Rémi Leclerc

The eternal sideman, Montreal-based drummer Rémi Leclerc doesn’t have even an individual to his own name, but he has appeared on countless albums by other artists which range from trad revivalists to avant-proggers. What each of them have as a common factor (except probably Robert Charlebois) is normally imagination: Leclerc affiliates with stimulating performers. His drumming design is solidly anchored in rock and roll, yet surprisingly versatile and flexible. His capability to supply the simplest defeat a warped experience equals his specialized prowess in Miriodor’s music. Blessed in Quebec Town (like Pierre Tanguay in 1961, another flexible drummer from the Montreal avant-garde), Leclerc had been an extraordinary musician at age group 20, which is just about enough time he co-founded Miriodor with Pascal Globensky and Sabin Hudon. The group, derivative of Univers No, self-released its initial LP in 1986. It agreed upon using the U.S. avant-prog label Cuneiform and released an eponymous LP in 1988 (and some more albums throughout another 15 years). Soon after, the drummer installed with Ambiances Magnétiques guitarist André Duchesne. He changed Chris Cutler in Duchesne’s electric guitar quartet Les 4 Guitarists de l’Apocalypso-Bar. Quickly, their romantic relationship evolved beyond head/sideman assignments and Leclerc became an essential element of Duchesne’s audio in every his next rock and roll tasks (L’ ou ‘L, Locomotive, as well as the unrecorded “Diesel” and “No Band’s Property”). The guitarist supplied an open up door towards the Montreal collective/label and shortly the drummer became children name, showing up on albums by snarl rocker Jerry Snell (with whom he also collaborated with dance troupe Carbone 14) and trad rock and roll vocalist Michel Faubert. In the first ’90s, Leclerc fulfilled guitarist Bernard Falaise. Jointly they founded the group/lab Papa Boa and begun to drag one another at their gigs. Falaise joined up with Miriodor you start with 1995’s Elastic Juggling and both also come in Claude St-Jean’s Les Projectionnistes. The 1990s also noticed the drummer be a part of L’Arsenal ? Musique, a children-oriented concert creation firm and play with the klezmer groupings Raoul and Jeszcze Raz. In 2001, Leclerc was drafted by maturing vocalist/songwriter Robert Charlebois within a overhaul of his back-up band. He performed on Doux Sauvage and the next tour, savoring for the very first time the high lifestyle of display business.