Sled Island presents: Circuit des Yeux + Flore Laurentienne

Circuit des Yeux

Experimental singer-songwriter Haley Fohr brings her Circuit des Yeux back to Sled Island after five years. On her 2021 album -io, a critical darling, Fohr continues to wow with her near-operatic baritone, locked grooves and a new degree of orchestral drama.

Flore Laurentienne

Composer Mathieu David Gagnon’s debut album as Flore Laurentienne, Volume I, is a combination of analogue synth and string-forward orchestration. Recently re-released on RVNG Intl., it is filled with score-like compositions that are gorgeous, serene and totally enveloping.

Takleef Ensemble

Takleef Ensemble is a new group working in the multiple disciplines of sound, poetry, video and contemporary art. Featuring guitar, sax, spoken word, violin, bells, percussion, electronics, clarinet and tanpura, the group is getting ready to release its first full-length double LP in late 2022 or 2023. Takleef Ensemble is an ongoing effort to unbind burden, difficulty and sorrow — expect poetry, personal accounts and haunting melody.

 

About Sled Island

The Sled Island Music & Arts Festival is a five-day, multi-venue festival taking place June 22 - 26, 2022. The full festival lineup and schedule is now available on SledIsland.com. 

Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees agree to abide by Sled Island's safer spaces and inclusion policy, which can be found here.

Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley First Nations. Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

Please note: This is an all ages event.