Lobe Studio

11/23/2025

Show 1 Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm + Artist Talk
Show 2 Doors 7:30pm | Show 8pm + Artist Talk

Future Mythologies
is a celebratory showcase for new works in development that aspire to redefine the future of storytelling, and become the myths of tomorrow
is proud to partner with and Guest Curator to present DEPTHS by Nov 23rd

DEPTHS
A 4D spatial audio installation exploring consciousness through immersive sonic art. This innovative experience combines advanced spatial audio technology with Indigenous wisdom traditions, guiding participants through a transformative journey from descent into shadow to integration and transcendence.

The installation incorporates authentic Shipibo Icaros, binaural beat recordings, and environmental soundscapes to facilitate deep states of consciousness exploration.

DEPTHS represents a unique fusion of technology and spirituality—a sonic ceremony that challenges participants to confront their shadows and emerge transformed

08/14/2025

MINI FEST | Starts Tonight! -

An array of speakers across the ceiling and under the floor, in conjunction with custom-designed vibroacoustic floor panels, entirely surround the listener in an immersive and haptic listening experience. Using 4DSOUND technology, sound ebbs and flows, forming sonic environments holographically and....

08/10/2025

Mini Fest | Night 4
Sun Aug 17 | Evening

7pm
GORGOTH + STATIC LULL | Flesh Error | Live
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…a 30 min improvised audiovisual noise performance. The set will combine the live destruction of technologies, feedback loops, contact mics, and more, layered over a textured backtrack and glitchy visuals.

8pm
| Live
…drawing inspiration from funky beats, earthy textures, and warping reality, Penney's work is simultaneously rooted and spacey, blurring the lines between music and environment, invoking reflection and immersion while always returning to something you can nod your head to.

08/10/2025

Mini Fest | Day 4
Sun Aug 17 | Afternoon

3pm
| Weather for the Blind Vancouver

…a healing, disability-informed sound event by non-visual social practice artist Carmen Papalia, featuring the Weather Warlock — an analog synthesizer built by New Orleans musician and inventor Quintron. The instrument responds to real-time weather conditions through a sensor tree that includes inputs for temperature, wind, light/UV index, rain/moisture, and barometric pressure. This event marks the first time Papalia has invited an audience to appreciate the power of the Weather Warlock with him. He will share the story of the instrument, offer a demonstration, perform live, and lead a discussion about its effects. Papalia, who lives with sickle cell disease and vision loss, has incorporated the Weather Warlock into his daily care routine as a grounding tool. He considers it a public utility — a sonic companion and therapeutic presence — for anyone who might benefit from its steady, weather-driven soundscape.

08/08/2025

Lobe Events | MINI FEST and more -

An array of speakers across the ceiling and under the floor, in conjunction with custom-designed vibroacoustic floor panels, entirely surround the listener in an immersive and haptic listening experience. Using 4DSOUND technology, sound ebbs and flows, forming sonic environments holographically and....

08/08/2025

Mini Fest | Night 3
Sat Aug 16 | Evening

7pm
FAY NASS | Mother Tongues

…celebrat[ing] the diversity of languages that one speaks and to create space for stories that exist outside of academic and Anglophone notions of q***rness. Mother Tongues celebrates the intersectionality and the complexity of experiences of q***r EAl speakers, and the layers in which they exist, both in the world and in relation to the languages of English and their mother tongue.

8pm
| Legends

…a powerful statement in crafting 8 pieces around beloved figures from Inuit culture with textural tracks at the beginning and end to welcome you into the experience and gently place you back into your reality—some well-known and celebrated, and others more obscure but no less fascinating.

08/07/2025

Mini Fest | Day 3
Sat Aug 16 | Afternoon

3pm

| Sound & Music Journey

A sonic journey in sound & music. Starting the journey with a short crystal singing bowl piece which leads into a sonic journey combining sound & ambient electronic music. A relaxing afternoon offering, not to be missed!

08/06/2025

Mini Fest | Night 2
Fri Aug 15

7pm
| Journey in Form & Formlessness

…anchored in deep low frequency drones and spatial resonance, composed of sound material from both synthesized and acoustic origin. Exploring the mind-body expansive effects of vibroacoustic and spatial sound technology, the composition draws inspiration from the travel of consciousness beyond the physical realm, during for example dreaming and death, as described in Tibetan buddhism.

8pm
| Live

…A dreamlike voyage through ambient soundscapes, live flute, song, and electroacoustic rhythms. Her set unfolds like a soft ritual, where the boundaries of self, sound, and space dissolve.

07/29/2025

Sunday Orbit and Lobe Studio present:
NIKNAK : an exclusive live spatial performance

August 24th, 2025

A trailblazing musical polymath, NikNak has carved a niche for herself in the music industry with her distinctive turntablism, immersive compositions, and captivating improvised performances. Heralded by the likes of DJ Mag, Clash, The Wire and Resident Advisor, her debut album Bashi garnered critical acclaim, positioning her as one to watch in the experimental electronic music scene. Her fourth studio album Ireti was released on Matthew Herbert’s label Accidental Records in 2024 and was named one of the year’s best albums by Mixmag and Bandcamp.

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Vancouver got it's first taste of NikNak's spatial music at Mother Cloud Festival, where her acclaimed composition Eternities became a festival highlight and one of the Lobe crew's favourite spatial pieces. Fresh off 2025 performances at Mutek Festival, Outlook Festival, and We Out Here Festival, she is travelling to Vancouver to grace us with two live spatial sound sets on August 24th. As a top-tier DJ and an experienced 4DSOUND artist, NikNak is sure to take us on a sonic journey like no other.

One night only, this one is not to be missed!
2 Shows: 7:30pm & 10:00pm

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02/20/2024

Here is the lineup for the Artist Diffusions.

Full Festival Passes + Individual Program Passes are still available: https://lobestudio.ca/festival-tickets

For a detailed festival schedule, click here: https://lobestudio.ca/festival-schedule

See you there!

02/19/2024

Check out our Discussions lineup.

Full Festival Passes + Individual Program Passes are still available: https://lobestudio.ca/festival-tickets

For a detailed festival schedule, click here: https://lobestudio.ca/festival-schedule

See you there!

02/18/2024

Here is our DJ lineup!

Full Festival Passes + Individual Program Passes are still available: https://lobestudio.ca/festival-tickets

For a detailed festival schedule, click here: https://lobestudio.ca/festival-schedule

See you there!