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dang. at Initial Shock

dang. (Danielle Jakubiak) is a sound project based out of Halifax, NS. Danielle is a psychotherapist and music therapist originally from PEI. She completed her Masters of Ethnomusicology (UGlasgow) and Masters of Music Therapy (Concordia). Her work uses field recordings and found sound along with vocals, wind instruments, and other objects to process themes of memory, suffering, and purification. She has worked with Everyseeker, Initial Shock, suddenlyListen, Open Waters Festival, Bleep in the Dark, and has released 2 tapes on BISAD (solo and with Howard Stelzer).

dang. performs at the Initial Shock IV matinee – Sunday, July 5, 2026 at P’Tit Ours. Tickets are available!

Initial Shock #22

Initial Shock presents:

JHK (NY)
Energetic harsh noise from NYC’s premiere noise sound tech and one half of Ende Tymes festival. A Montreal return!

Kiran Arora (NY)
UK/US ex-pat applies surgical expertise to atmospheric, tonal computer music. “a film-like portrait of cryptic, nocturnal stillness”

Local support:

Axiom
Stan K.
Blaahhnn

July 25 2026
$15 PWYC
7PM
Neverclub

Initial Shock # 22

Rhoda at Initial Shock

Rhoda is Chris Gibson. A sound and visual artist living in Halifax, NS who works with field recordings, found sounds, tape machines and various electronics. He started recording from home in 2007, and progressed to live sets in 2017. He runs Buried in slag and debris, and is the editor/designer for Untitled zine, as well as an active member in Bleep in the Dark, an experimental collective who organize shows in Halifax.

Rhoda performs during Day 3 of Initial Shock IV, Sunday July 5 2026 at P’Tit Ours. Tickets are on sale!

The latest issue of Untitled is out now, and Initial Shock is pleased to have the magazine as one of our sponsors since day one!

Nimmie Amee at Initial Shock

Patient and incidental noise from Toronto. Dynamic sound collage mustered through field recordings, carefully plotted melodies, and slow-swelling intensity. Deeply personal and spirited audiographic experimentation.

Nimmie Amee performs on Day 2 of Initial Shock IV – Saturday July 4 at Casa del Popolo. Tickets are on sale!

Photos from Initial Shock #18

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Clinical Trials / AK / Jacob Audrey Taves / Paxillus Succubus

Malpertuis played in darkness, but you can see footage of their set alongside everyone else’s on the Initial Shock YouTube channel.

Paxillus Succubus photo by Initial Shock, all other photos by Patricia Jeanson.

Thanks everyone for coming out on a Tuesday night! There were a couple competing crossover events but it was still a nice time. Up next are some Initial Shock co-presentations with Suoni per il Popolo, including Lucas Abela and Death Kneel on June 25, and then Initial Shock IV weekend begins on July 3! Hope to see you all soon.

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Knifedoutofexistence at Initial Shock

Founded in 2013 on the south coast of England by Dean Lloyd Robinson, Knifedoutofexistence makes emotionally charged soundscapes using a mixture of cassette tapes, guitars, synths, vocals, microphones and feedback, with themes mostly recently focusing on grief, hauntology and the physical and mental spaces occupied by these ideas. Firmly committed to the live performance, the project has played across the UK, Europe, Canada and the United States.

Knifedoutofexistence plays the first night of Initial Shock IV – Friday, July 3, 2026 at Casa del Popolo. Tickets are on sale!

Catholic Stare at Initial Shock

Catholic Stare ruminates upon the inextricable relationship between sound and place; how an individual’s meaningful perceptual experience with place is contextualized by the sounds created and heard within it.
Catholic Stare plays the Sunday matinee of Initial Shock IV at P’Tit Ours, July 5, 2026. Tickets are on sale!

Black Corolla at Initial Shock

Black Corolla is the collaborative harsh noise project of Lauryn Jones and Zach Collins from Cincinnati, OH. Active since 2024, their work focuses on amplified glass, feedback, and distortion.
Black Corolla plays Initial Shock IV Day 2 at Casa del Popolo, Saturday July 4, 2026.
Tickets are on sale!