Alex Maher

Alex’s music is a masterclass in instrumentation. Fusing classic soul influences, funk, electro-pop and jazz chops, his songwriting explores human connection in the modern age. A Filipinx-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and loop artist, Alex’s solo performances combine genre-bending mashups with passionate originals to showcase his musical instincts. Delivering fat beats with mesmerizing grooves, he performs soulful vocals, heavy sax, keys, synth, SPDSX drums and electric guitar. With lush layers, complex harmonies, and a driving rhythm, his music will make you move. Now based in Winnipeg via Vancouver, Alex has had a varied career both as a solo performer and a band member (DNA6, Flannel Jimmy). His 2020 EDM collaboration with Vandelux, “Matter of Time,” ​​charted on the Billboard Dance Charts for more than nine weeks before passing 48 million streams on Spotify. Since the release of his second EP, Dream Final, in Feb. 2020, Alex has done several national tours as well as dates in the U.S. and Mexico. He has played alongside artists like Moontricks, The Funk Hunters, Daniel Wesley and Lazy Syrup Orchestra and has opened for the likes of Weezer, Wide Mouth Mason, Bachman Cummings, Mother Mother, Sam Roberts, Robert Randolph, Shred Kelly, Begonia, Royal Canoe, and The Proclaimers.