LEXIS (Founder of Music Is My Sanctuary)

Montreal-based DJ, curator, speaker and music supervisor. Founder of passion projects.

ABOUT LEXIS

“One of the most versatile DJ’s you’ll ever hear” – Dimensions Festival
“The man behind the extraordinary music website doesn’t have any more to prove amongst record collectors & lovers” – Radio Nova (Paris)
“A staple of our mixtape mondays” – OkayPlayer (US)
“Everytime I hear him play, he always pulls out something new” – Gilles Peterson (BBC)
“Lexis is nothing if not eclectic. He’s got a voracious appetite for music knowledge” – Dust & Groove
“One of the longstanding figures of Montreal’s nightlife” – Boiler Room
“Touted as one of the most distinctive DJs on the Montréal scene” – Red Bull Music Academy
“Trusted as one of the most reliable sources for musical discovery” – Hyponik
“Montreal’s Master Selector” – Standard NYC

BIO

Lexis is the founder of the Music Is My Sanctuary website/collective and the 24 Hours of Vinyl worldwide event series. As a DJ, he is a pillar of the Montreal music scene and continues to tour the world. As a music curator, he champions artists and scenes through various art projects. Professionally, he works as a music supervisor for brands. 

He was recently featured on the worldwide TED platform with a conference on the cultural role of the record collector community and importance of human music curation. This TED Talk has now been viewed 1 million times and translated in 20 languages. 

Watch the conference: https://bit.ly/2PYdQWA   

Lexis is one of the most versatile DJ’s and record collectors out there and continues to tour clubs, festivals, radio shows where he shares the stage with artists like Thundercat, Kamaal Williams, The Comet Is Coming, Gilles Peterson, Shuggie Otis, Wally Badarou, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Floating Points . 

He continues to lead his two main passion projects: Music Is My Sanctuary (est. 2007) has grown into one of the most respected independent music voices and 24 Hours of Vinyl (est. 2011) has traveled the globe with the mission of uniting local DJ’s and dancers in their love of vinyl records. 

In this era where most of the music is force-fed by algorithms, he continues to build projects which aim to keep the original essence of record digger culture at the centre of musical exchanges.  

HAS PERFORMED WITH

Nightmares on Wax, Thundercat, Kamaal Williams, Badbadnotgood, The Comet Is Coming, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Theo Parrish, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kaytranada, Gilles Peterson, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Wally Badarou, Shuggie Otis, DJ EZ, Dam-Funk, Onra, Quantic, Floating Points. Just to name a few…

DJ MIXES & RADIO SESSIONS

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