Melo-T

About Melo-T

Now living in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, the Zimbabwean born Canadian has been pioneering African Electronic Dance Music in Canada for over a decade with shows across Canada and most recently Bluesfest, the largest music festival in Canada and the second largest blues festival in North America, including many other countless different countries on different continents. His For the Culture 2 EP released in 2021 reached critical acclaim within the music community heavily inspired by amapiano and afro house, with write ups and features from, Earmilk, The Pan African Music Magazine, Music Crowns, The Music Essentials, CelebMix and many more. Drawing inspiration from South African DJ Black Coffee and Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi and many other African Electronic Dance Music pioneers, MELO-T’s music embraces a variety of distinctly unique genres into one pure and melodic sound known as “Afro Fusion or Afro Dance Music,” which combine Afrobeats, Amapiano, Afro House and Afro Soul. MELO-T’s unique artistry has also been recognized as a significant contribution to Canada’s cultural landscape, with recognition and funding from Canada's Art Council, Ontario Arts Council and Ottawa Arts Council, recognizing and acknowledging his contribution to the Canadian music scene especially in the electronic afro dance scene, which includes promoting and hosting African dance music power houses such as Mi Casa (RSA), DJ Manoo, Djeff Afrozilla and many more!

Alanna Sterling

About Alanna Sterling:

Alanna Sterling is a gender-fluid, genre-fluid vocal shapeshifter and multi-instrumental sorcerer. As an advocate for mental illness, their ultimate passion is to create musical movements out of moments of struggle, in hopes to work through life’s adversities and inspire others to overcome their own battles. 

Upon learning piano at the age of 2, Alanna made it their mission to pursue the arts in all of its forms - music, visual arts, dance, drama, literary works. In their teen years, Sterling took it upon themselves to learn over 40 different instruments and start writing poetry, as a way to escape from bullying, trauma, social anxiety and depression. Music ultimately became their sword and saviour and gave them the confidence they needed to carry on. Songwriting came naturally, and since the age of 12, Alanna has composed hundreds of songs, most of which will remain hidden in a notebook, never to be recorded.

Currently, Alanna has made their mark as a partnered streamer on Twitch, under the alias “MermaidUnicorn”, aka Merms. Merms has gathered a huge loving community of over 49k people from their weekly broadcasts, and has been able to skyrocket their career into a global platform. 

This June, Sterling released a full length album entitled “Mind / Matter”, which is a heartfelt diary of their journey in overcoming their struggles with mental health issues. The genres vary from vaudeville, rock’n’roll, folk, synthwave, to jazz and everything in between. Each song is a different flavour and experience to reflect a different state of mind. You can listen to Mind / Matter on all music streaming platforms now! 

LINKS

Website: https://alannasterling.ca

Youtube: https://youtube.com/AlannaSterling

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/MermaidUnicorn

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alanna_Sterling

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alannasterling

Instagram: https://instagram.com/sterlingsilversinger

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6gfQSJ07CJAEvOwKz4sX2f

Facebook: https://facebook.com/AlannaSterlingMusic

Merch: https://alannasterling.ca/merch 

mecca of stank

About the Mecca of Stank

Blending elements of soul, funk, jazz, reggae, downtempo, Latin music, r&b, and old school hip hop, Mecca of Stank has been performing live music for a few years in the local bar scene. Comprised of some of the top players in Ottawa, this year marks their debut release of original content, dropping their 4th and 5th singles this fall. Their mission is to entice the audience into a heightened state of musical euphoria (i.e., the stank face) while they get lost in the music, promoting love and positive vibes.

Eniid Goodman

About ENiiD

ENiiD Goodman (aka Carol) was born in Ottawa to parents who immigrated from Sweden & England. She has called Wakefield, Québec her home for over 20 years and lives with her family on a 100 acre homestead called 100 Mile Farm. Her debut album in November 2015 is A Celebration of Joni Mitchell; songs by & for her + stories and 2 originals. Musician, visual artist & entrepreneur. ENiiD’s most recognizable attribute is her unique, young sounding voice which compliments Joni Mitchell’s songs perfectly. ENiiD has toured extensively in Canada & the USA.

About Mark

Mark Leo has been performing on the Ottawa scene for several years, playing in a few different musical projects including his original band, Mecca of Stank. Blending elements of many soulful genres with ambient downtempo, he performs interpretive covers and original songs that complement the experience of breath and movement. While practicing yoga and meditation for over a decade, he has been able to merge his love of music and yoga by collaborating with several yogis and performing during workshops and yoga festivals (Root2Rise, Harvest Jam, City of OM) as a solo artist, and with an eclectic ensemble of musicians. Notable influences include Zero 7, Air, Thievery Corporation, St Germain, Michael Kiwanuka, Marvin Gaye and Jamiroquai.

About Drez

Drez Slezak is a DJ/Producer, Costa Rica born and based out of Ottawa, Canada. Drez is inspired by earth healing sounds and rhythms that tap into the psyche and allow participants to sink deep into a state of flow. Drez has been djing for 8+ years taking patrons on a journey through the depths of the downtempo.
You can expect a unique and fun musical set flow that weaves ambient, latin american influence, psychedelic bass and so much more.

Following his self released debut single called “Let Go”, the Flow EP was born and found a home with the Ottawa based music label called Music.Art.Ppl.
His most recent release titled, “Growing Sage” will was released on  iconic conscious music record label “ High Vibe Records” alongside artists such as Mose, Skysia, Temple Step Project, Ruby Chase, Morillo and so much more. 

Drez is also the founder of Sonic Springs Music Festival and Co-Founder of Sonic Yoga, a yoga and music collaboration where sound healing instruments and techniques are used within a DJ set to accompany movement and meditation.