Paul Brousseau

PAUL BROUSSEAUKeyboards, sampling, guitar He is, at times, a Cartésian pianist with a pure sense of compositional construction (in the vein of Debussy, Satie, Steve Reich). He is, at other times, an explorer of sounds using keyboards and analogue synth as well as real time sampling techniques. Paul Brousseau is a young musician multi- instrumentalist: piano (occasionally arranged), synthesizers, various keyboards, guitars, basses, percussion... Hes a self- taught artist and an interpreter of a wide array of musical styles. He likes to improvise around an idea, create a mood, dress up a melody, grind up a sound, make a noise, break a string, caress a piano, and all the rest too. In the age of Broadband internet and the electronic market, with cars that still run on petrol although we could very well use GM crops, Paul is an artist of his time. On the one hand, he fascinates us with wonderful shiny machines and yet, on the other hand he is never far from the rude, the ugly and gross. He has one finger convincingly in many musical styles whilst pushing to the very limits of their established codes and protocols. Paul is searching for a secret formula, which perhaps doesnt exist: an amalgam of innovation, tradition, and good sense of humour that shows us his personal perspective on the world today.