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Jade Leary

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Jade Leary is a fiercely independent artist from Montreal. A multi-instrumentist , he has played with renowned avant-rock musicians Bernard Falaise and Remi Leclerc (Miriodor, Klaxon Gueule, Foodsoon, Barnyard Drama) in various projects. The front-man of defunct alternative bands The Sleeping Signature and SoulCirkus, he has been pursuing a very prolific solo career for the past seven years, releasing six albums (including an EP) that have taken more and more of an intimate and introspective turn. His fascination for music in relation to visuals brought him to the world of television where he has scored soundtracks for several documentaries and series.

In 2002, well before the current wave of digital downloads, he initiated a project called FairPlay - a distribution model for the new millennium that urged musicians to take matters in their own hands and distribute their music as digital files under a shareware type license. Although the project has since folded he continues to believe in its underlying principles, which are now present in projects like Magnatune and Gabriel/Eno's MUDDA.
Jade Leary's latest solo release is Black Glitter Diaries.

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Member Since: 3/23/2006
Band Website: http://www.jadeleary.com
Influences: Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Cure, The Doors, Genesis (Gabriel era!!!), Van der Graaf Generator, Bauhaus, Soundgarden, Robert Wyatt.
Record Label: Magnatune
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Creation; slavery.

Wow. How things change. Reading my last entry here feels like looking back ten years ago. And yet it's only just been a season - a long and dreary winter season.I'll be father to a little girl called ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:16:00 GMT

Shape of things

After the Miriodor photoshoot last Saturday, I spent the evening drinking and listening to music with Bernard and Nico - at Berns apartment. Hes into a big roots trip these days so we were knee deep...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:14:00 GMT

Hail - and the pretender

First, something from the NYT that had me laughing yesterday morning:"Really, if McCain is going to keep changing into new people, the campaign should send out notices. (Come to a rally for the next p...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:17:00 GMT

Pain. The well. The moon.

In-keeping with the spirits I'm in these days, I've just posted a new idea in the Lab Unit section of my site. Also - prompted by a conversation with Erwin - I bit the bullet last night and got all t...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Death of a Nation

Yesterday I heard an interview on the radio with a delegate from the Republican convention: "I'm a conservative." he said "This country was founded on conservative values". No. It wasn't. That's revis...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:48:00 GMT

20

As in Untitled 20 - another post in the infamous Lab Unit. Also check out this Audiosurf video from Aaron Duty if you get a chance. I think it's a really cool idea. I'm watching the Democratic conv...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:28:00 GMT

Rise

Just a head's up to another draft in The Lab Unit. I think I need to start thinking about which ones I'm going to keep. I just feel a little odd contemplating the possibility of another album when pus...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:52:00 GMT

if we were an island, a fish or a bottomless sound&

Ok, it sounds a little existential... it's just the title of a new draft in the Lab Unit. Check it out here if you want...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:47:00 GMT

New draft and Worpress

I've just posted a new draft in the Lab Unit. I've also switched my official site to Wordpress 2.6 - more info at www.jadeleary.comLater!
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:47:00 GMT

BBC: the links

For those who missed it, here are links to Tom Robinson's show (it actually aired on Sunday):- Radio show- PodcastLater!
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:08:00 GMT