TOBIAS
WHISTLER
Mentored by DJs Robby Luv Dub (Chicago) and Jess Conn-Potegal (Vancouver) in the aesthetics of deep house, Tobias went on to discover Detroit techno, taking it as his early mission to disseminate the sounds of Afrofuturist sonics across the Pacific NorthWest region.
As a founding member of the shock surrealist outfit <ST> (1993–2001) and technoWest.org (with DJ dub gnostic), Tobias instigated events exploring variants of techno along the West Coast, establishing himself as an early advocate of resistance through rhythm.
As a media arts curator, Tobias has curated 30+ years of technoculture events and interventions. In Vancouver, Tobias curated events with early editions of Vancouver’s New Forms Festival, as founder of their electronic showcase (2002), VIVO’s Signal and Noise Festival (2001), CiTR (1997-2002) and the Vancouver New Music Society (2002).
Moving to Montréal in 2002, Tobias became Concept Engineer at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), curating and playing at dozens of events in the 20,000 square foot media arts venue, as well as founding media arts organisation UpgradeMTL, third node in the international network of technology arts The Upgrade!. Tobias organised events, performances, and conferences with the MUTEK and MEG festivals, No Type and Intr_version records, Concordia University’s Hexagram and MDCN.ca projects, technOPERA and mix.sessions at SAT, and various events at Casa del Popolo, Cagibi, Laïka and Sala Rossa.
Tobias has released four albums of experimental electronic music and space techno, working with Tomas Phillips, Katherine Kline, Martijn Comes, and Richard Chartier, as the offworld director of experimental electronic and space techno label IO SOUND.
Tobias has dj’ed worldwide, from Eyebeam in NYC to Amsterdam’s Melkweg and STEIM, Barcelona’s Coldcreation Gallery to Fukhouse in Toronto. Since the pandemic, he has been part of an active and evolving network of online Twitch DJs, with a focus on vinyl mixing.
As a writer on electronic music culture, tobias has written for WIRE, Discorder, Leonardo Music Journal, Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, e|i, Grooves, CAPITAL, FUSE, StylusMagazine.com, DustedMagazine.com and is a regular contributor to Dancecult: Journal for Electronic Dance Music Culture.
As a media arts curator, Tobias has curated 30+ years of technoculture events and interventions. In Vancouver, Tobias curated events with early editions of Vancouver’s New Forms Festival, as founder of their electronic showcase (2002), VIVO’s Signal and Noise Festival (2001), CiTR (1997-2002) and the Vancouver New Music Society (2002).
Moving to Montréal in 2002, Tobias became Concept Engineer at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), curating and playing at dozens of events in the 20,000 square foot media arts venue, as well as founding media arts organisation UpgradeMTL, third node in the international network of technology arts The Upgrade!. Tobias organised events, performances, and conferences with the MUTEK and MEG festivals, No Type and Intr_version records, Concordia University’s Hexagram and MDCN.ca projects, technOPERA and mix.sessions at SAT, and various events at Casa del Popolo, Cagibi, Laïka and Sala Rossa.
Tobias has released four albums of experimental electronic music and space techno, working with Tomas Phillips, Katherine Kline, Martijn Comes, and Richard Chartier, as the offworld director of experimental electronic and space techno label IO SOUND.
Tobias has dj’ed worldwide, from Eyebeam in NYC to Amsterdam’s Melkweg and STEIM, Barcelona’s Coldcreation Gallery to Fukhouse in Toronto. Since the pandemic, he has been part of an active and evolving network of online Twitch DJs, with a focus on vinyl mixing.
As a writer on electronic music culture, tobias has written for WIRE, Discorder, Leonardo Music Journal, Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, e|i, Grooves, CAPITAL, FUSE, StylusMagazine.com, DustedMagazine.com and is a regular contributor to Dancecult: Journal for Electronic Dance Music Culture.
Saturday Evening | Songhees Park Plaza
When.
Saturday, August 2 (7:15pm)
Where.
Songhees Park Plaza (Johnson Street Bridge)
