, piercing, sensible-level-of-bass-shattering sound — isn't related to the fringes, it's celebrated across the city. Ads for the festival play in the subway and banners decorate the streets. A aptop...
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MUTEK 2010 Welcomes More Conventional Music, But Can Still Bring Experimental

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) June 10, 2010 12:23 pm
If the most well-promoted show of this year's MUTEK electronic music festival is any indication, even the most maverick of Montreal's bloated summer fests could regress towards the mean over time. The major transitional moment for the 11th MUTEK occurred on the penultimate day, as German producer Uwe Schmidt and his very un-electronic cha-cha...
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Mutek 2009 Best Bets

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) May 26, 2009 12:45 pm
MONTREAL — Get ready for your annual dose of electroshock therapy, as North America's most synthetic (in a good way) of musical festivals, Montreal's Mutek, has five days of digital audiovisual exploration and eccentricity sure to excite, infuriate and confuse technology and art convergence fans looking for something exotic in their musical...
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Get Electronic In Montreal At The Mutek Festival

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) March 19, 2008 3:00 pm
More than 80 electronic and digital music artists will perform at the ninth annual Mutek Festival in Montreal from May 28 to June 1. Mutek is a Montreal-based organization, and the festival is usually rooted there, but it has also traveled to South America and Europe in previous years. Mutek also acts as an ambassador of Canadian culture with...
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Plastikman Breaks His Nine-Year Live Hiatus

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By CHARTattack Staff March 24, 2004 6:30 pm
While Plastikman (a.k.a. Richie Hawtin) has been an important name on the electronic scene for about a decade now, fans rarely get to see Plastikman live in action. In fact, it's been nine years since Hawtin last performed live music as Plastikman. Hawtin will break his dry spell later this spring when he takes the stage in Montreal. Plastikman...
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Mutek Brings Bleeps To Montreal

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By Marta Bialecki (CHARTattack) April 7, 2003 3:00 pm
The Mutek Festival is returning with a fourth edition that is said to be better than ever before. From May 28 to June 1, Mutek will be putting on a festival in Montreal with over 60 artists from 15 countries around the world. Five fun-filled days with artists that want to be robots. Day one will see Germany's own Pole take the stage....
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