Geneviève HeistekClassically trained&nbsp;violist&nbsp;Geneviève Heistek&nbsp;has been an active contributor to Montreal’s independent music community for over 25 years, working across rock, jazz, and experimental genres.Heistek is best known for her work in&nbsp;Hanged Up, an avant-folk-metal duo formed with drummer Eric Craven. The project released three albums on Constellation Records, including&nbsp;Transit of Venus&nbsp;(2012)—a collaboration with minimalist pioneer Tony Conrad that was named one of&nbsp;SPIN Magazine’s&nbsp;top 10 avant-garde records of that year.Her collaborative history includes co-founding the post-folk group&nbsp;Sackville, the&nbsp;Mile End Ladies’ String Auxiliary (MELSA), and the ambient post-rock collective&nbsp;Set Fire to Flames. She has performed alongside artists such as violinist&nbsp;Warren Ellis&nbsp;and&nbsp;Patti Smith, and contributed improvisational work to the soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated NFB film&nbsp;Madame Tutli-Putli. She has toured extensively, and performed at international festivals including Roskilde, All Tomorrow’s Parties, and the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville.&nbsp;Currently, Heistek is a long-standing member of&nbsp;Sam Shalabi’s avant-Egyptian big band,&nbsp;Land of Kush, appearing on multiple releases including&nbsp;The Big Mango&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sand Enigma. Recent projects include performing alongside Shalabi and composer Isak Goldsneider in Shaista Latif’s multi-media production&nbsp;Like an Eagle. She debuted a section of her new solo project for viola, voice and live loops at Drone Fest 2026. Jesse EckerlinJesse Eckerlin is a guitar player and writer based in so-called Montreal. He released his debut album&nbsp;Promissory Note&nbsp;in winter 2026. Upon release, it was a Bandcamp bestseller in acoustic, instrumental, fingerstyle, and American Primitive guitar for several months. He curates concerts and releases zines and cassettes with Negative Capabilities.