nicolas bernier
usure.paysage
• Hrönir (DE), February 2011, LP

An expressive mix of lively field recordings, tiny and massive electronics and sparkling relocations. The docker barks out aloud, the little insect crawls through the 19th century woodworker's atelier, forgotten voices vanish and the rest is no silence.

→ At Rumpsti Pumsti
→ At Metamkine
→ At Electrocd
→ At Boomkat

« utterly compelling  » - The Wire, UK

« a series of crunched abrasions and eerie footsteps, ruptured by ghostly noises. Excellent, through and through!  » - Aquarius, US


 
 
The Dancing Deer EP
• Home Normal (UK), December 2010, CD

A "pop concrète" collage. Rhythm is the cornerstone of The Dancing Deer in an 18 minutes pathway through diverging states, it brings together elements of drones, clicks, mini/max/imal, song writing, poetry, post-rock, electronic, instrumental and musique concrète in a strange and uncommon atmospheric collage. The project is a musical translation of a couple months spent in the Canadian West.

→ On Home Normal
→ On Boomkat
→ On iTunes

« dreamy and destabilizing » - Monsieur Délire, CA

« totally unusual and exceedingly strange » - Boomkat, UK


 
strings.lines
• Crónica (PT), October 2010, CD

strings.lines came to life from an obsession for old and forgotten object-matter and the desire to produce music that exists in between the new and the old. The starting point to the composition of this work were acoustic tuning forks. Viola da gamba : Pierre-Yves Martel. Violin : Chris Bartos.

→ On Crónica
→ On Electrocd
→ On iTunes

« Sublime.  » - Boomkat, UK

« a marvellous recording  » - Cyclic Defrost, AU


 

 
courant.air
• ahornfelder (DE), November 2010, CD

courant.air is a work intertwining folk acoustic guitar and electronic. conceptually, the piece is wind powered. Wind is used as a constructive/destructive agent. Wind as a propulsion engine of particles in constant movement in the air. Wind as noise. Wind is sound, invisible. Acoustic guitar : Simon Trottier.

→ On Ahornfelder
→ On Electrocd
→ On iTunes

« one of the more engaging electroacoustic pieces I've heard » - Emissions.com (US)


 

 
 
silence.musique
• leerraum[] (CH), February 2010, DVD

silence.musique is an essay on silence.

→ On lerraum[]
→ On iTunes

ultra limited surround sound DVD edition, 60 copies.


 

 
 

 

 
 

 
Les arbres
• No Type (CA), June 2008, CD

Sonic landscapes and slow textures meet with precise articulations, all this resting on a minimal orchestration made of guitars, brass instruments, vibes, accordions and strings. In short: a stimulating record, a remarkable attention to detail and excellent production quality, making for an unfailingly rewarding listening experience.

→ On Electrocd

Mention Prix Ars Electronica, 2009, AT

« an amazing CD, with great ideas, perfect execution » - Vitral Weekly, NL


 
 
 
 
 

Compilation

2011: Just a Moment, Digital, Audio Gourmet / UK
2011: One Minute For The Stars, Digital, SEM / FR
2010: Essmaa, CD, Tsuku Boshi / FR
2010: Chroniques, CD, Perte de signal / CA
2009: trans_canada, DVD-A, empreintes DIGITALes / CA
2009: Luigi’s Avatar, CD + DVD, OHM / CA
2009: So Much Achieved.So Much Left To Do., CD, 12rec / DE
2008: Música Maximalista 14, CD, PANaroma / BR
2008: Ostinato 21, CDr, Oral / CA
2006: Pueblo Nuevo Primer Aniversaria, Digital, Pueblo Nuevo / CH
2006: Morceaux d’Ekumen, CD-R + Digital, Ekumen / CA
2006: Dagens Bilaga, DVD, Ruga / SP
2005: Cache 2005, CD, CEC-PEP / CA
2004: Métamorphoses 2004, CD, Musiques & Recherches / BE
2004: Dotmov Festival, DVD, Dotmov / JP
2004: Cache 2003, CD, CEC-PEP / CA


Remix

2011: Cructacé, for d'Incise / Insubordinations
2011: Becquerels, for Érick d'Orion
2010: Oyikust, for Mokuhen, Tsuku Boshi / FR













→ Les arbres, No Type (CA), June 2008, CD

Collaborative recordings

2010: BOLD, Duel second, Digital, Cronica / PT
2010: + Simon Trottier, The Market Fresh, Digital, Zymogen / IT
2009: + Simon Trottier, …et retrouvé en forêt, Digital, 12rec / DE
2009: + Jacques Poulin-Denis, sur fond blanc, CD, Ekumen / CA
2007: BOLD, Il Buono Il Brutto Il Cattivo: Études, Digital, No Type / CA
2007: + Simon Trottier, objet abandonné en mer, Digital, 12rec / DE
2007: + Jacques Poulin-Denis, étude No.3 pour cordes et poulies, CD, Ekumen / CA
2007: Millseconde topographie, Tricycle, DVD, Ekumen / CA
2007: Milliseconde topographie, Paperasses éparses, Digital, No Type / CA
2006: Milliseconde topographie, Poster musique, CD-R, Ekumen / CA