A L M A Album Release & Solid State Records Launch Party

Strangewaves & Solid State Records present

A L M A Album Release & Solid State Records Launch Party

486 Barton St. East

$20/PWYC - please get in touch if you seek to pay a different amount

A L M A began as a kind of mindfulness project during the pandemic. It was a way to explore presence, measure the passing days, and reconnect with roots in classical music. Over time, this practice was a way for me to become more attuned to following creative instincts while also learning to let go of expectations and outcomes. This collection of songs, recorded between 2020 and 2024, captures those transitory states of being where we are our most attuned selves. These songs are unmixed, unedited and intentionally imperfect. Every song remains how it naturally and originally emerged.

Solid State is the efforts of Allie Blumas and Ian Daniel Kehoe. Solid State releases music, seasonally on CD, each album corresponding to the fundamental energetics of the seasons. The first Solid State album is being released on June 21st to welcome the beginning of summer.

486 Barton St. E. is located on the ground floor, with one step up to the door. The washroom is located on the main floor.

We recognize that this event will be held on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day. We will be collecting donations and donating proceeds of ticket sales to Safe Passage, a community-driven, trauma-informed, and survivor centered initiative created by the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) that tracks cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, transgender, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+), monitors ongoing safety concerns, provides distinctions-based safety resources, educates the public and media about the MMIWG2S+ genocide, and commemorates and honours our stolen loved ones.

This project is the first of its kind, led by Indigenous peoples for Indigenous peoples, that documents the legacy of systemic violence that creates and maintains the MMIWG2S+ genocide, while also holding space for MMIWG2S+ families and survivors to have their stories be heard, believed, valued, and shared on their own terms

With a holistic and trauma informed national MMIWG2S+ database, research and educational tools, and culturally relevant support and care, Safe Passage seeks to inspire a transformational change. Together, we can end the MMIWG2S+ genocide and restore Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people’s place in the world as sacred, loved, and honoured members of their communities.

https://safe-passage.ca/