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Feuermusik

About Me

Feuermusik (pronounced FOY-er-mu-zik) is Jeremy Strachan (woodwinds) and Gus Weinkauf (percussion). This Toronto-based duo has been writing and performing since 2004. Their music may inaccurately be described as experimental or jazz or experimental jazz. Their first record, Goodbye, Lucille (2006, independent) features nine arrangements for various woodwind ensembles and percussion. Their second record, No Contest (2008, Standard Form) features eight arrangements for the same. Both releases are extensions of their live performances as a duo. Strachan and Weinkauf have been active as musicians in the Toronto area for the last decade, and count amongst their greatest influences the talented and inspiring musicians with whom they have played over the years.

No Contest is released on Standard Form Printing and Publishing and is available for online purchase at The Blue House and Zunior.com .

Goodbye, Lucille is available for purchase in Toronto at Rotate This, Soundcapes and more locations coming soon. International and non-regional orders can be placed at The Blue House and Zunior.com .

Some reviews and press-type things

"...an impressively unique vision and a sound light years removed from anything else they or their contemporaries have attempted." NOW Magazine , NNNNN (out of 5)"Weinkauf's spastic attack is the perfect foil for Jeremy Strachan's mesmerizing woodwinds." Eye Magazine , **** (out of 5)"...gloriously like Rahsaan Roland Kirk soaring above Fela Kuti's entire Afrobeat orchestra...One of the finds of the year." The Globe and Mail

"One of the more encouraging signs of the Torontopian sensibility." Exclaim
"Goodbye, Lucille sounds like nothing else I've heard all year, and that’s a fairly respectable achievement considering I've heard more weird shit than a sane person could handle." Foxy Digitalis , (8/10)
Also worthy of note: Feuermusik's set recorded at the Now Lounge in Toronto on March 11, 2006 as part of the AIMToronto Interface Series with Lori Freedman is released on Done Records .

Affliliations, Past and Current

I am Robot and Proud

The Hylozoists

Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto

ETAOIN SHRDLU

Sea Snakes

Rockets Red Glare

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/07/2006
Band Website: http://www.feuermusik.ca
Band Members: Jeremy Strachan, woodwinds; Gus Weinkauf, percussion
Sounds Like: Trash-can-busted-up-broken-reed-blues
Record Label: Standard Form/Outside

My Blog

News!!! - Best Of '08s, reviews, big band DVD and airtime

Just an update in the land of all things FM:Gus is doing marvelously in Montreal, and we continue to play here and there.CBC will be featuring our set from LOLA last Sept. next monday on "The Signal" ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:08:00 GMT

FM Live on CBC Radio 2's "The Signal" next Monday

Howdy, Tune into the Signal on CBC Radio 2 (94.1 in Toronto and online at cbc.ca/radio) next Monday at 10pm. Our set at the London Ontario Live Arts Festival from last September will be airing!
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:06:00 GMT

New Feuermusik record!!

Well, it's finally done and mastered! "No Contest" will be released on Standard Form this spring, and we'll be putting together a mammoth release show in Toronto in June. More details on that to come....
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:02:00 GMT

SOCAN Echo Prize nominees!

First blog entry!We are honored to be one of the five finalists nominated for the 2007 SOCAN Echo songwriting prize. Many thanks go to panelist Carl Wilson for putting our song "Doppelspiel" forward. ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:22:00 GMT