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Recorded & mixed live by the artist at various Mtl venues from September 19, 2013 to July 15, 2014.
Instrumentation:
16mm film projector
BOSS AW-3 Dynamic Wah
BOSS FV-500H Volume
BOSS GE-7 EQ
BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor
BOSS PS-5 Super Shifter
Danelectro Chili Dog Octave
GE 35377 Cassette Recorder
iPod Nano
Korg Monotron
MACKIE 802-VLZE mixer
MOOGERFOOGER Ring Modulator
Moto G Android Phone
MXR 6-Band EQ
MXR Super COMP
Panasonic RQ-L30 Mini-Cassette Recorder
piezo microphones
small objects
Zenith VCS410 VCR
credits
released September 18, 2014
Alain Lefebvre, Guillaume Vallée
Alain Lefebvre makes abstract-concrete experimental noise with amplified objects and lo-fi devices which he pushes beyond their intended use and capabilities. He is interested in using typically unwanted sounds as a means of reconsidering prevailing distinctions between the intrinsically musical and the intrinsically non-musical. His music embraces short circuits, 50-60Hz hum, DC offset, electromagnetic interference, transducer interference, and other perhaps unnamed analog pariahs. He has been making experimental music since 2001-2002. In 2011, he began concentrating on live improvisation, performing principally in Montreal, as well as curating the concert series “We are the Drugs” with Chris Strickland. His first album to contain solely live material, “Objects and Electronics”, was released in 2012 on K.A.N.T. N.A.G.A.N.O.’s Encodages de l’Oubli label. His most recent album, “Magic Eye”, is a collection of studies recorded in August 2013 (K o h l e n s t o f f records).
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Alain Lefebvre fait du noise expérimental abstrait/concret avec des objets amplifiés et des appareils lofi qu’il pousse au-delà de leurs fonctions normales. Il s’intéresse à l’utilisation des sons typiquement ”indésirables” comme moyen de remettre en question certaines contraintes esthétiques. Sa musique adopte les courts-circuits, les buzzes 50-60Hz, les décalages de courants continus, les interférences électromagnétiques, les interférences de transducteurs, et autres erreurs analogiques peut-être anonymes. Il fait de la musique expérimentale depuis 2001-2002. En 2011, il se concentre sur l’improvisation, jouant principalement à Montréal, et entreprenant la série de concerts “We are the Drugs” avec Chris Strickland. Son premier album contenant uniquement des morceaux live (“Objects and Electronics”) est sorti en 2012 sur l’étiquette de K.A.N.T. N.A.G.A.N.O (Encodages de l’Oubli). Son plus récent album, “Magic Eye”, assemble six études enregistré en août 2013 (K o h l e n s t o f f records).