sound“Sound has to do with the vibration of the spirit that is in the land.”
-JOSEPH RAEL
Flow sound baths forgo singing bowls, exploring instead a rich alternate tapestry of vibration made with synthesizers, flute, dissonance, and microtonality. Our partner DJs and musicians craft immersive, dense soundscapes that challenge perception, invite inward resonance, precipitate ego death, and implode the narratives of sound healing.
venus in foilSpring 2025
a party at the end of the world:
EARLY may, 2025A micro-rave soundtracked by heady bass and slithering rhythms. A collective mourning and movement through "the heaviness we feel in a world that, we're told, has no future" (Milstein 2017: 7). Dance, sweat, shake and unmake, and maybe find something that resembles hope in the process.
Emily Murphy, aka Venus in Foil, is Flow’s second Philosopher-in-Residence. She is a theorist, DJ, and community organizer working at the intersection of psychoanalysis, queer theory, affect theory, crip theory, and cultural studies. For nearly a decade, she has been a key figure in Toronto’s underground dance music scene, organizing events under monikers such as SOAK, Combo Breaker, Dirt Rave, and Club XXX.
Alia O’ BrienSpring 2024
Instrumentalis:
may 17, 2024Via breath filtered through the flute, we will flow through outer and inner sound worlds, from musical reflections of the current planetary configurations to sounds (and quietude) that draws our attention to our own bodily sounds.
Alia O’Brien was Flow’s first Philosopher-in-Residence. Beyond the realm of academia, Alia has studied the Levantine ney/nay in Ramallah, Boston, and Toronto, has recorded and toured internationally with her band Blood Ceremony, and has scored several plays and films, including Sook-Yin Lee’s most recent feature, Octavio is Dead!
prince niftywinter 2023
IN PRAISE OF DISSONANCE (DRONES):
december 8, 2023
IN PRAISE OF DISSONANCE (VOCALS):
December 15, 2023Journey through an alternate sound bath universe, replete with synthesizers and drones. Get lost in the looping vibrations. Within dissonance, may we face and phase out of past and present pain.
Prince Nifty is the alternate personality of Matt Smith, a producer and musician based in Toronto, Canada. His practice involves building immersive spatialized sound design for live theatre and dance, and composing work of various textures and approaches.
