Quiet City

Quiet City Running from 2010 until 2020, our retrospective compilation is out now on Panospria.

Quiet City was a series of deep-listening concerts in Vancouver featuring live electronic, experimental, and improvised music in comfortable and intimate settings. Quiet City #1 @ Blim Gallery & Arts Facility
833-45, Aerosol Constellations, Coin Gutter, Scant Intone

Quiet City #2 @ Blim Gallery & Arts Facility
Empty Love, Glaciers, Nervous Operator, Broken Sleep + Merlyn Chipman

Quiet City

#3 @ Blim Gallery & Arts Facility
Connect_icut, Kellarissa, Holzkopf, Dr. Dad’s Sound Lab

Quiet City #4 @ Blim Gallery & Arts Facility
Kristen Roos, Pink Island, Static Kitten, Worker

Quiet City #5 @ Blim Gallery & Arts Facility
Filip Gorecki, Gunshae, Hong Kong Soap Operas, Prophecy Sun

Quiet City #6 @ Blim Gallery & Arts Facility
Italian Husbands, Nathan McNinch, The Pollen Sisters, Reflektionss

Quiet City #7 @ W2 Storyeum
Diadem, Nurse, Myths, Tusk, No UFOs

Quiet City #8 @ W2 Media Café
HMBKR, Irma Boaz, Magneticring, Spell

Quiet City #9 @ VIVO Media Arts Centre
Fieldhead (UK), Drainolith, Nam Shub, Monarch, Leviathans, Soundscape DJs

Quiet City #10 @ VIVO Media Arts Centre
Ænth, Akumu, Freida Abtan, Secret Pyramid, s*

Quiet City #11 @ Re*****on Gallery
4 of Wands, Hierarchies, Pickles & Cheese, Super Expansive

Quiet City #12 @ VIVO Media Arts Centre
C. Diab, Colonizer, The Passenger, Souns, DJ Pop Drones

Quiet City #13 @ VIVO Media Arts Centre
Tomas Jirku, Seekers International, Wzrdry, Frame Drag Trio, Soundscape DJs

Quiet City #14 @ Skylight Gallery
Ennio Mazzon (Italy), Nmperign (USA), Joda Clément, Waters, Big Joy DJs

Quiet City #15 @ Skylight Gallery
Segue, Aun, Beattie & Klassen, Karl Fousek, DJ Tapes

Quiet City #16 @ Skylight Gallery
Coppice (USA), Holy Hum, Phonal, Ruhlmann & Clément, Journeymann Trax

Quiet City #17 @ VIVO Media Arts Centre
Oren Ambarchi (Australia), Lucas Abela (Australia), Crys Cole, Sarah Davachi & Richard Smith, Panospria DJs

Quiet City #18 @ Skylight Gallery
Diatribes (Switzerland), KR75, Stefana Fratila, Panospria DJs

Quiet City #19 @ The Lido
Byron Westbrook (USA), Soledad Muñoz, 1080p Collection DJs

Quiet City #20 @ Eight Seven Seven
Max Eilbacher (USA), MSHR (USA), Norah Lorway, Big Joy DJs

Quiet City #21 @ Selectors Records
Jonathan Scherk, Karl Fousek, Moskos & Moskos, When Dance Was Nice DJs

Quiet City #22 @ Sunset Terrace
Tamio Shiraishi (Japan), Cammisa Buerhaus (USA), Regular Fantasy, V. Vecker, Panospria DJs

Quiet City #23 @ Merge
Gxnt Valentine (USA), Headband (USA), Jeff Younger’s Devil Loops, Whip of the UFO, Soundscape DJs

Quiet City #24 @ The Lido
Strangling Fruit, White Poppy, Panospria DJs

Quiet City #25 @ Selectors Records
Kutin & Kindlinger (Austria), Jeff Morton, Sour Gout, Wonder Years, Panospria DJs

Quiet City #26 @ Selectors Records
Jeff Kolar (USA), Ian William Craig, Plazas, Soundscape DJs

Quiet City #27 @ Red Gate Arts Society
Pulse Emitter (USA), Eschatons, Sisters of Séance, X41

