Venue: Sala Rossa (4848 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H2T 1R5) Date: May 8, 2026 Doors: 7:30 PM Music: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $23.42 with taxes and fees in advance / $23.42 at the door
Advance Tickets: https://lepointdevente.com/billets/archipelssonores?lang=en
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Co-presented with Festival Accès Asie.
Archipelagos of Sounds is a concert conceived as a moving landscape: islands of sound, performed by improvisational musicians, meeting, drifting apart, and coming together again to form a living archipelago. Inspired by Indonesian geography and imagery, the project explores the links between musical traditions, contemporary creation, and free improvisation.
The first part of the concert highlights the gamelan duo CIRAT Sound, composed of I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara and Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti. By combining traditional Balinese instruments, live electronics, interactive lighting, and movement, the artists create an immersive auditory and visual experience. The work affirms gamelan as a living tradition, embedded in contemporary sound art and performance practices.
The second part presents four Montreal-based improvisational musicians who, together, create a living sonic archipelago: Navid Navab, a gestural alchemist and explorer of micro-sounds; Maya Kuroki, vocals and movement, known for her work with the psychedelic-rock collective TEKE::TEKE; Rainer Wiens, on kalimba and guitar; and Sam Shalabi, an Egyptian-Canadian composer who blends Arabic, jazz, and punk influences. What unites these artists is an improvisational approach where gesture, texture, and sound intertwine to create a constantly evolving musical landscape.