Rich Aucoin

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Member Since: 11/2/2006
Band Members: Personal Publication EP is Available at:

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Step 2: Put your name in that box!
Step 3: I'll open the box
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Recording, so far, has been a long, long hermitage. Surrounding myself with pianos, organs, drumsets, trumpets, flutes, recorders, turntables, tin whistles, and the occasional vibraphone, thermin and electric keyboard lent by friends, I engulfed to make these recordings in the (and I want to say cold) but, surprisingly, warm winter of 06. In an empty house, decorated with photographs of friends and family, the bulk of these recordings were made.Lesson learned, having real warm beings with me (besides my cat) would be ideal for the next recording process so bring an instrument and meet me then.

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Influences:
Brian Wilson and his fellow Boys from the Beach (he will one day overcome his life aquatic fear), Donovan (where your love like anything), The Beat-Less Crickets Spin-off Band (actually, Ringo laid down some great beats and so did McCartney), Buddy (and also the Chubby Big Buddy )...
I could probably go on for a while (and I'm only on the B's still). Film Soundtracks (anything Hitchcock or Herrmann , Ennio Morricone , anything Coppola [Not the big FF but Sophia or Roman ]),the hardest working band in show biz, The Flaming Lips (besides that guy [as the camera turns and we see Jonny Carson juggling a car], Sufjan Stevens the artist who I, one day, hope to play as many instruments as, the three Bs as Mrs. McEwen would say ( Brahms . Beethoven and Bach ), Os Mutantes , classical music, all things introduced by older siblings' (including the expression "all things"), people like Lindsay D who live and breathe music and who share the database of their musical knowledge so passionately; they are the reason bands become bands and, the reason we're all alive, Air (both the band and "O 2 ").Amazing Canadian Artists:the honoured horde of Hylozoists ,
the fantastical framework of femBots ,
the culmination of a credible Cuff the Duke ,
the warshawing of wondrous Weakerthans ,
the healthy healing of Heavy Blinkers ,
the harnessing helping of a Hopeful Monster ,
the timid taming of Their Majesties ,
the loud lofting of a Laura Barrett ,
the jaculating justness of Just Friends ,
the memorable marveling of a Major Grange ,
the masterful monumentalization of Museum Pieces ,
the feverous familiarity of a Feist ,
the heroic hearting of Hidden Cameras ,
the fond fortressing of a Final Fantasy ,
the cryptic celestialization of Christine Fellows ,
the natural nicety of Nathan Lawr ,
the blessed bombarding of a Broken Social Scene ,
the barrier breaking Buck 65 ,
the juggernauting jesting of Just Barelys ,
the braving besting of Brent Randall & His Pinecones ,
the sugary satisfaction of Sweet Tenders ,
the lovely leveling of Laura Peek & The Winning Hearts ,
the tremendous truthiness of TTTimothy ,
the conversate calling of The Call-Up ,
the foregoing factinista of The Fools Music ,
the sudden striking of The Stance ,
the forewarning fury of The First Aid Kit ,
the bounding benediction of BA Johnston ,
the dignified domination of Do Make Say Think
the joyful jousting of Jenn Grant & the Night Painters
the resilient resonation of Rebekah Higgs
the delicate dexterity of Double A
the angelic augmentation of Augustine
the ordinate offering of The Orchid
the masterful memorizing of Music Inspired the Film
the detailed daring of Dale Murray
the welcoming weathering of Wintersleep
the controlled consulting of Contrived
the happy hallowing of Holy Fuck
the juncturing juvenility of Jill Barber
the radiating resolution of Ruth Mikinin
the wouldy wordplay of Word Burglar
the determined detonation of Dog Day
the onipherous obeisance of On Film
the igniting illumination of In-Flight Safety
the balletic brainiac of Benn Ross
the daggerboardic dailies of Dependant
the balanced bachata of Brain Borcherdt
the systematic springing of Sleep To Dream
the tall-tale toughness of TomCat Combat
the farraginous fruits of Fall Horsie
the solerastic solemnization of The Stolen Minks
the garnishing glabrousness of The Ghost Bees
the painstakingly prostration of Punch Me Hard
the giant generosity of Great Plains
the smashingly spiritualization of The Stretch
the therapeutic transudation of Trouble Rocket
the woken worthiness of Will Hemmings
the martiniquing marksmanship of Matt Mays & El Torpedo
the gorblimey gratification of Glory Glory Man United
the honest hearkening of The Healing Power
the correlated convocation of Caledonia
the grabbling grace of The Grass
to be continued...
Sounds Like: You tell me..."An elaborate blend of roughly 25 instruments into a multicoloured pop crazy quilt"
- Stephen Cooke - The Chronicle Herald
"This guy has made an epic album"
- Whitney Matheson - USA Today (Pop Candy)
"The album was recorded solely by Aucoin on his computer... working with the painstakingly meticulous nature of an animator"
- Matt Charlton - The Coast (Halifax's Weekly)
"Halifax's charming Dr. Seusster"
- Shannon Webb-Campbell - ChartAttack (Canada's Online Music Zine)
"Like many Canadian musicians before him, he is going on a cross-Canada tour. Unlike all the rest, Rich is touring the country on his bicycle. With all his instruments. In a Grinch costume. Raising money for cancer research"
- Grant Lawrence - CBC Radio 3
"Aucoin creates bombastic, orchestral indie pop soundscapes crafted around abstract lyrics and narratives"
- Vish Khanna - Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority
"Aucoin is never lacking for an engaging melody or a memorable line. It all helps ensure that Personal Publication stands up on its own merits, rather than relying on its creator to give it character"
- i (Heart) Music
"All fears as to how the experiment would translate in a live setting were quickly allayed once the set began. Both Aucoin's rainbow-hued sound and this wonderfully ridiculous concept immediately brought comparisons to the Flaming Lips"
- Pras Rajagopalan - Exclaim! Canada’s Music Authority
Record Label: Unsigned (Sign me up Scotty)
Type of Label: None