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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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Sarah Davachi – The Will of Tongues Sarah Davachi – The Will of Tongues 2026 Contemporary by Frédéric Cardin -
Bruce Liu – Lunaris Bruce Liu – Lunaris 2026 Modern Classical / période romantique by Frédéric Cardin -
Interpol – This Mirror Weighs A Ton Interpol – This Mirror Weighs A Ton 2026 Art Rock / Indie Rock / Post-Punk by Stephan Boissonneault -
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David Occhipinti – Looking Glass David Occhipinti – Looking Glass 2026 Jazz / musique contemporaine by Frédéric Cardin -
Bonobo – Distance in Static Bonobo – Distance in Static 2026 Club / Electro / Electronic by Stephan Boissonneault -
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Strat Andriotis – The Wolf Sleeps Alone Strat Andriotis – The Wolf Sleeps Alone 2026 Jazz by Frédéric Cardin -
Paul Marleyn; Stéphane Lemelin – Tenderness and Tragedy Paul Marleyn; Stéphane Lemelin – Tenderness and Tragedy 2026 période romantique by Frédéric Cardin -
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Elinor Frey ; Accademia de’ dissonanti – CPE Bach : Cello Concertos Elinor Frey ; Accademia de’ dissonanti – CPE Bach : Cello Concertos 2026 Classical Period by Frédéric Cardin -
Brìghde Chaimbeul and Colin Stetson – All the light in the world Brìghde Chaimbeul and Colin Stetson – All the light in the world 2026 Contemporary / Post-Minimalist by Frédéric Cardin
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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.
