Wonderment: Hot Sleepers LIVE, Ænniæ, Rhythmicon, Looting B2B Scree Running

Saturday, August 2

9pm - 2am

The Downbeat event centre

1325 Government Street Victoria, BC V8W 1M5

$20 Early Bird

$25 Advance tix

More at Door

Wonderment and The Downbeat present:

Hot Sleepers LIVE

w/ DJs

Ænniæ, Rhythmicon and Looting B2B Scree Running

Join us after the bridge for a night of avant dance music...

9:00 PM - RHYTHMICON

Victoria’s resident sound system selector Rhythmicon started his

record collection in the late 90’s; spending near two decades forming

his unique style as a DJ and producer. Since then he has been at the

core of the bass music scene on Vancouver Island; hosting club nights

(notably as a major contributor to the Sub|Division series), radio

shows, and collaborating with the community to build and support the

scene.

Rhythmicon has shared the stage with taste makers like Zed Bias,

Mumdance, Pinch, Kahn, Sam Binga, Breakage, and Caspa. He received DJ

support on his production work from the legendary Skream. His list of

residencies include Lucky Bar, Hush Nightclub, and The Reef. He has

been a favourite at music festivals such as Bass Coast, Ska Fest, Tall

Tree, Rifflandia, Diversity and Soundwave.

Rhythmicon’s sets span across the urban underground styles of grime,

dubstep, drum & bass, jungle, footwork, UK garage and funky.

10:00 PM - LOOTING B2B SCREE RUNNING

Looting is Andrew Bourcet, a Canadian producer, DJ and curator

formerly known as Calmpound. Beginning music at 12 with singing,

guitar, percussion as well as developing a deep interest in the

collection and research of music and sound.

Fully embracing his love for experimental music, 90s jungle, early

2000s dubstep, ambient, avant-garde and electro-acoustic music by

beginning the “Calmpound” project around 2006. Making a unique brand

of experimental club and ambient music and releasing it with small

Canadian labels. Andrew rebranded and debuted the Looting project with

a performance at Shambhala music festival 2019 and released the album

“Taqdim” in early 2020. Since the pandemic, Andrew has continued to

work fervently on music and live projects, and is one of the founding

members of the Resonance Collective alonside Scree Running and Ænniæ.

Whether pushing laptops to hi freq fan whir while creating sharply

detailed and idiosyncratically arranged electronic music, or coaxing

pre-dawn dance floors to lysergic meltdown with genre-agnostic &

future facing dance-music, Scree Running (Matt Howells) works with the

primordial matter of sound, tweaking its patterns into the DNA of

audio worlds yet to condensate.Scree Running’s tracks have found homes

on dance floors and radio shows worldwide, with support from platforms

such as NTS, Keep Hush, Subtle Radio, and B Side Radio.

With releases and remixes on Pleasure Management, a future-facing

label founded in 2024 alongside Looting and Pablo Gun, and Vancouver’s

NAGA label, their sound continues to expand and push towards the big

now. As a core member of ‘Victoria’s’ Resonance Collective, Scree

Running works with other like minded artists to help shape the sound

and ethos of the ever present underground.

12:00 MIDNIGHT - HOT SLEEPERS LIVE

After years of collaboration across the Atlantic Ocean, Hrdvsion and

efemme have finally consolidated their efforts in the same city,

bringing their unique talents together face to face. The past year has

seen them working tirelessly in their newly unified studio,

transforming chaos into precision.

As “Hot Sleepers,” they are dedicated to crafting high energy dance

music designed for the club while also sneaking deep into the corners

of your mind. Their live setup is an intricate fusion of computer and

modular synthesizers, producing music with a theme of focused

expression, ensuring that every creation resonates with authenticity

and depth.

01:00 AM - ÆNNIÆ

Ænniæ's ability to float across genres with ease, and mix together

spellbinding sounds is second-to-none. Late nights are her playground

and we’re excited to have Ænniæ to close out our Saturday night again

this year.

Tickets are $20 early bird, $25 advance, $30 at the door. Last year

all three Wonderment night events were at capacity, so get your

tickets early to ensure entry.