Organisation
An international festival organization dedicated to electronic music and the digital arts. Its central platform is an annual five-day event in Montreal that takes place in late May and early June.
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German remixer, DJ and producer Michael Mayer performs at Montreal's electronic music festival. Photo from www.cbc.ca.
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Detroit techno artist Audion (aka Matthew Dear) plays to the crowd. Photo from www.cbc.ca.
Montreal, Canada
The MUTEK festival has presented many of electronic music’s most established figures, while providing a platform for numerous new talents who have gone on to build sustainable careers, often as a result of their appearances at the festival. One of the organization’s main priorities is to provide avenues of exposure for Canadian artists alongside their international counterparts.
Mexico City, Mexico
Alongside the Montreal edition, which is currently approaching its 10th edition, MUTEK also hosts numerous international versions of its festival in locations often under-represented by the electronic-music industries of Europe and North America. A Mexican edition of MUTEK has taken place in Mexico City since 2003.
Argentina, Chile, Brazil
Annual South American single and/or multi-day events have taken place in Argentina and Chile since 2002 and 2004 respectively. Other showcases have also occurred in Brazil and Colombia as well.
China
Apart from Central and South America, in 2005 MUTEK was among the first Western cultural organizations to send a delegation of electronic artists to China.
Europe
MUTEK’s activities have also taken place in many European and American cities, with showcases and tours bringing the organization and its artists to wider audiences with every passing year. MUTEK also owns and operates a record label, Musique Risquée.
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