HAKEEM LAPOINTE

Under Amselysen, Montreal-based artist Hakeem Lapointe strips genres like experimental, ambient, techno, noise, punk, IDM, into confrontational leftfield electronic music. Their live shows are challenging audiences’ comfort; intense, unpredictable performances that force audiences out of passive listening. Amselysen’s sounds become fields of subversion, where conventions go to die.

The project's uncompromising vision has earned recognition from the underground's most forward-thinking artists. Amselysen has shared the stage with an impressive roster, including Caterina Barbieri, Lorenzo Senni, Zoë McPherson, Courtesy, Ouri, Dreamcrusher, Marie Davidson, ABADIR, MESH/Hesaitix, Orchestroll, Myriam Bleau, and Racine, amongst others.

Founder of the label and event series EAF (Electronic Assault Front), Lapointe has been stoking the flames of the alternative electronic scene in Montreal, welcoming new and established talents such as:
Jan Jelinek, FOODMAN, Hesaitix, Andy Stott, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Kali Malone, African-American Sound Recordings, Heith, Roméo Poirier, Orchestroll, Nadah El Shazly, Sisso and Maiko, CECILIA, VISIO, Sense Fracture, and more.
EAF has already earned the trust of MUTEK, SAT, Akousma, Festival Triste, and Flux through its ambitious curation and strange conceptual approaches.

Contact

amselysen@gmail.com
EPK available on request

︎ Spotify
︎ Bandcamp
︎ Soundcloud

︎ Instagram
︎︎︎ Nina Protocol
︎ Facebook (depreciated)
︎︎︎ RA

Selected Works

Albums
Organe Solaire, 2022, Genot Centre
Hypnagogic Surge, 2020, Genot Centre
Amselysen EP, 2019, Dream Disk Lab

Singles / Compilation
Embracing Darkness, Absorbing Light, 2023, Katharsis
Larval Worlds, 2023, Interzone
Deaccession Forms, 2022, formforum
Epilogue , 2022, SBVRSV Press
VA-002, 2021, Causal Chain Certified Reality, 2020, Non/Being

Remixes
Ecdysis, 2026, Faebi Axis & Sanea Ima
On a Nimbus Remixes, 2020, naff

Arrangement / Production
2023 - Léolo - Mainland - Cliffhanger

Consultancy
2023 - Léolo - Mainland
2021 - Racine - Amitiés (DN021)
2021 - Seraphim - Parhelion (ANBA)

Commissions
2025 - Across the Dancefloor (dir. Aidan McMahon) - film score 2022 - Mycoaudio Showcase
2022 - M.A.D Festival - M.A.D. Shoppe Promotional Video (dir. Dayana Matasheva)
2019 - Mik'osi, Beric Manywounds, presented at Montreal Queer 2S - Kent Monkman, McCord Museum, Montreal
2019 - For Luca, Jacqueline Beaumont, presented at Art Pop Mtl, Rialto Theater, Montreal
2017 - Video Segment for Adolescent Magazine (dir. Laurence/Larry Philomene)

Panels
2026 - Convergence: Michelle Erfer, CIEL/Cindy Li, Erika Sherman, Marie-Laure Saidani, Tasha Prentice
2025 - Slut Island (an. Odile Myrtil)

Dates

2026.03.27 - Échos @ Atelier Belleville (MTL, CA)
2026.02.21 - Zoe Mc Pherson, Amselysen, CPR Annie @ SAT (MTL, CA)
2025.10.17 - Paimonia @ C3 (Milan, IT)
2025.10.12 - Toumba, Rosa Pistola, ABADIR, Amselysen @ Kwia (Berlin, DE)
2025.09.27 - Musica festival @ Karmen Camina (Strasbourg, FR)
2025.09.24 - Lunchmeat festival @ Ankali (Praha, CZ)
2025.05.31 - EAF: Hesaitix, laced, Amselysen @ SAT (MTL, CA) 2025.05.16 - Shift Radio x Exposé Noir @ Old Port (MTL, CA)
2024.06.07 - Humidex 5y: 2Lanes, Esse Ran, Pascale Project, Amselysen+Racine @ SAT (MTL, CA)
2023.08.24 - MUTEK: Kyoka, Nadia Struigwhig, Esse Ran, Twin Rising, Amselysen+Racine @ SAT (MTL, CA)
2023.03.25 - Club SAT: Caterina Barbieri, Lorenzo Senni, Marie Davidson, Amselysen @ SAT (MTL, CA)
2023.02.08 - Exposé Noir: Courtesy, Shacke, Callum Magnum, Pulsum, Amselysen @ Fonderie Darling (MTL, CA)
2022.08.20 - Interzone: Orchestroll, Myriam Bleau, Ana DM, Worm Quartet, Amselysen+Racine @ Sala Rossa (MTL, CA)

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