Dany Janvier : composition, programation, laptop, synth, divers instruments world beat et inventé, percussion, tv, vinyl, vieux 8 tracks, radio, net, etc...
Influences
Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, GonG, Daevid Allen et toute la famille, tim blake, steve hillage, Caravan, Hawkwind, Tangerine Dream, Soft Machine, The Beatles, The doors, Grateful dead, Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, Velvet Underground, system 7, Brian Eno, boards of canada, stereolab, BECK, kid loco, Banco de Gaia, Crystal Method, The Orb, Thievery Corporation, Midi Miliz, Spirallianz, the Delta, Authentik, 3.turn, Sirius Isness, Gataka, loco locass, les trompe l’oeil, wax taylor ou fisherspooner, etc...
Sounds Like
Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, GonG, Daevid Allen et toute la famille, tim blake, steve hillage, Caravan, Hawkwind, Tangerine Dream, Soft Machine, The Beatles, The doors, Grateful dead, Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, Velvet Underground, system 7, Brian Eno, boards of canada, stereolab, BECK, kid loco, Banco de Gaia, Crystal Method, The Orb, Thievery Corporation, Midi Miliz, Spirallianz, the Delta, Authentik, 3.turn, Sirius Isness, Gataka, loco locass, les trompe l’oeil, wax taylor ou fisherspooner, etc...
BioBaZaR est un projet de musique électro ambient psychédélique piloté par Dany Janvier
(dj tektonik , tektonik veda) producteur, kinoïte et artiste Multidisciplinaire
évoluant sur la scène électro-underground québécoise depuis 1998.
Digne héritier de pionniers de la musique électronique comme The Orb, Biobazar exploite à merveille les possibilités infinies de ce style hybride qui ne cesse de révolutionner les conventions établies. Concoctant minutieusement ses compositions de sources sonores toujours surprenantes, allant d’échantillonnages de films aux instrumentations de musiques du monde, Biobazar crée des mélodies et des structures imprévisibles qui nous transportent à travers des paysages musicaux rayonnant de toute la richesse de l’ambiant, des grooves pénétrants du downtempo, des pulsions hallucinatoires de l’Acid et l’énergie percussive de la Trance.
(English)
In 2008, given the increasing presence of digital music, the large-scale democratization of means of production and the emergence of a zillion networks inspired by MYSPACE, with all the opportunities for dissemination and promotion this offers, musical and sound creation are seeing a boundless expansion. It goes into all directions and one can lose himself amidst all of it, for good or bad.
On one hand, there is a profusion of new artists and new musical propositions and, on the other hand, there is this handful of creators who use a profusion of sounds drawn from an infinite number of sources which can sometimes be surprising; this is equally interesting, if not more in certain cases!
BIOBAZAR, a Quebec project that is still unfortunately rather unknown, could be likened to the latter category. Before even checking out the track record of the one and only instigator of the project, Dany Janvier, one can guess, upon listening to only a few tracks off STE-CÉCILE, that our guy has been absorbing, for many years, various manifestations of psychedelic music – be it the first incarnations of it in a more sixties-rock approach, from the US West Coast, its teutonized and electronified German version of the seventies, its almost 100% version as heralded by ambient-house luminaries towards the end of the eighties, or even its more dancefloor-oriented bursting, as psychedelism was transmuting, around 1991 or 1992, into ‘’trance’’ and ‘’trance-psy’’ techno – but also the essentials in dub, funk and electro, as well as prog-rock….
One can easily imagine that the man behind these sonic spires has been honing his style for a long time. And indeed! One can only notice the evolution of Dany Janvier’s sound since the release, in 1998, of the famous Wireless Telegraph And Signal Company of his Tektonik Veda project. With that production, the multidisciplinary artist, who is also into video as well as a member of musical ensembles such as LE BAND ZEN and JESUS BENCH 400 LIVRES, already laid the basis of his sonic singularity: diversity of influences, nurtured layering and an obvious evolutionary side…and one can only celebrate the level of mastery and accessibility BIOBAZAR has achieved today, after a certain number of years, while retaining all the integrity of the beginnings.
