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The second part of the album can now be bought digitally. The CD production has been experiencing serious delays and that was beyond my control – I apologize, still. I will post here a memo once it’s out. Meanwhile, you can have a glimpse here.
[Archipel CD 08] Pheek – Channeling (Cycles)
LABEL: Archipel Musique
ARTIST: Pheek
TITLE: Channeling (Cycles)
CATALOG: ArchipelCD 08
FORMAT: 1xCD – MP3
RELEASE: 29 October 2010
DIGITAL STORES: Beatport | What People Play | Traxsource | Junodownload
http://archipel.bandcamp.com/album/channeling-cycles
Canadian techno artist Jean-Patrice Remillard, known as Pheek, will release his 10th album on Archipel, his own imprint. After waiting 4 years to produce a new album, Pheek worked on nailing down a technique of automatic writing to his music. Once the concept in place, he used it to bring his intricate techno into a tale of surrealism, where non-sense take a fragile signification in the end. if the album were a painting, it would be a detailed landscape, rather than a focused portrait unassuming, until you take a step closer and realise the detail with which the brush strokes have been laid down. (more…)
It’s november 20th at Espace Réunion (6600, Hutchinson, Montreal) that will be held the release party. All details on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162020870479818&ref=ts
A quick news for today…
You can pre-order a CD (digipack) of “Channeling (Cycles)”, CD 1 of 2 for the ridiculous price of 10$CAD (+Shipping, + taxes if you are canadian). Buyers will receive their copy before release date + mp3 version + bonus material.
This CD will only be available in limited shops.
Contact us at info@archipel.cc
Letting go letting go letting go by pheek
Last track CD1 – Letting Go Letting Go Letting Go
For the last track, I did myself a favor and did a feel good song. It’s difficult to say what makes me feel good in music but I can feel that when I finish a song with a song, that is a good sign! This one was made simply at the end of the album making, sort of quickly but really in the spirit to close everything on a good note. Perfect for an ending.
bombardier (recorded live in Montreal) by pheek
[Track 5] Bombardier (recorded live)
I’ve never been in an war plane and I hopefully would prefer never experience it, nor go to war. But through sound, I thought I’d explore what it could be to have the task of dropping a bomb on a target. Sort of terrifying process, far from the idea of medieval fights where you’d see your opponent’s gaze in a fight…
Anyway, I don’t want to get too political and let’s get back to music. Here, this piece was recorded live and was a moment of bass experience mixed with multi-layering exploration. A few listening sessions might give you the right impression.
Enjoy!
Ghost Whisperer
This song first started as a sketch with sounds picked here and there in order to play live at the Netaudio Festival 2009 in Berlin. I had to build a new live set and got inspiration from random sounds I designed. When I was rehearsing it in studio, I thought it was interesting but I didn’t know what was missing but since I was running out of time, I thought I would play it live in Berlin, record it and then keep the best part to be use for the next time I would play. It’s risky but it’s usually when I get my best ideas.
When I starting playing in Berlin, at the very first seconds, a huge distortion came in. I got really mad, especially that at sound check, I noticed something but the guy from Maria ignored my remark. The friends of Netaudio reassured me saying they would cover me if something happens. So they held their promise, fixed the sound and then I could start playing for real. It took me a few minutes to get into the groove but as soon as I started playing Ghost Whisperer (initially named “56H331m-howl”), people started to cheer and support me, I knew I got something special. When I got the pad in, I had an effect activated and it came out differently… but better!
I felt the ghosts of my friends were there to support and give a little tip of creativity 
This song started up as a track made to be straight techno and was modified over and over so the original one, which was started somewhere in 2006 has not nothing to do with this. I still hear some of the original sounds but really wanted to play a few themes: avoid working with the usual percussion signatures and find a balance between beauty and ugliness. To get there, I worked on trying to do self-hypnosis… basically, keep me interested in the music on the next time I would open the project. I had to scrap a lot of sounds and the more I worked on it, the less sounds there was. I even posted a rough draft on Soundcloud where people were a bit confused on what I was trying to do.
Regarding the beauty and the ugliness, characterized by the awkward melody, slightly distorted, I really tried to use it as the chorus of the song but used off guard; unexpected, as if the snake was finally charmed but not for long and as a listener, you’re not sure what will be next.
breathe (recorded live in Montreal) by pheek
This song was assembled and performed live at an event I did at Baillat Cardell et fils’ office, in 2009. It was just played along with the atmosphere of the people sitting, listening carefully. It’s probably my favorite context to play too. Enjoy!
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Canadian techno artist Jean-Patrice Remillard, known as