ABOUT
Ottawa, Canada has always been home to a thriving underground music community, rich with boundary-pushing artists, diverse genres, and a spirit of collaboration that runs deep. To capture and celebrate this energy, Disown Me Recordings has partnered with Catalyst Events to curate a new compilation album highlighting some of the most exciting talent from the nation’s capital.
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This project brings together artists from across the city’s creative spectrum—ranging from post-punk, electronic, and experimental acts to heavy alternative, trip hop, and ambient soundscapes. Each track was selected not only for its musical strength, but also for how it reflects the pulse of Ottawa’s independent music scene: raw, daring, and unafraid to challenge convention.
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The collaboration was born out of a shared mission: to amplify local voices and provide a platform that extends beyond individual shows or releases. Disown Me Recordings brings years of experience in capturing and releasing uncompromising underground sounds on physical formats, while Catalyst Events Ottawa has established itself as a driving force in producing live shows and fostering community connections. Together, they form a natural partnership—one that bridges the recording world with the energy of live performance.
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From DIY basement recordings to polished studio sessions, the album showcases the city’s sonic diversity and the passion of the artists who continue to shape it. It also represents the collaborative spirit of the scene itself: musicians, organizers, and producers coming together to create something that speaks louder than any single voice could alone.
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“This album is more than a collection of songs—it’s a statement about Ottawa’s musical identity,” said organizers. “We want to showcase the strength and originality of artists working right here in our city.”
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Listen to the City - Systems of Technology will be available on vinyl, compact disc and digital formats at select local events.
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THE ARTISTS
A1 - BEN GLOBERMAN - Field I (For J)
(Ben Globerman)
​Ben is a musician, sound designer, and multimedia artist. He has composed works for film, theatre, and specializes in developing multi-channel audio installations – working on projects for hospitals, fashion shows, and public transit. Across different monikers (e.g. Cabaal, eponymous), he has performed throughout North America, released multiple LP/EPs, and is a past participant of the Red Bull Music Academy (New York, USA).
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​BANDCAMP
​SPOTIFY
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​A2 - 3MPATH - Hop3
(Harrison Casavant)
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3mpath is an artist from Chelsea, Quebec who wants to make music that is integrated with sound effects/design. “Coming from a background in film sound I’ve always wanted to include sonic landscapes interwoven with my music, using field recordings and my environment to tell a story. I find myself bouncing between harsh industrial and soft ambient quite a lot which is definitely chaotic but I feel it keeps me engaged. Experimenting with new genres that I love the most about music. For this song I wanted to encapsulate a vibe about Ottawa that me and my friends would always talk about, the city just screams idm, especially walking though the downtown late at night, you have all these brutalist office buildings with sterile interiors, it gives off a liminal atmosphere or a sort-of mysterious banality that feels like the perfect spark for my creativity.”
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A3 - VOYAGEUR STATIQUE - Dernier désir
(Eric Trottier et Guillaume Cliche)
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Founded in 2019, VOYAGEUR STATIQUE is the collaborative project of Eric Trottier (011, VIOLENCE) and Guillaume Cliche (Transparent, GGROUNDD). Together, they produce, with the help of drum machines and synthesizers, a music that draws its influences from the House of the 90s to which they inject certain elements of New Wave and Pop, all seasoned with texts inspired by the theater of avant-garde, for the avowed purpose, to pin to the decor some psychotonic undulations, in order to move the adventurous spirits and the stroboscopic shadows. For the immobile walkers and those who sizzle.
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A4 - RIGID BODY DYNAMICS - Fresh Uptowns
(Paul Anthony)
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Paul Anthony operates under a constellation of aliases: Night On Wish Mountain, Wilhaeven, KI, Canada High, Equal Ways, Rigid Body Dynamics, Camvold, as well as being one half of the Post-Punk / Darkwave duo TOUCHED FABLES. These aren’t just pseudonyms—they're essential outlets for the prolific creative output of a boundary-pushing producer. His music has appeared on labels across the globe, played live throughout Canada, and featured in independent films, documentaries, and shows on MTV, NBC, CBC, and BBC 4, as well as in contemporary art installations.
