Suoni per il Popolo presents a session of experimental sound at La Sotterenea on June 25th. Featuring Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela (formerly Justice Yeldham) performing on his signature instrument: amplified glass shards. The bill includes double bassist Alex Motta and violinist Aleida Perez for a set of contemporary improvisation, alongside DEATH KNEEL, the project of Max Klebanoff, who uses binaural manipulation and the Octatrack. Tickets: 20-27$.
Presented with Initial Shock.
Next up! Initial Shock Gig 18
Jacob Audrey Taves (AB)
Cut-up sound and noise collage on tour! AKA Holzkopf
Reaching Needles (ON)
Ottawa’s finest/harshest/kindest
Paxillus Succubus
Ambient industrial noise
Malpertuis
Melancholic electronics from the Axiom dungeon
AK
Channeling the spirit of 80s industrial noise
June 2 2026
P’Tit Ours
7PM $15 PWYC
Next Tuesday! Magnetic Coroner returns to Montreal, capping off a string of shows with Primitive Isolation Tactics. Local support from Orchid Lodge, Sounding and the legendary Taskmaster! Initial Shock Gig 17
Initial Shock IV tickets on sale now!
International noise will be on display in Montreal for three days in July.
July 3 – Casa del Popolo – 7PM – $25
KAZUMOTO ENDO (JP)
PHOLDE
KNIFEDOUTOFEXISTENCE (UK)
HIGH GROVE
MURMUR (ON) & JAZZHAND (FI)
D.F.H. (AB)
July 4 – Casa del Popolo – 7PM – $25
KILLER BUG (JP)
VIOLENT SHOGUN (FR)
A FAIL ASSOCIATION (US)
BLACK COROLLA (US)
NIMMIE AMEE (ON)
MIOX
July 5 – P’Tit Ours – 3PM – $15
MOSS HARVEST (NS)
HYPERTROPHY (US)
XODKAAR (ON)
CRUCIFIEDWHITESAVIOUR (ON)
DANG. (NS)
RHODA (NS)
CATHOLIC STARE (MB)
Click here for tickets. Limited weekend passes are available for a reduced rate of $55. Prices are in Canadian dollars, of course.
Please note that due to the venue change from previous years these shows do run the risk of selling out. We hope to be able to accommodate everyone, but advanced ticket purchasing is advised.
More information including artist bios and noise market vendors forthcoming. If you would like to set up a table at the market event, please email initialshockmtl@gmail.com
Poster artwork and design by Patricia Jeanson.
Initial Shock is presented by Scream & Writhe, with thanks to gracious sponsors from the noise world and beyond: More Noise Please, Noise Receptor Journal, Pensione Popolo, Pizza Bouquet, Rocker, Untitled Zine and White Centipede Noise
See you in July!
April 1! Initial Shock presents an evening of strange and hard sounds:
Shadow Pattern (ON) + Duncan Harrison (UK) + Rory Salter (UK)
Three of a varied kind in collaboration. Expect unexpected oddities in sound.
Robert Fuchs (US)
Enigmatic noise of broken order.
Anne-F Jacques
One of the highlights of Initial Shock III!
S.D. + Skin
The duo behind High Grove dueling up some other kind of grove.
Skin Tone
In the zone with the saxophone.
April 1, 2026
7PM
$15 PWYC
Casa del Popolo
Initial Shock Gig #16
Poster by I.S.
Thank you to everyone for helping make Initial Shock III a success. Full footage from the weekend is now up on the Initial Shock YouTube channel!
Tomorrow, Initial Shock commences at La Sotterenea. On Sunday, come for After Shock at P’tit Ours.
Saturday, July 5, $30. Set times:*
2:00 DOORS OPEN
2:45 Eunuch God
3:05 Mother Mary
3:25 Kahraba
3:45 Widdershins
4:05 Grkzgl
4:25 Lyndsie Alguire
4:45 Nauseous Ejector
5:05 Taskmaster
5:30 Anne-F Jacques
6:00 BREAK / VENUE CLOSED
7:30 DOORS OPEN
8:00 Primitive Isolation Tactics
8:20 K.M. Toepfer
8:50 Apologist
9:20 Matriarch
10:00 Death Kneel
10:30 Mass Marriage
Sunday, July 6, $10 or PWYC. Set times:
2:00 DOORS OPEN
2:30 Quivering / Nausiate
3:00 Girl Circles
3:30 Generic Fatigue
4:00 Windshear
4:30 Amarior
5:00 S.D.
*set times subject to change
Poster designs by Heater Ross. Advanced tickets still available to secure your spot. See you soon!
Girl Circles is the martial-industrial project led by Fae Sirois, also known for her work in the industrial dub project, Orchid Lodge. Fusing somber electronics, violin, and folk experimentation, the project delves into the art of spite, a history of curses, and wxmenly sexual energy. A sound obscured in shadow, embraced by a solitary light.
Widdershins emerges with moss-laden dungeon electronics, suffused with damp breath of ancient echoes, and the distant murmur of forgotten rites. Drifting shadows and dying embers at summer’s close, planting seeds of winter’s woes. Widdershins draws the listener into mist betwixt the ruins, hinting at something just beyond the veil.
Co-organizer of Initial Shock, and Scream & Writhe head honcho, Taylor Geddes’ Primitive Isolation Tactics burrows into the subconscious via “rusted arteries of industrial noise fracturing off into constricted microchannels of impacted debris and silt.”
Advanced tickets available!
Untitled Zine, produced in Canada by editor Chris Gibson, covers unique voices in contemporary noise, experimental, ambient, drone and avant-garde. Untitled is a pro-printed, forward-thinking Canadian magazine which nurtures, documents and connects multitudes of people involved in the aforementioned artforms, making Untitled a community-driven and collaborative endeavour.
Issue No. 10 will be in circulation soon, featuring interviews with Eva Aguila, Tom Cox (TAC), MK9, Jonas Torstensen (Franciska/Afvikling) and articles and art by W.A. Davison and Junkyard Shaman. Get your next Untitled Zine issue via mailorder subscription or from your favourite noise distro.
Thank you to all who have purchased advanced tickets to Initial Shock!
TASKMASTER is a solo harsh noise project currently based in Montreal, QC. TASKMASTER has been active since 2005; has released on labels such as Troniks, Harsh Head Rituals, Trash Rituals, rundownsun, Militant Walls, Absurd Exposition and White Centipede Noise, etc.
Kahraba (previously “sotemm/ⲥⲱⲧⲙ”) is a demonstration that music and performance has no barrier for entry. With a focus on No Input Mixing Board (NIMB) techniques and brandishing a worn-through hand-me-down mixing board, Michael Boulos has cut their teeth over the last two years facilitating, attending, and performing experimental and noise shows in and around Ontario and Montreal. With an understanding and appreciation for the performance of noise and experimental music, Kahraba consolidates what appeals to Boulos the most. The result is a focus on ebs, flows, hums, pulses, blares, and shrieks.