Quiet City #28 @ The Lido
Kensington Gore, Psychic Pollution, Soundscape DJs

Quiet City #29 @ Selectors Records
Arrington de Dionyso (USA), Katsura Yamauchi (Japan), Renick Bell (Japan), Destroy Vancouver DJs

Quiet City #30 @ Red Gate Arts Society
Chad Munson, Forever & Sunsmell, Mark Henrickson (USA), Mike Jedlicka (USA), The OO-Ray (USA), Wndfrm (USA), Big Joy DJs

Quiet City #31 @ Red Gate R***e Stage
Kevin Drumm (USA), Brandon Nickell (USA), Cameron Shafii (USA), Christian Carriere, Rusalka

Quiet City #32 @ VIVO Media Arts Centre
John Chantler (Sweden), Rosen (UK), Loscil, Crawling Human, Smalltime Magic

Quiet City #33 @ The Rattle
Keith Fullerton Whitman (USA), Daniel Rincon, Fade to Black, Surround

Quiet City #34 @ Selectors Records
Roarke Menzies (USA), Samson Stilwell (USA), Emma Tomic

Quiet City #35 @ Red Gate R***e Stage
High Plains (CA/USA), Wild Card (USA), Gretchen Snakes

Quiet City #36 @ TBA
Lavender (USA), Marc Kate (USA)

Quiet City #37 @ The Toast Collective
Elliot Sharp (USA), Joe Lasqo (USA), Lief Hall

Quiet City #38 @ Red Gate R***e Stage
Judith Hamann (AU), Man Forever (USA), Alan Jones (USA) with Ruhlmann & Clement, Dashes

Quiet City #39 Toast Collective
John Krausbauer (USA), Kaori Suzuki (JP), Castle Excellent

Quiet City #40, 333
Byron Westbrook (US), Jean Brazeau, Stefan Maier

Quiet City #41, The Lido
Mary Ocher (DE), Ross Birdwise

Quiet City #42, The Toast
Profligate (US), France Jobin, Jaewoo Lee, Steppin’ Razor

Quiet City #43, The Toast
Jaap Blonk (NL), Ugetsu, Wendy Atkinson

Quiet City #43, The Toast
Jaap Blonk (NL), Ugetsu, Wendy Atkinson

Quiet City #44, Red Gate R***e Stage
Merzbow (JP) & Balazs Pandi (HU), Lori Goldston (USA) with Hectocotyli & Prophecy Sun, Chloe Alexandra (USA), JS Aurelius

Quiet City #45, The Toast
Victor Mazon Gardoqui (ES), Pyramid Indigo, Rrkkttss

Quiet City #46, Red Gate
Bárbara Lázara (MX), Man Made Hill, Pink Noise, Mourning Coup, Anybodys

Quiet City #47, Red Gate Arts Society
Will Guthrie (FR), Modify (USA), Moth Mouth

Quiet City #48, VIVO Media Arts
Blevin Blectum (USA), The Powers (USA), Crotch, Maskara

Quiet City #49, Red Gate Arts Society
Michael Masaru Flora (US), RM Francis (US), Karl Fousek, Taskmaster

Quiet City #50, The Toast
Tim Olive (JP) with Mathieu Ruhlmann & Joda Clement

Quiet City #51, Fox Cabaret
Keiji Haino (JP)

Quiet City #52, Red Gate Arts Society
Tetuzi Akiyama (JP) with John Krausbauer (USA), Hotel Neon (USA), Marcus Fischer (USA), Benoit Pioulard (USA)

Quiet City #55, Red Gate Arts Society
Erin Sexton (NO), Sarah Davachi (USA), Estrail Boiso (USA), Adam Basanta

Quiet City #56, Red Gate Arts Society
Norm Chambers (USA), Alecsi, Dimir Standard, KR75 & C130

Quiet City #57, The Toast
David Watson (NZ) & John Krausbauer (USA), Alanna Ho, C. Diab & Colby Sparks

