Alone, Not Alone

Montreal's Montag (aka Antoine Bedard) got lonely making music by himself. After working all alone on his first record for France's Gooom Disques (M83, Cyann & Ben), Antoine decided it was time to share his knowledge of arrangement and orchestration by enlisting the help of friends such as James Cargill of Broadcast, Amy Millan from Stars and Broken Social Scene, and Sixtoo. With its strings, horns, wind instruments, layered vocals and analog synths, Montag's Alone, Not Alone has a lush sophisticated sound that helps redefine classic electric pop. Montag has played with Broadcast, Lali Puna, Hood, Stars and Momus and created the string arrangements for the last two M83 albums.