Simon Trottier:
acoustic and electric guitars, slide and bow, voice and some noises Nicolas Bernier:
laptop, contact microphone, beats, snare drum, glockenspiel, toy piano, electric guitar, voice and field recording
Recording released in September 2007 and May 2009 on German Label 12Rec
June Tool Mathieu Charbonneau: keys, trumpet Philippe Charbonneau: electric bass, double-bass, drums Julien Poissant: drums, keys, guitar, voice Simon Trottier: electric and acoustic guitars, lapsteel, electric bass
Recording will be released somewhere in 2010
White Noise Ensemble (2004-2006) Simon Trottier: acoutic and electric guitars, banjo Martin Messier: drums and electronics Sylvain Gagné: electric bass Véronique Béland: visual
Over the years, Montreal guitarist Simon Trottier has developed an interest in avant-garde, electro-acoustic, underground rock, folk, and blues music. His curiosity and need to improve musically brought him to study jazz guitar and electro-acoustic composition at Concordia University. In the last few years, Simon has collaborated with a number of instrumental rock and improvised music groups, and has accompanied pop artists such as Québec’s French pop duet Tricot Machine and Halifax’s spooky folk duo, Ghost Bees. He is now a member of Ferriswheel with Torngat's multi-instrumentalist Mathieu Charbonneau, as well as Toronto’s haunted blues-folk group Timber Timbre. He also works with electro-acoustic composer Nicolas Bernier with whom he created two albums, “objet abandonné en mer” (2007) and “…et retrouvé en forêt” (2009), released in by the German Net-Label 12rec.
Instrumental project of montreal’s pianist Mathieu Charbonneau (Torngat) and guitarist Simon Trottier.
"Keyboardist Mathieu Charbonneau and guitarist Simon Trottier make some instrumental magic together on this debut LP...From parlour classical to porch folk, their sometimes lively, sometimes staid compositions evoke the antiquated and the pastoral"
-Lorraine Carpenter, Mirror
"With the help of their many guest musicians, Trottier and Charbonneau made a
record that surprises the ear but never rushes it, both original and respectful of the traditions it carries"
Electroacoustic folk with Nicolas Bernier.
Free to download at 12rec.net.
You can also buy a really nice handcrafted hardcopy from their boutique.
«Objet Abandonné could almost be imagined as one direction John Fahey might have taken had he got into laptops as well as turntable manipulation.»
-Sam Davies, The Wire
«Their cooperation results in a 4 track ep with beautiful, maybe a bit romantic, electronic scapes and melodies.»
- Jos Smolders, Earlabs
«Quite a nice release, defying categories and make four strong points themselves.»
- Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly
«Record pops and glitch-y samples provide a filmic ambience to acoustic guitar chants, and the music sometimes drifts into the electro acoustic space…»
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