may 5th, 2018

...inner tension is a disease ~ let me give you medicine...

...artwork by my loved ones Coco and Daensen...

...carefully prescribed sedatives by Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft, Tommy Guerrero, Kutmah & Gonjasufi, Jerkcurb, Blonde Redhead, Connan Mockasin, Flughand, Ali Whales & Gustav Main, FloFilz, Slim & Ella Mae, Sleepdealer, Kava Kon, J.J. Cale, OPEZ, LOVING, Fanso, Kutiman, Lukas Endhardt, Ash Walker, Scott Gilmore, Everything But The Girl, Dusty Springfield, Oscar Peterson, Bassti & INAS, Maple Syrup, Wun Two, Skinshape, Eunice Collins, Shlohmo, Naran Ratan, Move D, Barnaby Carter, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti & Dam-Funk, Khruangbin, Michael Seyer, Boys Age, Tex Crick, Boom Clap Bachelors, Blundetto & Marina P, Mt. Fujitive, Brenky, o k h o, Bilo 503, Yellow Days, King Krule, BADBADNOTGOOD, Fantompower, Eden Ahbez, Kava Kon, Gabor Szabo, Domenique Dumont, Fantasy Guys, Buttering Trio, Poptartpete, Douglas Wood, Frankie Reyes, Infinite Bisous, Lucrecia Dalt, Vesuvio Solo, Desmond Cheese...

TASCAM DR-40

reflecting on a sunny afternoon


Influenced by the sounds of International and urban tones as well as the underground scene of Mexico city in the 90s, Risa began his Dj journey in 2005 on ancient sacred Mayan grounds.

He landed in British Columbia in 2008 and right away started involving himself in the Sound System culture. Since 2010, has been a regular on the Canadian East coast festival circuit, having performed notably at Eclipse Festival, Space Gathering, Open Mind, Timeless and many more....

 Currently residing in Sherbrooke, Quebec Risa is co-founder of 3 different projects:
Onderground
Going strong since 2016 working on promotion of underground House & Techno and subgenres.
Bemba
A newborn co-founded project of Risa promoting downtempo music the likes of Slow Techno and electronic folklore music.
Digital Station
Dedicated to the Reggae & DubSound System Culture.

Risa has play along with artists such as Hatcha(UK), Barnt (Cologne), Face T / Poirie (CA) Truth(NZ), Be Svendsen (DK) Thomash (DEU/BRA), Ondubground(FR), Sainte Vie(MX), Speakeasy Electro Swing Montréal (CA), R. Vincenzo (BR), Soom T (UK), Thomas Von party (CA/DEU), UpRoot Andy (US), among others.  His music style incorporate fusion between Nu Cumbia, Voodoohop, Ketapop, Deep House, Techno, West Coast Bass, Balkan Beat, Dub, Moombhaton, and the list goes on !

booking:  melanie@8day.ca 

~ sound enthusiast  ~ curator ~ collector

lover of the warm, smooth and mystical.

in the mood for some tunes? bookmatt@gmx.de

'25
february 21s - radio thalflug at biesentales
march 27th - atmospheres at kater blau
april 4th - beate uwe, b2b Morgen
april 24th - OOM at teeraum sanvian
april 26th - ost:end
may 3rd - köpi house project
may 24th - aken sommerfest, b2b Amapola
june 6th - kauz
june 14th - jonny knüppel
june 19th - la nature festival, b2b Morgen
july 27th - la barca
august 10th - detect classic festival
august 24th - kater blau
september 28th - beate uwe
october 2nd - tba

'24
january 1st - kater blau, b2b Lilienfein
february 17th - kater blau
march 28th - säälchen
march 31st - radion
may 19th - laut klub
may 25th - aken sommerfest, b2b SLÆGI
june 20th - kascheme
june 29th - fusion festival
july 14th - zuckerzauber, b2b Amapola
july 21st - detect classic festival
july 27th - klunkerkranich
august 2nd - garbicz festival
august 16th - bucht der träumer, b2b Amapola
august 25th - kater blau, b2b Lilienfein
september 4th- ostseebad binz, b2b Amapola
september 28th - südpol, b2b Lilienfein
october 11th - smelteverket, b2b Morgen
november 2nd - ahorn space
november 10th - sisyphos
december 2nd - kater blau
december 13th - holzmarkt, b2b Amapola
december 14th - klunkerkranich

'23 
february 3rd - kit kat
april 9th - kater blau
april 22nd - hausmania kulturhus
may 20th - mensch meier
may 26th - aken sommerfest
june 16th - zuparken festival
june 25th - laghi carcana
july 15th - zuckerzauber, b2b O/Y
july 16th - disko babel, b2b Morgen
july 22nd - kater blau, b2b Morgen
august 3rd - ostseebad binz
august 11th - orangerie
august 25th - kater blau, b2b Lilienfein
august 31st - crack bellmer
september 3rd - lusatia festival, b2b Morgen
september 22nd - kater blau, b2b Harald Kindseth
november 5th - salon zur wilden renate
november 24th - objekt klein a, b2b Dorian Fecht
november 27th - kater blau
december 10th - ost:end
december 15th - wonderfruit festival


...shared sounds with Agatha Hopfen, Ahorn Space, Aken Sommerfest, Anima Festival, Bar Barbette, Beate Uwe, Bucht der Träumer Festival, Christa Kupfer, Conscious Madness Festival, Crack Bellmer, Detect Classic Festival, Disko Babel, Donau 115, Edelweiss, Farbfernseher, Feel Festival, Fiese Remise, Fluc (Austria), Funkhaus Berlin, Fusion Festival, Garbicz Festival (Poland), Gardelegen Festival, Hausmania Kulturhus (Norway), Holzmarkt, Hoppetosse, IPSE, Jackie O, Jonny Knüppel, Journey to Tarab Festival (Hungary), Kasette (Turkey), Kasheme (Switzerland), Kater Blau, Katzensprung Festival, Kauz (Switzerland), Kiosk Art (Switzerland), Kit Kat, KLEIN.garten (Turkey), Kleiner Onkel, Klunkerkranich, Kramladen (Austria), Kultstätte Keller, La Barca, La Nature Festival (Belgium), Laghi Carcana (Italy), Laut Klub, Loftus Hall, Love Foundation Maastricht (Netherlands), Lusatia Festival, Mensch Meier, Mit Dir Festival, Monkey Bar, Objekt klein a, Oewerall Festival, Orangerie Neukölln, ost:end, Ostapotheke, Ostseebad Binz, Old Smithy's Dizzle, Planet Flow, Pangea Festival, Polygon / The Yard, Radion (Netherlands), Radio Thalflug, Ritter Butzke, Rummelsbucht, Salon Zur Wilden Renate, Säälchen, Sa Terza Metari Festival (Italy), Sisyphos, Skippergata (Norway), Smelteverket (Norway), Spedition Bremen, Stadtpalais Stuttgart, Stereo33, Südpol, Süß War Gestern, Sutormania Festival (Montenegro), Teeraum Sanvian, Turm, Uferlos (Switzerland), Verwirrtshaus, Von Freunden für Freunde Festival, Weltcafé,  Wildenbruchbar, Wokule, Wonderfruit Festival (Thailand), ZK/U, Zuckerzauber, Zugvögel Festival Süd (Spain), Zuparken Festival...


let's boogie to funk and cuddle to oldies.

(almost) every moment deserves a soundtrack.

press play. spread love.

invite me at your gig ;)

here just for listeing and sharing

reflecting on a sunny afternoon

mattmosphere