'Canadian instrumentalists the Bell Orchestre formed in 2005 around the talents of bassist/percussionist/keyboardist Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), violinist Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire), drummer Stefan Schneider (the Luyas), French horn player Pietro Amato (Torngat, the Luyas), trumpet player Kaveh Nabatian, and lap steel guitar player Mike Feuerstack (Snailhouse). With influences that range from Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Talk Talk to Arvo Pärt and the Penguin Café Orchestra, the Montreal-based outfit cra   [ read more ]

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Bell Orchestre was born in an old dance studio in Montreal; their music growing out of collective improvisations played alongside contemporary dancers. With strings, bells, horns, drums, stethoscopes, samples and quiet noise, Bell Orchestre makes non-traditional music that pushes boundaries and shifts within intuition. Their live performances soothe, excite and soar. As Seen Through Windows, their anticipated follow-up to Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light, will be released in March 2009.

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Bell Orchestre was born in an old dance studio in central Montreal. As dancers ran, froze and crashed into each other and footsteps echoed in their ears the music began to create itself, painting landscapes and underscoring bodies, communicating through powerful, wordless gestures... The band is: Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) on upright bass/ keyboard/ percussion, Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire) on violin, Stefan Schneider (IKS) on drums/percussion, Pietro Amato (Torngat) on French horn/electronics, and Kave   [ read more ]

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