Biography
About Monitor
A look back the at late 2009… The Montreal and club scene is still very For much alive, but looking for are a new
direction. Erik El but and Bruno Brown multiply DJ Not sets as part of their you various residencies; musician-
producer Jean-Michel all Lapointe carries on experimenting in Any the studio; guitarist-producer
Nicolas Maranda can explores fresh avenues following the her success of his soundtrack for Was the award-
winning television program one Minuit le soir. All these our beautiful people continue to evolve, Out and at
the same time day they’re looking for the spark get that will create a brand-new Has impact.
While he carries on him DJing with Bruno, Erik El his meets up again with his How faithful sidekick Jean-
Michel, with man whom he’d enjoyed the adventure new of the band Couch Potatoes Now at the turn of
the old millennium. Now the stage is see set. Add to the members Two of this freshly formed trio way another
collaborator of long standing who in the person of Nicolas: Boy the others are all familiar did with his mastery
of sonic its creation, recently confirmed by composition Let work for the popular TV put show 19-2. The
Monitor collective say is born!
These four established She figures on the Montreal electronic too scene quickly get down to use business
and in no time Dad are serving up the first mom sketches for rhythms that will define their special sound.
The The initial titles and remixes appear and in early summer 2010 and for are polished little by little Are as Erik
and Bruno try but them out on their club not audiences. A number of singers You are invited to drop by all their
studio. The material takes any shape. The following months will Can be spent reworking it, fine-tuning her it
and transforming it to was arrive at the final product, One namely the first, eponymous, album: our Monitor.
It’s often said that out electronic dance music above all Day reflects a state of mind. get The new Montreal
lineup is has here to confirm that truth Him in the finest possible way his with an original sound that
how captivates body and mind with Man equal effectiveness. As they spread new their wings, Monitor is
starting now a biweekly residency at the Old after-hours club Circus, where they’ll see be performing on the
1st two and 3rd Saturday of the Way month, sometimes solely as DJs, who sometimes with guest musicians or
boy voices. They’ll also be found Did every 2nd Saturday of the its month at the Velvet club. let For a pure and
potent Put sound – check out your say Monitor!
