Mechanical Forest Sound
@mfs-toronto.bsky.social
Documenting local Toronto music culture since 2009.
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Live recording: Aidan McConnell, Karen Ng + Adrian Russouw make some tasty-as-pie excursions at The Tranzac. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
Recording: McConnell/Ng/Russouw
Artist: Aidan McConnell/Karen Ng/Adrian Russouw Song: [ 2nd set, 1st section ] Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge ( Karen Ng ...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Live recording: Aidan McConnell, Karen Ng + Adrian Russouw make some tasty-as-pie excursions at The Tranzac. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
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Monday Roundup #256
Concert announcements: Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. The Adjacence [Lina Allemano/Ryan Driver/Nick Fraser/Karen Ng]) / Wenona Lodge 2025-...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Live recording: Nolan Hildebrand's BLACK GALAXIE gets garbled/makes noise/has a blast at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
Recording: BLACK GALAXIE
Artist: BLACK GALAXIE Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded at Wenona Lodge ( Track Could Bend #109 ), October 7, 2025. BLACK GALAXIE - [ excerpt ] L...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Live recording: Nolan Hildebrand's BLACK GALAXIE gets garbled/makes noise/has a blast at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
Live recording: Dan Pitt, Patrick O'Reilly + Heraclitus Akimbo make for an unorthodox sort of synth-string band at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
Recording: O'Reilly/Strutt/Pitt
Artist: Patrick O'Reilly/Joe Strutt/Dan Pitt Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded at Wenona Lodge ( Track Could Bend #109 ), October 7, 2025. Patric...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Live recording: Dan Pitt, Patrick O'Reilly + Heraclitus Akimbo make for an unorthodox sort of synth-string band at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
Live recording: Brandon Auger & Deniz Tafaghodi play a sort of co-operative sound-art chess match at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
Recording: Brandon Auger & Deniz Tafaghodi
Artist: Brandon Auger & Deniz Tafaghodi Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded at Wenona Lodge ( Track Could Bend #109 ), October 7, 2025. Brandon Aug...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Live recording: Brandon Auger & Deniz Tafaghodi play a sort of co-operative sound-art chess match at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...
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Monday Roundup #255
Concert announcements: Florian Hoefner Trio [Florian Hoefner/Andrew Downing/Nick Fraser] / The Rex 2025-12-07&08 (Sunday & Monday). $21. [ ...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Monday Roundup #254
Community notes: As evidenced by the it-happened-10-years-ago documentation of the 10th anniversary party (as reproduced below), as far as I...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Monday Roundup #253
Community notes: Our community recently lost Nobuo Kubota, a connecting thread through something like seven decades of improvised sounds in ...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Recording: Christine Duncan and The Element Choir close out September's Field Trip Festival, whispering with the insects and shouting about softness. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: Christine Duncan and The Element Choir
Artist: Christine Duncan and The Element Choir Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded at the Oculus Pavilion ( Ministry of Phonic Services presents Ba...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Recording: Christine Duncan and The Element Choir close out September's Field Trip Festival, whispering with the insects and shouting about softness. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: Future Proof move from duo mindmeld to group interactivity at the closing night of September's Field Trip Festival. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: Future Proof
Artist: Future Proof Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded at the Oculus Pavilion ( Ministry of Phonic Services presents Back to School Field Trip: C...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Recording: Future Proof move from duo mindmeld to group interactivity at the closing night of September's Field Trip Festival. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Live recording: Hamilton's mysterious SSSY at the closing night of September's Field Trip Festival. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: SSSY
Artist: SSSY Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded at the Oculus Pavilion ( Ministry of Phonic Services presents Back to School Field Trip: Closing S...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Live recording: Hamilton's mysterious SSSY at the closing night of September's Field Trip Festival. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Live recording: Sounds from the closing night of September's Field Trip Festival, starting with solo noise from Woolworm, Ontario. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: Woolworm, Ontario
Artist: Woolworm, Ontario Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded at the Oculus Pavilion ( Ministry of Phonic Services presents Back to School Field Tr...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Live recording: Sounds from the closing night of September's Field Trip Festival, starting with solo noise from Woolworm, Ontario. #ministryofphonicservices mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
