Performing at Venus Fest 2024
WeTurntoRed
Saturday, September 28
It’s OK* studios - 8pm - 19+
Toronto modular synth artist and DJ WeTurnToRed (a.k.a. Shamanta Chandran) is a Syrian-born Tamil-Canadian producer/DJ/ singer/songwriter and scientist based in Toronto. Growing up on the city’s outskirts, she studied and classically trained in opera and jazz as an arts high school kid. Her deep love for electronic music was ignited after her older brother introduced her to the mid-90s Toronto rave scene.
After experimenting in the studio for over a decade, delving into melodic nuances of modular and analog synths, it was clear that growling basslines and haunting melodies were the subjects of her affection. She made her mark in Toronto’s electronic music scene through live hardware deep house/techno-focused sets. As a DJ, her mixes run into genre-spanning territory with her opening for Waajeed, DJ Minx, Orphix, Patrice Scott, Dawd and Tony Humpheries.
Her newest release for 2023 is her EP Rogue Planet which reflects her early life experiences as a South Asian immigrant who journeyed from the Middle East to North America as a child. Out on Toronto label Cosmic Resonance, it follows notable releases on Planet E’s Detroit Love compilation series, MSTRKRFT’s ORO Records, and Detroit imprint PITS. She’s been featured on Stamp The Wax, Inverted Audio and Rinse France, DJ Mag and Metal Magazine.
As a South Asian woman in the electronic modular space, WeTurnToRed is an artist to watch.
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After experimenting in the studio for over a decade, delving into melodic nuances of modular and analog synths, it was clear that growling basslines and haunting melodies were the subjects of her affection. She made her mark in Toronto’s electronic music scene through live hardware deep house/techno-focused sets. As a DJ, her mixes run into genre-spanning territory with her opening for Waajeed, DJ Minx, Orphix, Patrice Scott, Dawd and Tony Humpheries.
Her newest release for 2023 is her EP Rogue Planet which reflects her early life experiences as a South Asian immigrant who journeyed from the Middle East to North America as a child. Out on Toronto label Cosmic Resonance, it follows notable releases on Planet E’s Detroit Love compilation series, MSTRKRFT’s ORO Records, and Detroit imprint PITS. She’s been featured on Stamp The Wax, Inverted Audio and Rinse France, DJ Mag and Metal Magazine.
As a South Asian woman in the electronic modular space, WeTurnToRed is an artist to watch.
BANDCAMP
LINKTREE
SOUNDCLOUD
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