Massey Hall / TD Music Hall
Opening set for Luedji Luna.
There is music that does not arrive. It returns.
It's Not a Joke is her debut album — and first albums always cost something. This one cost emptiness. The kind that comes after you've given everything and have to decide whether to keep going anyway. She kept going.
The record opens with "Angu," a Portuguese shaped not by books but by living: the hot feira, the streets of Cidade Baixa, dendê thick in the air, the atabaques drying outside. From there the album moves through grief, altered states, displacement, and irony, closing with a saxophone solo that leaves everything unresolved. Featuring Chibatinha of ÀTTØØXXÁ, mixed by Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire) and mastered by Justin Gray — both Grammy Award–winning engineers — the record moves between Bahia and Toronto, between terreiro and synthesizer.
JER has performed at Calgary Folk Festival, TD Toronto Jazz Festival and Massey Hall, where she opened for Luedji Luna. Through INFR LAB, she builds interactive tools, live audiovisual systems and public workshops for artists, events and cultural organizations.
Live
TD Toronto Jazz Festival · Calgary Folk Festival · Mémoire & Racines · Mundial Montréal
Meridian House — Women in Culture
Performance as part of Women in Culture, a cultural diplomacy initiative in Toronto.
LulaWorld · DO WEST Festival 2025
Live performances at LulaWorld and Do West Fest. At Do West Fest 2025, JER produced VJ and visual content for Afrique Like Me Collective.
FUNK ME HARD · Summer 2026
Immersive baile funk set combining DJ performance with an original OSC-controlled VJ system developed by INFR LAB.
Selected
Discography
Discography
It's Not a Joke — JER
Debut album featuring musicians from Nação Zumbi and Attoxxá, mixed by Mark Lawson and mastered by Justin Gray, Grammy Award–winning engineers.
9 Rosas [Maria and The Band]
Album recorded with Maria and The Band.
Holy
Dark Farfisa — Brúxula
Electronic and modular collaboration with Cosmic JD, connecting synthesis, experimental production and Brazilian rhythmic language. Released by 12th Isle.
Broken Heart
Artistic
Research
Research
INFR LAB
Artist-led lab developing interactive performance systems, conference tools and public workshops in music and visual technology.
YAYÁ Live Cue
In-ear cueing system for performers, built around count-ins, section markers and screenless use.
Yayá
Bilingual voice guide for cultural environments, designed around place, time and listening.
MIYL
Cultural-data prototype organizing public venue information into practical tools for artists, cultural workers and city life.
Mississippi Residencies — USA
Residencies tracing transatlantic connections between Brazilian rhythms and American Black musical lineages.
Brúxula — UK/BR
Research combining modular synthesis with the phonetics and rhythmic structures of Brazilian percussion.
Cultural &
Industry
Industry
One Publishing Latino — USA
Showcase connecting Canadian artists with Latin American music industries, supported by the Consulate General of Canada.
Invisible Friends — AI for Artists and Builders
Public Toronto Tech Week workshop where artists created small visual experiments using generative AI tools.
CBC — Music Licensing
Music licensing placement connected to Rota de Infância with Maria and the Band.
Sync &
Commissions
Commissions
Original music, sound design and audiovisual direction for film, live performance and interdisciplinary projects.
Available
for
Sync licensing · original scores · sound design · audiovisual direction · interdisciplinary performance
Film
La Linterna — Una Luz en la Pared
Independent film collaboration with Jaime Garcia.
Broken — Official Music Video
Directed, written and produced by JER, starring Maria Kravchenko.
FUNK ME HARD — Brazil x Canada
First cut from FUNK ME HARD, a wear and sound project. VJ system performed live at Do West Festival 2026.
Grants &
Recognition
Recognition
| Canada Council / Ontario Arts Council / Toronto Arts Council | Project & Operating Grants |
| SECULT, Bahia, Brazil | International Project Grant |
| SOCAN Foundation | Development Support |
Education
& Technical
& Technical
University of Waterloo
OCAD University
Technical & Hybrid Practice
Hybrid Creative Practice
Hybrid practice connecting lived environments, human interaction and artistic creation with generative and interactive technologies — exploring the intersection between technology and everyday life.
Programming & Creative Coding
JavaScript · TypeScript · Python · HTML/CSS · Shell · Browser-based prototyping · Cloud deployment
Agentic & LLM Systems
Agent design & training · System and prompt architecture · Tool orchestration · LLM workflows · OpenAI Codex · Anthropic Claude · Google Antigravity
Live & Interactive Systems
OSC · TouchOSC · Resolume Arena · TouchDesigner · Projection integration · Voice-first & screenless interfaces · DJ/performance synchronization
Sound & Production
Ableton Live · Modular synthesis · Audio routing · OSC-based show control
Creative Tools
Midjourney · Generative image/video workflows · Adobe Premiere Pro · After Effects · Projection
Human Languages
Portuguese · English · Spanish (basic)