Torngat

This article is about the Montreal indie band. For the Canadian mountain range, see Torngat Mountains.

Torngat
Origin	Montréal, Québec, Canada
Genres	Instrumental rock
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Alien8 Recordings

Members	Pietro Amato Mathieu Charbonneau Julien Poissant

Torngat is a Montreal indie band and instrumental trio established in 2001.

Biography

Torngat's popularity increased with the 2005 release of their EP La Rouge. During the spring of 2006 and after increasing demand, Torngat toured Eastern Canada. Torngat signed a two-album deal with Montreal experimental label Alien8 Recordings.^[1] The band recorded a full-length album You Could Be, which was released on September 19, 2007.^[2] Amato used to be horn player for Arcade Fire, and is a member of The Luyas and Bell Orchestre. The band named themselves for the Torngat Mountains because the mountains' untamed nature matched the band's open and improvisational style.^[3]

Band members

Pietro Amato - french horn (and electronics, percussion, melodeon)
Mathieu Charbonneau - Wurlitzer (and Analog Synth, Hammond, percussion, melodeon).
Julien Poissant - percussion (and Wurlitzer, trumpet, melodeon)

All members interchange instruments throughout their shows.

Discography

Torngat (2002)
Live at The Bread Factory (2004)
La Rouge (2005)
You Could Be (2007)
La Petite Nicole (2009)

References

Citations

↑ Rajagopalan, Pras (October 2007). "Torngat Make It Up". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
↑ Rajagopalan, Pras."Torngat Make It Up", Exclaim!, October 2007.
↑ Carpenter, Lorraine (2005-08-18). "Untamed terrain". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

External links

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