TONE, 165 Geary Avenue, Toronto, ON (2026)

06/08/2026

Wednesday, June 24th 2026
Setting
High Alpine Hut Network
Shabason/Gunning
@ The Jama (961 College St.)
8pm, $20 Adv / $25 Door

Cosmic improv/electronic minimalist trio Setting plays The Jama in support of their new record out on Thrill Jockey. Toronto psych fusion crew Hugh Alpine Hut Network and electronic dream jazz duo Shabason/Gunning open the night!

Tickets in our linktree!
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05/29/2026

Sunday, June 21st 2026
co-presented with More Noise Please
Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela
Death Kneel
Nimmie Amee
Triptych (Colin Cudmore / Kristina Guison / Colby Richardson)
Visuals by Colby Richardson
@ The Jama (961 College St.)
8pm, $15 / $20 Adv / $25 Door

With More Noise Please! Australian amplified glass noise legend Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela returns to Toronto at the Jama! Death Kneel, Nimmie Amee, and industrial sound art trio Triptych open the night!

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05/28/2026

We are very bummed to say that Afrorack has had to cancel his tour due to recent travel restrictions imposed on Ugandans. Refunds will be issued at point of purchase. We absolutely hope to host him another time soon, and apologize for the inconvenience.

04/27/2026

With More Noise Please!
Australian amplified glass noise legend Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela returns to Toronto on June 21st at The Jama! Death Kneel, Nimmie Amee, and industrial sound art trio Triptych open the night!

LUCAS ‘GRANPA’ ABELA
Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela’s performances on their signature instrument; shards of amplified glass are the stuff of legend. Their singular practice spawned from the noise music underground, where over twenty years the glass evolved from a means to create ecstatic free-noise cacophonies into an outsider instrument that produces some kind of organic electronica. Abela vibrates the pane vocally to control a modular patch that uses no traditional syntheses techniques, instead the glass acts as both sound and modulation source. The patch extracting control voltages from the glass’s dynamics and frequency in order to modulate itself in synchronicity with the performance, shaping six parallel stereo effects chains that merge into dense layers of anomalous music.

DEATH KNEEL
Death Kneel is the primary recording outlet of Toronto based musician Max Klebanoff. His output is characterized by unyielding binaural manipulation and unapologetic octatrack abuse. Incidental sound and electroacoustic automatic drawings dismantled and deconstructed to be recycled, again and again. New releases forthcoming on Students of Decay.

NIMMIE AMEE
Patient and incidental noise from Toronto. Dynamic sound collage mustered through field recordings, carefully plotted melodies, and slow-swelling intensity. Deeply personal and spirited audiographic experimentation.

TRIPTYCH
Colby Richardson, Colin Cudmore and Kristina Guison are experimental sound artists working with minimalist, acoustic and low-tech methods. Richardson’s work “Dimmer Switch” involves producing sound from malfunctioning light bulbs. Cudmore is a versatile percussionist utilizing ready-made and found objects, while Guison creates metal sound sculptures / instruments which incorporates time-keeping devices, tools and other materials. Together, their trio amalgamates their individual practices into producing suspenseful, brooding, resonant and cacophonous sounds.

Visuals by Colby Richardson

04/21/2026

On June 4th Craig Dunsmuir & Sandro Perri’s dubbed out avant pop project Glissandro 70 comes out of hiatus with a new album on Constellation Records. Electroacoustic musician Khora and percussive multi-instrumentalist Mas Aya also celebrate their collaborative record “Primordial Mind” for this double release extravaganza! Avant op collage duo Sweet Lips open the night!

GLISSANDRO 70
Glissandro 70 is the duo of Craig Dunsmuir and Sandro Perri. 20 years after their acclaimed self-titled 2006 debut for Constellation, their archival follow-up G70 2: Bones of Dundasa picks up threads from that era and expands the frame, featuring pieces that were created, abandoned, lost and later rediscovered. Plans once floated to evolve the project into a new iteration called Dundasa 80 were ultimately shelved, but the act of revisiting the archives in 2025 led to this carefully assembled new LP. The expanded band will include Blake Howard, Nick Storring, Karen Ng, Doug Tielli & Ryan Driver.

KHORA & MAS AYA
Mas Aya & Khôra are the spirited Toronto-based musical partnership of multi-instrumentalists who skillfully combine hypnotic electronics with interlaced percussion lines and processed acoustic arrangements. Their refreshing sound foregrounds the tonalities of the sacred, hitching the progressive tendencies of minimalist rock and electronic complexity to the raw power and emotion of free jazz and ambient modal musics.

SWEET LIPS
Sweet Lips is the duo of Owen Kurtz & Sierra Weston. They write, record and perform avant-pop music. Their work focuses on exploring structures and frameworks in the pop genre, using experimental approaches and techniques. Kurtz works primarily with electronic devices, tapes, and Weston plays a no-input mixer and sings..

Doors at 8pm
$25 Adv / $30 Door
All Ages

04/16/2026

Coming up this June! 6 concerts & 3 record releases! Tickets on sale now in the linktree! Details below!

Thursday, June 4th
Glissandro 70 “Bones of Dundasa” LP Release
Khôra & Mas Aya “Primordial Mind” LP Release
Sweet Lips
STANDARD TIME (165 Geary Ave. Unit A)
8pm, $25 Adv / $30 Door, All Ages

Friday, June 12th
co-presented with Wavelength Music
Luge “Miarklez” LP release
So Perfect
Bag
@ Wavelength @ St. Anne’s (651 Dufferin St.)
8pm, $20 Adv / $50 Adv with LP / $25 Door, All Ages

Tuesday, June 16th
co-presented with Not Dead Yet
Afrorack
Phèdre
Arc & Texture
BSMT 254 | Live Music • DJ Venue • Bar (254 Lansdowne Ave.)
8pm, $25 Adv / $30 Door

Sunday, June 21st
co-presented with More Noise Please!
Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela
Death Kneel
Nimmie Amee
Triptych (Colin Cudmore / Kristina Guison / Colby Richardson)
Visuals by Colby Richardson
The Jama 961 (961 College St.)
8pm, $15 / $20 Adv / $25 Door

Wednesday, June 24th
Setting
High Alpine Hut Network
Shabason/Gunning
The Jama 961 (961 College St.)
8pm, $20 Adv / $25 Door

Thursday, June 25th
The Ex
not a band
Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides
UPSTAIRS (1650 Dupont St.)
8pm, $35 Adv, $40 Door, All Ages

Graphic by Andrew Zukerman

04/14/2026

Coming up in just 1 month, singular songwriter Eric Chenaux (with Ryan Driver) and experimental guitar maverick Rafael Toral (Drag City Records) co-headline a special TONE concert on May 14th at Standard Time. Local electronic avant pop vibe setter Masahiro Takahashi opens the night in duo with saxophonist Brodie West. Come for the sonic delights, stay for the hang.

$30 Adv in the linktree
8pm
All Ages

See you there!

09/04/2025

A very belated THANK YOU for coming to our June shows, hope to see you next Friday at Tara Clerkin. We’re back at Collective Arts, tix are low!

Photos by the always amazing

06/11/2025

This year we’ve got back to back shows starting next Friday! Grab your tix and keep an eye out for posters and handbills designed by our dear

06/09/2025

We are thrilled to continue working with partners across our very wide country in supporting esteemed guests from abroad. Two weeks away til welcoming Mestizx for their very first Canadian tour, catch them in a city near you!

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