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Lucky One (Apostle Of Hustle Remix)

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Thursday October 10th, 2019
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Je Suis Libre

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Friday February 15th, 2019
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La Force

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Friday September 7th, 2018
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  •           1.   The Tide
  •           2.   TBT
  •           3.   Ready To Run
  •           4.   Lucky One
  •           5.   Upside Down Wolf
  •           6.   You Amaze Me
  •           7.   Mama Papa
  •           8.   Can't Take
  •           9.   Epistolary Love Song


TBT

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Friday August 24th, 2018
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Lucky One

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Friday June 8th, 2018
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You Amaze Me

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Friday May 11th, 2018
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March 30th, 2019
Cambridge, MA
The Sinclair
 
March 29th, 2019
Cambridge, MA
The Sinclair
 
March 24th, 2019
Brooklyn , NY
Murmrr Theatre
 
March 23rd, 2019
Washington, DC
U Street Music Hall
 
March 22nd, 2019
Philadelphia, PA
The World Cafe
 
March 9th, 2019
Montreal, QC
Corona Theatre
 
March 2nd, 2019
Paris , France
Le Point Ephemere
 
March 1st, 2019
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paradiso
 
February 27th, 2019
Copenhagen , Denmark
Hotel Cecil
 
February 26th, 2019
Berlin, Germany
Berghain Kantine
 
February 24th, 2019
Basel, Switzerland
Kaserne
 
February 23rd, 2019
Luzern, Switzerland
Neubad
 
February 22nd, 2019
Brussels, Belgium
AB Box
 
February 14th, 2019
Victoria, BC
Alix Goolden Hall
 
February 13th, 2019
Kelowna, BC
Kelowna Community Theatre
 
February 12th, 2019
Vancouver, BC
Vogue Theatre
 
February 10th, 2019
Vernon, BC
Vernon District Performing Arts Centre
 
February 9th, 2019
Calgary, AB
The Palace
 
February 8th, 2019
Edmonton, AB
Winspear Centre
 
February 7th, 2019
Saskatoon, SK
Broadway Theatre
 
February 6th, 2019
Winnipeg, MB
Garrick Centre
 
January 29th, 2019
St. Eustache, QC
Le Zenith
 
January 28th, 2019
St. Eustache, QC
Le Zenith
 
January 26th, 2019
Quebec City, QC
Salle Albert-Rousseau
 
January 24th, 2019
TERREBONNE, QC
THÉÂTRE DU VIEUX TERREBONNE
 
December 10th, 2018
London, United Kingdom
Hackney Arts Centre
 
December 9th, 2018
Leuven, Belgium
Het Depot
 
December 7th, 2018
Paris, France
Le Trianon
 
December 5th, 2018
Porto, Portugal
Casa da Musica
 
December 4th, 2018
Guimarães, Portugal
São Mamede Theater
 
December 2nd, 2018
Lisbon, Portugal
LxFactory
 
November 30th, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paradiso
 
November 29th, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paradiso
 
November 11th, 2018
TERREBONNE, QC
MOULIN MARCOUX
 
November 10th, 2018
Val-Morin, QC
Theatre du Marais
 
November 9th, 2018
Victoriaville, QC
Le Carré 150
 
November 3rd, 2018
Coimbra, Portugal
Convento de São Francisco
 
October 14th, 2018
Boston, MA
City Winery
 
October 13th, 2018
Greenfield, MA
Hawks & Reed
 
October 12th, 2018
Philadelphia, PA
Ortileb's Lounge
 
October 11th, 2018
Washington, DC
Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe
 
October 10th, 2018
New York, NY
The Mercury Lounge
 
October 7th, 2018
Winooski, VT
The Monkey House
 
September 23rd, 2018
Quebec City, QC
L'Anti
 
September 22nd, 2018
Sherbrooke, QC
Boquebière
 
September 21st, 2018
Montreal, QC
Phi Centre
 
September 20th, 2018
Toronto, ON
Adelaide Hall
 
September 19th, 2018
Ottawa, ON
The 27 Club
 
September 15th, 2018
Paris, France
L'Olympia
 
September 8th, 2018
Barga, Portugal
Theatro Circo
 
September 4th, 2018
Brussels, Belgium
Ancienne Belgique
 
June 15th, 2018
Toronto, ON
Massey Hall
 
May 18th, 2018
Sainte-Therese, QC
Festival Santa Teresa
 

La Force is Ariel Engle, vocalist and newest member of Broken Social Scene, whose acclaimed 2017 album Hug of Thunder features her undeniable voice on "Stay Happy" and "Gonna Get Better." As La Force, she creates a dusky universe of godless devotional music that comes straight from the beating heart. Borrowing her identity from the tarot card representing Strength – depicting a woman with gentle dominance over a lion – ‘La Force’ captures the tender/powerful balance of the music.

La Force’s self-titled debut album is an artistic statement of individuality and pluralism: an ode to the self, and to the loss of self. The songs emerged from the cracks between literal life and death, and from the ashes of AroarA, her collaborative project with husband and BSS-bandmate Andrew Whiteman. La Force distills a moment in her life when she became a mother for the first time while her own father was dying, cornering Engle into a reckoning with her own identity. Where she had always been a daughter, she was now a mother; where she had always had a parent, she now was the parent. For Engle, this moment manifested as both a total crisis and total fulfillment.

That dual energy is heard throughout the nine enchanting songs of La Force. This is orbital soul music, dark and glinting, balancing grace and ferocity, analog and synthetic sound, and Engle’s magnetic spirituality at its core. From the scrappy taunt of “Ready To Run,” to the quiet but incisive electro-pop of “You Amaze Me,” and the sedate haze of “Lucky One,” La Force unfolds the indefinable range of her music’s allure.

Stepping up to the role first helmed by the immeasurable talents Leslie Feist, Emily Haines (Metric), and Amy Millan (Stars), Engle brings La Force's singularity to the familial energy of Broken Social Scene. Before she became an integral voice in the collective, Engle was a child of the world, having been raised across China, Indonesia, Scotland, returning to her home city of Montreal each time. She’s been a music aficionado, growing up in the shade of her mother’s wall of vinyl albums in their home, towering with sounds from all over the globe, many of whose disparate influences cloak and punctuate La Force. Engle has been a performer of experimental music, singing with artists such as Thee Silver Mt. Zion and Sam Shalabi while also backing up the likes of Martha Wainwright. It was when she began touring with Broken Social Scene in 2010, however, that Engle found her voice, and paved the road to the unearthing of La Force.  

Written by Ariel Engle (vocals, bass, guitar), La Force features invaluable contributions from Whiteman, with production by Warren Spicer (Plants & Animals), Charles Spearin (BSS/Do Make Say Think), and Nyles Spencer (The Tragically Hip), as well as instrumental performances by members of Suuns, Barr Brothers, Jerusalem In My Heart, and more. Collaborative in nature, Engle conjured the resulting singular sound of her own debut through the fertile Montreal & Toronto music communities she so admires. The result is an album that fills the atmosphere with reverential howl to the all-knowing unknown; a succumbing to the force that vibrates us all.



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