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About Me

MyGen Profile Generatorthisquietarmy is eric quach (destroyalldreamers) is 100% guitar is improvisation is composition is re-interpretation of self-improv is ambient loops is noise is sounds from afar is multi-tracking is etc. recent addition of programmed spliced of snares & bass drums. & vox. live solo experience is currently a lot of gear on the floor, mixers, two separate amps for wide stereo effect & equalizers, with abstract ghostly contrasted monochrome projections whenever available.
++UPCOMING/CURRENT RELEASES++
* Unconquered CD (April 2008, Foreshadow)
Order here:
* http://www.thisquietarmy.com/records
* http://www.omnio.pl
Available locally @ Atom Heart, L'Oblique, Soundcentral, Cheap Thrills, Phonopolis, Soundscapes (Toronto) & through various distros around the world.
* Battlefield Arkestrah & Dronewars Single/B-Side Digital Release (January 2008, Foreshadow)
http://thisquietarmy.foreshadow.pl
++DISCOGRAPHY++
* Wintersleeper EP (December 2005, TQA Records)
* Orange EP, Collaboration with Aidan Baker (January 2007, TQA Records)
* Echotone EP (June 2007, Chat Blanc Records)
* Various songs on miscellaneous label compilations (Dreamland Recordings, Chat Blanc Records, Silber Records).
++THIS QUIET ARMY RECORDS++
TQA(r) is an independant label run by Eric Quach out of Montreal, QC. Canada. for more information, please visit www.thisquietarmy.com/records
tqa(R) RELEASES thus far:
TQA001 | Thisquietarmy - Wintersleeper EP
TQA002 | Elika - S/T EP
TQA003 | Aidan Baker & Thisquietarmy - Orange EP
TQA004 | Le Chat Blanc Orchestra - ThÃ©ories sur la danse EP TQA005 | Shane Whitbread - Tomorrow fades away EP
TQA006 | Electroluminescent - Measures
TQA007 | The Sales Department - Accounts (OUT NOW)
TQA008 | Apillow - Leaves Winter Alone (OUT NOW)

MORE INFO ON WWW.THISQUIETARMY.COM

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/5/2005
Band Website: thisquietarmy.com/tqa
Band Members: Eric Quach: guitar & pedals, processing, mixing, arrangements & programming.

Contributors: Aidan Baker (guitar on 'Immobilization'), Meryem Yildiz (vocals on 'The Great Escapist'), Shaun DorÃ© (drums on 'Spaceman').
Influences: current event news; the weather; state of mind; 9-to-5er; exhaustion; depression; philosophy; interpersonal relationships; natural selection; elitism; sadness; lack of endorphine; aloneliness; tragedies; war; epidemies; natural catastrophies; tired sounds; entrapment; anger; hopelessness; collisions; mind warps; honesty; depth; emotions; space travel; atmosphere; stars; darkness; etc.
Sounds Like: agony, drowning in your bathtub, inhaling smoke, being at war, tears dropping like bombs, splicing veins, floating on methane, feeling the ultraviolet rays through ozone...
Record Label: Foreshadow, Elevation, Chat Blanc, This Quiet Army
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Unconquered reviewed by Brainwashed

Thought this review deserved its own blog post, even though all the reviews for Unconquered are regrouped in an entry further below...++Thisquietarmy, "Unconquered" Written by Simon Marshall-Jones&nbs...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:05:00 PST

Blogspot & The Art Lover

I've started writing, and writing more here:thisquietarmy.blogspot.comThe layout is uglier, but somehow it just feels comfortable to write there than here, easier to update than my website. So if you ...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:38:00 PST

Unconquered Reviews (updated as they come in)

* The Silent Ballet (USA):http://www.thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/D etails/mid/384/ItemID/1322/Default.aspxExcerpt: "Unconquered is a fitting name for the release it presents unheard-of ...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Fri, 02 May 2008 12:57:00 PST

More blogging, an ontario recap & some heads-up

Hey hey - - -I've decided that I should write more in this blog, and make it more personal instead of just using it to make announcements. So let's start. How about a recap of the last few shows? I dr...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:14:00 PST

Thisquietarmy - Unconquered now available for order!

Hey everyone,My debut album 'Unconquered', released on Foreshadow is finally here! I am now taking orders, they will be officially available on April 1st.Prices are: 13$ shipped to...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:29:00 PST

Polish interview on 7kettles.com

Lukasz Warna-Wieslawski from Poland has conducted an email-interview with Thisquietarmy. Very good questions, I actually had a hard time answering them, mostly because I haven't thought much about thi...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:40:00 PST

Unconquered album out in march 2008; free MP3 single available now!

Thisquietarmy signs to Foreshadow Productions to release its debut album 'Unconquered', that will see the light in March 2008. Foreshadow is fairly new and upcoming record label from Krakow, Poland - ...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:36:00 PST

New song on Silber Sounds of Halloween Compilation

Hello, Hello!thisquietarmy has yet another new song out, this time on Silber Records (Lycia, Alan Sparkhawk, Plumerai, etc.), part of the Silber Sounds of Halloween compilation, along with 30+ other a...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:17:00 PST

String Theory out, new reviews, festival appearance, free downloads

Hello/Bonjour, Some news / Quelques nouvelles : : : ++ FREE DOWNLOADS / TÉLÉCHARGEMENT GRATUITS ++ This Quiet Army Records is offering free MP3s of the Out Of Print releases (TQA00...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:52:00 PST

Album ready says "release me". Meanwhile, new songs uploaded.

Hello, The album is pretty much done, eight new tracks running at about 48 minutes. It is still unmastered, but I am shopping around for a label before doing that... If anyone is interested, let ...
Posted by thisquietarmy on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:19:00 PST