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Monday Roundup #252
Community notes: While MFS fave Ben Grossman is in town to soundtrack some Cocteau , he'll also be giving an improvisation workshop at the ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Live recording: Trapezoid brings four-cornered improvisations from Rob Clutton, Kurt Newman, Karen Ng + Nick Fraser. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: Trapezoid
Artist: Trapezoid Song: [ 2nd set, 1st piece, 2nd section ] Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge ( Karen Ng presents ), Septemb...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Live recording: Trapezoid brings four-cornered improvisations from Rob Clutton, Kurt Newman, Karen Ng + Nick Fraser. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
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Monday Roundup #251
Contest reminder: Don't forget! If you're reading this before noon on Tuesday, you still have a chance to win a pair of tickets to Saturday ...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Live recording: Double Trio offer some improvised chamber music at the #MinistryOfPhonicServices #FieldTrip. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: Double Trio
Artist: Double Trio Song: [ excerpt ] Recorded in the CNE Bandshell ( Ministry of Phonic Services' Back to School Field Trip — Waterfront ...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Live recording: Double Trio offer some improvised chamber music at the #MinistryOfPhonicServices #FieldTrip. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Live recording: Charles Spearin brings some spacialized sounds to the CNE Bandshell for the #MinistryOfPhonicServices #FieldTrip. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Recording: Charles Spearin
Artist: Charles Spearin Song: unknown [ last section ] * Recorded in the CNE Bandshell ( Ministry of Phonic Services' Back to School Fiel...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Live recording: Charles Spearin brings some spacialized sounds to the CNE Bandshell for the #MinistryOfPhonicServices #FieldTrip. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/11/reco...
Live recording: Cosmic Homeostasis take a field trip to the Vale of Avoca for some outdoor drone-drift. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis
Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis Song: Vale of Avoca (Set 2) [ excerpt ] Recorded in the Vale of Avoca ( Ministry of Phonic Services' Back to Sc...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Live recording: Cosmic Homeostasis take a field trip to the Vale of Avoca for some outdoor drone-drift. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
Contest time! Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Labyrinth Ensemble with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma, performing at the Aga Khan Museum on November 8th. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/cont...
Contest: Labyrinth Ensemble with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma
Labyrinth Ensemble with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma Saturday, November 8th @ Aga Khan Museum In the seventh incarnation of their series of int...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Monday Roundup #250
Concert announcements: Sonomadic Improv presents (feat. SOMA [Anita Katakkar/Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay] / Reagan Mitchell/Brandon Davis/St...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Live recording: Allison Cameron serves up some an absorbing laptop-based elecroacoustic collage at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
Recording: Allison Cameron
Artist: Allison Cameron Song: unknown [ excerpt ] * Recorded at Wenona Lodge ( Track Could Bend #108 ), September 2, 2025. Allison Camero...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Live recording: Allison Cameron serves up some an absorbing laptop-based elecroacoustic collage at #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
Live recording: Brian Abbott brings some microtonal guitars to #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
Recording: Brian Abbott
Artist: Brian Abbott Song: unknown [ excerpt ] * Recorded at Wenona Lodge ( Track Could Bend #108 ), September 2, 2025. Brian Abbott - un...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Live recording: Brian Abbott brings some microtonal guitars to #TrackCouldBend. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
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Monday Roundup #249
Concert announcements: Exit Points #65: Spooooooooooooooooky Edition (feat. unni/Andrew Timar/Mina Zaghari/Nidhi Baadkar/Broken Pink Umbrel...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Live recording: Cosmic Homeostasis brings guitars (and many other instruments) to The Tranzac for an afternoon of space-drift. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis
Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis Songs: Split Infinitive [ excerpt ] + Urdu Amphitheatre [ excerpt ] Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lou...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Live recording: Cosmic Homeostasis brings guitars (and many other instruments) to The Tranzac for an afternoon of space-drift. mechanicalforestsound.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...
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Monday Roundup #248
Community notes: Hats off to the Music Gallery, now celebrating its 50th season of programming! That landmark is one of the frames for this ...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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