Joda (born Ontario, Canada, 1981) is a Toronto-based electronic/ambient musician. He is the son of electronic/ambient music artist Tim Clement and began his own experimentation with electronic sound at the age of 14.
Based on the traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples across the colonial project known as Canada, Joda Clément has been showcasing his unique approach to sound art and composition for over 25 years, establishing himself as a prominent figure in both local and international communities.
Joda’s work explores the phenomenology of sound in space as musical material, utilizing analog and acoustic instruments, field recordings, and feedback to carefully construct transportive listening conditions. His work often transcends distinctions between sound, site, and source, inviting listeners to reconnect with the world in a meaningful and deliberate way.
Joda has notably performed or exhibited at The Music Gallery, The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, Issue Project Room (NY), Suoni Per Il Popolo, Extermination Music Night, Life Changing Ministry, Electric Eclectics Festival, Kleylehof / Reheat (Austria), VIVO Media Arts Centre, Surrey Art Gallery, MUTEK, Oboro New Media lab and the West Hollywood Library.
His music has been released internationally on labels such as Alluvial Recordings (US), Glistening Examples (US), Mystery Sea (BE), Unfathomless (BE), caduc (CA), Notice Recordings (US), Audio 845 (CA).
Collaborators past and present include Magali Babin, Michael Northam, Hitoshi Kojo, Bhob Rainey, Bonnie Jones, Kai Fagaschinski, Freida Abtan, Chris Cogburn, Tomasz Krakowiak, Tim Olive, Alexandra Spence, Mathieu Ruhlmann and Lance Austin Olsen, for example.