Electric guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Elaine Stef is a veteran of Canada’s alternative music scene. She was a founding member of the Moral Lepers, considered one of the most original groups out of the Vancouver punk scene. She has composed and recorded with Montreal’s Rhythm Activism, Vancouver’s Animal Slaves, and Toronto dub poet Lillian Allen. Her original music has been featured in numerous film and video soundtracks. Along with Eileen Kage and Leslie Komori she is a founding member of LOUD.
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Audio Recordings
LOUD “echo and flow” CD independent album release Vancouver
LOUD Ten Thousand Miles
“Grrrls With Guitars, Volume 3” compilation Vancouver
LOUD What You Carry
Commissioned for “What You Carry With You” Elder and Youth Project Vancouver
LOUD Rush
Commissioned for “Outcasts and Angels - The Reena Project” Vancouver
LOUD Tarantella/Umbrella Remix
Commissioned for “Durdle Door” Arts Umbrella Senior Youth Dance Company
LOUD taikoelectric CD independent album release Vancouver
LOUD Ten Thousand Miles
“96.1 FM World Music Spectacular III” compilation Vancouver
LOUD Staying Alive
“Itadakimasu - A feast of Vancouver Taiko” compilation
Vancouver
Rhythm Activism Anthony Griffin
"Nightmare on Albion Street" compilation Bradford, England
Rhythm Activism My Name's Martha
"Bittersweet Canada: Songs for the New Depression" compilation Toronto
Rhythm Activism Les Drums Sonnent
"Pogo Avec les Loups" compilation Paris, France
Rhythm Activism Just Listen 1991 compilation Montreal
Moral Lepers Music is Your Body
Last Call: Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 compilation Vancouver
Rhythm Activism War is the Health of the State independent release Montreal
Rhythm Activism My Name's Martha
Commissioned for the radio series "The Politics of Poverty" CBC Radio Canada Montreal
Lillian Allen Unnatural Causes
"Conditions Critical" 1989 Juno Award Verse to Vinyl Records Toronto
Demi Monde Demi Monde independent release Toronto
Lillian Allen I Fight Back
“Revolutionary Tea Party" 1988 Juno Award Verse to Vinyl Records Toronto
Lillian Allen and the Vancouver Resistance EP Verse to Vinyl Records Toronto
Warfare vs. Welfare Warfare vs. Welfare Toronto
Moral Lepers Land of the Insane "Matrax" compilation Ottawa
Animal Slaves Animal Slaves MoDaMu Records Vancouver
Moral Lepers Family Love MoDaMu Records Vancouver
Moral Lepers Turn to Stone EP MoDaMu Records Vancouver
Film and Video Soundtracks and Performance
What the Affordable Health Act Means To Me Youtube PSA
Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association Los Angeles
Reed: The Life and Works of Roy Kiyooka
Fumiko Kiyooka Vancouver
1000 Cranes of Hope Youtube Campaign for Bone Marrow Donations
Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association Los Angeles
Paddles Up! Women Survivors of Breast Cancer
Maureen Cavanagh and Katherine Sharp Stillness in Motion Pictures Vancouver
Revisiting The Journey Susanda Yee Toronto
The Corporation
Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott Big Picture Media Corporation Vancouver
Genie Award, Best Documentary, 26 International Awards, 10 International Audience Choice Awards
Pump up the Volume
Fatima Jaffer Video In Production...Vancouver
100 Foot Wednesday
Eric Nelson and Curt Myers Powerlines Productions California
Slightseer
Midi Onodera Daruma Pictures Toronto
As Long As I Can Remember: The Powell Street Festival at 25
Lynda Nakashima Vancouver
Bones of the Forest 1996 Genie Award Best Documentary Heather Frise and Velcrow Ripper Transparent Film Vancouver
Ten Skakel Cecilia Wyss Nomination Best Experimental Video 1997 Dreamspeakers Aboriginal Film and Video Festival Western Front Vancouver
Not Like That Maureen Bradley Video In Production Vancouver
Brown Women, Blonde Babies; Philipina Domestic Workers in Canada
Marie Boti & Chit Bautista Productions MultiMonde Montreal
Homes for the Homeless Frederica Towe Centre for Art Tapes Halifax
Unnatural Causes Maureen Judge National Film Board Montreal
Penses-tu qu-il va y avoir du brouillard a Londres? Claude Ouellet Le Videographe Montreal
Rewriting the Script - Feminism and Art in Ontario Joan Borsa and Womens Art Resource Center Toronto
Funny House Pooh Kaye Trinity Square Video Toronto
Multiculturalism in Canada (In performance with Lillian Allen) Trent Martin PBS and National Film Board Toronto
Up to Scratch (with Warfare vs. Welfare) Craig Conde-Berggold Toronto
See Evil Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak Toronto
Citizens Against Censorship Trinity Square Video Toronto
Let Them Eat Cake Anna Knowlson Vancouver
Multimedia Performance
Taikotroniks Collaboration, Queen Elizabeth Playhouse Vancouver
Crosswoven Collaboration, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
What You Carry With You - Elder and Youth Project Gateway Theatre Richmond
The Tenth - Purple Moon Dance Project Fort Mason San Francisco
Outcasts and Angels - The Reena Project Gateway Theatre Richmond
Tarantella/Umbrella Remix - Arts Umbrella Senior Dance Company Vancouver
Scared Sacred with Velcrow Ripper Under the Volcano Festival Vancouver
Take it to the Teeth with Rita McKeough Glenbow Museum Calgary
In Bocca al Lupo with Rita McKeough Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver
Deux Femmes, un T'Cheque with Rhythm Activism 25 show tour of Quebec
Television
The Other Montreal, The Journal CBCInterview and performance with Rhythm Activism "Deux Femmes, Un T'Cheque”
All listings are compositions or performances of original music.
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