AGNEYA Toronto Release Party

Agneya is an award-winning Indian-Canadian percussionist and composer whose debut album AGNEYA (2026) blends South Asian rhythmic cycles with contemporary improvisation, cinematic textures, and global grooves. His music reflects his diasporic identity and belief in rhythm as a shared language, inviting audiences into a sound world that is groove-driven, meditative, and expansive.

Born and raised in Western India, Agneya grew up at the intersection of tradition and modernity. His mornings were steeped in the intricacies of Hindustani music and tabla compositions, while his evenings were soundtracked by early 2000s rock and hip-hop on MTV. This juxtaposition of ancient rhythmic systems and global pop culture became the foundation of his artistic perspective: rhythm not as a fixed category, but as an endlessly flexible, living force.

Now stepping forward as a bandleader, AGNEYA is the culmination of this journey - a body of original music that places rhythm at the centre, not as a technical display, but as an invitation into a layered experience. Performed with a collective of collaborators who bring their own cultural and musical languages into the work, the album creates a sound world where tradition and modernity coexist in all their complexity. It resists easy categorisation, instead inviting audiences to feel connected through groove, movement, and shared presence.

Join us to celebrate this journey and to hear the Album live before it's offical release on September 18th.

The Nhapitapi Duo will start the night with a kaleidoscopic journey through space and time. Nhapitapi - a Shona word meaning sweet sounds, is a dynamic duo of Moyo Mutamba and Memory Makuri.

Their sound takes root in the old voices of the African continent, and travels seamlessly towards its modern progeny of Afro-jazz, funk, rock, reggae and ska, all the while holding fast to the sacred spirit of ceremony. To those who know it well and those newly acquainted alike, this creation has a universal appeal.

Tickets: If you are a student or arts worker, or find the ticket price prohibitive for any reason, please reach out to us at [email protected] for discounted or complimentary options.

This event was made possible thanks to the support from FACTOR and Drom Artist Collective.

www.agneyachikte.com