Jun 2007
Temjiin new video
Friday/June/2007 17:36
You can now watch "slept in the snow"
new video click here
Thanks so much to Andrea Smits and Frequency Films!
Diamond scattered jet black curtain E.P. by Temjiin
is now available on iTunes
Thanks so much to Andrea Smits and Frequency Films!
Diamond scattered jet black curtain E.P. by Temjiin
is now available on iTunes
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reviewed by the silent ballet
Wednesday/June/2007 12:10
building castles out of matchsticks
Saturday/June/2007 19:17
9.12 Records is pleased to welcome to it's growing family, another talented and emerging Canadian artist - anne sulikowski a.k.a. building castles out of matchsticks. 9.12 will soon release anne's new album titled, "smile, silly face". Using computers and mostly analogue synthesis, pedals and good old fashion layering, sulikowski blends and layers drone, ambient fragments combined with synth pop into a unique lexicon of digital sound. You can discover more sulikowski's creations on myspace.com
Interview with anne sulikowski.
How would you define building castles out of matchsticks ?
this really is my musical diary. it contains emotions i have felt, tells stories of things that have happened to me, it explores my fears and makes my dreams into a reality. In a way I have created a musical fairy tale of my life....and i rather like it better that way. i've always been somewhat of a strange girl. caught inbetween this life of fragile reality and an ever expanding dreamstate. in 2000, i started to noodle seriously with electronics as a solo composer and since then i have learned to document both daily events and extraordinary circumstances with music as my medium. I have written music about pretty much everything i think about, of memories lost and recovered, of my heartache and distaste for the social conditions of the world.
What is your favorite :
- instrument ?
my favorite instrument of all time is of corse the synthesizer. i have used many boards these past 7 years, both analogue and digital, and i have always prefered the roland jp 8000. it sounds divine, and, its easy to use, especially in the live setting. i like this board so much i have 2 of them.
- band or artist ?
this is always a tough questions. i have been influenced and have loved many musical projects. i have been involved in community radio since i was 18 years old and have heard many wonderful music.....from noise to flamenco. however if i had to go on a trip and i had to choose 5 projects to go along with me they would be : stereolab, casino versus japan, flying saucer attack, sonic youth and Yo la tengo. i especially like Kin Gordon from Sonic Youth. We need more female role models for women of today. thank you kim for your inspiration.
- icecream savour ?
i like vanilla icecream (french of corse) with coffee poured on top. mmmmmmmmmm.
- plant ?
the white daisies that grow at the side of the road. i like those best.
How many albums had you released ?
under the name of bulding castles i have released 13 albums. i have also recorded under the name psychosomatic climax machine and recorded 3 releases. 1 release under the name proximal:distal. i have also recorded with numerous project. to mention a few loathing robots, love puppets, unknown birds sing, with Pauline Nadrgny (lodz), a pretty sonic splatter, phases and EXPWY. i am currently focused on working musically with APJIW.
If you had an album to propose to someone who would like to discover your music, which one will you choose and why ?
this is such a tough questions. my most emotionally charged album is the secret doctrine which i wrote about my poor father who died of cancer february 11 2006. i miss him more than anything in the world and i have never been the same since i have watched him die. to be honest i cant even listen to those songs without crying.
In which sense "smile, silly face" will be different from your other projects ?
i have never worked harder at anything than these new songs. they are filled with a childlike quality, but the lyrics and concepts are deep. this is my most revealing of all compositions.
Secret show at the loft
Sunday/June/2007 21:46
The banjo consorsium
Show secret au Loft par Jean-François Mercier
Ce n'est pas à tous les jours qu'un groupe reçoit ses fans dans son propre loft du centre-ville de Sherbrooke pour une représentation secrète et toute spéciale. Projections visuelles réalisées par Mata, peintures à l'huile et DJ Matt était au rendez-vous pour agrémenter la soirée autour d'une bonne Tremblay. Les chansons Talk about you, Kwartet, Tuesday cracker et Burning feet étaient au rendez-vous. La plus belle surprise a certainement été l'interprétation de la chanson inédite "Rocky" tout fraîchement sortie du studio. Les membres du groupe ont réalisé un coup de génie en montant la pièce en un temps records. Le show secret est un spectacle qui restera gravé dans nos mémoires.
En - Secret show at the Loft by Jean-François Mercier
It is not every day that a group receives fans in their own downtown loft in Sherbrooke for a secret show. Eye-candy visual projections were executed by Matta. Oil-base paintings and DJ Matt were also there to decorate the evening around great vibes and a good Tremblay beer.
The songs - Talk about you, Kwartet, Tuesday Cracker and Burning Feet played for the happiness of the fans. The most beautiful surprise was certainly the interpretation of their new song "Rocky", recently released from the studio. The secret show will remain engraved in our memories only to be echoed by an encore.