ffiles radio

The ffiles (fka XX Files) is an intersectional feminist media collective grounded in community radio. Through innovative programming, the collective produces work that explores our current technological landscape in the broadest sense. Their work reflects an interest in themes that center around but are not limited to transmission practices, sound healing, electronic music discourse, noise, techno-feminisms, the voice, and much more.

The collective hosts a weekly radio show on CKUT 90.3 FM every Wednesday at 11:30 AM EST, as well as a monthly show on Montreal’s N10.AS. They also program and present live audio-visual performances, artist talks, pirate radio installations and DJ sets.

The ffiles is committed to validating and disseminating the voices and work of artists who face systemic barriers as a result of their race, sexuality, gender, lifestyle, class, ability. Through their programming, the collective seeks to create space for marginalized artists within the local scene, while mindfully trying to resist processes of tokenization and commodification in their efforts to participate in and contribute to anti-oppressive community networks.

Started by Deborah VanSlet and Kathy Kennedy, The ffiles first aired in 1996. In 1997, Valérie d. Walker joined the show that she will fuel for over 16 years along with co-hosts Anita Cotic, Bérengère Marin-Dubuard. In 2010, she welcomed Britt Wray. In 2011, the co-hosts Maia Iotzova and Maya Richman, and in 2014, Stéphanie Dufresne, aka Fanie de la Fresne, Amanda-É. Clément and Nnedimma Nnebe, aka The Urban Dweller.

The current team is composed of Julia Dyck, Amanda Harvey, Miranda Jones, Sophy Merizzi and Sophie Marisol. To learn more about the history of the ffiles, listen here.

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Archive

2007PRM30839O

Guest host Kyd Campbell interviews Line Nault, about her recent performance “Kit Mobile: Femmes avec baggages magiques”, a mobile performance presented during Elektra Festival.

2007PRM30380O

Interview with Kathy Kennedy, a Montreal-based sound artist who teaches sound art at Concordia University, a vocal instructor and one of the founders of Studio XX, speaking of Choeur Maha.

2007PRM30837O

Interview with Freida Abatan, an interdisciplinary artist and musician talking about the launch of a 3-inch mini-cd compilation called "Ladies' Club", featuring tracks by solo female experimental electronic musicians from Montreal.

2007PRM30381O

Interview with Stacey Van Buskirk, producer at Mutek who was part of the team that created the first online technology for collaborative music called Rocket Network. A former Director of New Media at Eyephunk, she now works as an independent producer for a variety of online and interactive projects, including an online 3D game for HBO.

2007PRM30383O

Interview with Di Mainstone, an interdisciplinary fashion designer and lead designer on a project investigating wearable technology at the Banff Center, with the am-i-able research team.

2007PRM30384O

Second part of the showcase of the Muriel V. Roscoe Annual Lecture & Lanie Melamed Memorial Lecture on “Cosmetics, Chemicals & Breast Cancer”.

2007PRM30385O

Ckut pledging week. Second broadcast of a song compositions by sound producer Chantal Dumas, made during Export 2, as part of the seventh edition of the HTMlles festival called Périphéries et Proximités. The piece is an audio documentary which is part of a body of work entitled Histoires Orales.

2007PRM30386O

Interview with Genni Gunn, a writer, musician and translator, as well as the Libretto for Alternate Visions, an augmented opera for seven singers and six musicians.

2007PRM30830O

The African Girls Education Fund will be holding a fundraising event at the Balattou, to raise money for school fees for girls in Africa. Interview with its board member, Ruby Anyumba, speaking about the situation in Africa.

2007PRM30829O

Miriam Verburg and Marie-Chantal Turgeon, part 2.
Content: Second part of the seminar discussion held at Studio XX, with guest speakers Miriam Verburg and Marie-Chantal Turgeon, speaking about the ins and outs of Web 2.0.

2007PRM30388O

Discussion seminar with Miriam Verburg and Marie-Chantal Turgeon, held at Studio XX, about Web 2.0 demystification.

2007PRM30387O

Interview with Marie-Chantal Turgeon, entrepreneur and blogger promoting pop culture and indie music on her blog, and observer in the ever-expanding medium that is the internet. Founder of Meïdia, a studio specialized in creating outstanding products, concepts and strategies using new web technologies.

2007PRM30826O

Excerpt of a panel discussion on Cosmetics, Chemicals and Breast Cancer, with Jeanne Rizzo, executive director of the San Francisco-based Breast Cancer Funds.

2007PRM30389O

Broadcast of song compositions by Chantal Dumas, made during Export 2, as part of the seventh edition of the HTMlles festival called Périphéries et Proximités, where the artist travelled to Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey to present her work. The piece is an audio documentary which is part of a body of work entitled Histoires Orales.