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BIT26 One of the ‘behind scenes’ movers and shakers in Toronto’s underground music scene, Rosina Kazi is the lead singer of the band LAL.
BIT26 We are open to everything that inspires the creation of art and moves us toward a community where there is room for all - not just a few. We work to challenge oppression in all its forms. We want to forgive ourselves and each other. We want to give rise to compassion in a world that continually sells us cruelty. We aspire to make room for new ideas and ways of being that are connected to the past, while at the same time dancing with the future. - LAL
09/08/2026
Venus Fest Gets LAL, Honeydrip, Juliana Huxtable for 2026 Lineup │ Exclaim! The festival will take over Allan Gardens from September 15 to 20
08/20/2026
So excited to launching our new album A PRACTICE OF LOVE, with Venus Fest on Sept 18th! Will be at Allen Gardens Botanical Gardens, the area we first wrote CORNERS cuz we lived at homewood!
amazing support by Nivie Singh of Pineapple Express Media! https://www.pineappleexpressmedia.com/dj5rivers
tickets here:
https://luma.com/dgqei1k6
More info:
Venus Fest is turning 10 this year!
With our yearly programming, join us for the first night of live music. Sounds by PYNE, LAL & Prado Monroe
+ Live ASL Interpretation by Phoenix The Fire
+ Live Visuals by Tara Morris
+ Visual Art by Aedan Corey
+ Interactive Installation by Christina Dovolis
+ Drop-In Mahjong by All-Flowers Mahjong
+ Market by Kabuté & Friends, in Collaboration w/ Friends of Allan Gardens
www.venusfest.net
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PYNE
Alanna Stuart (pka PYNE) is Caribbean-Canadian music artist-scholar. In sound and scholarship, she is in the thick of what she dubs a ‘Femmehall’ praxis: exploring the libratory possibilities of a feminine approach to dancehall reggae music production. As producer-vocalist PYNE, Stuart has collaborated with Beverly Glenn Copeland, Bambii, U.S. Girls, Equiknoxx Music, Jeremy Dutcher, and Junior Boys. Outside of the studio, Alanna Stuart is a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and Gender Studies PhD student at Queen’s University. Her research can be read in Socio-Economic Review, Work, Employment & Society, and the tekhnē journal.
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LAL
Rosina Kazi and Nicholas Murray are LAL. The Toronto-based, Bengali-Bajan duo have been holding down Canada’s underground DIY / DIT (do it together) music scene for decades. Having started performing separately in hip hop and spoken word, they came together as music and life partners, bonding over the shared ideal of making electronic music that puts community first. Drawing on the transcendent and transgressive roots of house/electronic music, LAL use each successive album as a chance to explore further and further into the future. They will be releasing a new album here at Venus Fest!
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PRADO MONROE
Born in Vancouver, BC, the Afro-Métis artist signed her first label agreement in 2020 with TMWRK Records (LA, NY) and, in 2021, with ZDBT, for the collaboration instant classic “Elastic”. These two projects, released in 2021, marked the start of Prado's artist development, as she took programs to enhance her career and businesses in Toronto, ON, in 2022. Throughout this time, she gained skills in Grant writing, research, performance and song development, project planning, and project management. Since returning to Vancouver, she has been dedicated to nurturing the communities that raised her and contributing as an artist, friend, and leader in the underground music community.
Location
Allan Gardens
160 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M5A 2E5, Canada
Venus Fest Day 01: PYNE, LAL & Prado Monroe · Luma Venus Fest is turning 10 this year! With our yearly programming, join us for the first night of live music. Sounds by PYNE, LAL & Prado Monroe + Live ASL…
Special thank you to Fran Chudnoff also known as Francesca, Franz, Franny (they/them) franny / franz / francesca for bringing “A Dangerous Thing” to life with 🎬 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙤
Franny is a non award winning millennial, with a BFA in performance, and paying rent as a multidisciplinary artist.
