Sonic Quantifier: Electroacoustic performances

March 2, 2024

As part of Nuit blanche à Montréal, the Guido Molinari Foundation invites you to an evening of electroacoustic musical performances in the exhibition room! A special exhibition of the renowned Quantifiers by Molinari, a music lover in his own lifetime, will be created for the occasion.

With:
SEULEMENT – https://seulem-nt.bandcamp.com/album/ex-po
Fumerolles – https://fumerolles.bandcamp.com/
thisquietarmy – https://www.thisquietarmy.com/

Artistic direction of the event by Fiona Annis, artist in residence at the Foundation.
Music program curated by Samuel Bobony (Black Givre).

Starting at 8pm
Free
Bar $

Photo: Charles-André Coderre

SEULEMENT is the solo project of Mathieu Arsenault, a Montreal-based electronic musician. His music questions the role of the voice and the human body in the digital arts. By transforming fragments of his own voice, SEULEMENT creates angular structures where the natural and the artificial are intertwined. His debut album EX PO (released on Montreal label Mothland in 2021) is positioned at the unlikely intersection of experimental electronic music and song. With an approach that is more sculptural than narrative, SEULEMENT takes a modern look at the possibilities of the voice in electronic music, and proposes an approach that straddles the line between lyricism and structuralism.  

Photo: Alexis Bellavance

Using a combination of DIY machines, effects and synthesizers, Fumerolles offers a benevolent and organic electronic music, formed by the meeting of ambient soundscapes and sweet melodies influenced by new age and video game soundtracks.
Image: Festival SIGHT+SOUND: Danser en attendant (la fin du monde), Eastern Bloc, 2022.

thisquietarmy

Thisquietarmy, the dynamic sonic project curated by Montreal-based artist and musician Eric Quach, orbits the realm of improvised guitar-based drone, crafting expansive and immersive soundscapes through electronic experimentation. Since its inception in 2005, the project has unleashed a prolific output, with over 50 releases on more than 30 esteemed labels including Consouling Sounds, Midira Records and Denovali Records. Quach’s live presence has been felt across the globe, with over 800 performances in 40 countries, gracing renowned festivals such as Mutek, FIMAV, Suoni Per Il Popolo, Red Bull Music Academy, Biennale Némo and the Guess Who. Key collaborators include members of Voivod, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Amenra and Nadja.