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#5 | Mela Melania, Reliquary V, Indole
Co-presented with Deep Blue.
Artist:
Reliquary V
Mela Melania
Indole
Mela Melania
Mela Melania is a Honduran born, Vancouver based DJ and graphic designer/illustrator. She hosted Vacilando, a monthly show on No Fun Radio, which explored raw and hypnotic sounds, from post-punk to dub to cumbia to kosmische. Her mixes have also appeared on NTS and The Lot Radio.
Indole/Tom Cameron is a Vancouver based DJ, producer, multi-instrumentalist and percussion teacher who has been eagerly soaking up the fertile sonic environments of Vancouver's finest late night dance floors for years. Equipped with the polyrhythmic aptitude of a seasoned drummer, a keen ear for novel and esoteric sounds, and a devotion to fostering mysterious and miraculous group dancing experiences, he offers a unique musical perspective. Through a relentlessly eclectic approach to his DJ sets, he will confront your ears with what they didn't know they always wanted to hear.
Reliquary V is a lucid daydream and new production alias informed by the sensory sharpening of meditative practice, nights stretching til daylight, and pockets of collective freedom. Built on artistic foundations in conceptual art, performance and poetry, Reliquary V developed from a period of studio experimentation, creative processing, and alchemy. Now resettled on Canada’s West Coast with the perspective of more than a decade in New York, Reliquary V narrates liminal instincts with a controlled, droning, and rhythmic palette of electronic sounds, hewn into tightly arranged compositions and inner space explorations.