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​​​​​​​​​A5 - REDSHFT - Zero Sum
(Adel Manji)
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Redshft is a musical project created by Adel Manji. Adel was classically trained on piano from a young age and developed an interest in electronic production in middle school. To date they have released 6 entirely self produced and published albums in various genres and styles. Adel is also a photographer and his work often accompanies his music.
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(Miguel Luiz Fernandes)
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Phasez is an Ottawa indie artist inspired by various 80s artists, as well as artists such as Hers, The Strokes, and Dayglow. He hones in on nostalgic sounds that connects us to our past. “Fade Away” pushes this idea as it showcases the concept of “change blindness”. As we change, we have no perception of who we’re gradually transforming into, much like the song as it progresses.
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(Sterling Campbell)
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Incarta95 aka Sterling Campbell has been making music since 1996. An avid drummer, he was introduced to electronic music production in 1998 when he and a friend found Rebirth RB-338 on a Future Music Magazine CD ROM. In 2015, Incarta and Hexadecimal Starkey founded the Vaporwave label "Lost Angles". They then went on to form a VHS label called "Baudway Video". Sterling started a Floppy Disk label called "Strudelsoft" which caught the attention of Rolling Stone and CBC. The label is still active. Based in Cornwall, Ontario, he has hosted Drone Day in that city since 2019 and continues to collect VHS, produce music and DJ.
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​LOST ANGLES
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​​​B3 - ELECTRIC AVENUE - Just Out Of Reach
(Christian Szucs)
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Electric Avenue is the sonic alias of Ottawa based producer Christian Szucs. Blending hypnotic rhythms and emotive textures, he crafts a wide range of electronic music - from high energy club tracks to atmospheric downtempo soundscapes.
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​​​B4 - UPPER REGIONS - Interlude Kiss
(Jim Roditis)
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Jim draws inspiration from the underground techno scene. While emphasizing original sound design, he weaves together in a storyboard of song where the listener finds emotion, excitement, and a narrative for dance.
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​​​​B5 - RYANGREENBLUE - Listen To Your Environment
(Ryan DiPietrantonio)
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RyanGreenBlue is a producer and composer from Ottawa, Canada. He specialises in blending real with the unreal: combining electronic processing with orchestral, foley, and tape elements. Moving quickly between genres, RyanGreenBlue's music is fueled by the online electronic scene and its far-reaching influences. Melding folktronica with breakbeats with symphonic winds, there is a comfortable complexity that pulsates through Ryan's music.
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B6 - CONFLICTED OPERATOR - Perspective
(Daniel Hood)
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Conflicted Operator is a solo experimental synth project involving studio sessions and improvised live streams. The resulting sounds are not constrained to any particular genre and range from ambient drone textures, to driving techno, and beyond. Conflicted Operator draws from their techno (phaXis) and freeform hardcore (phosphor) alter egos, as well as foundational influences encompassing folk, classical, rock, punk, and metal.
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THANK YOU
