Omnikrom this Saturday

Not much can be said about Montreal’s very own Omnikrom that wouldn’t be better articulated by the first few lines of their hit song “Danse la poutine”. Any electro group with the intrepidity to make a song purely about cooking poutine and pull it off deserves every shred of Montreal street cred coming their way. Omnikrom has built an entire career on mixing dance beats with their own unique brand of unabashed French Canadian rap lyrics and are showing no signs of letting up.

Settled on Montreal record label Saboteur along with their partners in dance floor crime Numero, Omnikrom consists of MC’s Jeanbart & Linso Gabbo and DJ Figure8. There is definite sense that they have carved themselves out a distinct community; through their shows which they tend to share mostly French DJs, through Off the Hook who sells Omnikrom T shirts and tickets for their shows and through a healthy overseas relationship with Djs from France.

Their February 23 show with Teki Latex at Le National sold out so quickly that they have scheduled a follow up show this Friday March 8th with Cuizinier and DJ Orgasmic of France. Tickets are 15$ and can be bought at Off the Hook (Saint Catherine & Peel) or admission.

Following their second Montreal date, Omnikrom continues to show a commitment to their home province hitting smaller towns in Quebec where I imagine touring electro acts are normally few and far between. They’re even playing a high school in L’Assomption at the end of May. I think I went to high school in the wrong province. Whether you’re anglo, franco or any other phone, I recommend you give Omnikrom and their European counterparts the chance to, regardless of your stance on bill 101, have you dance all night long to fried food recipes.