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15.06.2008
Divan Orange
w/ Apillow
23.08.2008
Casa Del Popolo
w/ Arms and Sleepers, Elika, A Story Of You
23.10.2008
Casa Del Popolo
w/ .cut & Maggot Breeder, Whilst
{ PAST SHOWS }
12.04.2008
Pepperjack's Cafe, Hamilton
w/ Aidan Baker, Millimetrik, Electroluminescent
11.04.2008
Trepid House , Waterloo
w/ Mahogany Frog, Millimetrik, Gregory Pepper
10.04.2008
Mitzi's Sister, Toronto
w/ Whisper Room, Millimetrik, Electroluminescent
29.03.2008
Textures Series @ Cagibi
w/ Des Cailloux et du Carbone, Turner of Wheels, saibotuk
27.03.2008
Ninkasi du Faubourg, Quebec City
w/ Electroluminescent
26.03.2008
CD LAUNCH @ Zoobizarre
w/ Millimetrik, Electroluminescent
15.02.2008
Wasted City Studios, Burlington VT
w/ Arms and Sleepers, Vitals
16.02.2008
Casa Del Popolo
w/ Arms and Sleepers, .cut & Maggot Breeder, The Fade-out
01.03.2008
Tapageur, Sherbrooke
w/ Millimetrik
06.03.2008
Casa Del Popolo
w/ Nadja, Aidan Baker, Dog Bless You
18.11.2007
Cagibi
w/ Aidan Baker, The Pacific Theater
03.11.2007
Twin Peaks, Boston/Jamaica Plain (MA)
w/ Elika, Arms and Sleepers, Motionless
02.11.2007
The Underscore , NYC
w/ Elika, Arms and Sleepers, Projekt Skyward
31.10.2007
Casa Del Popolo
w/ Armless Ensemble, Shane Whitbread
04.10.2007
L'Agite, Quebec City
w/ Voila & Le Chat Blanc Orchestra
25.09.2007
La Sala Rossa
w/ Ulrich Schnauss, Millimetrik
16.08.2007
Casa Del Popolo
w/ Kimika, Proeliis Fere
15.07.2007
L'Absynthe
w/ Darcin, GoldSword
25.07.2007
Zoobizarre
w/ Caspian, Junius
05.04.2007
ZooBizarre
w/ AUN
27.01.2007
Casa Del Popolo
w/ Elika, Millimetrik
18.11.2006
Casa Del Popolo
w/ Troum, Tim Hecker, Aidan Baker
15.10.2006
Main Hall
w/ People for Audio, Small Sails
19.09.2006
Avant Garde Bar, Ottawa
w/ Elika, Electroluminescent, Shane Whitbread
14.07.2006
CB's Gallery, NYC
w/ Elika, Dead Leaf Echo
22.06.2006
Zoobizarre
w/ Armless Ensemble
ALL SHOWS IN MONTREAL UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE
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WINTERSLEEPER |
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ECHOTONE |
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BATTLEFIELD ARKESTRAH & DRONEWARS |
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ORANGE - with Aidan Baker |
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BLANC: RESULTAT FEATURING THE EXCLUSIVE TRACK: |
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STRING THEORY FEATURING THE EXCLUSIVE TRACK: |
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SILBER SOUNDS OF HALLOWEEN FEATURING THE EXCLUSIVE TRACK: |
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Contact : thisquietarmy at gmail
Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/thisquietarmy
VIRB : http://www.virb.com/thisquietarmy
Last FM : http://www.last.fm/music/thisquietarmy
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In 2002, Eric Quach started Montreal's post-shoegaze band destroyalldreamers, releasing their debut album "A Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant" on Where Are My Records in 2004. Shortly after, he took charge of the band's production in terms recording and mixing for the release of the "Glare/Halo" 12" EP on Claire's Echo in 2005.
His parallel journey throughout thisquietarmy has started when his creative needs were breaking beyond the limitation of a band process, while discovering the creative process of being in studio with destroyalldreamers.
The journey consists of exploring sounds through guitar beyond the boundaries of its limitations, with the use of real-time loopers & an almagam of effect processors to create soundscapes & textures, discovering sounds & melodies in a blank canvas context, while trying to create instrumental ambient music that is as interesting and diversified as possible.
