A AI-Generated artist will make his recording debut on the soundtrack of an independent film that explores themes of family and identity through dance.
Luca FerranoA digital entertainer developed by Hong Kong-based producer Stonedog (Evan Steer), will have his track “Hope Stays High” presented in Quentin LeeS “How you dance.” Vancouver 604 posts – the indie label launched by Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger and lawyer Jonathan Simkin two decades ago – has ensured exclusive publication rights for the film’s music.
The Dance Dramatomy Board follows a dancer who returns home to take care of his strange father, find healing and purpose by mentoring a multiple community dance class that includes a transgender teenage learning to live authentic. Kyle Toy together with Tzi Ma, with the actor also debuts with Josette Jorge, Roshan Gopalasamy and Harrison Xu.
Stonedog has produced five songs for the soundtrack, including tracks with drag artist Cleo Moans and other AI-generated artists from their digital collective. Lee also releases his first single as a recording artist, “Can’t Stop My Dream”, as part of the project.
Canadian Screen Award winner Cindy Au Yeung and Lee produce through BC-based Margin Films Ltd., together with Producers Guild of America colleagues Alan Chu and Kevin Huie. Jennifer Price and Colette Johnson-Vosberg Executive Produce. The film shoots in British Columbia.
“When Quentin Lee, founder of Margin Films, contacted me to release the soundtrack for” The way you dance “, I was proud that 604 would be part of it,” said Jonathan Simkin, CEO of 604 Records. “Quentin and margin have a long track record of bold, cross-border films that champion both 2SLGBTQAI+ and Bipoc community. We are pleased to work closely with them to ensure that the film’s incredible music reaches the widest audience-as they continue to support society it represents.”
“As a partner for BC-based companies Margin Films Ltd. I am proud to work with another Top BC Entertainment Company to release the soundtrack for ‘The Way You Dance’, my debut BC-born feature film,” said Lee. “DJ Stonedog, Alias Evan Steer, a transplant in Australia-to-Kina, and I became age in the early 2000s Queer Club stage in Hong Kong and have been collaborating together since 2015 when I produced Ring Le’s Big Gay Love.”
604 Records has built their list around artists such as Carly Rae Jepsen and Marianas Trench and runs submarines for Indie-pop, comedy and digital collectibles. Margin Films Ltd. Won the 2024 Canadian Screen Award for the comedy series “Comedy Invasion” and produced the allindential comedy documentary “Rez Comedy.” Its sister company Margin Films, established by Lee in Los Angeles in 1996, will celebrate the 30th anniversary next year, with its first feature “Shopping for Fangs” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 1997.
