June 19, 2010 – LSR – 9:30PM – MEOW MIX
MEOW MIX is a nearly-monthly queer performance party that has been gracing the Sala Rossa stage since 2002 with performances by over 100 artists including deAnne Smith, Nathalie Claude, Dayna McLeod, the Dukes of Drag, Lynnee Breedlove, as well as the occasional concert by Robo Sapien, King Cobra, and Montreal’s own Lesbians on Ecstasy, among others.
Meow Mix – Montreal’s night for bent girls & their buddies – presents a showcase of queer music from local and visiting artists. Expect a sit down show from 10:30-11:30, followed by a DJ break, and then a homo hip hop act at midnight followed by DJs.
BENNI E
Benni E is a native and Philadelphia based hip hop emcee, visual and spoken word artist. Her outside the box lyrical style uniquely incorporates touches of old and new school hip hop, electro, jazz, soul, funk, classical, and gospel. Equal parts party music and socio-political commentary, her music will make you jump out of your seat and dance, grab a protest sign, cry with your best friend, and so much more. She weaves tales about life, sex, politics, art, relationships, feminism, and young people’s struggles, ending it with how to party all of your blues away.
“Her flow is just incredible. Her stage presence and her delivery, she just got up there like a class act as if rapping and rhyming was like breathing to herŠI think she has an appearance, an appeal. She’s fire.” Camilo Arenivar OutHipHop.com Owner
“Philly MC Benni E flows like nobody’s business, dropping powerful, politicized raps and rapid-fire party rhymes over block-rocking beats. Overtly queer and musically adventurousŠ” EyeWeekly
CLARA FUREY
Carole Laure and Lewis Furey’s daughter, Clara Furey is a graduate of the Ateliers de danse moderne de Montréal. She also pursued higher studies in classical piano at the Conservatoire Municipal de Paris, as well as studies in music theory, harmony and analysis. She was the star, singer-songwriter and ‘pianowoman’ of a show she gave at the Cabaret du Saint-Sulpice in Montreal. CLARA FUREY sang at a performance by Anthony Rozankovic that was part Montreal’s World Film Festival. In 2004, she caught the eye in her first leading film role in CQ2/Tout près du sol, directed by Carole Laure. She went on tour in 2005 with the David Pressault Danse company as a performer in They Won’t Lie Down. In 2006, she danced in Lost Pigeons at the Studio du Monument-National and was also in the show Poésies, sandwichs et autres soirs qui penchent which was conceived and staged by Loui Mauffette and performed as part of Montreal’s Festival international de la littérature. Clara Furey has played in Serveuses demandées, a film directed by Guylaine Dionne in which she plays the leading role.
JACKIE GALLANT
JACKIE GALLANT
Best known as Jackie “The Jackhammer” from the Montreal electro band Lesbians on Ecstasy, Gallant is a drummer. She has played in many locals bands as Lesbians on Ecstasy, Slap Happy 5. She is involved in dance too; she has toured with La La La Human Steps all over the world and always working for projects in dance.