Concrete ideas are often generated by the re-interpretation of its own improvisations. textures are sometimes captured on the moment and details are sometimes added afterwards. Multi-tracking, layering, decompositions & reconstructions are not uncommon in the process either.
Wintersleeper was the result of this exercice, recorded during the winter of 2004-05. The mp3s were initially put up for free on the website, it took a year for it to turn into a physical release, thus the creation of Thisquietarmy Records.
As for the live experience, the first ones were merely unsatisfying. thisquietarmy layed off the recording for a while and started to figure out the process of playing live. This has then led to a long-distance collaboration by post mail with Aidan Baker, releasing an EP called Orange in 2006.
In 2007, the Echotone EP is released on Quebec City's Chat Blanc Records. Three tracks appears on three separate compilations, appearing on Dreamland Recordings (Australia), Silber Records (USA) and Emoragei Magazine (Canada).
Thisquietarmy also signs to Foreshadow (Poland) for the release of its debut album 'Unconquered' in March 2008. A free internet single for the album has been released in December 2007.
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WINTERSLEEPER
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www.somewherecold.com |
ORANGE |
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ECHOTONE |
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UNCONQUERED |
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INTERVIEWS |
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7KETTLES |
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{2008.03.21} Thisquietarmy's debut album will be available on April 1st 2008 - Order it via TQA Records: here! You can also order it via the polish label Foreshadow, as well as other distributors worldwide (TBA).
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{2007.12.04} Thisquietarmy signs to Foreshadow to release its debut album titled 'Unconquered', that will see the light in March 2008. Foreshadow is fairly new and upcoming record label from Krakow, Poland who has released Nadja's Corrasion album. A free internet MP3 single release called "Battlefield Arkestrah & Dronewars" is already available to stream and download. It features the single "Battlefield Arkestrah" which clocks at more than 8 minutes and its b-side "Dronewars" which clocks at more than 16 minutes for a total of 24 minutes! Exclusively released on Foreshadow. Cover art by thisquietarmy. Go listen or download here: thisquietarmy.foreshadow.pl
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{2007.11.19} Thisquietarmy is back from a 4-day mini-weekend tour in the U.S. after droving for 20 hours through 6 states, to performed in 2 cities (New York City & Boston) to a handful of people - and it was worth it!! Thank you to Brian, Eva, Elayne, Christy, Lee, Caleb, Mirza and everyone else I'm forgetting (sorry!).
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{2007.10.23} thisquietarmy has yet another new song out, this time on Silber Records (Lycia, Alan Sparkhawk, Plumerai, etc.), part of the Silber Sounds of Halloween compilation, along with 30+ other artists from all around the world. The best part of it is that it's an entirely downloadable and FREE MP3 compilation. Spin it at your upcoming Halloween party! More info on : http://www.silbermedia.com/comps/halloween/
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{2007.09.26} The Echotone EP was gracefullyreviewed by the Silent Ballet, read it here. Also, the String Theory double-CD compilation by Australia's Dreamland Recordings is now available. It features the exclusive track titled 'The Golden Record' which was recorded earlier this year. The compilation also features a track from my personal guitar hero, Scott Cortez of loveliescrushing/Astrobrite/STAR. You can listen to clips on this page and you can order it directly from Dreamland Recordings.
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{2007.07.11} The Echotone EP will be released July 17th, on Chat Blanc Records. It will be limited to 133 copies, don't wait up. Two local Montreal CD launches are planned for the release. PART 1 will be July 15th at L'absynthe, with Ghettonuns and Goldsword. PART 2 will be July 25th at Zoobizarre with Caspian & Junius, both hailing from Boston.
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{2007.06.09} I've made a list of Thisquietarmy songs I'm hoping to get recorded and mixed by the end of the summer. Estimating about 80 minutes of music, not including outtakes - - - most of the known released material were born from outtakes and improvisation. But in-between all that, there are real compositions that have occured, but either never recorded, or at least never well enough recorded. There are also pieces that I've created in the context of my live shows, which I have been prioritizing for the last year - - after a few not so memorable ones, I can now say that I've reached a certain satisfaction playing live, which wasn't the case for the first half of shows I've played. No plans as to how I'll be releasing it yet. Ideally some cool enough label would be putting out a full-length. I guess I should also start to knock on some doors.
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