KERUB (CARE-ub) is the meeting of sound: ambience and driving drums; harsh vocals and medieval hymns; traditional folk melodies and hyper modern club music. The Toronto-based, but Vancouver-born singer, producer, and weirdo is influenced by an interaction between internet culture, their classical training, and energetic pop. They create music that sprints between ambient, ethereal pop and unbreakable dance music imbued with the spirit of the underground. Called apocalyptic but playful, KERUB strives to create beauty with an edge, delivering anything from gentle soundscapes, to hard hitting drums that last well into the night.
KERUB’s sophomore album, ‘APHANTASIA’ is due out July 24th 2025. Self-recorded, produced and mixed, their second full-length is a sonic exploration of love, loss, and youth using the framework of nietzschean reincarnation. Their first collaboration with Montreal and Tehran based label KOPI records, ‘APHANTASIA’ shows KERUB branching out into a more accessible, but still intriguing sonic aesthetic. Having started their musical journey with their debut EP, ‘GUARD’ (2028), KERUB quickly began a rapid-fire release schedule of EPs until 2023, when they independently released their debut album, ‘MIN’. A techno-organic take on Jewish mysticism by way of instrumental transgender allegories.
