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Esmerine was co-founded ten years ago by percussionist Bruce Cawdron (Godpseed You! Black Emperor) and cellist Rebecca
Foon (Thee Silver Mt. Zion) soon after the duo met while recording the first Set Fire To Flames record, Sings Reign Rebuilder
(2001) at the old brothel at 10 rue Ontario Est in Montreal. Esmerine has since released two critically-acclaimed albums of
modern chamber music, If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be True (2003) and Aurora (2005) that have one foot
in the new music/experimental terrain of contemporaries like Rachel's or Town And Country and the oth ...read more
Esmerine was co-founded ten years ago by percussionist Bruce Cawdron (Godpseed You! Black Emperor) and cellist Rebecca
Foon (Thee Silver Mt. Zion) soon after the duo met while recording the first Set Fire To Flames record, Sings Reign Rebuilder
(2001) at the old brothel at 10 rue Ontario Est in Montreal. Esmerine has since released two critically-acclaimed albums of
modern chamber music, If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be True (2003) and Aurora (2005) that have one foot
in the new music/experimental terrain of contemporaries like Rachel's or Town And Country and the other in the more visceral
and lyrical landscape populated by the likes of Dirty Three (and GY!BE themselves).
Beckie and Bruce continued stoking the fires of Esmerine, exploring a world of melodic percussion and cello, with occasional live
performances and special events in their Montreal home town over the past few years often including invitations to guest
musicians to collaborate with the group on one show or another. While Esmerine had made deft but sparing use of guest players
on previous records, their collaborations and performances over the past two years opened the band up to two new players in
particular who were invited to join as full members: harp-player Sarah Page (Lhasa de Sela, The Barr Brothers) and multi-
instrumentalist Andrew Barr (Lhasa de Sela, The Slip, Land of Talk, The Barr Brothers). They were all introduced through their
dear friend Lhasa de Sela while Lhasa was working on her third and final record in Montreal. « hide |
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