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Moondata Productions

LABproject 37

SAM SHALABI (Shalabi Effect) - guitar

JEAN-PHI GONCALVES (Plaster) - drums

HARRIS NEWMAN - bass

ANDY KING (Dr.Noh) - trumpet

JASON SHARP (Mobius) - baritone saxophone

LIAM O'NEIL (The Stills) - tenor saxophone

MATT LEDERMAN (Moondata) - guitar/fx

VID COUSINS (Moondata) - live fx

Saturday May 19

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

$8

www.moondataproductions.com

www.opatrovys.com

www.plasterband.com

www.shalabieffect.net

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Go see Besnard Lakes, they are the best band playing the Quebec Scene festival!!

True dat!

Simon Angell has now been added on guitar.

he's a crazy talented musician.

check out his stuff here:

www.myspace.com/simonangell

www.myspace.com/patrickwatson

[blurb]MOONDATA PRODUCTIONS:

LABproject 36

RYHNA THOMPSON (Moondata) trumpet / wurlitzer / vocals

MILES PERKIN bass / vocals

SIMON ANGELL guitar

KEVIN LAING (Besnard Lakes) drums / vocals

ANDREW BARR (The Slip) drums / steel drums / percussion

PIETRO AMATO (Torngat) french horn

PHILIPPE LAUZIER clarinet / bass clarinet

PINK RUBBER LADY visuals

Saturday April 14

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

$8

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CURATED BY RYHNA THOMPSON

Ryhna Thompson, one of the chief brains behind the whole Moondata operation, takes the reigns on this LABproject to assemble a line-up that can find that place where warm tones meet harsh sounds, where beautiful melodies meet dissonant rock. Her choice of horns and woodwinds (trumpet, french horn and bass clarinet) and musicians, many of whom will be contributing to a choir of voices, are sure to create an excite an exciting collaboration between a number of musicians making a stop in Montreal in between their own tours.

LINKS

RYHNA THOMPSON - www.myspace.com/ryhna

MILES PERKIN - www.myspace.com/milesperkin

TORNGAT – www.myspace.com/torngat

PHILIPPE LAUZIER – www.myspace.com/philippelauzier

MOONDATA – www.moondataproductions.com

his set at osheaga was the best sounding set. he came out of all the speakers on both stages!

getting there early is smart. last two shows filled up during 1st set.

As an interesting fact, our special guest rarely ‘plays’ live with other musicians, and this is likely the 1st (and possibly only) opportunity many Montrealers will have to see him in this format. It’s only fitting, because his soon-to-be-released album features many live musicians, a few of whom will be performing at this very show.

MOONDATA PRODUCTIONS:

LABproject 35

knob-twidlers, f/x heads, and sonic gurus rejoice. bleeps, tweaks & musical buggery.

VID COUSINS (Moondata) guitar / bass / electronics

STEFAN SCHNEIDER (Bell Orchestre) drums

NORSOLA JOHNSON (Godspeed! You Black Emperor) cello / fx

JON ASENCIO (Ark of Infinity) bass / synths / fx

BLEUBIRD vocals / fx

ANDRES VIAL vibraphone / keys

OUANANICHE visuals

with special guest

AMON TOBIN (Ninja Tune) noise / fx

Saturday March 10

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

$8

CURATED BY VID COUSINS

It’s time to put VID COUSINS in the front line. Vid has been behind the soundboard, engineering the majority of LABprojects over it’s 4 year span. Not only that, but he has had a large part in shaping the studio sound of Moondata, currently mixing and producing the upcoming SEVENS PROJECT album. Having only moved here from the UK a little over 4 years ago, Vid has quickly become a highly sought after engineer and producer. He has worked alongside many artists, engineers and producers including Al Fisch (Bjork) and Charlie Francis (REM, Hi Llamas). His last studio project was for AMON TOBIN’S newest album, which he engineered. He also mixed KID KOALA’s most recent album “Your Mom’s Favorite DJâ€. His rich live-music experience led to a role heading the production of tours for NINJA TUNE and SQUAREPUSHER. In 2005, Vid helped AMON TOBIN develop the Chaos Theory surround sound system with which they toured Europe and North America on numerous occasions.

For this edtion of LABprojects, Vid has put together a a group of minimalist and electronics inspired performers. Promising such things as prepared drums, and unusual harmonic combinations, Vid is sure to both surprise, enlighten and scare us with the creations of his musical mind.

peeps seemed to dig last months edition, so here's the lineup for next months. our secret weapon will be the secret special 'amonymous' guest.... yeah...that's no spelling error either....

MOONDATA PRODUCTIONS:

LABproject 35

knob-twidlers, f/x heads, and sonic gurus rejoice. bleeps, tweaks & musical buggery.

