GILDAA · Soul Pop Song
Gildaa lives in the eyes of those who watch her, between France and Brazil. Her memory is like a temperamental phone: it doesn't always get reception. She sings in two languages but thinks backwards.
A satirical poet at the crossroads of chanson and baile funk, she drinks with jazz and RnB and breaks down the boundaries of concert performance. She is only truly at home on stage, in her mind, where the absurd and the mystical are intimately linked, a territory where, finally, everyone comes together. It is the audience that brings Gildaa to life. Only the audience.
MALAKA · Folk / Soul
Malaka is characterized by the voices of two sisters. Two very distinct tones, used to address life in its natural state, accompanied by refined instrumentation. An invitation to appreciate the simplicity of music that carries messages at the intersection of folk and soul. With the Malaka sisters, music takes on a new dimension, where voices merge to create a spellbinding musical experience, a new land to explore.
SAM MALLAIS · Psychedelic Blues Rock
Hailing from New Brunswick, Sam Mallais arrives with an undiminished passion for raw sounds and vintage warmth. His first solo album, Tu m’dirais quoi?, produced by Mike Trask, delves into the heart of psychedelic blues-rock inspired by the 70s. Recorded entirely in analog, the album reveals a clear taste for biting riffs, earthy grooves, and unfiltered electricity. It is instinctive music, crafted to vibrate as much as it breathes.
SOLEIL LAUNIÈRE · Soul-Roots
Radio-Canada's Revelation 2024-2025 and winner of Francouvertes, Soleil Launière has a unique voice, rooted in her Innu identity and open to the world. Originally from Mashteuiatsh and now based in Montreal, she unveils Taueu, her first soul-roots album with pop accents, which explores language, femininity, and heritage. On stage, surrounded by the musicians of CHANCES and Simon Walls, she brings together singing, percussion, and performance in an immersive, sensitive, and magnetic experience.
NOIR & GERBER · Soul Blues En Franglais
Created during a residency in 2017 at Cully Jazz, Noir & Gerber brings together Simon Gerber, Sophie Noir, and Claude Kamber around a sensual soul-blues that blends intertwined voices, sensitive guitars, and stripped-down grooves. Their repertoire in French and English carves out a deeply inhabited groove, between gentle tension, unapologetic melancholy, and bursts of light.
Their compositions are also accompanied by carefully chosen covers, capable of transporting us in an instant to another century.