Jamie Drouin

Canadian Composer And Sound Installation Artist Jamie Drouin Is Part Of A New Wave Of Musicians Exploring The Edges Of Minimalism Through Sparse Yet Intensely Focused Compositions Which Freely Combine Elements Of New Music Noise And Electro-Acoustic Improvisation. In Both His Installations And Performances Drouin Incorporates The Ubiquitous Palette Of Electrical-Based Noise Pollution Exploring The Positioning Of These Familiar Domestic And Environmental Sounds Within Abstract Music Frameworks. In Doing So His Works Seek To Expand And Transform Audience Perceptions Of Familiar Habitats Altering The Meaning Of The Residual Electronic Sounds With Which We Share Our Contemporary Spaces. Drouin's Work Has Been Featured At Several International Venues Including The Biennial Of The Americas Denver Mutek Montreal TodaysArt The Hague Decibel Festival Seattle Montréal Museum Of Contemporary Art Montreal Henry Art Gallery Seattle Communikey Boulder La Société De Curiosités Paris And General Public Berlin . His Recorded Works Have Been Published Through Caduc Con-V Oral Dragon's Eye Recordings Mutek_Rec Rope Swing Cities And Infrequency Editions. He Has Collaborated With Several International Artists Including Recent Projects With Lucio Capece Johnny Chang Crys Cole Olaf Hochherz Hannes Lingens Seiji Morimoto Lance Austin Olsen Mathieu Ruhlmann And Sabine Vogel. Jamie Drouin Is The Co-Founder/curator Of INFREQUENCY EDITIONS And The Monthly Performance Program SOUNDS IN A ROOM. read less