AVANNI. is going b2b with One Winged Angel to fly out the legendary DJs umru and GRRL for the Vancouver edition of Tour-Based Combat ‘24.

Prepare for a night of intense and twisted b2b sets by:

umru b2b GRRL
acounta b2b Matt Tecson

AVANNI. b2b EtOH
Ivy Hollivana b2b Ivy Hollivana

PURE CDJ DESTRUCTION

at The Cobalt, Vancouver

December 6 2024

$10 Early Bird

$20 Tier 2 presales
$30 Tier 3 at the door

lock tf in, see you in the ring.

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umru
Search-engine-optimized Estonian-American musician Umru emerged into the pop music zeitgeist with his first production credit on Charli XCX's 2017 mixtape Pop 2, recruited at 18 by A. G. Cook to co-produce the highlight track "I Got It". This quickly brought Umru from high school and online music circles to joining XCX's US and EU tour dates and collaborating with some of pop's most forward-thinking acts.

 

The release of his debut EP Search Result on Cook’s PC Music label revealed his strength in merging intense, somatosensory production with earworm performances from a lineup of prototypical hyperpop vocal talent including Laura Les (of 100 gecs) and Lewis Grant. Umru’s work has gone on to excel in and help define the space right between underground and pop, from his star-studded 7-minute "Movinglikeazombie (Remix)" with Ericdoa (named one of the best tracks of 2020 by NPR) to production for Yung Kayo, Caroline Polachek, Tommy Cash, and Fraxiom, to scoring for Hayden Dunham‘s performance at MoMA PS1. His work has been highlighted in Paper Magazine, AQNB, Dazed, and Lyrical Lemonade.

 

https://www.instagram.com/umru/

https://soundcloud.com/umru

 

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GRRL
James Mapley- Brittle, better known as GRRL, is that rare young artist who comes to the electronic music craft with a highly sharpened aesthetic and a rich inner life to draw from. GRRL may call North Carolina home, but they live in their own exquisitely detailed world, cherry-picking inspiration from an encyclopedic knowledge of several decades worth of music, fashion, film, games, and technology. 

Honing their skills as an in-demand local DJ in Durham, North Carolina and via their long-running NTS Radio show, GRRL’s style and sonics quickly captured the attention of avant-garde torch-bearers like PC Music’s AG Cook, Anamanguchi, Porter Robinson, and even Skrillex, who lauded GRRL’s Nest HQ mix as one of his favorites. Beyond deftly mixing crisp percussive techno and bleeding-edge bass, GRRL is a keenly talented producer with a seemingly inexhaustible range of musical ideas. Releasing three full-lengths between 2019 and 2020, GRRL presents a cinematic and expansive vision of club music’s future, putting their unique spin on electro, techno, jungle, grime, Jersey club, and gqom as effortlessly as moving through levels on a videogame. Scores for fashion designer Alexander Wang and a Splice soundpack with frequent collaborator Made of Oak (Sylvan Esso) further showcase GRRL’s dexterity with sci-fi atmospheres and stretchy drums.

With 100s of unreleased tracks lying in wait and a self-imposed mandate to constantly refine their sound, GRRL is already poised to be one of North America’s most compelling electronic music artists. Catch them if you can.

 

https://www.instagram.com/grrlmusic/

https://soundcloud.com/grrl-music

 

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acounta

acounta is an enigma - but a legend nonetheless. Drenched in mystery and releasing music under multiple aliases such as Bee Oil, cloneaid, and junemeta, acounta delivers hit after hit.

 

https://www.instagram.com/acounta99/

https://soundcloud.com/acounta

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Matt Tecson
基於成長過程中的身份認同因素，特別是孩童時代的跨文化衝擊，始終不知歸屬感為何物，

但卻使 Matt Tecson 發展出非常廣泛的音樂喜好。在西方文化中長大，不被主流群體所認同的他，在生活中漸漸成為一個局外人，進而也產生對前衛音樂、實驗音樂的連結 。

 

而在他的 DJ sets 中，Matt Tecson 會融合各式各樣、來自世界各地的音樂類型，並在調變後發展出屬於他自己的流派。 他為了那些從不屬於任何地方的人們表演，藉此希望他們能在音樂的突變過程中得到歸途之感。

 

https://www.instagram.com/one________________wingedangel/

https://soundcloud.com/matttecson

 

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AVANNI.
Adam Giovanni Barbaro, (he/she/they) also known under the pseudonym “AVANNI.” is an independent multi-disciplinary artist from “Vancouver”, Canada. Their unique style grabs influence heavily from maximalism and sampling, that spans across their various avenues of art. They have performed with the likes of food house, Subculture Party, Normie Corp., as well as many notable Vancouver creatives. Furthermore, projects AVANNI. has been involved in have been featured by countless publications, including most notably PAPER MAGAZINE and theneedledrop aka Anthony Fantano.

https://www.instagram.com/avanni.exe/

https://soundcloud.com/aplus0m

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EtOH
EtOH is a Métis DJ and visual artist based in “Vancouver” with a passion for hard hitting music. He is the host of MASHKAWOW (Southern Michif: “It is hard/strong”), a monthly hard dance radio show on bside radio.

https://www.instagram.com/devetoh/

https://soundcloud.com/etoh 

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Ivy Hollivana
Digital diy pop - a genre and an ethos. Ivy Hollivana is worldwide and independent. She has travelled all across the globe playing and throwing events that showcase her signature ethereal electronic sound.

 

https://www.instagram.com/ivyhollivana/

https://soundcloud.com/ivyhollivana