Q3A with Thisquietarmy x Hellenica
Brueder Selke are delighted to share “Migration” by Thisquietarmy x Hellenica:
Migration by Thisquietarmy x Hellenica
In the spring of 2021, after 15 months of sanitary restrictions, sound artists Eric Quach (Thisquietarmy) & Jim Demos (Hellenica) drove around Montreal to perform several live sets from a cube truck. “Migration” takes the form of an allegorical documentation of these performances, which depicts a cautionary tale that mirrors what the music scene would look like in a post-pandemic world, as artists are being pushed further away from the core city.
Produced by TQAXHLNKA — 22' | Canada | 2021 Performed by Thisquietarmy x Hellenica — May + June 2021
Thisquietarmy x Hellenica is a collaboration between Eric Quach (thisquietarmy) and Jim Demos (Hellenica), both established solo artists in the Montreal experimental music scene. Their debut album "Houses of Worship", an epic work of experimental industrial dark ambient, is an ode to dying buildings and the unwelcome gentrification of Montreal neighbourhoods.
Quach has put out more than 50 releases under the Thisquietarmy moniker since 2005, on established labels around the world such as Consouling Sounds, Denovali, Aurora Borealis, Midira, Shelter Press, Alien8 & Tokyo Jupiter. He also collaborated with members of Voivod, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Noveller, Amenra, Nadja & more. Based in Montreal, he completed 30 major tours across North/South America, Europe & Asia, performing over 600 gigs in 40 countries, including festivals such as Red Bull Music Academy, Biennale Nemo, Le Guess Who?, Incubate, Amplifest, Mutek, FIMAV & Suoni Per Il Popolo.
Demos has been an active musician since 1995. He grew up in Winnipeg where he played in bands such as Ham (math-rock) and The Dead Letters (avant-garde folk), he now lives in Montreal and performs solo under the Hellenica moniker since 2012, in which he usually fuses dark ambient type instrumentals utilising elements of drone, doom, chant and spaghetti-western guitar melodies. He also released 6 albums on various labels, his latest "Blood Meridian" on Somewherecold Records (2021) and has toured Europe a few times.
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