Sucre 3

Canadian Import. Montreal boasts quite an exciting improvised/underground music scene these days, popularized by the likes of GYBE!, Shalabi Effect, Fly Pan Am, Martin Tétreault, David Kristian, Mitchell Akiyama, One-Speed Bike, Alexandre St-Onge and many others. Leading the second generation of experimenters we are very pleased to introduce Philippe Lambert, aka Monstre, with his debut full-length release, Sucre 3.

Monstre is one of the most interesting live acts currently operating in the bustling local underground, with performances ranging from full-on noise assaults, to Balinese style jams, quirky electro-pop to psychedelic-style freak outs!

The recording is constructed mainly with voice-based sounds, processed, looped, treated as well as various toy instruments, primitive drum machines and samplers. We will refer to Monstre's sound as "harsh pop". In this respect it may remind some people of the beautiful music of Slap Happy Humphrey, a supergroup fronted by Alchemy/Hijokaiden's Jojo Hiroshige. They released a record years ago on the Public Bath label that remains to this day one of finest mixtures of noise and pop.