The first single from Sheenah Ko's 2022 album, FUTURE IS NOW!

Official music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4UandGBAVQ

Wake Up

Wake Up (Radio Edit)

Montreal-based synth-pop artist Sheenah Ko (@sheenako) takes a contemplative and expansive view of how we navigate the world we live in on her exhilarating sophomore full-length album, Future Is Now.  Having gained a reputation of being a fearless musical warrior who marches to the beat of her own drum, the singer-songwriter, who also serves as a core member of Canadian indie darlings Besnard Lakes, hopes the record’s nine songs will encourage listeners to broaden their horizons, break the cycle, effect change, and live life to the fullest.  Ko appeared on Ashes to Ashes (@ashestoashescjlo) to talk about Future Is Now, the role of nature on the record, and lessons learned from touring with so many different artists.

Original air date: June 7, 2022
Photo: Andy Jon
Songs played: Wake Up, Postcard from Saguenay, Waterfall, Your Stare, Give It All, Are You Listening, Today

Sheenah Ko Interview || Ashes to Ashes

Anxiety

Written, produced and recorded by Sheenah Ko
Percussion by Mélissa Labbé recorded with Ryan Battistuzzi at Le Stuzzio, Montreal.
Co-produced and mixed by Félix Petit
Mastered by Félix Petit and Gabriel Meunier

Cette chanson est dédiée à toutes les personnes qui, à un moment donné, croisent notre chemin dans la vie. C'est un rappel pour embrasser la simplicité et la positivité, encourageant chacun à se concentrer sur leur élévation et celle de ceux qui les entourent.

This song is dedicated to all the individuals who, at certain times, cross paths with us in life. It's a reminder to embrace simplicity and positivity, encouraging everyone to focus on uplifting themselves and those around them.

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Walking The Vine

This is my voice acting demo reel: each segment has been shortened for each character demonstrating my range, read from scripts. Agent: Daphnée Ferole info@rivetferole.com

1. Meditation: soothing/relaxing voice
2. Movie trailer narration (used 'Spirited Away' theme)
3. Video game script: soothing, motherly voice
4. Trucker, Southern American accent (hahaha, I just had to...)
5. Young child
6. Wicked witch (excerpt from Roald Dahl's Witches)
7. Video game character/narration
8. British panhandler (excerpt from Clockwork Orange)
8. Mortgage Broker ad: Female, Canadian/American, Friendly
9. French narration: Female, English accent (excerpt from Kafka on the Shore)

Sheenah Ko's Voice Acting Demo Reel

Another Ambient track to pass the time in quarantine.

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Artist Takeover Hour - Sheenah Ko

w/ @constantin-monfilliette
Artwork: Max Grenier
Photo: Samuel Snow
Mastering: @Pheek

Tracklist:

Space Afrika - Self
LOG - LOG 3
Mind over MIDI - Sti
Constantin Monfilliette - Translation
Monolake - Specimen Fractal
Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois - Mag11 P82
Richard Devine - Revsic
SUGAI KEN - Headwaters Of The Tone River
Atte Elias Kantonen - Marmite Love Pool
Space Afrika - oh baby
Blank Banshee - Start Up
Schnell Vitesse - Discovery Of Gater Tricks (Thx Mortimer)
bil bless - beneath eternity
Azu Tiwaline - Magnetic Service ft. Cinna Peyghamy
Kaya Project - Seed (Digitalis Remix)
Ana Roxanne - Nocturne
Space Afrika - dairyday4

Podcast001 - Constantin Monfilliette

Written, performed and produced by Sheenah Ko
Mastered by Richard Addison at Trillium Studios, Montreal

Antoine Vachon: Engineer, mix, additional production
Andy King: Trumpet
Maysun: Drums

Available on vinyl: sheenahko.bandcamp.com

Again we fall, why do we throw our lives away in these fields of time
Do we ignore what’s pure and real
Do you hear your heart, are you listening
In your eye
Do you see right
Can you take the ride and go with the tide, and live life so much easier
And we talk so much and we’re blinded by the fools of this millennium
And I see you’ve turned white, you no longer have stride with these changes in your
future

When there is
When there is no other way
When there is
When there is no other way

I do hope that we can be better than this
Can we find enlightenment from within
Cause we want it all and we want it now
And there is no such thing as the future
So we ignore the footprints in the earth as it shakes
Don’t you see we are all connected
In this wave we call life we are learning to ride
And trust in this universe

You will see
And you will see
You will see
When you’re awake

Future Is Now

Are You Listening

Sheenah Ko is a Chinese-Irish multi instrumentalist born and raised in Toronto who now resides in the Saguenay region of Québec. Best known as a member of the Besnard Lakes, she is an energetic keyboardist performing internationally with a wide array of bands. In 2020, Ko introduced her solo productions with her debut album Nowhere In Time. Her music video, Wrap Me Up, won a 2020 UK Music Video Award and a 2021 Juno nomination in addition to charting in the top 10 national college radio charts. Future Is Now is its 2022 follow-up, accompanied by an energetic and engaging show of vapor-pop, sometimes psychedelic, passing through portions closer to ecstatic dance, imbued with a jazz spirit that leaves room for the improvisations of Ko and her musicians. For those who like to smile, applaud, dance and let themselves be transported into a unique and stunning universe.

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Sheenah Ko

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