Besides the happy shambles made of influences and styles which his music offers, Dany Janvier also integrates, into BIOBAZAR ‘s concoctions, world-beat instrumentations as well as samples that are often humoristic taken from the Quebecer filmographic repertoire. This said, these samples always integrate well into the proposed soundtrack, they are never unduly invasive. They never totally divert our attention from the worlds which animate and agitate themselves all around and morph constantly during the course of a same track; for example, the opening track starts with a semi-down-tempo, semi-electro(clash)/electro(old-school) feel, then psychedelic and even country-folk sonorities come in alternately and briefly, and then the tempo accelerates and the soundscape transforms into a technoïd music with an emotionality that recalls a PLAID on a great day…a bit later, the album brings us on a dub excursion that is hallucinated albeit trippy and rather dark …then, the rhythmic portion intensifies and brings us back to the funkiest moments of big beat and psytrance, always with the psychoactive touch that is the BIOBAZAR trademark.- this aspect stands as a constant element in the record; the ambiences are always textured, evolutive, psychotropic and with a lot of richness, never linear.
BIOBAZAR also comes back to more dub-oriented mixtures for a while, with even a slight atmospheric rock-influenced touch. In track 10, he flirts with a jazzy idm sound that is totally unbridled…by the way, this track marks the beginning of the most psychedelic segment of the album. A most delightful way to land, in an elegant fashion, after the flight…at this moment the tempo is around 100 bpm maximum – this is rhythmic but cerebral stuff. It should also be noted that the album is made in an uninterrupted sequence and that the tracks seamlessly blend one into each other (Dany Janvier’s experience as a radio programmer as well as a dj probably has something to do with this). To be recommended wholeheartedly to fans of electronic psy music (uptempo or downtempo), or simply to people looking for intricate and adventurous electronica!
Roman Gertz - "Techno Drops" EP OUT NOW !!! (inc. remixes by Sami Wentz, Spektor) (PISO Records, 2009) Support: Audiojack, Tomy DeClerque, Nikitin & Semikashev, Tony Senghore, Andrea Bertolini, Alex Di Stefano, Autistic, Elia
I'm happy to announce that my new album "Songs From The Films Of David Lynch" is out now.
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." -The Scotsman
PROMO SHOW-BÉNÉFICE DE TEMPÊTE PRÉVENTE DE L’ALBUM Horreurs Mécaniques 10 JUILLET, CAFÉ CHAOS (2031, Saint-Denis, Montréal) 15$ SHOW + ALBUM 8$ SHOW ÇA VA ÊTRE MALADE!!!!!
Petit rappel - Nous serons en spectacle au Nord-Ouest Café ce jeudi 2 juillet dans le cadre du Festivoix de Trois-Rivières !
Le spectacle débutera vers 22h30 (après celui de Steve Hill au parc portuaire)
En première partie : Silverjet !
Soyez-y !
PROMO SHOW-BÉNÉFICE DE TEMPÊTE PRÉVENTE DE L’ALBUM Horreurs Mécaniques 10 JUILLET, CAFÉ CHAOS (2031, Saint-Denis, Montréal)
15$ SHOW + ALBUM 8$ SHOW
Matante frak interviouze des orchestres super populaires qui sortent leur premier album.com Matante frak va au local de Tempête pour faire la promo de ce band qu'elle aime tant. Matante leur fait faire des impros musicales pas piquées des vers! Héhéhéhéhéhhé... Ça rentre aux toasts!
Tiens, un exemple? Matante a pitché ça comme thématique d'impro: «UN ANGE GARDIEN QUI TIENT LA MAIN D’UN AVEUGLE, QUI COUPE UN GÂTEAU DE MARIAGE»...
FatalObject est un projet de cœur né de l’association de plusieurs
personnes désireuses de supporter des artistes aux influences musicales
multiples. Projet de label indépendant, FatalObject a pour but de permettre à
des artistes de s'autoproduire et de se promouvoir.
FatalObject is a project of heart, arisen from the association of several
persons avid to support artists in the multiple musical influences. As an
independent label, FatalObject aims at allowing artists of selfproduction and
promotion.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WE HAD OVER 500 PEOPLE SHOW UP..DONT MISS OUT..EVERYONE IN FREE BEFORE 10:30...AFTER 10:30 $5.00 ALL NIGHT LONG...DRINK SPECIALS, GO GO DANCERS..COME OUT && PARTY WIT NIKKI, MANDI CANDI , VALERIE && DJ'S FLIP & GROOVE!!!