Montreal's MUTEK festival is beginning to outgrow its own classification as a "boutique" festival. Coming up on its 16th year, MUTEK is set to return on May 27 to May 31, with an expansion on talent and workshops.This year MUTEK offers a schedule of free daytime programming at the Phi Centre. The program intends to create networking opportunities through intimate interviews with artists, hands-on interaction with technology, and panels with artists and tastemakers. There is also a move to the Parterre, for performances on an open-air lawn facing the Maison Symphonique.
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Following last year's successful formula, the performance schedule cites a wide range of emerging Canadian artists and international talents. The lineup includes techno artist Dan Bell (DBX), the disco-tinged house music of Project Pablo, and bass music ace KODE9. A full lineup showcase of MUTEK's EXPÉRIENCE program is available in the exclusive mix below.
"It's more about the artist themselves, artists pushing the envelope and every year trying to give a panorama of the large spectrum of what's happening, from the more experimental stuff to more dance-oriented music," said Alain Mongeau, MUTEK's founder and director, to THUMP last year.As always, the festival will showcase a full range of new technology and tools with workshops, including a live demonstration by Mateo Murphy. And for the gear-heads, an extensive modular synthesizer showroom will be available for all your geeky pleasures all day on Saturday.Tickets for MUTEK are on sale now, find more information on their page.MUTEK is on Facebook // Twitter // SoundCloud