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on.rcrd runs the Kiku Listening Sessions, a weekly vinyl listening room at 915 Dupont in Toronto where a small room hears one album front to back with their phones down.
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on.rcrd is a Toronto vinyl listening room founded by Steven Fernandez, a DJ of 35 years, a two time Juno nominee, and a former Sony Music Publishing songwriter whose career ran through record labels and radio before turning toward sound therapy. The Kiku Listening Sessions, a collaboration with 915 Dupont, began in June 2026 with ten people in the room and now sell out weekly. Each Tuesday, two seatings hear a single album played start to finish, framed by the story of the record and the culture that made it, and opened by a sound bath. Fernandez describes it as a love letter back to the city.
Quotes from Steven Fernandez
“I had given up on this city. Then it landed on me that I could not keep complaining about something I was not doing anything about. So this is my love letter back to the city.”
“The music is just the way in the door. The listening is the point.”
“What we are losing in ourselves, we find again in the music, and in each other.”
“How do I get a room full of people together every week and have them talk about something that matters?”
Key facts
- What
- The Kiku Listening Sessions, a vinyl listening room
- Where
- 915 Dupont St, Toronto, near Ossington
- When
- Every Tuesday, two seatings, 6 and 8 PM
- Capacity
- 32 seats a seating, 64 a night
- Format
- One album played front to back, preceded by sound therapy and the story behind the record
- Started
- June 2026, with ten people in the room
- Now
- Selling out most weeks
- Run by
- on.rcrd, founded by Steven Fernandez, in collaboration with 915 Dupont
- Founder
- Steven Fernandez, DJ of 35 years, two time Juno nominee, former Sony Music Publishing songwriter, and founder of the corporate sound therapy practice Pause and Expand
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Images and interviews
Photography of the room and the sessions is available on request, and Steven is available to interview. Email hello@onrcrd.ca or reach us on Instagram.