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Ayrah Taerb is a songwriter, recording artist & performer.  His creative influences span the length of multiple generations in both Rap and Hip Hop, with auxiliary influences coming from Reggae, Soul & Electronic music.  As the Creative Lead behind “Indica; Omega”, his album crafting process has informed the genius of many artists in the arena of Film, Live Music, and Sound Engineering.

Xeynamay Gezahegn is a content creator with multidisciplinary training in Film, Music, Writing and Performance. Gezahegn is a poet of many mediums hoping to tell the stories of the people she encounters. At 13, Gezahegn moved from Ethiopia to Canada. While she was fluent in English, some experiences couldn’t be fully translated. It was then she began exploring the act of communicating via art. Her content creation focuses on the documentary style. She wishes to continue exploring how to capture true stories in traditionally “fiction” styles like animation, audio storytelling and more.

The CHMST is a beat maker/producer, engineer, bandleader, and curator of sound.  His acute interest in the scalable art of sonic profiling has both necessitated and encouraged his genius approach to sampling, drum programming, and low end sound design.  His involvement in the creation of “Indica; Omega” has been an exciting case study used partially to inform his forthcoming album titled Differently.

Jermaine Henry is a published author, inspirational speaker, emcee, master facilitator and social entrepreneur who has worked in the philanthropic, mental health, youth-serving, arts, culture and social innovation sectors for over 10 years.

His work has been published in the North American Journal of Psychology and he has been featured in the Toronto Metro Newspaper for his work with Brave Spaces.

He has worked with many organizations and foundations across Canada, such as School For Social Entrepreneurs, Toronto Arts Council, CMHA,The New Mentality, Inspirit Foundation, Laidlaw, Ontario Trillium Foundation – Youth Opportunities Fund, Youth Social Infrastructure Collaborative, Centre for Social Innovation, YouthREX, Algoma University, York University and more.

Jermaine’s passion is in inspiring people to express their stories through his journey of struggle and success, while promoting freedom, love and equity. He’s a co-founder of the Young Leaders Circle, Consultant with The Outside. and Creator of IBLV DREAMERS.

Matt Somber is a lyricist, emerging photographer and performer. He recently released his debut single Sky fall in anticipation of his upcoming album. He hopes to continue exploring performance and direction while cementing his status as a Toronto legend!

Shenn Goddess is a multidisciplinary artist, with a background in singing, songwriting, theatre and dance. She has been writing music since her childhood and has performed original music throughout the City of Toronto at venues such as Night Owl. In 2016, she studied theatre under d’bi young at the Watah theatre where she wrote and performed her first monodrama. In 2018, she studied at Steps Dance Studio under the supervision of salsa-trained instructor Jena Alma, through the Pretty Wings intensive.

While she continues to create music and deepen her craft, she is currently studying with Body Intelligence to become a craniosacral therapist and Yoga Blue Fitness in order to evolve her embodiment practice to create art from a more integrative perspective.