Steve Bates is an artist and musician living in Montréal. The sonic is the root of his practice whether it emerges as music, transmission, video, sound art, or installation. He has exhibited and performed in Canada, the United States, Europe, Chile, and Senegal. He often releases work through his own small-scale publishing and music project, The Dim Coast. Bates works in the field, on air, in museological/gallery and performance contexts. These shifting territories reflect the content of his practice.