New Forms

Since 2022, Diana and Stefana have collaborated to engage audiences in immersive exercises, imagining interplanetary and sci-fantastical atmospheres. Participate in this a/v metamorphosis on Thursday, November 14 in the KW atrium as part of our XR series.

Amnesia Haze and Fares represent a handful of artists this year devoted solely to movement. Amidst a program focused on computer-mediated work, they deliver physical spectacle seldom witnessed in our events. See their poetic signature on November 16 in the KW studio.

Saba Amrei began their musical career at the age of 15 with the Iranian Symphonic Orchestra, establishing a foundation in classical Persian music. Their upcoming performance at Transform on Friday, November 15, will highlight their signature style of free, avant-garde jazz.

Braydon Bexton, known as Username, is a Vancouver-based musician and producer recognized for blending electronic, ambient, lo-fi, and experimental sounds into genre-defying compositions. See Username’s DJ set early Saturday evening on November 16 in the KW atrium.

Sebastien is a multi-disciplinary artist currently residing in Vancouver as a DJ, VJ and tattoo artist. See his live visuals in the KW atrium Saturday, November 16 after Tati au Miel’s a/v performance.

Back to raise our BPMs and boost our collective heat map on Saturday evening next week, Evidence Doll will take over the KW studio from their place on stage. Expect textural dance sets of catharsis and sensual energetic release November 16.

Endgame is an electronic music producer, performer, DJ, and founder of Precious Metals–a record label and decade long-running NTS radio show. Endgame’s DJ set will close our main program in KW on Saturday, November 16 before our afterparty.

Cocoonics is a Shanghai-based music producer and DJ originally from Hong Kong, celebrated for her genre-defying sets that intricately blend bass, breaks, left-field techno, and electro. Cocoonics is our penultimate set in the KW Studio Saturday, November 16.

The textural intricacies of Speaker Music enshrine the sound of techno from its inception, while defining its future as a rhythm rooted in Blackness, technological being, and physical movement. He will present a live audiovisual set November 16 in the KW atrium.

While components of multimedia art are generally time-based and ephemeral, Yiying incorporates tangible, even textile components to enhance participants’ experiences. Witness Yiying’s VJ set in the KW atrium on November 16.

Drawing together atmospheric textures and break rhythms, Mikubat shapes a distinctive style of their own. Frequently in the good company of Acceleration Radio DJs and VJs, Mikubat will close the evening atrium sets after DJ Nanoos on Friday, November 15.

All paths lead to bass. An advocate of Indigenous and Canadian bass music on a global scale, Young Dene curates dance floor heaters as a DJ and producer. Young Dene kickstarts our Saturday (November 16) DJ sets just before MIIIA in the atrium.

The soundscape of Piu combines organic and synthetic elements from all aspects of her life. She design phrases compiled from nature, global rhythms, synth riffs, and raga-inspired vocals. Piu performs in the KW atrium Saturday, November 16 for our last evening of Transform.

The integration of IHA’s dub, techno, and glitch languages with ephemeral objects’ responsive pixel waves create unique atmospheres for abrupt movement or sustained reflection. i+eo’s A/V installation takes place November 13 an 14 in the KW atrium.

In the underground scenes of Chicago, DJ Nanoos has been curating high BPMs well outside the norm of club music. Her role as co-founder of the Go Baba! Worldwide collective brings Afro, Arab, and Caribbean music to the fore as she enthrals audiences with irresistible patterns.

Shaking up Shanghai’s underground for over a decade, MIIIA's rhythms over a glimpse into possible futures. Her blend of cyberspace and futuristic elements harmonizes perfectly with the technophilic leanings of high BPM music lovers.

Operating somewhere between the physical and digital world, Tati au Miel constructs imagined realities parsed with plastic and textile arts. Everything from Techno to Punk, DnB to IDM charm and erode listeners’ senses in moments of abstraction, storytelling, and ritual.

Cracks form in our chrysalis; on the other side: transformation. Our lineup is live—complete with DJ sets, live music, A/V spectacle, VJs to reimagine the world, and panellists to vocalize our ideas. Come with all your feelings, leave with your senses full—or fully depleted.

We return to KW Studios from November 13-16 for four days of XR, musical spectacle, and live discussion. It’s been a long stretch, but we’re back.! showpass.com/transform-2024/

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