The Beat is co-presented by imagineNATIVE Film Media Arts Festival and Revolutions Per Minute RPM, and returns for its thirteenth year on Saturday, October 21 at the Horseshoe Tavern.

Featuring:

MOB BOUNCE BC/SK

KAYLA BRIT Los Angeles - Tkaronto debut

ZIIBIWAN Tkaronto

DJ KOOKUM Vancouver

More info: http://www.imaginenative.org/special-events/the-beat

MOB BOUNCE Mob Bounce

Mob Bounce is a northwest coast Native hip-hop duo comprised of The Northwest Kid Gitxsan and Heebz the Earthchild Cree/Metis who deliver passionate and soulful music that blends Indigenous-influenced hip-hop and EDM with traditional and contemporary elements. Both MCs' gripping lyricism delves into spirituality, social awareness and justice, with a deep connection to land and place. Mob Bounce is Indigenous hip-hop music and poetry with conviction. Their first album, Mob Medicine, was released in late 2015. They are currently at work on their debut LP for RPM Records.

More info: https://www.rpm-records.com/rpm-artists/mob-bounce

KAYLA BRIT Kayla Brit

Kayla Brit is a 20 year old multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, filmmaker and virtual reality artist exploring themes of identity in multiple mediums of storytelling. After teaching herself how to create music in her room at a young age, she took up multiple instruments, scores her own films, and draws from elements of electronic, a-cappella, folk, and alternative pop; singing textured tales of love, loss, and all that's in-between. She's now bringing her room onto the live stage as a one-woman band, with a loop pedal, keyboard, guitar & guzheng zither, a traditional Chinese instrument. Her Prairie Band Potawatomi/Neshnabe, Chinese, and Dutch-Indonesian roots deeply inspire her in both music, VR, and film. Her award-winning short documentary, Smoke That Travels, immerses viewers in her native Prairie Band Potawatomi heritage and explores fears that her culture may someday be forgotten. This film has screened and won awards at over 45 festivals internationally, including Sundance, MoMA NYC; and is archived in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. Currently, she is creating a room-scale VR collective diary TROVE, teaching all-ages workshops, scoring independent films, and directing experimental stories in 2D & VR.

More info: https://kaylabriet.com

ZIIBIWAN Ziibiwan

Ziibiwan is an emerging Anishinaabe, electronic artist/producer from Toronto, Ontario. Ziibiwan explores many different genres with his work but pulls most inspiration from contemporary R&B and alternative artists such as Radiohead and Bjrk; his ethereal, sonic landscape opens into deeply hypnotic spaces where land, sky, and deep sea meet. His debut EP, Time Limits, was released in 2016. He is currently working on his debut LP for RPM Records and a collaborative project with labelmate Exquisite Ghost.

More info: https://www.rpm-records.com/rpm-artists/ziibiwan

DJ KOOKUM Dj Kookum

A veteran of the west coast Indigenous music scene, Vancouver-based Dene/Cree turntablist, DJ, and remixer DJ Kookum Cold Lake First Nations and Alexis Dakota Sioux Nation is known for lighting up dance floors with her original blend of EDM, trap, moombahton, hip-hop and bass music.

More info: https://djkookum.com

TICKETING INFORMATION:

On sale Online or at the TIFF Box Office

$13.50 - Regular

$11.00 - Student ID req, Senior, Low Income Self identified