Montreal's Mutek fest: 2016 lineup & tickets +++ Ash Koosha LP out today

Montreal’s Mutek Festival is happening again this year. The festival, which focuses on the more experimental end of electronic music, runs June 1-5 at various venues in downtown Montreal. This year’s lineup features Dawn of Midi, Colleen, Function, Julia Kent, Jlin, Tim Hecker, Ash Koosha, Burnt Friedman, Powell, Off World and many more. Tickets for the fest are on sale now.

One of those artists, classically trained Iranian composer/electronic musician Ash Koosha, has a new album out today. He’s also playing FORM Arcosanti festival in May. The new album is called I AKA I, and you can stream it (via Dazed), along with the full lineup for Mutek festival, below.

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Mutek Festival — 2016 Lineup
AÏSHA DEVI pres. OF MATTER AND SPIRIT (CH)
AND THE END OF EVERYTHING (MX)
ASH KOOSHA (IR/UK)
ATOM™ (DE/CL)
BARAC (RO)
BURNT FRIEDMAN (DE)
CHIC MINIATURE (CA)
COLLEEN (FR
DASHA RUSH (RU)
DASHA RUSH & STANISLAV GLASOV present DARK HEARTS OF SPACE (RU)
DAWN OF MIDI (US)
DÉSORMAIS (CA)
ESSAIE PAS (CA)
FLANGER (DE)
FOUSEK/HANSEN/TELLIER-CRAIG (CA/US)
FRANCESCO TRISTANO (LU)
FRANCK VIGROUX & KURT D’HAESELEER present CENTAURE (FR/BE)
FRITS WENTINK (NL)
FUNCTION (US)
GALCHER LUSTWERK (US)
JACKSON pres. LIGHT METAL MUSIC (FR)
JLIN (US)
JULIA KENT (CA)
KARA-LIS COVERDALE (CA)
LAKKER (IE)
LAURA LUNA (CZ/MX)
LAWRENCE LE DOUX (BE)
LEE GAMBLE & DAVE GASKARTH pres FOLDINGS (UK)
LOCAL ARTIST (CA)
LORENZO SENNI (IT)
MAGNANIME (CA)
MATTHEW BIEDERMAN & PIERCE WARNECKE pres PERSPECTION (CUBED) (CA)
MAYAAN NIDAM (IL)
MIDNIGHT OPERATOR (CA)
NONOTAK pres SHIRO (FR/JP)
OFF WORLD (CA)
ORPHX (CA)
PAUL JEBANASAM & TARIK BARRI present CONTINUUM (LK/NL)
PEDER MANNERFELT (SE)
POWELL (UK)
PROJECT PABLO (CA)
ROMARE (UK)
SARAH DAVACHI (CA)
SIETE CATORCE (MX)
SIMON CHIOINI (CA)
SONJA MOONEAR (CH)
SPATIAL (UK)
SUSY TECHNOLOGY (CA)
T’IEN LAI (PL)
TAZZ & GIOVANNI RANDISI (CA)
TEREKKE (US)
TIM HECKER (CA)
WHITE VISITATION (MX)