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Événements passés et à venir
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Fri 13 Mar 2020 • 08:00 pm (POSTPONED) Lower Dens • :3LON Bar Le Ritz PDB - Montréal
Albums disponibles
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The Plastic Waste Band – Trash Island The Plastic Waste Band – Trash Island 2026 Jazz / Jazz Fusion by Frédéric Cardin -
Quatuor Voxpopuli – Novák, Schulhoff, Liatochynskyï Quatuor Voxpopuli – Novák, Schulhoff, Liatochynskyï 2026 Modern Classical by Frédéric Cardin -
Jacques Kuba Séguin – Parfum no 3 Jacques Kuba Séguin – Parfum no 3 2026 Classical / Jazz / Modern Classical by Frédéric Cardin -
Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open 2026 Americana / Indie Folk / Indie Rock by Stephan Boissonneault -
Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane 2026 classic rock / Folk / Rock by Stephan Boissonneault -
Juan Sebastian Delgado – Tangos imaginarios Juan Sebastian Delgado – Tangos imaginarios 2026 Modern Classical / Tango Nuevo by Frédéric Cardin -
Atsuko Chiba – Atsuko Chiba Atsuko Chiba – Atsuko Chiba 2026 Art Rock / Experimental / Contemporary / Experimental Rock / Shoegaze / Space Rock by Alain Brunet -
Kon-Fusion – Arriba de su Muro Kon-Fusion – Arriba de su Muro 2026 Cumbia / Latino / Ska / Tropicalia by Frédéric Cardin -
Boards of Canada – Inferno Boards of Canada – Inferno 2026 Electronic / Experimental / Synthwave by Stephan Boissonneault -
Duo BoMi – Du Liban au Kurdistan Duo BoMi – Du Liban au Kurdistan 2026 Classical / classique by Frédéric Cardin -
Aldous Harding – Train on the Island Aldous Harding – Train on the Island 2026 Avant-Pop / Baroque Pop / Chamber Pop / Experimental Folk / Folktronica by Stephan Boissonneault -
Nome Noma 3 – Québec Post-Punk et New Wave 1979-1983 Nome Noma 3 – Québec Post-Punk et New Wave 1979-1983 2026 New Wave / Post-Punk / Synth-Pop / Synth-Punk by Stephan Boissonneault
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“The juxtaposition of grit and beauty is the very essence of my art,” says Baltimore singer/songwriter/producer Elon Battle, aka :3LON. “It’s my favourite way to convey drama. I want people to feel heaviness and ethereal all at once. I want people to rage and mosh but cry and be vulnerable at the same time.”
That’s a difficult balance to strike, and to achieve it, :3LON practices a volatile alchemy. His is a unique and startling blend of sweet R&B, lush ambient, tough beats and industrial crunch. In a raw and delicate countertenor, he weaves epic yet intimate tales inspired by fantasy RPGs and Japanese animation.
“Aggression and softness. Brooding torment and violent happiness. That’s what I like about anime, it sends you through a range of emotion.”
:3LON’s “Aria of Resilience”, released last September as a precursor to a forthcoming EP, is exemplary of his approach,
“The producer, Sentinel, and I exchanged quite a few ideas about what images the song we wanted to make would provoke,“ Battle recalls. “We talked about medieval fantasy steampunk concepts, and what life in that world would entail. We agreed that we wanted to create something with an industrial, death-metal feel fused with classical elements.”
They did so, and the classical element, a memorable harp medieval lick, came from a surprising source. It’s a brilliant creative gesture in principle that totally works musically.
“Sentinel mentioned that he had heard something about a song that was written secretly in a Hieronymus Bosch painting, and we began to do research. He found this video clip of someone playing out the notes that were written on the butt of a character in the Bosch painting ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’.
“Sentinel sampled the clip he found and began to chop it, then build around it. I immediately began writing lyrics, everything happened really fast. I wanted to tell a story about a person left behind after their loved one has gone to fight in a war against uprising forces. We got our friend Mathew Sea to add some finishing touches, and to mix and master. The rest was history.”
As one might expect, an artist of such pronounced contrasts is unlikely to limit himself to the nightclub stage, and the alternatives Battle explores are elaborate and startling.
Last year, Battle contributed to Circuit City, a choreopoem concocted by Philadelphia musician/composer Moor Mother, aka Camae Ayewa of Black Quantum Futurism Collective. “I think we’ll be doing more of that this year,” Battle notes,
Meanwhile, “Aria of Resilience” has inspired Petrichor, a video installation by Swiss-based South Korean artist Sinae Yoo (with Battle in the short film’s cast), currently popping up at high-end European galleries.
The sweaty little showbar remains a platform for Battle, though, and so he’ll be opening for savvy, subtly political synth-pop act Lower Dens (likewise from B-more) this week – looks like Friday the 13th is lucky, for a change.
