Parallel Minds

In the two years since our Juno-Award-winning 5th release by label co-founder @ciel_dj , we have taken our time assessing our next moves as the larger dance music scene experienced a paradigm shift. What does it mean to release music made by underground artists from lesser-known scenes like Toronto at a time when bookers and A&Rs are taking fewer risks than ever before? How do we truly celebrate the musical diversity of electronic music when the bottom line threatens to reduce any and all forms of risk-taking? You just stand on the music you believe in, of course! Few artists have come to represent the music scene in the Big Smoke more than Phèdre, and having seen the duo’s progression from indie weirdo-pop to live hardware act to breakbeat wunderkind in the last decade has been nothing short of amazing. It’s really artists like these that inspired us to start the label in 2018, and we are super elated to usher in PM006 with their long-awaited album, Liquid Constancy. Today we are proud to present the first single from the duo's album, 'Prayer', which has become a staple in Ciel's sets since she first heard the track back in 2023. Follow-up single to come in October. Pre-orders are live now on Bandcamp and One Eye Witness. Cover art by @rajniperera Additional Design by @toonganga Mixed by Phèdre & @lconofficial Mastered by @nikseven Distributed by @oneyewitness Photo by @green__yang Full album out November 7th

Happy Record Store Day! Find me today at the @standardtime.to record fair! Your booth bitch calling for duty all day until 7pm / when we sell out. Priced wholesale for one day only! Come thru 💙💙💙

After years of playing these tracks live we finally put them on record. Not everything made the cut --- can only put so many minutes on an album! Stay tuned for whats on the horizon 💋 We deliberated whether to put em on vinyl or not because the world is on fire and everything costs so much. Here we are though, honouring our time, the dancefloor and beyond. ▪️▪️◾◼️◾▪️▪️▪️ LIQUID CONSTANCY 👽Double Vinyl 👽 ▪️▪️▪️◾◼️◾▪️▪️ ✌🏽Available at our party w @tush.disco tonight ✌🏽 ▪️▪️◾🖤 TYSM @rajniperera for the beautiful artwork & @toonganga for the additional layout work 🖤◾▪️▪️▪️

Liquid Constancy by Phèdre and the sixth release from our lovingly-curated label is out everywhere today. 💞💞 --------------- All tracks composed by Phèdre between 2019-2022 Performed and recorded in 2023 at J-Bird’s Studio On 2 Korg Electribe ESX’s + Moog Mother 32 + Boss RE-20 Additional Instruments: Yamaha CS5 + Roland SH-01A Mixed by @lconofficial in Tiohtià:ke / Montreal: A1, A3, B2, B3, D2, D3 Mixed by Phèdre at Studio Paradiso in Tkaronto / Toronto: A2, B1, C1, C2, C3, D1 Additional editing by KTA: C2 Mastered by @nikseven Artwork by @rajniperera Artist shot by @green__yang Love and thanks to our friends and family. Gratitude to the Creeggan-Hill-Stella Crew, special thanks to FinnFinn. Shout outs to our music and art communities, we are grateful for you. Thank you to the audiences, everyone who invites us to perform and the artists who share the stage. Much respect to all the greats, known and unknown, who inspire us to create and to dance. Recorded on Treaty 13 Territory. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. --------------- Thank you to @djmagofficial for the kind review, and to all the DJs, journalist, and radio programmers who took the time to listen and leave a carefully-worded message of regard in their comments. 🌸🌸 Vinyl and digital available on DSPs, Bandcamp, and your favorite local & online record shops. There may still be a handful of copies left via @oneyewitness if you're quick. ✌🏻 Extremely limited quantities, we will sell out. Link in bio.

The second single 'Waccoon', off of Liquid Constancy (PM006) is out now on streaming platforms. A breakbeat track steeped in sunshine, this one no doubt pays tribute to Toronto's unofficial city animal, 🦝 Our very limited batch of physical records have been picked up by Phèdre from our Canadian plant @precisionpressing and are ready for shipment worldwide. We are running low on vinyl availability via our EU-based distributor so get those preorders in before they're sold out! Liquid Constancy by Phèdre releases everywhere November 7. 🌀🌀🌀 Artwork by @rajniperera

Phèdre and TUSH *Double Release Party* at Standard Time, co-presented by @mutekmontreal @boxofkittensmusic and @weareparallelminds @phedreamour and @tush.disco team up to celebrate the release of two records - Phèdre’s ‘Liquid Constancy’ (out Nov 7) and TUSH’s ‘Heavy Weather’ (out Nov 21) Their first performances back in Toronto since both appearing at MUTEK this year, each will perform a live hardware set with special guests @djmetime and @almondmilq (VJ) Phèdre returns with a raw, semi-improvised live set shaped by their new album Liquid Constancy, out on Parallel Minds. Performed entirely on hardware, the duo, composed of apè Aliermo and Daniel Lee, weaves club, jungle, and breakbeat influences through a kinetic blend of samples and synths. Expect deep grooves, sharp turns, and a pulse that never lets go. Kamilah Apong and Jamie Kidd are TUSH, the Toronto and Nova Scotia based duo known for fusing raw disco emotion with underground house grit. Honouring the vulnerability and intimacy of the dancefloor while pushing it into bold new territory, Heavy Weather reflects TUSH’s renewed commitment to truth-telling and transformation, blending lived experience with the sonic legacy of underground music communities. It’s not just dance music—it’s survival, liberation, and evolution. Tickets available now via RA Limited community tickets available *NOTAFLOF Thursday, November 20th - doors 9pm Artwork: @sckuse