Quiet City #58, The Toast
Geneva Skeen (USA), Alex Moskos, Exuent

Quiet City #59, Red Gate Arts Society
Alex Zhang Hungtai (USA), Dolphin Midwives (USA), Military Genius, Sandy Ewen (USA)

Quiet City #60, Atelier 254
Carbolizer, Corinthian, Kiran Bhumber + JP Carter, Wish Lash

Quiet City #61, Deep Blue
Hiroshi Hasegawa (JP), Michelle Helene Mackenzie + Elisa Ferrari, NAW

Quiet City #62, Deep Blue
Fleshtone Aura, John Saint-Pelvyn (US), Paul Metzger (US)

Quiet City #63, The Astoria
Keiji Haino (JP) with Sumac (US)

Quiet City #64, Red Gate Arts Society
Binhex, Die Angel (FI/DE), Giorgio Magnanensi, Xambuca (US)

Quiet City #65, The Lido
Alförjs (PT), Monachre

Quiet City #66, The Toast
Hugo R.A. Paris (USA), Marina Hasselberg, Sean Evans

Quiet City #67, The Toast
Ej*******on Death Rattle, Los Utopicos (BO), Sam Shalabi + Elizabeth Millar

Quiet City #68, Red Gate Arts Society
Chloe Alexandra (USA), Echo Beach, Jeff Morton, Mike Gamble (USA), Pulsewidth, DJ Which Nancy

Quiet City #69, Red Gate Arts Society
Andromeda Monk + Merlyn Chipman + Sara Gold, Ex-Softess, Greenmist, Ridylan

Quiet City #70, VIVO Media Arts Centre
François Houle + Kenton Loewen, George Rahi, Martijn Comes (NL), Wire Mother / Cloth Mother

05/02/2025

𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖆𝖑𝖇𝖚𝖒⚡️𝔓𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔚𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔎𝔦𝔩𝔩⚡️𝖎𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖊.

https://notype.com/en/drones/a/387-power-word-kill

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐚 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐮𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅-𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓.

𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒊-𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑲𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓.

Cover art by /
Calligraphy by
Mastered by Paul Keeley

04/15/2025

This year, Avril 14th is teaming up with Acceleration Radio to bring you a very special evening of experimental electronic music. Featuring captivating and u...

12/06/2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in and experienced Currently Arts Society’s programming in 2024! Our largest effort was the COLLIDE FESTIVAL that took place November 29, 30 and December 1 at Russian Hall. Thank you to all who attended and supported the amazing artists that we curated!
As the year closes, we are running a fundraiser until January 11th 2025 with a target of $5,000 to ensure that Currently Arts Society can operate in 2025. We do not have operating funds, but there are costs to keeping the organization open and operating that we must cover!

Your donation will allow us to:
• Continue to find funding and resources for the second COLLIDE Festival in 2025!
• Pay experimental artists in our festival, regular programming, and workshops
• Pay our website hosting fees
• Keep our Society in compliance and books in good standing so that we can literally exist
• Running workshops on the topic of experimental art for 2025
• Maintaining our Experimental Artist Archive Thank you so much for your support. The link to donate is in our bio!

11/29/2024

next edition of low indigo's ambient/etc series. another special one for many reasons (old connections, new connections, future connections). refresh, re-connect and discover.

tix + artist info & links in my linktree 🌿

10/10/2024

71 track album

09/20/2024

White Poppy's final chapter in the 'Paradise Gardens' trilogy is out today: "Ataraxia"

https://whitepoppy.bandcamp.com/album/ataraxia

reduced pricing across the entire WP catalog to celebrate Ataraxia's release day weekend, with copies still left of WP's exclusive bonus tape "Paradise Regained"

PARADISE IS A PLACE WITHIN

Proceeds from all sales will be donated to the Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund, featuring Quiet City alumni Sarah...
05/31/2024

Proceeds from all sales will be donated to the Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund, featuring Quiet City alumni Sarah Davachi, Alex Zhang Hungtai, and Secret Pyramid alongside such luminaries as Suzanne Ciani, Bok Bok, Drew McDowall, Aaron Dilloway, Martin Rev, and many more. Curated by Mayss Naber.

62 track album

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