They are a dance maker, reluctant video artist, photographer, and a true beginner at 3D modelling and digital illustration. Their work is in conversation with post-internet aesthetics, gender deviance, and shaping a “social aura” through aspirational imagery and tampering the mundane. Fran embraces the complexity of millennial tropes by blending sincerity and cringe. For the past few years, Franz has been performing and touring “Make Banana Cry” — co-created by Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson. MBC has had critically acclaimed performances at Impulstanz (Vienna), Portland Institute of Contemporary Art and Festival TransAmériques (Montreal).
Their most urgent project is to share as many meals with their Lola as possible, but you probably know them best from their work on F̷A̷C̷E̷ ̷R̷I̷D̷E̷R̷
“A Dangerous Thing” ft. Folke is the second single off of our upcoming LP “A Practice Of Love” releasing via LA based GRRRL Music Distro
06/30/2026
super excited with our 2nd single out with a new video by Mark Valino and amazing dancer / mover Fran Chudnoff
Support us and other indie artists! we need the support!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQKPapeG9BU
buy single here:
https://lalforest.bandcamp.com/album/a-dangerous-thing
More info:
A Dangerous Thing
Written by Rosina Kazi (Composition/Vocals), Nicholas Christopher Murray (Composition)
Produced by Nicholas Christopher Murray
Mixed by Nicholas Christopher Murray
Mastered by CPSMastering
Distributed by
Music Video Produced by Rosina Kazi & Joce Cajamarca
Directed by Mark Valino
Funding by Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council
Production Company is LAL INC.
Bio - Fran Chudnoff also known as Francesca, Franz, Franny (they/them), is a non award winning millennial, with a BFA in performance, and paying rent as a multidisciplinary artist. They are a dance maker, reluctant video artist, photographer, and a true beginner at 3D modelling and digital illustration. Their work is in conversation with post-internet aesthetics, gender deviance, and shaping a “social aura” through aspirational imagery and tampering the mundane. Fran embraces the complexity of millennial tropes by blending sincerity and cringe. For the past few years, Franz has been performing and touring “Make Banana Cry” — co-created by Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson. MBC has had critically acclaimed performances at Impulstanz (Vienna), Portland Institute of Contemporary Art and Festival TransAmériques (Montreal). Their most urgent project is to share as many meals with their Lola as possible, but you probably know them best from their work on
LAL - A Dangerous Thing Listen, Save and Share A Dangerous Thing: https://vyd.co/ADangerous...
06/25/2026
⌛️The Different Universes of LAL 🪐
As we gear up for our 8th studio album, we’re reflecting on our incredible journey as LAL.
Throwback to our first studio LP, “Corners” which was released October 18, 2000 via Public Transit Recordings. 💿
We created this album as an ode to each song represents the corners of the surrounding neighbourhood.
The “Corners” Music Video is an archive of old Toronto 🎥 directed and edited by Robert Pilichowski 👀 Watch it today on our YT channel
https://youtu.be/P2paca_bBWU?feature=shared
To our community that has followed our journey from the beginning, thank you ✨ ❤️ for jamming with us all of these years.
Stay tuned 🎬
Slide 1. LAL on NOW Magazine Cover
Slide 2. “Corners” Album Cover - available on
“A Dangerous Thing” is OUT NOW! 🚀
Our newest offering ft Folke calls in the raw power of collective listening; when sound, emotion, and presence collide. ✨
Dance with our new music video 🎥 created by 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙤 featuring 🪩 F̷A̷C̷E̷ ̷R̷I̷D̷E̷R̷ on YouTube now.
Released via Love Without End
Distributed by GRRRL Music Distro
with support from Canada Council for the Arts Ontario Arts Council | Conseil des arts de l’Ontario Toronto Arts Council
05/22/2026
Emissive is a great Electronic Producer and DJ
"Shadow Of Your Dreams” is a track that channels the tangible work of Mino-bimaadiziwin, an Anishinaabe concept meaning "to live in a good way," which extends beyond the individual to the collective well-being of all relations.
Moods:
https://lalforest.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-of-your-dreams-emissive-remix
05/22/2026
“SHADOW OF YOUR DREAMS” REMIX - OUT NOW!
Watch the full music video on our
“Shadow Of Your Dreams” is a track that channels the tangible work of Mino-bimaadiziwin, an Anishinaabe concept meaning “to live in a good way,” which extends beyond the individual to the collective well-being of all relations.
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