VID COUSINS (Moondata) guitar / bass / electronics

STEFAN SCHNEIDER (Bell Orchestre)  drums

NORSOLA JOHNSON (Godspeed! You Black Emperor) cello / fx

JON ASENCIO (Ark of Infinity) bass / synths / fx

with guests

“CUJO†aka secret special guest (Ninja Tune) noise / fx

and

BLEUBIRD vocals / fx

Saturday March 10

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

$8

CURATED BY VID COUSINS

It’s time to put VID COUSINS in the front line. Vid has been behind the soundboard, engineering the majority of LABprojects over it’s 4 year span.  Not only that, but he has had a large part in shaping the studio sound of Moondata, currently mixing and producing the upcoming SEVENS PROJECT album.  Having only moved here from the UK a little over 4 years ago, Vid has quickly become a highly sought after engineer and producer.  He has worked alongside many artists, engineers and producers including Al Fisch (Bjork) and Charlie Francis (REM, Hi Llamas). His last studio project was for AMON TOBIN’S newest album, which he engineered. He also mixed KID KOALA’s most recent album “Your Mom’s Favorite DJâ€.  His rich live-music experience led to a role heading the production of tours for NINJA TUNE and SQUAREPUSHER.  In 2005, Vid helped AMON TOBIN develop the Chaos Theory surround sound system with which they toured Europe and North America on numerous occasions.

For this edtion of LABprojects, Vid has put together a a group of minimalist and electronics inspired performers. Promising such things as prepared drums, and unusual harmonic combinations, Vid is sure to both surprise, enlighten and scare us with the creations of his musical mind.

cool. thanks. i grew up in Ottawa, but don't know Mavericks. I'll check it out.

Meanwhile, gotta go run and prepare for tonights insanity!

well, i'll let you know when this weekends recordings are ready. the podcasts are testaments to the diversity we've had at these sessions. We even put together a couple of projects to do random shows in other towns...you know...if Hillside is ever interested in hosting a Moondata show...

done.

let's see those 'reads' light up...

well, i'm psyched to be playing with Brad, and after playing with Andrew last month, i'm hoping to see him play more often.

if you're interested, check out the new Moondata podcast. just uploaded two episodes taken from last month's show....

www.moondataproductions.com/podcast/MDradio.rss

for iTunes subscription, click here

hey there,

some of you might be interested in checking out our podcasts. every month it's a different episode featuring different artists and collaborations.

The newest episodes were taken from last month's LABproject, which was, we're told, one of the best ever.

Featuring Jean-Phi Goncalves (drums), Andrew Barr (drums), Mishka Stein (bass), Simon Angell (guitar), Matt Lederman (guitar), Killa-Jewel (turntables), and Christian Baang (keys).  Guest vocals by Patrick Watson. Played live to a sold out crowd at O Patro Vys, January 13, 2007

www.moondataproductions.com/podcast/MDradio.rss

for iTunes subscription, click here

enjoy!

I've always found that Montreal is less into the 'jamband' scene compared to other parts of the country. I know a lot of people that are into the Slip however, and I'm sure the more they play around here, it will catch on.

it's insane every month. definately worth a trip to la belle ville.

jorane's been a hero of mine for a long time. she's even recorded with Daniel Lanois!

MOONDATA PRODUCTIONS

LABproject 34

Just in time for Valentine’s Day. Romantic & strange.  Heartbreaking & uplifting. A modern improvisational chamber ensemble.

With special guests JOHN LABELLE & JORANE. 

MILES PERKIN (Common Thread, Mobius) upright bass / instrumental voice

STEFAN SCHNEIDER (Bell Orchestre) drums

BILL HESSELINK (People For Audio) drums

BRAD BARR (The Slip) guitar

SARAH PAGÉ (Hhaka Ensemble) harp

MATT LEDERMAN (Moondata) electronics

LEVY BOURBONNAIS harmonica / electronics

CHET DOXAS saxophone / clarinet

with guests

JOHN LABELLE vocals

and

JORANE cello

Saturday February 10

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

$8

Jean-Phi Goncalves (Plaster) - drums

Jaime Thompson (ex-Unicorns) – drums / MPC

Mishka Stein (Patrick Watson band) - bass

Serge Pelletier (Pawa Up First) - guitar

Christian Baang (Pawa Up First) - keys

Killa-Jewel – turntables

Matt Lederman – guitar/FX

Ouananiche – visuals

Saturday January 13

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

rock it.

