DJ Rhythm & Hues has been sharing his offbeat selections for over a decade, setting dancefloors alight in places as far-flung as Mexico City, Cotonou and Hong Kong. Co-founder of the Tumbao DJ collective, his specialty spans the afro-latin-brazilian-caribbean spectrum, with a predilection for vinyl.

Eric Leong (they/he) is a queer artist of Chinese-Bruneian descent who performs as Komodo. Their artistic journey began with over a decade of classical piano training through the Royal Conservatory of Music, later evolving into an autodidact dance practice spanning salsa, voguing, whacking, and burlesque. As the founder of Paifang, a queer cultural event series in Montreal’s Chinatown, their artistic practice is deeply rooted in community, exploring themes of intergenerational connection, queerness, and diasporic identity.

Transpacific Express is a Canada-based collective dedicated to elevating and expanding the Asian music experience. Composed of lifelong singers and instrumentalists turned DJs and MCs, Transpacific Express (TE) delivers city pop, Korean hip-hop, Korean R&B, K-pop club edits, and Japanese and Chinese hip-hop alongside American dance floor classics in disco, hip-hop, and R&B.

Transpacific Express aims to be the premier promoter of youth culture at the convergence of Asian and Black American influences in Canada, presenting an invigorating lifestyle encompassing music, dance, fashion, anime, and gaming.

Usually a genre-blending DJ repping their African origins, NGL Flounce (@nglflounce) has always been about Afro-Asian alliances. Through Transpacific Express, they nurture their soft spot for Asian music and culture such as the aggressive and sultry Korean hip hop, the bounciest city pop, and anime.

Ran Wang is a Chinese musician and sound artist based in Montreal. A guzheng specialist for over twenty years, she explores the boundaries between traditional music and contemporary creation. Trained at the Sichuan Conservatory and holding a master’s degree in Arts and Technology from the Université de Montréal, she develops an interdisciplinary practice that combines improvisation, sound art, and performance.

Her work questions cultural memory, gesture, and sound, while seeking new dialogues between the guzheng, electronics, and world music. A recipient of the Global Musician Workshop award from the Silkroad Project, she continues to pursue research on hybrid forms of collaboration and intercultural listening.

Originally from Mashteuiatsh, Soleil Launière lives and works in Tiöhtià:ke – Mooniyang (Montreal). A transdisciplinary artist combining singing, movement, theater, installation, and performance art, she sporadically uses experimental multimedia to convey spiritual interworlds.

Since 2008, Soleil has created several performances for Indigenous and non-Indigenous gatherings and artistic events, both within and outside traditional distribution networks, and across continents.

2023 marks several births, including that of her first music album, Taueu, the publication of her text Akuteu by Remue-ménage, and the birth of her daughter.

Since 2020, she has been an associate artist and professor at the National Theatre School of Canada and directs Production AUEN, a company she founded.