Daniel Heïkalo

Although active because the 1970s, Daniel Heïkalo remains generally unknown, also from avant-garde music fans. A genuine original, he often appeared to be even more worried about creating artwork than rendering it available to the general public. A talented guitarist, flutist, drummer, and musique concrète composer, Heïkalo techniques music from free of charge improvisation, mainly, but frequently throws in cultural elements and unexpected home-made musical instruments. He also photos, pulls, and writes poetry, and provides exhibited and released in all of the fields. Heïkalo was created in 1954 inside a French-speaking low-class community of Montréal. His dad experienced Acadian, Ukrainian, and Abenaki bloodstream, while his mom, although of unfamiliar roots (she was used), experienced the tastes of the gypsy. The term also pertains to Heïkalo who since his teenagers embodies the hippie/gypsy designer type. Creativeness and art had been a natural a part of his upbringing. He published and drew throughout his teenagers and in the middle-’70s took component in the post-L’Infonie Montréal avant-garde music picture, co-founding the Outfit de Musique Improvisée de Montréal. But mainly because things were going to coalesce using the inception of Ambiances Magnétiques, Heïkalo relocated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1982. There he perfected his acoustic guitar playing, trained flute, and a large number of other activities. His first proper break arrived in 1993, when his Compact disc, Thoughts for MY DAD, received crucial acclaim and was actually nominated for an East Coastline Music Honor. He started to play even more concerts and celebrations, usually like a single take action. Around 1996 he began to collaborate with guitarist Arthur Bull and in 2000 the duo released Dérapages ? Cordes on Ambiances Magnétiques. This recording and an invitation to try out in the 2001 Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville offered Heïkalo his 1st international publicity. He also released two CDs on his house imprint Heïkalo Audio Productions through the same period : The Artwork of the Ready Guitar, a couple of single shows from 1996-1999, and Endroits Inquiétants, a assortment of electro-acoustic works.