MOONDATA PRODUCTIONS:

LABproject #32

Saturday November 18

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

curated by:

Jason Sharp (Mobius) - baritone sax/laptop

and featuring:

Josh Zubot (Crouched Head) - violin/laptop

Andres Vial (Tempus Fugit) - keyboards

Matt Lederman (Moondata) - guitar

Adrian Vedady (Gods of Taste) - bass

Jahsun (Kalmunity) - drums

Pat McGee (Stars) – Drums

'official' press releases: english / french

check out the latest Moondata Podcast. It features some live material of Jason's from the Suonni Per Il Popolo festival.

yo.

summer vacation is over. i'm cold again.

so it's time for some more shows.

if you haven't been to one yet, now's the time.

we're gonna freak.

MOONDATA PRODUCTIONS:

LABproject session 30

curated by The Objects

Saturday September 16

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

THE OBJECTS:

Vid Cousins & Matt Lederman - guitar / keys / fx

Stef Schneider (Bell Orchestre) - drums

Mark Nelson - drums

Sage Reynolds - upright bass

Leon Kingstone (Synthetic Folk Hero) - tenor saxophone

Ryhna Thompson - trumpet

Ouananiche - visuals

Moondata Productions’ LABprojects starts afresh in September 2006 with a series of specially curated shows. This season, Moondata is inviting various artists to curate the showcases, keeping along with theme of improvisation and experimentation. Some of the curators of this season will be Jason Sharp, Patrick Watson, Moment Factory and more.  The kick-off show is curated by Moondata’s own The Objects aka Matt Lederman (LABproject creator) and Vid Cousins.  With influences ranging from Steve Reich, The Meters, Terry Gilliam, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, & Elegant Hotdog, this duo of sound shifters and shapers (Vid and Matt are both live and studio sound engineers) have invited some fantastic musicians to join in: notably Stef Schneider – the poly-rythmic drummer from Bell Orchestre, and from Toronto, Leon Kingstone –of Synthetic Folk Hero fame.

Moondata Productions’ LABprojects series is in its 4th year of bringing Montreal talent together for unique collaborations. Since 2003, LABprojects has played host to over 100 Montreal musicians, DJs and VJs. Members of Montreal’s electronic music community (Sixtoo, Kid Koala, P-Love, Killa-Jewel), indie music scene (Patrick Watson, Elizabeth Powell, members of Donkeys, Unicorns, Besnard Lakes, Stars) soul funk collectives (Ark of Infinity, Kalmunity), jazz groups (Joshua Rager, Miles Perkins, Jim & Chet Doxas, members of IKS) and improv instrumental circles (Sam Shalabi, Harris Newman, Torngat, Bell Orchestre) have all graced the stage at O Patro Vys in a variety of formations. The music has ranged from sonic explosions to hauntingly beautiful moods, from upbeat grooves to minimal ambient textures.  Regardless of the lineup, this “deftly curated†series has consistently amazing results.

www.moondataproductions.com

www.myspace.com/moondata

www.syntheticfolkhero.com

www.bellorchestre.com

www.poissonsmorts.com (Ouananiche visuals)

www.sagereynolds.ca

In a break from our regularly scheduled LABprojects, we're doing a bigger, brighter showcase, featuring heavyweights PLASTER.

PLASTER vs. MOONDATA MASH-UP!!!

visuals by MOMENT FACTORY

Saturday April 22

Main Hall

5390 St. Laurent

21h00

featuring:

PLASTER - www.plasterband.com

Alex McMahon - claviers / keyboards

Jean-Phi Goncalves - batterie / drums

Francois Plate - basse / bass

Robbie Kuster (Patrick Watson Band) - batterie / drums

Miles Perkin (ombu) contrebasse / upright bass

Matt Lederman (Moondata) guitare / guitar

Ryhna Thompson (Moondata) trompette / trumpet

Elizabeth Powell (Land of Talk) – voix / guest vocals

It's close to that time of year again. Last year's broken hearted, border line cynical LOVE?project is replaced this year by the borderline cheese of LOVE!project.  This year’s Valentine Edition of LABprojects puts some of Montreal’s most musical couples together for the first time.  It won’t necessarily be a musicians  'swinger’s club' on stage, but this collaboration promises some high energy dynamics, some doey-eyed interaction (Duets! Threesomes! & more!) and a highly unique instrumentation that includes a classical harpist, a jazz guitarist and a members of some of Montreal’s best indie-rock bands!  God-damn it, even the VJs and DJs are locked into coupledom. Special guests & more!