👁️ Distributed by One Eye Witness ~~~ Phèdre, Liquid Constancy | Parallel Minds (PM006) On its face, Liquid Constancy is a breakbeat record. There are housier joints, to more bassy Baltimore club bangers, to breakneck footwork and jungle steeped in sunshine. All of them share a distinctly syncopated, dubwise rhythm that grounds the album’s tracks. With some having been developed as early as seven years ago, these tracks had their genesis in Phèdre’s mostly improvised live hardware sets from some of Toronto’s most notorious warehouse raves. Primarily powered by two Korg Electribe ESX-1s and the semi-modular Moog Mother-32, the jams found new life in the studio when the duo began recording them as tracks, which demanded a mindfulness of their permanence that Daniel Lee and apè Aliermo at first found intimidating. Over time, the pair developed a synergistic workflow that pulls from Daniel’s background in drums and apè’s keen ear for texture and movement. They sourced samples featuring voices of BIPOC and feminist icons, drew from their shared love of sci-fi and kung fu movies, and from their Filipino, Chinese, German, and Surinamese backgrounds. Samples were manipulated via techniques like lowering bit rates and adjusting speed to maximize usage due to the Electribe’s limited sample time, which was a subtle way of injecting their interests into their music without being too on the nose. Growing up in the melting pot of the GTA, going to raves as teens, bumping post-punk, industrial, electro, hip-hop and 90s R&B — these experiences all had an undeniable influence on Liquid Constancy. As kids of immigrant parents, equally informed by both their adopted and native cultures, Phèdre makes music informed by sampling and defined by cultural hybridity. In times like these, what is more feel-good than believing in music as a universal language that brings our different backgrounds together? Pre-orders & full snippets on

💋 Our Double LP 👀 Hot off the press 💋 LIQUID CONSTANCY out Nov 07 on @weareparallelminds ⚡ Pre-Order ⛓️ in Bio 👀 Gorgeous Album Artwork by @rajniperera ✨ Additional Design by @toonganga 👀 Mixed by @lconofficial & @leeparadiso ✨ Mastered by @nikseven Lil video from @mutekmontreal show w live VISUALZ by @tind !!💫

🔷🔹 PRAYER 🔹🔷 single from our upcoming NOV 7 release LIQUID CONSTANCY 🔹🔷 on @weareparallelminds 🔹 @oneyewitness Track + Limited Vinyl, Pre-Order ⛓️ in Bio 🔹Smooth Moves #budots & Footage @toonganga 🔷 Prayer Artwork @rajniperera

I put on every piece of clothing I own to go outside on the coldest day of the season to tell y'all about this holiday bundle we just dropped on @weareparallelminds 🎁🎄🤶🏻 To celebrate the 1 year birthday of my 👼🏻 baby Homesick, the bundle includes 1 copy of Homesick (PM005) and 1 copy of PM004 (the delightfully wonky Syncrete by Vibrant Matter), plus an exclusive, free Homesick poster, available to the first 50 orders on Bandcamp. ✨💕 Shout out @mugwert for the design. 🫶🏼 Priced affordably bc inflation is rough! Link in the usual place. Happy holidays from us to you! We appreciate your support during the past year and can't wait until 2025 when we announce PM006 & PM007. 😘🙆🏻‍♀️🫂

In light of the last 9 months of genocide in Gaza, Parallel Minds is announcing that we will abide by the terms of BDS and join PACBI as of today, July 4 2024. Parallel Minds stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine and supports their liberation from genocide, apartheid, colonialism, and cultural suppression. Parallel Minds adheres to the guideline of the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and commits to not crossing the international picket lines as formulated. As artists and musicians, we deem the struggle for freedom and liberation of the Palestinian people to be a core part of our principles. No one is free until we are all free. And we will keep fighting until Palestinians have secured the right to return. More and more cultural organizations and tens of thousands of artists worldwide are endorsing PACBI’s 2004 call, which adheres to the BDS movement’s anti-racist principles and its targeting of institutions, not individuals, and of complicity, not identity. Visit their site or reach out to [email protected] to find out how you can join. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

Wow what a wonderful blessing it has been to learn 'Homesick' has made it in both @resident_advisor 's and @mixmag 's Albums of the Year lists. 🥹💐🫂 Even more validating to find out I have been included in Mixmag's 25 Producers that Defined the Year list. 😇😵‍💫 Lists are a funny thing. They're the best when you're in them, and the absolute worst when you're nowhere to be found in them. In the interest of not overinflating their importance, I want to point out that every year I worked hard and didn't end up on any lists, the work I made still mattered. That goes for everyone. The hard work and discipline I put into each of those years led me to create Homesick. And it is this hard work and dedication that has propelled me forward as a producer and music-maker. I will keep on working hard and striving to create music that speaks to and moves people on a deeper and deeper level, whether or not I end up on any lists ever again.🌹 Thank you all for the support this year and for sticking with me through some truly wild times. It has meant the world to me. 🩷🌀🎋🎵🪇🥰