Kay The Aquanaut, Lee Reed, Infored, Merky Waters

Saturday, May 10

Kay The Aquanaut

Lee Reed

Infored

Merky Waters

The Exchange - ClubSide - 2431 8th Ave

This is an all ages & Licensed event

9:00pm

$10 adv

May 10th in Regina at the club side The Exchange, come see some real hip hop when Saskatoon and Regina pioneers work the angles.
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Kay The Aquanaut - Saskatoon veteran KAY THE AQUANAUT is one of Canada’s most prolific and hardworking independent HipHop artists. With a career spanning 2 decades, his catalogue is thick - with a collection of 19 releases between 1999 and present (13 solo LP’s, 2 collaborative LP’s and 6 EP’s). He was frontman for the legendary Saskatoon band Reform Party, and a member of the critically acclaimed Metropolis Now project. He has collaborated with some of underground HipHop’s most notable names (Ceschi, Sole, Factor Chandelier, Def3). His work has been repped by some of alternative HipHop’s best loved labels (Fake Four, and Fake Four sister company Circle into Square, Side Road Records, Hello L.A. and Phonographique). And he has toured extensively across Canada, Europe and South-East Asia.

In a HipHop scene crowded with style-aping copycats, the Aquanaut brings a refreshing originality and a voice and flow that is distinctly his own. Moving effortlessly between hard-hitting HipHop MC and matured singer/songwriter, the Aquanaut’s body of work has always defied easy categorization. Intelligent, innovative and captivating, his poetry is dense and begs multiple listens; weaving the personal and the introspective, with a solid progressive politics that gets the radical left fist up. 

Lee Reed - Lee Reed is Kanadian Hip Hop’s oldest and grumpiest revolutionary rap loudmouth, and a respected veteran of the nation’s indie music scene. For over 25 years he's been stomping stages and studios, spewing his fiery brand of anti-capitalist rant-hop.

Infored- CBC Future 40 Award Winner and Neechie Gear Role Model, Brad Bellegarde aka InfoRed has been a featured artist at events such as Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg, Manitoba, APTN’s Aboriginal Day Live and Vancouver’s Olympic Games celebrations. Brad is a proud Nakota/Cree member of the Little Black Bear First Nation who calls Regina, SK home. A true believer that education is the new Buffalo, his work in schools gave him a unique opportunity to present his methods of education at the VIII International Conference of Intercultural Education in Indigenous Contexts in Temuco, Chile. In 2012, InfoRed performed for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall during their Royal visit.

Merky Waters - Merky Waters, one of Saskatchewan’s finest hip hop producers and DJs, has worked with many artists since 2005 including Def3, Eekwol, The Local Onlyz, InfoRed, and Cristian Moya. With his fusion of music from around the world, Merky Waters inspires meaningful storytelling and unique beats that are both rhythmic and melodic.

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About the Exchange

The Exchange is wheelchair accessible and offers 2 non-gender/wheelchair-accessible washrooms.

The Exchange is an all-ages venue that supports the Safer Spaces Initiative. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, abusive and/or discriminative behaviour. Such behaviour is grounds for immediate removal from the event/venue. If you are experiencing any harassment, please ask to speak to a manager.

Ticket price plus taxes and fees - lineups subject to change - no refunds or exchanges