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Montreal, October 8th, 2003 - A man
and a woman, two countries, two missions:
bring the chill spirit to Montreal
and show the world Montreal’s
Chill artists. That is how this project
began. The Future Sound of Montreal
is the result of more than one year
of nonstop music research. The people
behind it are:
Mauricio Svanstrom,
executive producer / creative director
of FSM. Mauricio holds a vast career
on the international advertising business.
His roots are a very uncommon mix
between Mexican and Swedish blood.
This multidisciplinary artist and
creative director also works as a
music supervisor for 3 independent
featured films. “Through the
selection process of the musicians
for the films I had the opportunity
to find great talents from Montreal"
– Says Mauricio. His big
passion has always been the radio
scene where he developed/produced
several radio shows. In Montreal
he developed and produced "The
Lounge King Show", a
kind of loungy and very cool 007 world
full of cocktails, martinis and Space
age pop blended with jazzy & groove
modern beats, the host, one of a kind:
Imagine the Sean Connery James Bond
style meeting Antonio Banderas …The
result? The Lounge King, a classy
and singular character with a Latin-Spanish
accent in the delivery of his lines,
accompanied by his sidekick, a French
"Brigitte Bardot-like" woman-in-the-60s
(the Superagent 69) which makes the
whole experience over-the-top.
The other show is Atmosphere
69, a "Chillout Retrospacial
experience". This concept develops
a "Barbarella" acoustic
decoration with the Chillout downtempo
beats and a touch of electronica,
where the Superagent 69 is
the smooth and irresistible only host.
THE FUTURE SOUND OF MONTREAL
is the FIRST 100% Chillout music collective
from Quebec (which could compete easily
with any Café del Mar, Hotel
Costes or Mezzanine de Alcazar collections).
The album is compiled by the Superagent
69 and is presented by the Lounge
King on his new label King-A-Groove
records, which has the goal to achieve
and produce a new generation of loungy,
multicultural and cool music artists
from Quebec.
THE SOUND: The album goes from
a sound vibes that could come from
the futuristic 70's Montreal structures
(such as the Olympic Stadium and Biodome)
with The Sound Art Philosophy (John
Brennan) to the acoustic street landscapes
of The Urban Element (Chris) painted
with the silky voice of Calisto (Jess)
passing through the lucid lyrics and
deep voice ( used as an instrument
) of RaFaelle to finally dive into
the moods of Monsieur Max (Maxim Lepage),
the sonic designs on Audio Sculpture
(Thierry Gauthier), the poetry of
The Funky Filter (Danny Almeida),
the colors of Slingin' Ease (Colin
Mctavish) and the Brazilian sound
layers of Neibu (Patrick Beaubien).
The album features one song by the
Superagent 69 with Monsieur Max called
"Next door", a rhythm fantasy!
Anyhow, the best way for describe
this work is to listen to it.
The Sound Art Philosophy - Relax
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