Brian Wilson, Ennio Morricone, Jack Nietzche, Quincy Jones, Steve Reich, Bernard Herrmann, David Byrne, Phil Spector, Giorgio Moroder, Brian Eno, Jean-Claude Vannier, Lucio Fulci, Arnaldo Baptista, Bernard Edwards, Jon Cage, Arvo Part, Isaac Hayes, Alain Goraguer, Nile Rogers, Markus Dravs and George Martin
We're at war with the cynics! Syncing to classic films from our childhoods, this music is presented as either a solo show or with a band of theremins, drums, bass and old vintage keyboards run through a small delta of pedals.
Personal Publication EP, was recorded over a year with one microphone and holds more than 25 instruments on its soundwaves. It was written to sync with Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) in the same manner as Pink Floyd's famous sync with The Wizard of Oz.
Public Publication EP, has been recorded over the past year with many microphones and with over 500 musicians from Victoria, BC to Saint John's, NFLD and in and out of studios with great producers Andrew Watt (Common Ground), Howard Bilerman (Hotel2Tango), Jace Lasek (BreakGlass), Paul Aucoin (HallaMusic) and has been helmed with musical partner, Joel Waddell for its construction. It syncs to a new film comprised out of the cutting together of over 50 films in the public domain.
While making these two EPs, we've got to play a bunch of shows with bands we like while touring by bicycle across the country or running half-marathons in each city raising monies for local, national and international charities. Some of the bands we've played with are making great music that you may have heard of or should hear: Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, Deerhoof, The Golden Dogs, The Weakerthans, The Constantines, Plants & Animals, Spiral Stairs, Rock Plaza Central, FemBots, Guns & Bombs and Nat Baldwin of The Dirty Projectors.
Synchronicity
"is a word coined by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung to describe the temporally coincident occurrences of casual events."
"Canadian wunderkind... Aucoin's candy confections are enough to melt all of Halifax"
- Larry Fitzmaurice - Spin
"Extremely Magical"
- Chris Whibbs - Exclaim! Canada’s Music Authority
"This guy has made an epic album"
- Whitney Matheson - USA Today
"A bizarre yet wondrous bit of music"
- Dave Jaffer - Montreal Hour
"Best Shows of 2007: Seeing Haligonian and multi-instrumentalist Rich Aucoin step unassumingly onto a stage is like opening a box from Ikea: you think you know what you’re in for, but there are a lot more pieces to the puzzle than you expected"
- Jill Langlois - Eye Weekly (Toronto)
At war... is one of the cooler songs I've heard in a while. Brings back feelings of hearing Transelement for the first time and thinking "it's about time"
Hey Rich, just wanted to commend you again on your set the other night at Dekuf, it was inspiring to say the least. Hope to see you back in Otown sometime!