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oral (canada) #oral 25 cd

aun / allseits “irrlicht” compact disc

  • irrlicht (13:26)
  • often eyes (10:36)
  • harmonica (8:29)
  • harmonica ii (12:33)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "harmonica"
september 2008 release ; harmonica-centric drone-metal collaboration between martin “aun” dumais & nina “allseits” kernicke ...
oral press release...
aun & allseits
irrlicht
oral # oral cd25

out: september 2008

the following was the deep and profound 2007 conversation between martin dumais (aun, montreal, canada) and nina kernicke (allseits, bremen germany), that led to the creation of irrlicht : ‘i like your music !’ she said ‘ i like your’s !’ he said. ‘let’s do something together !’. ‘ok !’. ‘let’s try something different like producing an entire album with only an harmonica, we could call the album harmonica…’.

after this intense exchange of the minds, the two started to work on this album that uses much more than harmonica, and is not titled harmonica either.

this joint venture of the two musicians, known for their somewhat abrasive live shows and recordings, turned out to be some of the most beautiful and serene music they produced in recent memory. the harmonica sound basis gently took a life of its own, weeving an almost classical resounding tapestry, with the addition of spacey guitars and vocals while retaining the grittier aspects of their respective work.

while the title irrlicht, might be interpreted as a nod to the klaus shulze’ album of the same , it was chosen for…actually there not entirely certain why it was chosen.

irrlicht marks a fourth release for aun on oral_records, and a first of a series of collaborative works that are presently taking form. allseits is nina kernicke who produces also as all sides and who collaborates with the german project troum.

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oral (canada) #oral 19 cd

aun “whitehorse” compact disc

  • coyba burns
  • mayburry first class
  • gentl cut
  • borghami
  • cassidy
  • bastis blond
  • chevaline
  • orga
  • chell
  • dltag
oral press release...
aun
whitehorse
oral cd19

following the release of the mule album for oral records, aun pulled out his stringed instruments and dusted them off for a series of concerts and new recordings, bringing to life the dark and brooding blackhorse? album and it's more luminous companion cd whitehorse (fall 2007).

echoes of an adolescent past, nurtured to the sound of swans, ennio morricone , zoviet france and some dirty shoegazing came to the forefront, even including a 1990 squeeling guitar solo in the track horsemen. blackhorse? is a raw, forward thinking, highly musical album, firmly based in his diy, no holds barred past.

aun serves as an experimental interpretation of martin dumais music ; where brutality, the dark, the beautiful and the melodic come together with engaging results. ambient is often used to describe the sound of aun, but the music is not intended to function as backround, yielding physical response to the listeners.

before martin dumais was in the somewhat off-kilter and acclaimed electronic duo les jardiniers with jf magnet. les jardiniers released four albums, received two adisq awards (qubec? grammy's) and played internationally until he got weary of more dancefloor oriented production. he also recorded the 1996 album juicebox, with marc leclair who would later be known as akufen. there were several early incarnations of aun like his soon to be re-released o.d.d.s. project (angle rec 2008). initiated at age of 13 and inspired industrial music, dumais used primitive musical equipment to forge his own sound. aun now blends low-fi aesthetics with his fetish of new technology, recognizing the open ended area of aun? work and yearning for more experimentation without the trappings of rock and electronic music.

after three albums for oral records in less than a year, prolific and freed of previous shackles, dumais, continues to record aun material for a fourth release which will include several high profile collaborations.

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oral (canada) #oral 18 cd

aun “blackhorse” compact disc

  • hue hue tenang
  • inkblot
  • unta eyeless
  • cyan card rejector
  • post post
  • broken fibonacci
  • horsemen
  • twylark rope
oral press release...
aun
blackhorse
oral cd18

following the release of the mule album for oral records, aun pulled out his stringed instruments and dusted them off for a series of concerts and new recordings, bringing to life the dark and brooding blackhorse? album and it's more luminous companion cd whitehorse (fall 2007).

echoes of an adolescent past, nurtured to the sound of swans, ennio morricone , zoviet france and some dirty shoegazing came to the forefront, even including a 1990 squeeling guitar solo in the track horsemen. blackhorse? is a raw, forward thinking, highly musical album, firmly based in his diy, no holds barred past.

aun serves as an experimental interpretation of martin dumais music ; where brutality, the dark, the beautiful and the melodic come together with engaging results. ambient is often used to describe the sound of aun, but the music is not intended to function as backround, yielding physical response to the listeners.

before martin dumais was in the somewhat off-kilter and acclaimed electronic duo les jardiniers with jf magnet. les jardiniers released four albums, received two adisq awards (qubec? grammy's) and played internationally until he got weary of more dancefloor oriented production. he also recorded the 1996 album juicebox, with marc leclair who would later be known as akufen. there were several early incarnations of aun like his soon to be re-released o.d.d.s. project (angle rec 2008). initiated at age of 13 and inspired industrial music, dumais used primitive musical equipment to forge his own sound. aun now blends low-fi aesthetics with his fetish of new technology, recognizing the open ended area of aun? work and yearning for more experimentation without the trappings of rock and electronic music.

after three albums for oral records in less than a year, prolific and freed of previous shackles, dumais, continues to record aun material for a fourth release which will include several high profile collaborations.

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oral (canada) #oral 15 cd

aun “mule” compact disc

  • mule
  • cray
  • meldal
  • mules
  • flint
  • trupgrater
  • rakke
oral press release...
aun
mule
cd_15, 2007, label: oral
catalogue :oral cd_15

all tracks written and produced by martin dumais
recorded at wave room montreal, fall-winter 2006
photography: julie leblanc
design: martin dumais, eric mattson
fabriqué au québec. made in canada
(c) martin dumais socan 2007

aun is martin dumais, who has been one of the figureheads of the montreal electronic scene since its genesis. growing up in a classical music household and travelling with his church organ enthusiast father to hear the worlds richest organs, was a large part of the nurturing of a large and rich musical palette. recording and playing live since the mid 80's, he was, with jf charette (new electric dog), part of the award winning eclectic outfit les jardiniers that won 2 adisq awards, the grammys of the quebec music industry.

he is a key contributor to the development of electronic music in montreal and its distribution internationally, while also working as a music producer for television and art exhibitions. in 1992 he received a commission from montreal‚s st-joseph oratory to rework the music for their yearly easter presentation of the way of the cross and has also awarded several canadian grants to pursue and refine is creations. his hautec label produced most of the first releases of early leaders in the current local scene: akufen (with whom he recorded the 1996 album juicebox), deadbeat, champion... martin is also a renowned dj, holding several residencies since 1992 (laika, bily kun...) including a 4-year stint at the mythical foufounes électriques. he has also performed live and dj'd at international festivals: sonar, mutek, francofolies (québec and france), the montreal jazz festival and at various spaces in the uk, france, argentina, switzerland, belgium and germany and north-america.

the aun project is a return to his first love -- deep, melodic lush drones and sometimes-harsh angular electro-ambient textures. while in its own personal space aun's mule album sits at the side of the tonal work of phill niblock, with an imbedded and stark penchant for the early industrialists and echoes experimental avant guitar artists, juxtaposed to melodic timbres, chiming beauty and desolation uncommon of most drone and noise recordings. produced with both digital and analog hardware, guitar and acoustic recordings, this rich and provocative music will be performed live to ensure maximum perspective. a follow up to this delicate and strong release is already planned for oral records in the next year, including collaborations with internationnaly renowned creators. activities surrounding this release include performances : at 50/50, an event curated by oral producer eric mattson on april 13th, at the 2007 mutek festival, a performance which will be recorded by radio-canada, and a winter european tour.

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