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Miriodor: “Funambule” (“Tightrope Walker”)
From the album Jongleries Élastiques (1996)
Formed in Quebec City in 1980, Miriodor is a Canadian band that has been based for most of its existence in Montreal. The group has undergone numerous personnel changes since its first album, Rencontres, released in 1986. Pascal Globensky (keyboards, acoustic guitar) and Rémi Leclerc (drums) are the only two members to have participated in every Miriodor release. In 2009, they finished their seventh album, entitled Avanti!.
Miriodor fuses jazz virtuosity and prog-rock ambitiousness with a certain playful and fantastic quality which I hope I will be forgiven for hearing as quintessentially French. Their music has a polished, MIDI-fied sheen that may be a turnoff for those who didn’t grow up listening to video game music.
This should appeal to fans of previous Acousmata features Hellebore, Magma, and Univers Zero (for whom Miriodor recently opened at the Sonic Circuits festival in Washington DC).
Played 50 time(s).
November 04, 2010, 2:48pm