MOONDATA PRODUCTIONS

LABproject 0206 (session 26)

LOVE!project

Saturday February 11

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

Olga Goreas (Besnard Lakes) bass, keys

&

Jace Lasek (Besnard Lakes) guitar, keys

Elizabeth Powell (Land of Talk) vocals

&

Robbie Kuster (Patrick Watson Band) drums

Ryhna Thompson (Moondata) trumpet, keys

&

Vid Cousins (Moondata) guitar, bass, fx

Sarah Pagé (Hhaka) harp

&

Simon Angell (Patrick Watson Band, Hhaka) guitar

Jocool & Ladyroll

VJ

DJ Amyl Nitrate and DJ Heinrich

Happy Effin' Valentime's.

Another crazy night to come. Moog synth psych jazzed rock.

Featuring all of UNIREVERSE!!!

Brian Damage (Unireverse) - claviers, fx

Alex Moskos (Unireverse, Goa!) - claviers, fx

Micheal Caffrey (Unireverse) - synths, drum machines

Matt Lederman (Moondata) - guitar/electronics

Peter X (Moondata) - bass

Andrew King (Dr. Noh) - trumpet

Jaime Thompson (Unicorns, Islands) - drums

DJ Luv (c0c0s0l1dc1t1) - DJ

JoCool / Ladyroll - visuels

Saturday Nov 12

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

$8

Moondata Productions’ LABprojects series is heading into its 3rd year of bringing Montreal talent together for unique collaborations. Since 2002, LABprojects has played host to over 100 Montreal musicians, DJs and VJs. Members of Montreal’s electronic music community (Sixtoo, Kid Koala, P-Love, naw), indie music scene (Patrick Watson, Elizabeth Powell, members of Donkeys, Unicorns, Besnard Lakes, Stars) soul funk collectives (Ark of Infinity, Kalmunity), jazz groups (Joshua Rager, Miles Perkins, Jim & Chet Doxas, members of IKS) and improv instrumental circles (Sam Shalabi, Harris Newman, members of Torngat, Bell Orchestre) have all graced the stage at O Patro Vys in a variety of formations. The music has ranged fromsonic explosions to hauntingly beautiful moods, from upbeat grooves to minimal ambient textures. Regardless of the lineup, this “deftly curated†series has consistently amazing results.

This year, Moondata Productions is trying something new.

Breaking from the normal focus on a variety of individuals, Moondata is inviting bands to participate amongst other invited musicians for a full night of organized improvisation. Each show will maintain its focus on collaborations between 7-8 musicians on stage, but will add in a short set which highlights the invited group. To start off this new season, Montreal’s electrodance Moog sensations Unireverse will be the featured band. Their blend of synth ambience, dance beats and ability to improvise on a dime (they just finished collaborating with Can’s Damo Suzuki) make their set a perfect match to the organized mayhem that is a Moondata event. With the addition of Dr. Noh’s Andrew King (summoning the ghost of Miles Davis’s trumpet) and Jaime Thompson’s (Unicorns, Islands) dance oriented drumming, this night should see some sparks fly!

Hi,

I'm assuming Montreal is categorized as East here, as there's no Central forum.

Some of you may know about this already, some not. My production company/record label, Moondata, hosts a monthly series of improvised music, featuring Montreal musicians in various configurations. Over 100 musicians, VJs and DJs have participated over the last two years, coming up with a variety of focused collaborative songs.

We recently released a CD compilation - Satellite: LABprojects 2003-2005 - of some of these performances. You can check it out at www.moondataproductions.com

However, this is to announce the first show of the new LABproject season...

Saturday October 15th

9:30pm

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

Sam Shalabi (Alien 8, Shalabi Effect) - guitar

Harris Newman (Strange Attractors, Sackville) - bass

Jesse Levine (Kosher Dill Spears) - keys

Keith Marchand (The Donkeys) - drums

Scott Levine Gilmore (Black Ox Orkestra, Silver Mt. Zion) - drums

Matt Lederman - guitar

Ryhna Thompson - trumpet

Khanfucius - DJ

check www.moondataproductions.com for more info

thanks!

LABproject 0405

April’s session features acoustic musicians steeped in

classical and folk processed via laptop electronics

Saturday April 9

O Patro Vys

356 Mont-Royal Est.

21h30

Stefan Schneider (Bell Orchestre) - drums

Catherine LeSaunier (Sevens Project) - cello

Matt Lederman (Moondata) - guitar/mandolin/electronics

Levy Bourbonnais - harmonica

Martine Gaumond - violin

Peter X - banjo

Sage Reynolds - upright bass

P.A. Tremblay (IKS) - acoustic bass / laptop processing

Khanfucius - DJ

VJ Wave (Intermission) - visuals

we're going to feed as many lines as possible into a digital mixer to allow subtle processing to occur as the musicians play. P.A. Trembly from IKS has designed MaxMSP effects to play along with the musicians....

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