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT: Sandra Anthony (forever), Jim Roditis (TOUCHED FABLES), Kim Roditis, Todd Nickolas (ADSR), Glenn Humplik, Pete Grove (Woodwork Recordings), Andrew Pakuts (Lost In Bass - CKCU FM), Geoffrey Dent (Ricochet Records), Bill Brewster (Late Night Stories, London, UK), Gordon Taylor at Infectious Unease Radio (Melbourne, Australia), Alexander K. Einetter (Childhood Intelligence - Germany), Maria & Darwin, RIP Rosa & Paul Roditis, Paul Pulse Spliced Vinyl Recordings (CAN), Pure Dope Digital (Germany), DTL Records (USA), Dj STACH Rogue State Radio (UK), Mark Harrison (UK), Pray4Techno (MEX), Lets Techno (ITA), Desire Records (PT), WAFO Music (PT), Sliced Records (AUS/CAN), Teknofonic Recordings (NY), Paul at Drift Deeper (UK), The Minx Sessions (CIUT FM), Mixshow (UMFM FM), Radio Techno (NOR), David James Moving In The Right Direction (CIUT FM), Kevin Kartwell Hostile Airwaves (CFMU FM), Christian Poulsen & Jason Rolfe (Bishops Bloc), Mag Odnad, Christine Roditis, Mike Ladewig, Tristan Ladewig, Tim Humphrey (Discovery Records USA), Rory Hanchard, Candace Nelson (Candyshop - CKCU FM), Golbon Moltaji, Clint House, Sterling Campbell, Arturo B Turo, Blake Jacobs (House Of Targ), RIP Gilbert Lachance (From One Extreme To Another), Doug Hempstead and Mario Carlucci (CBC / Radio-Canada), Wendy Hydra & Chris Blake (Juncture Music), Adrian Collins AKA Edzy (Unique 3), Originator Sound (Leeds, UK), Esa Juhani Ruoho (Lackluster), Paul Croley (Cakeboy), Robert Page (Bobzilla), LW Recordings (Hull, UK), Jason McCreadie, Andrés del Castillo, Vittorio Vychod Spica, Sean McBride & Liz Wendelbo and Egan Frantz (Xeno & Oaklander), Blaise Castonguay (Menthüll), Dave Rout & Andreas Gregor (Techniques Berlin), Barbi Castelvi Gomes (Siviyex), Nick Doyle (Infinity's Astrum), Mark Totti, Adriana Ciccone (Echo Chamber), Roland Marckwort (Violentene), Thomas Stepien (Teknobrat), Annie Socoria, Ashford SC (Dreamlab), Jonnie Yates, Hexadecimal Starkey, Tom Thompson (Chime of Wrens), Nicolas Lavoie (Paraphonique), Sophie Frenette, Phillip B. Klingler, Carrellee, Christian Guzman, Janine Cangy Inglis, Stuart Siney, Phil Minotti & Mike Graham (CNTRL Machine), Paul Blackford, Michael Glenwright, Andrew O'Malley, Daniel Hood (AMPD), Phil Giroux, Rich Rey, Poète Ambiance, John Emond, Jeff Larocque, Abe Van Dam, Tumelo Ponalo (Melo-T), Ben Globerman, Michael Elliott, Tom Middleton & Mark Pritchard (Global Communication), Ben Vh, Alan Demsky, Mineo Kawasaki, David Gordon Clarke, Rob Preuss, Kimera La Grande, Simon Labelle (Réservoir), Philip Meadows, Callum Browne, Avery Strok, Andrew Duke, JS Cote, Gez Varley (LFO), Kenneth Walter Kaldalóns Balys, Simon Lajeunesse, Michael Caffrey, VJ Daisy, RIP Eric Archambault (VJ Cinetik), Andrew Wowk, Heiki Sillaste, Stephane Vera, David Jackson, Christina Kasper (CHORD Productions), Luigi C. Saracino, Franco & Michaela Coburn-Pontello, Leslie McLaughlin, Scott Walker, Christina Kevins (DJ Chimaira / Release The Bats), Eric Mulligan (DJ Reverie), Michael Szewczyk (Textbeak), Sean Kosa, Warren Darby (Cafe Dekcuf), Malek Eye, Orphx, Stephen Baird (Plan B), Brandon Kennedy & Christopher Chartrand (CHOIRZ), Mistress McCutchan, Bryan Rodgers (Mechtechnik), Eric Trottier (Voyageur Statique), Jenn Herd & Dunstan Topp (Fauxcils), Theo Vandenhoff, Emmett O'Grady, Gill Kingsley, Nat Lee Talbot & Hugo Joyal (The Mirrors), Drew Arnott (Strange Advance), Byron Kent Wong, Post Punk Magazine, Brutal Resonance, Canadian Beats Magazine, Tinnitist, I Die: You Die, Flatlines Radio, Akill Char (Elektrospank, Athens), Dark Soul Radio, White Light / White Heat, Moog Audio, Tom Brown (Gravitronic), Samuel Heersink, Cicada Sound (Ottawa), Retrograth, Spaceman Music (Ottawa), RIP Paddy McManus, Stuart Curr (Swollen Heads), 99.9 Emergency FM (Leeds, UK), Frederick Sugden (Threads Radio - Tottenham, UK), Ricochet Records Podcast (London UK), FutureMusic FM (London, UK), Altitude Radio (Guarda PT), Switched On Synths (Ottawa CAN), Drone Day (Ottawa & Cornwall, CAN), Electric Circuits Festival (Kingston, CAN), Alweezgrooven Festival and Aptly Named Summer Festival (Quebec, CAN), 99.9 FM Wax Radio (Indianapolis, USA), Nightmare Delirium (Calgary, CAN) CJSW 90.9 FM, Rave Union (CAN).
