MOONBEAN / Valentina Morelli

MOONBEAN is a queer, Toronto-based electronic duo who lace their live, synth hardware set with lush vocals. Their experimental synth-pop weaves in psychedelia, acid-house, techno, and disco, while their live performance gives off punk energy. Speaking to identity expression, sexual orientation, inclusivity, consent and community their lyrics weave mantras to empower their audience. Although their music is electronic, MOONBEAN plays an all-live hardware set which leaves room for improvisation and audience engagement. Their musical inspirations align with Little Dragon, Peaches, Metric, and Eurythmics. MOONBEAN's music is innovative in the way that it tricks you into feeling something nostalgic but by the end of the show, you realize it is unlike anything you’ve heard before. In the past 2 years, they released their debut EP and singles, and played festivals/toured around Canada, as well as 2 European Tours. Valentina Morelli (she/they) is a queer artist, dancer, musician, composer, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist based out of Toronto, ON. They perform and record original music professionally in their electronic duo project MOONBEAN; as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist with Red Rhythm & Blues; and 3 other projects that range from prog rock to classic rock to folk. Morelli got their degree studying jazz at Humber College and currently performs in and manages several music, dance, and video projects. Valentina has toured around Canada and Europe and played esteemed festivals like Hillside Festival (ON), Toronto Pride, Snow King Festival (NWT), Alianait (NT), Rainbow Trout Music Festival (MB) and SOMMERFEST (DE).