Eric is a musician, composer, and community educator who has been working in Montréal for the past three decades. As a musician, he is active with many experimental projects including 1/4 Tonne Overhaul, AC/CC, Pangea de Futura, and Trace Magnette, and he has been a member of many notable groups in Montréal such as Hangedup, A Silver Mt Zion, Hrsta, and Shortwave. Eric has also collaborated, on record and in concert, with the late great Tony Conrad as well as improvised on occasion with Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine. Hangedup was featured in the film And We Made The Room Shine, produced by La Blogothèque in collaboration with the Viennale. Eric has developed a rich, community- facing, creative facilitation practice as a creative digital media facilitator with many community groups in Montreal. In this capacity, he works with all age groups to make creative digital media projects that facilitate non-digital community connections. Eric has a Masters of Library Information Sciences.
Eric est un musicien, compositeur et éducateur communautaire qui travaille à Montréal depuis les trois dernières décennies. En tant que musicien, il est actif dans de nombreux projets expérimentaux, dont 1/4 Tonne Overhaul, AC/CC, Pangea de Futura et Trace Magnette, et il a été membre de nombreux groupes notables à Montréal tels que Hangedup, A Silver Mt Zion, Hrsta et Shortwave. Eric a également collaboré, sur disque et en concert, avec le regretté Tony Conrad ainsi qu’improvisé à l’occasion avec Patti Smith et Tom Verlaine. Hangedup a été présenté dans le film And We Made The Room Shine, produit par La Blogothèque en collaboration avec la Viennale. Eric a développé une pratique d’animation riche, tournée vers la communauté et créative en tant qu’animateur de médias numériques créatifs avec de nombreux groupes communautaires à Montréal. À ce titre, il travaille avec tous les groupes d’âge pour réaliser des projets de médias numériques créatifs qui facilitent les connexions communautaires non numériques. Eric est titulaire d’une maîtrise en sciences de l’information des bibliothèques
Music – live and recorded projects (selected)
¼ Tonne Overhaul w/ Nick Kuepfer and Mark Molnar (2011-present)
Releases:
¼ Tonne Overhaul Plays Songs from the Cipher Blackbough Records (2023)
¼ Tonne Overhaul* – The Symbiose Radio Sessions (2014)
¼ tonne overhaul (2013)
AC/CC w/ Belinda Campbell, Marilou Craft and Sarah Albu (2022 – present)
Presenters include Blue Met, Suoni il per popolo and Cuchabata Records
BLD w/ Véronique Janosy, Reüel Ordoñez and Neboysha Rakic, Charles Bussières (2018-present)
Release: BLD x Craven* – _001.9 Cuchabata Records (2018)
Drophead vs Silent Land Time Machine w/ Jon Slade
Release “from ashes comes the day” Holodeck Records (2014)
Hangedup w/ Genevieve Heistek (1998-2014)
Featured in the film “And We Made the Room Shine” (France) (2014)
Releases:
Hangedup + Tony Conrad – Transit of Venus – Constellation Records (2012)
Hangedup – Clatter For Control – Constellation Records (2005)
Hangedup – Kicker In Tow – Constellation Records (2002)
Hangedup – Hangedup – Constellation Records (2001)
Jugular Methot w/ Marielle Groven and Alex Pelchat (2018)
Pangea de Futura lead by Eric Quach (ThisQuietArmy) w/ Aidan Girt, Eric Quach, Samuel Bobony, Charly Buss, Reüel Ordonez, Neboysha Rakic, Veronique Janosy (2019-present)
Releases:
Bitcoin-Bananas, Crypto-Bahamas (CDr, Ltd, Num) (2022)
No More Fucking Pipelines Leave It In The Fucking Ground (2019)
PCP Trio Lead by Craig Pederson w/ Alex Pelchat (2018-present)
Release: INTERNAL / EXTERNAL / FOCUSED / BROAD (2019)
Silver Mt Zion w/ Thierry Amar, Rebecca Foon, Ian Ilavsky, Efrim Menuck and Sophie Trudeau (2006-2008)
(Release 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons Constellation Records (2008)
Ton Rêves w/ Eric Lewis, Eric Craven, Peter Burton, Julie Richard, Geneviève Gauthier and Émilie Fortin (2018-present)
Trace Magnette : Founding member w/ Damon Henry (2015- present)
Release: Hoods Jinx (2015)
Other music experience: Silver Mt Zion, Hrsta, Vic Chesnutt, Shortwave, Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine, Sixtoo, Mitchell Akiyama, Silver Mountain Elegies, Seatbelt, Jurgen DeBlonde, Amute (Jerome Deuson), Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Nerdy Girl, and many more
Sound designs / music for dance / film soundtracks (selected)
- 2021 Falling Slowly – Peter Trosztmer
- 2014 And We Made the Room Shine film (France)
- 2011 from ashes comes the day – composed music for Erin Flynn’s choreography performed in Tokyo, Seoul, Montreal
- 2010-15 Relay – Composed music for Ame Henderson’s choreography performed in Toronto, Paris FR, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver
- 2007 Jem Cohen percussionist/composer The Vienna International Film Festival, I contributed a piece for filmmaker Jem Cohen’s Evening’s Civil Twilight In Empires Of Tin called ‘Wall street.’ This was performed live and later and released on DVD by the Viennale.
- 2005 Fusebox by filmmaker Jem Cohen – Live music and film for Ghent film festival in Belgium
- 2010 Waypoints – Composed music for Kelly Keenan’s choreography performed Montreal, Paris
- 2009 H2Oil film soundtrack – Co-composed music with two other musicians for the film H2Oil
- 2009 Complex Jeanne d’Arc – Composed music for Erin Flynn’s choreography which debuted in Montreal
- 2008 Absolutely Perfectly – Composed music for Peter Trosztmer’s choreography which debuted in Montreal
- 2007 Open Field Study (all together now) – Composed music for Ame Henderson’s choreography as part of the Toronto Nuit Blanche.
- 2006 /dance/songs – Composed music and directed live music for Ame Henderson’s choreography. This piece debuted at the Great Hall downstairs (formerly the Theatre Center) in Nov. 2006, toured Montréal, Halifax & St. Johns, Italy, FTA in Montreal. Sound design nominated for a Dora Award for Outstanding Sound Design.
- 2006 painful but unequivocal truth -Composed music for Peter Trosztmer’s choreography which debuted in June 2006 at the Dance Festival in St. John’s Newfoundland and ran at Tangente.
- 2006 le groupe dance lab -Composed music for Choreographer Ame Henderson for her residency at the le groupe dance lab in Ottawa in Feb. 2006.
- 2005 Manual for Incidence – Composed music and sound for Ame Henderson’s choreography performed in Toronto at Xspace and at Fonderie Darling in Montreal in the spring of 2005.
- 2004 Pins and Needles composed music for Claudia Fancello’s choreography and was performed at Espace Tangente, Montreal Quebec
- 2002 Hiveresse composed music for Julie Lebel for a video that was screened at Zest, Montreal Quebec
- 1999 pixie composed music for Catherine Lipscombe’ choreography at Espace Tangente, Montreal Quebec
- 1999 a chemistry experiment – Co-composed sound design piece and was performed at Espace Tangente, Montreal Quebec
Nominations:
2007 Dora Award Nomination for ‘Outstanding Sound Design for /dance/songs’
