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UNDER PRESSURE MONTREAL COLLECTIVE
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CREW CALL-SIGN // [UP]FOUNDED 1996Montreal, Canada

UNDER PRESSURE MONTREAL COLLECTIVE

Seaz & Flow's 1996 Saint-Catherine Street & Global Hip-Hop Festival Founders

🛍️ [UP] CREW SHOP

CREW MANIFESTO & LINEAGE

INSTAGRAM: @underpressuremtl ↗

Keeping the four elements of hip-hop united on Montreal's walls since August 1996.

Co-founded in Montreal in 1996 by graffiti writers Seaz and Flow, Under Pressure (UP) is the longest-running urban culture and graffiti festival collective in North America.

▶ NOW PLAYING: UnderPressure Graffiti festival 18th Edition - Montreal 2013OPEN ON YOUTUBE ↗
[UP] CREW CULTURE VIDEO VAULT (3 REELS)CLICK ANY REEL TO PLAY ABOVE
PRODUCTION WALLS PAINTED3100+
INDIVIDUAL WRITERS ON ROSTER2
ACTIVE CITIES & YARDS7
SHOWS & WALL JAMS HOSTED85
[UP] ARCHIVAL LINEAGE // EST. 1996

COMPLETE [UP] HISTORICAL & ACTIVE MEMBER ROLL CALL

★ ORIGINAL FOUNDERS & EARLY LEADERS (1996)
✓ ACTIVE & CLASSIC [UP] WRITERS ROSTER (1 DOCUMENTED WRITERS — CLICK ANY WRITER FOR ARTIST PAGE)
SEAZ
[UP] INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PAGES

CREW MEMBERS & INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIOS (2)

SEAZ
@SEAZ1996 Co-Founder of Montreal's Under Pressure Graffiti FestivMontreal, Canada • Active since 1991
[UP]
Wildstyle & BurnersTrains & FreightsStreet Murals

SEAZ (Sterling Downey) co-founded Montreal's Under Pressure festival in 1996, championing legal mural corridors and hip-hop preservation for three decades.

GO-TO CAP:NY Fat Cap + Astro Fat
FAVORITE CAN:Montana BLACK 400ml / Belton Molotow
1 WORKS
🛍️ @SEAZ SHOPARTIST PAGE
FLOW UP
@FLOW UPUnder Pressure Festival Co-Founder, Montreal Rail Line LegenMontreal • Active since 1996
[UP]
Wildstyle & BurnersTrains & FreightsStreet Murals

Flow is a foundational co-organizer and graffiti writer behind Under Pressure, the longest-running community graffiti festival in North America, founded in 1996 alongside Sterling 'Seaz' Downey. Pushing burner culture along Montreal's CP train tracks and the iconic Sainte-Catherine corridor, Flow has dedicated decades to preserving pure hip-hop aerosol roots in Quebec.

GO-TO CAP:NY Fat Cap + Astro Fat
FAVORITE CAN:Montana BLACK 400ml / Belton Molotow
1 WORKS
🛍️ @FLOW UP SHOPARTIST PAGE
OFFICIAL [UP] CREW STOREFRONT

[UP] OFFICIAL CREW MERCH & EDITIONS SHOP

Official storefront for [UP] (UNDER PRESSURE MONTREAL COLLECTIVE) — limited-run prints, apparel, collector cans, and blackbook zines.

MERCH TYPE:
Looking for individual member drops? Each [UP] member also has a personal shop on their Artist Page.
[UP] HEAVYWEIGHT 450GSM CREW HOODIE // EST. 1996
Apparel & Streetwear$88
Official Crew Apparel Drop35 LEFT

[UP] HEAVYWEIGHT 450GSM CREW HOODIE // EST. 1996

Official [UP] (UNDER PRESSURE MONTREAL COLLECTIVE) heavyweight 450gsm cut-and-sew fleece hoodie. Embroidered [UP] chest crest with full multi-color back burner production graphic and woven "Montreal, Canada • Est. 1996" hem tag.

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[UP] COLLECTIVE WALL SIGNED ARCHIVAL SCREENPRINT (24×18 IN)
Signed Prints & Editions$125
Signed & Numbered Edition of 5014 LEFT

[UP] COLLECTIVE WALL SIGNED ARCHIVAL SCREENPRINT (24×18 IN)

Museum-grade 6-color hand-pulled silkscreen print on 310gsm cotton rag reproducing [UP] UNDER PRESSURE MONTREAL COLLECTIVE's landmark wall production. Blind-stamped with the official [UP] crew seal and hand-numbered.

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[UP] COLLECTOR EDITION AEROSOL CAN & SIGNATURE CAP PACK
Custom Spray Cans & Caps$65
Collector Run of 100 Cans22 LEFT

[UP] COLLECTOR EDITION AEROSOL CAN & SIGNATURE CAP PACK

Limited collector-series 400ml lithographed aerosol can wrapped in [UP] signature artwork, bundled with 12 nozzle caps (NY Fat Cap, Astro Fat, German Skinny) in a stamped display tube.

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[UP] ARCHIVAL MONOGRAPH, ROLL CALL & BLACKBOOK ZINE (120 PGS)
Blackbooks & Zines$42
First Edition Crew Publication40 LEFT

[UP] ARCHIVAL MONOGRAPH, ROLL CALL & BLACKBOOK ZINE (120 PGS)

120-page heavy-stock visual history of [UP] (UNDER PRESSURE MONTREAL COLLECTIVE) featuring rare 35mm wall & yard photographs, blackbook sketches, founder interviews, and complete crew lineage across Montreal, Canada.

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[UP] COLLECTIVE ARCHIVE

CREW WALL BURNERS, MURALS & VIDEO REELS (2)

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UnderPressure Graffiti festival 18th Edition - Montreal 2013 by SEAZ (UP • MTL)
YOUTUBE // 06:45 REELWildstyle & Burners
115 CANS • NY Fat Cap
Montreal, Canada
@SEAZ[UP • MTL CREW]
120ft × 18ft

UnderPressure Graffiti festival 18th Edition - Montreal 2013

UnderPressure Graffiti festival 18th Edition - Montreal 2013 — SEAZ (Sterling Downey) co-founded Montreal's Under Pressure festival in 1996, championing legal mural corridors and hip-hop preservation for three decades.

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F.R.02 // Under Pressure 30 Festival in Montreal by FLOW UP (UP)
YOUTUBE // 06:30 REELWildstyle & Burners
105 CANS • NY Fat Cap
Montreal
@FLOW UP[UP CREW]
110ft × 16ft

F.R.02 // Under Pressure 30 Festival in Montreal

F.R.02 // Under Pressure 30 Festival in Montreal — Flow is a foundational co-organizer and graffiti writer behind Under Pressure, the longest-running community graffiti festival in North America, founded in 1996 alongside Sterling 'Seaz' Downey. Pushing burner culture along Montreal's CP train tracks and the iconic Sainte-Catherine corridor, Flow has dedicated decades to preserving pure hip-hop aerosol roots in Quebec.

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