Music Event

Phew, otherwise known as Hiromi Mortani, is a musician based in Kanagawa, Japan. While fronting Aunt Sally, one of Osaka’s earliest punk groups, Phew played a critical role in developing Japan’s underground music scene. Phew’s oeuvre spans a vast array of experimental sounds: from no-wavey synth-hymns; to poppy, shoegazing, industrial undertones; to eerie incandescent drones. Since the 1970s, Phew’s dynamic, compelling voice, and her commitment to unfettered experimentation has been critical in shaping the sound of avant-garde music both in Japan and internationally.
with special guests


SUBR صبر is a duo (Nicholas LePage and Lougien Dawoudiah) that creates abstracted soundscapes rooted in Palestinian traditional sounds and field recordings. The soundscapes are built by layering multiple speakers that correspond to reconfigured music controllers. SUBR performs their music as a live conversation between their machines, in which Nick sonically frames the performance with deep and atmospheric tones, that then carry a series of altered traditional Palestinian sounds that Lougien produces by deconstructing, filtering and stripping them down to their bare elements: drums, harmony, vocals, bass. SUBR shares a unique deep listening experience that is renewed everytime they play.


Lamb Fatale is the DJ moniker of Zoë Argiropulos-Hunter, a long time resident of the airwaves at CKCU FM, n10.as and Frozen Section Radio. A genreless selector and burgeoning crate digger, she is a sonic wayfinder driven by music's capacity for community connection and care.

Presented in partnership with Arts in the Margins, Montréal; Debaser, Ottawa; The Music Gallery, Toronto; Send + Receive Festival, Winnipeg; Strangewaves, Hamilton; and Western Front, Vancouver, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Canada, and Ontario Creates.

For more info, visit https://www.debaser.ca/event/phew