Pop Montreal

Pop Montreal is a Canadian festival in Montreal, the largest city in the province of Quebec. The term is used synonymously for the music scene, which has established itself in the city and the surrounding region since the late 1990s and bands like Arcade Fire or Godspeed You! Black Emperor brought forth.

2.1 Central Labels
2.2 music styles
2.3 The Festival

4.1 Festival and Music Scene
4.2 label

History

Separation in Quebec

Since the surrender of New France to the British and the division into Upper and Lower Canada, the region of today's Quebec province is a frequent source of conflict between the English-and French -speaking population of Canada. As part of the global anti-authoritarian movements in the 1960s were based in Quebec separation first socialist groups, as especially the francophone residents of Canada felt as disadvantaged and excluded from the actual economic recovery of the country. This was followed by demands for independence and a constant blockade, which turned in the late 1960s in terrorist attacks and hostage-taking. Two official referendums on autonomy for the province but failed scarce.

Economic and cultural consequences

The consequences of the constant clashes between Québec and the Government of Canada and the partial outbreaks of violence led to an economic depression in the province. They meant that companies and large Civil region turned their backs and hardly new company especially in and around Montreal, the former commercial center of Canada, settled.

High unemployment, Verkommung of districts and many immigrants made Montréal finally decried in Canada. But among all the displeasure put such a condition - a lot of time, space, multi-culture - and that founder temporal and temporal colonial buildings, affordable studios and rehearsal spaces, empty besetzbare houses and low cost of living free and positive, creative energy. And so many young artists, musicians and project groups have settled in the city in the 1990s. Project theaters, galleries and exhibitions, creative workshops, rehearsal rooms, Subgroundmagazine, alternative shops, readings, small concerts, musicians and creative workshops and bohemian cafes dominate the scene eventful life of the city of Montréal.

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