We are excited to present the opening set from this year’s edition of Front Republic: Em!

Em’s relation with music started at a very young age, when she could barely talk but could play the piano by ear. Later on she started learning music through singing and the violin, and discovered electronic music. Since then, Em’s ability to create musical journeys were made especially for her friends, to make them smile and travel throughout her sets in private parties and in events around Montréal.

Follow Em on SoundCloud: @emlabelle

Em @ Front Republic 2022

At FrontRite, we believe that a community is the heartbeat of every great event. Born from the front-right corner of Montreal’s New City Gas, FrontRite has grown into more than just a collective of electronic music lovers—it's a tight-knit family built on the principles of unity, creativity, and positive energy.

At FrontRite, we’re not just participants; we are the pulse of a growing movement of love, connection, and electronic beats. Together, we bring the synergy that transcends the night and extends into our lives—fueling a deeper sense of purpose and belonging.

Dance together | Dansons ensemble

For inquiries: tony@frontrite.com

Andreas was born here in June on the beautiful planet Earth in a magnificent solar system. He is very grateful for this, and since then he has enjoyed all kinds of lively music, which plays an important role in his life. He thanks all artists and music lovers for allowing him to continue to experience his life with all its ups and downs ;-)

Music is a special kind of safe in which you can give free rein to your boundless creativity to continue to record positive events in life and process less positive ones. In this sense, time does not stand still, but music remains timeless....🎶💜🎶

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Em’s relationship with music started at a very young age, when she could barely talk but could play the piano by ear. Later on she started learning music through singing and the violin. Since discovering electronic music around the age of 12, Em effortlesly took to the decks and quickly found joy in seeing her friends smile as they traveled through the creation of her musical journeys. The seed was planted and Em's consistent care to her craft has blossomed to playing events all around MTL.
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2025
August 9 ✹ Le Salon Daomé (Dome of Faith event), Mtl
March 28 ✹ Atmos Fest presents STARGATE, Mtl

2024
Aug 16 ✹ Anatha Fest
May 2 ✹ Le Salon Daomé, Mtl
March 29 ✹ Hidden Garden and Masfina Present: Nocturnal Groove III @ Velvet, Mtl
March 1st ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl


2023
Dec 21 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
Nov 11 ✹ Le Petit Secret, Mtl
Sept 30 ✹ Le Pontiac, Mtl
Sept 17 ✹ Le Salon Daomé, Mtl
June 16 ✹ Le Salon Daomé, Mtl
May 13 ✹ R10 : Divine - FrontRite presents REVELATION, Mtl
Mar 18 ✹ Women Of the Industry, Kin Experience Mtl
Jan 12 ✹ Le Salon Daomé, Mtl
Jan 7 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl


2022
November 18 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
November 18 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
October 15 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
September 9 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
August 27 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
August 19-21 ✹ Front Republic Festival
August 13 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
July 22 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
July 8 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
June 23 ✹ NewHaūs, Mtl
June 17 ✹ Rituals: Summer Solstice Edition, Mtl
June 12 ✹ CENOTE- Floral Nights presents CHESHIRE ALLEY Burning Man Fundraiser, Mtl
June 3 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
May 28 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
May 6 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
April 23 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
April 8 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
April 1 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl
March 16 ✹ Nhau Bar, Mtl

Genocide, June 2025:
Israel is only the executioner, every nation which has armed that country in the past year is an accessory to that genocide, an accomplice, a facilitator.  We cannot talk about war crimes because when you target unarmed civilians, mostly women and children, we are talking about a massacre, like terrorists do, not a war. The people who orchestrated that massacre, in the US, the most duplicitous, followed by those of the UK, Germany, France, and probably a few lesser ones should be tried for crimes against humanity just as well as Netanyahu and his cabinet, because it has been going on for two years, generously reported by media of all kinds, so the enablers knew exactly how the arms were to be used, as a tool for revenge, domination, and humiliation of the Palestinian people.  The conflict has ceased to be about the defense of anything for months.

The parties responsible have made a mockery of decency, morals, fairness, proportion, or justice, not to mention empathy.  Of what little there was, these concepts will be a lot longer to come back than they were to be struck down.  

Is it 1984 already?!?!
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I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  I have tried a few times to get back into it but SoundCloud doesn't trust me.  Same phone number, same email addresses, and they still claim that they can't verify my identity.  I created that account about three years ago as a substitute to my regular account which SoundCloud temporarily closed.  They closed it as part of some upgrade procedure in their system, the result of a bug that affected many accounts, about two years ago.  Since SC did not inform its users I didn't know if that was permanent or not, so I created that other account which I can't access.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
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This one here (957729823) is for regular folks.

I love you, both.

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You can't see it because of the angle with which I took the shot, aiming down, but beyond those blocks is the sea.  To the left is the Mediterranean, to the right is the Atlantic Ocean.  No it's not Gibraltar, but a little bit further West. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
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My face and the bike are a courtesy of Joël Vaudreuil
[https://vimeo.com/user8897093]  ... Merci Joe!
I then went ahead and butchered his work with a borrowed helmet.
... Sorry Joe. =(
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I'm trying to promote what I think is good music, so if you want to help out a bit I'd rather you [like] or [repost] my *playlists* rather than my field recordings, if you don't mind, unless you are a die hard fan of those things. Thank you ; )

I speak French, so if you send me a private message, and that you are a francophone, please write in French, thank you.  ... I mean, you don't absolutely have to, but I would prefer it. 

All my field recordings (except for when I record a person) are public, freely downloadable by anyone who is able to click on the button.  I encourage anyone interested to use them in any way whatsoever, on purpose or accidentally. No need for permissions or credits or any other kind  of administrative maneuvers.
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Anarchists give me hope.

I'm a big fan of EFF.  Love ya EFF.  (no connection with the above line)
... and of course Richard Stallman and Linux and all the others.  Bless yous.

Now don't be lazy, go find out what it is this "EFF" that I'm talking about.  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with computers.

You have a nice day now.  Hugs & Kisses.