VBTAF Presents ‘Rewind’

Come celebrate VPS Winter Pride and Black Futures Month with a dance party centred around QTBIPOC joy and GOOD music! VBT&AF Presents: 𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗  ⏪ ❄️

Paying homage to the Black roots of electronic music, we have curated a sonic voyage centering Black artists in the realms of electronic and pop music, who are at the top of their game and will bring the heat. The event will feature a live performance from pop experimentalist VOT, as well as DJ sets from VBT&AF’s own founder & director Venetta, tha Don herself, Donna Dada, Jersey legend Rammie, and master of entrancing and percussive afrotech, Njoki Njoki. This stacked line up is gon' have us up alll nite! There will also be door prizes, a free photobooth, and a sensory station. 

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𝐕𝐎𝐓 ˖⁺‧₊˚♡˚₊‧⁺˖

VOT is a singer-songwriter that explores electronic landscapes, lyrically intertwining themes like technology, love, and sci-fi. Born to a Korean mother and a Zimbabwean father, immigrants who fled to Canada, she first saw the world in Vancouver. With a classically trained background, Venus’ love for music began in musical theatre. In her debut self-titled concept album, we follow VOT, the prototype android built by humans, who feels the full range of human emotion. We discover the full spectrum of what it means to be human through the eyes of a machine's experience. Depicting futures where AI is used to better humanity, where hopelessness and new tech are on the rise, is essential to the greater good — and this is one of VOT’s primary missions.

 

V͎E͎N͎E͎T͎T͎A͎ ✩°｡⋆⸜ 🎧✮

From Vancouver scene stalwart to underground party globetrotter, artist, producer, DJ and VBT&AF's very own founder & director Venetta, is electrifying clubs and festivals worldwide with her visceral and invigorating sets. 2023 was a whirlwind for Venetta, as she embarked on her debut Asia tour and secured a solo show at Germany’s prestigious Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Berlin’s Electronic Beats Festival, and played notable events such as Fotografiska, Shayne Oliver’s Mall of Anonymous at Schinkel Pavillon, the legendary PAN night at Berghain's Panorama Bar, Silencio (Paris), Flow Festival Helsinki Afterparty (Helsinki), Tresor (Berlin), Endless at the White Hotel (Manchester), and the Courrèges Afterparty for Paris Fashion Week, among many others. Recently listed as Mixmag's 2024 "Ones to Watch," her distinctly high-velocity mixes have been featured regularly in notable publications such as FACT Mag, Crack Magazine, and Resident Advisor. As a DJ, she has played alongside artists such as Boys Noize, Jamie xx, Venus X, BBYAFRICKA, James Ferraro, Mica Levi, Yves Tumor, and Namasenda, to name a few. Drawing from a far-reaching library of genres, Venetta’s sets don't sit nicely within most dancefloor expectations. She takes on a gutsy, yet provocative approach with her selection, blending anything from techno and electro to global club and rap, all with the aim of shocking the dancefloor with an unrelenting sonic blitzkrieg. Her style is climactic and rife with dissociative sensations - mirroring the ebb and flow of psychological thrillers taking listeners on a rollercoaster of highs and lows with frequent changes in pitch and tempo, in the world of Venetta, the unexpected reigns supreme.

 

𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐃𝐀 ✮ ✮ ✮

After standout sets at Shambhala and Bass Coast in recent years and across Canada and Vancouver regularly, Donna Dada brings her infections mix of 2-step garage, bass, warehouse breaks, jungle, techno and what ever else she can fit in from 130 to 175 BPM. Influenced by her Trinidadian-Nigerian heritage and a life long love of UK dance. With a USB filled with the best and latest in dance music and an extensive 20 year knowledge of electronic music and culture, get ready to dance.

 

𝑵𝑱𝑶𝑲𝑰 𝑵𝑱𝑶𝑲𝑰 ༺☆༻

Njoki Njoki- a rising talent from Vancouver- Njoki Born and raised in Kenya, Njoki blends diasporic soundscapes layered with techno melodies to create a thoughtful musical experience. Dj Njoki aims to bring an uplifted fantasy of diasporic African eclectic pride; deep rooted in childhood memories. Intertwining between genres such as Baile, Afro, Neoperreo, to Gqom and Amapinao blending a mixtures of eclectic sounds and textures.

 

𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐄  ▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။‌‌‌‌‌၊|• 

Rammie is an African American and Guyanese DJ and producer from New Jersey.  He tries not to focus on genre but more on making people move and exposing them to new music. He also makes his own remixes and music for fun and plays them during his sets.

Rammie also hosts DJ workshops and open spins through his community “Come Spin With Us”

 

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The event will be taking place on February 23rd 9pm-3am at Birdhouse (44 West 4th avenue). 

Proceeds from this fundraising event will go towards the Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Foundation’s programming that offers free and low cost counselling to members of the Black community facing financial barriers. 

Sliding scale tickets for QTBIPOC folks facing financial barriers are available by request to hello@vancouverblacktherapyfoundation.com. 

See y'all on the dance floor ;) 

Flyer by @makasoft