Live at Les Instants Chavirés, Montreuil (Paris / France)

Thank you Albanmono.

short break from music: painting

before the whole music thing started, there was painting.
slowly, painting faded away then disappeared. work & music took priority etc.

i took a short break from music for the last week or so, and did a few, after a friend had commissioned me for one. i've never accepted …

thisquietarmy goes time-lapse in Esslingen, Germany

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Live at Villa Markel
Esslingen, Germany
June 2nd, 2009

Shot & edited by thisquietarmy.

I left the camera on the soundboard, which wasn't the best angle, but it makes it for a fun "45 min. set condensed to 5 min." video. It's the only show I filmed during my …

Om/Lichens/thisquietarmy Montreal show review by The Concordian

The Concordian article by Candace Roscoe:
http://www.theconcordian.com/a-unique-experience-to-remember-1.710221

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Here's the part about me:

The video installation and raw sonic emotion that is thisquietarmy opened the show. With Quach often crouched in the sidelines with …

Chat Blanc Records/P572 Book + CD Available with exclusive TQA track

P572 & Chat Blanc Records, two labels from Quebec City, have put out a collective 166 pages book called "5 ans de musique et de révolution". It contains information on their releases, pictures of artists, manifestos, posters & a lot more. The book …

Om/Lichens/thisquietarmy + FSQ2009 new media installation

This weekend, thisquietarmy clones itself.

Firstly - I'd like to thank Blues Skies Turn Black for giving me the opening spot of the Om/Lichens show Saturday, October 10th @ La Sala Rossa.

Mighty San Francisco heavy duo OM will finally perform their long-awaited debut in …

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New Dawn Fades video (Joy Division cover)

Joy Division is one of my favorite band.

I was recording a new track and noticed that the chords progression, even though slower, darker & kinda far-fetched, had similarities to "New Dawn Fades". Every time I would work on my track, I couldn't get the original one out of …

CATALOGUE @ Pop Montreal 2009

CATALOGUE is a music event of improvised music on analog synths, debuting at the festival this year.

CATALOGUE is not a traditional music performance. Musicians will be displaced all around the venue, and there's no stage. "Sound stations" — an analog synth, an effect …

Alien8 Recordings presents: Nadja + Aun + thisquietarmy

So, Nadja is back in Canada! First show in Montreal in a year or so...

Funnily enough, it'll be the first thisquietarmy show since I last played with them on the last day of our European tour in Szczcecin, Poland on June 21st. I've played some local gigs since I came …

Jam with Shane Whitbread in Ottawa

P572 improv show

P572 house show in Quebec City on 26/08/09
featuring Electroluminescent, with a thisquietarmy/Millimetrik/Electroluminescent collaborative improv;

We all got at the house early pm to jam in preparation for the show that was to happen later that evening. Pascal/Millimetrik …

Video: Live performance @ TAC, Eindhoven (NL)

Live performance at TAC, Eindhoven (NL) - June 11th, 2009

It's short video, courtesy of TAC TV, only 8 minutes which is too bad, because it cuts as it is getting good... but the video captures the atmosphere of that night, the massive projections (done by tqa), the head …

This Weekend: UNSOUND 4 + Piknic Electronik

Saturday July 11th 2009: UNSOUND chapter 4

World premiere of GHIDRAH, the 3-headed drone-monster comprised of Aun, Maggot Breeder & thisquietarmy --- playing with this awesome lineup:

LIGHT OF SHIPWRECK (Crucial Blast, USA)
http://www.myspace.com/cleansingdrones

SQUALOR …

The Big Takeover reviews Blackhaunter!

Awesome review of Blackhaunter (Elevation) by Chris Foster in the Big Takeover, Issue No. 64, with the best name dropping I could hope for: GY!BE, MBV, Low & David Lynch! Also, I'm definitely taking this quote "relaxation tape for demons" as an artist description! Read …

European tour CD/DVD Luftpost & new T-shirt now available for worldwide consumption!

"Luftpost" is an exclusive European tour double 3" CD-R/DVD-R, hand-packaged in a black envelope designed by thisquietarmy. The CD-R contains 21 minutes of exclusive music (2 new tracks: "Luftpost" & "Ceremonies"), and the DVD-R contains a 30-minute audio live set …

Europe Tour Recap - Intro

Hello,

I am back from the European tour with Nadja!

17 shows in 21 days, in 7 countries --- some 7000 km or so! Quite a lot of road and a lot of work, but it was a pretty great experience. As always, some surprises and some disappointments but still successful enough, …

new army green thisquietarmy shirts available!

these new army green tank shirts were made for the tour, designed by Matt Gauck from Portland & printed in Berlin! see mockup, as i don't have a real picture of it... it's close enough:



i'm afraid i won't be able to bring them all back home after the tour. if you want …

3am in Utretch

It's 3am, currently in Utrecht.

I have a pitiful recollection of every day passing by. These tales are probably not very interesting to read. I could go at it, day by day, with pictures, but not much happens on the road. Sleep, eat, drive, soundcheck, perform. The …

out-of-office auto reply

goodbye corporate life, done with you for a little while...
i'ma gonna be an artist now.


tour poster by christy & leo romanick @ space30a.