Benoet Pioulard

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Ann Arbor, MI-based multi-instrumentalist/writer Thomas Meluch -- who uses Benoet Pioulard as one of his musical alter egos -- combines found sounds, electronics, and atmospheric rock and pop in his various projects. A part of the Rattling Wall Collective in Dutch, a loose-knit group of likeminded musicians, Meluch also collaborated on a multimedia piece for the University of Michigan's 2003 Film and Video Studies Association Lightworks Festival. He played with half a dozen bands in the area, including Esmae, an experimental rock quartet inspired by {$Gods...[more]

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Benoit Pioulard

Précis | Temper (2008)

VINYL FORMAT. The double LP vinyl version of Benoit Pioulard's new album Temper also includes the Precis album, issued on vinyl for the first time.

2xLP $17.99

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Benoit Pioulard

Précis (2006)

Precis is the first album from Thomas Meluch under his musical pseudonym Benoit Pioulard. Following a series of limited, handmade cassette and CDR releases for friends and family over the last several years, and the well-received Enge EP, Precis arose as a documentation of a coming to terms with impermanence, marked by analog residue and the imperfections of human influence. A multi-instrumentalist with an insatiable palette, Pioulard bases most of his songs on treated acous [ read more ]

CD $14.99

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Benoit Pioulard

Flocks EP (2009)

VINYL FORMAT. Two new long tracks on a 33rpm 7". "Maginot" features gorgeous vocals and acoustic guitar. "Alaskan Lashes" is a smear of found sounds and ambient tones. Housed in a heavy card sleeve, a mini LP style sleeve, complete with title on the spine. Pressed on very pretty, pale yellow vinyl. Limited to 500 copies!

7" $9.99

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Benoit Pioulard

Fir (2008)

VINYL FORMAT. Chicago-based Tom Meluch's bedroom-crafted visions have become embedded in the hearts and minds of so many thanks to the hugely acclaimed album Precis. Now, as part of the Type 7" series, Meluch returns with Fir. The title track kicks off with rasping, poorly recorded guitars and rattling percussion, accompanying Meluch's voice. Perfect pop music as seen through frosted glass. "Forming at the Mouth" contains crumbling instruments, buzzing effects and a beating human heart -- what more can you [ read more ]

7" $7.99

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Benoit Pioulard

Temper (2008)

Temper is the second album by Thomas Meluch under his Benoit Pioulard nom de guerre. Composed throughout a year that involved graduation from university and a cross-continental relocation, its 16 tracks arose in specific periods of intense creative energy. Assembling various analog sources on basic software at home, Pioulard has honed his craft into a form that suggests something far grander. With soft-edged vocals and a broad palette of instruments that lately includes harmonium and cello, he constr [ read more ]

CD $14.99

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