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Tammy Lakkis (Detroit)
Dunaway (2)
Hiroki
Jaw Jones
Marnigurl
TJ Traxx
Rhythm celebrates Pride on June 5 with a two room showdown featuring Tammy Lakkis, the Detroit-based master of leftfield, sexy, and pummeling musical mesmerism, and a whole host of Toronto's finest in the queer underground.
With a voice described by NPR as “sheepish soul” and a bold electronic production style, Tammy Lakkis is no stranger to holding nuance. Raised between Michigan and Ontario and currently based in Detroit, Michigan; the artist has carved a unique pathway for herself since the launch of her debut EP Notice, gaining traction throughout North America and beyond for her eclectic hardware live sets. With the titular single securing a spot on NPR’’s “100 Best Songs of 2021” list, Notice–released through Shigeto’s Portage Garage Sounds label–is currently on its third vinyl pressing. Her music floats seamlessly between playful vocal house and ferocious bass-heavy bangers and often winks at her ancestral nostalgia for Arabic percussion and melodies.
A Tammy DJ set could be described as off-center, funky, risky, strange, playful and ever-evolving. A natural storyteller, her music fluctuates between extremes, genre, and temperature. With a locally beloved Detroit weekly Monday Is the New Monday at Motor City Wine serving as a regular playground for experimentation, Tammy has developed a wide arsenal of sounds, sometimes easing into the night with ambient weirdness and psychedelic percussion while other weeks find her tearing the roof off with shrieking acid and electro. A master mixer of both vinyl and digital, Tammy’s sound cannot be tied to a single genre but is one that exists in negative space, weaving together different worlds with unsuspecting threads.
A spellbinding roster of local favourites featuring Dunaway, Hiroki, Jaw Jones, Marnigurl, and TJ Traxx round out this very special night.