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music duo, composed of electronic musician Claude Charnier and singer Christian Pomerleau, based in

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

. The pair combines dark trance and industrial dancefloor-oriented electronic and acoustic music."Headscan SHAPER AND MECHANIST"
''Release Magazine'', January 3, 2002. JOHAN CARLSSON

History

Charnier and Pomerleau have been active in

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’s local alternative music scene, particularly within the techno industrial outfit Insurgent. Their first album, ''Shaper and Mechanist'', was released in 2001, and was a theme album based on work of novelist Bruce Sterling. In 2005 they released two singles, as well as an album, ''Pattern Recognition''. Reviews were mixed."Headscan Pattern Recognition:
''Pop Matters'', by Evan Sawdey 1 March 2006 Their music was released on

Artoffact Records Artoffact Records is a Canadian/ Icelandic record label that concentrates on industrial, postpunk, heavy metal, and electronic music. The label was founded in 1999. History In 1997, Jacek Kozlowski laid the groundwork for Artoffact Records. I ...

and licensed in Europe to Alfa Matrix. In 2008 the band played at the Kinetik Festival, and their single "Lolife" was included on a compilation CD, ''KINETIK FESTIVAL VOLUME 2''.

Discography

Albums

* ''Shaper and Mechanist'' (2001) * ''Uturn 2: An Exploration in Techno'' (2002, split album with Implant) * ''Pattern Recognition'' (2005)

EPs

* ''High-Orbit Pioneers'' (2000) Limited CD release, approximately 100 copies * ''Dead Silver Sky'' (2004)

Singles

* ''Lolife 1'' (2005) * ''Lolife 2'' (2005)

References

External links

Official Website

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