Previously known as Ghislain Poirier, henceforth he will be known as just Poirier (he promise to never reduce it to a Prince like symbol)!
Fresh off touring in support of the "Soca Sound System" EP (which saw him traveling the world solo and with Daedelus, South Rakkas Crew, and others), Poirier is shifting gears to run riddims.
In advance of his next EP "Run The Riddim" (28th September), which will feature cuts with Jamaican dancehall legend Burro Banton, long time collaborators Face-T & MC Zulu, as well as UK reggae sensation YT, Poirier is hitting UK/Europe with MC Zulu in tow.
Poirier's bass will blast through any flimsy attempt to classify his music. While the purists struggle to label his sound as either dancehall, soca, or electro, Poirier just takes what needs from all three and unleashes the result in a raw dance floor frenzy. Poirier's tracks are sparse landscapes of Caribbean drums made superhuman with pulsating, pitch-shifting, and infectious bass and synth patterns. His style evolves and tears through new genres constantly, leaving a world-wide trail of packed, chaotic dance floors in its wake.
Great Live Footage - Bridge Burner 09 :
7/10 - LONDON (UK) - Fabric - feat. MC Zulu - MAIN ROOM 10pm-11pm
7/11 - MONTREUX (CH) - Festival de Jazz - Live set w/ drummer and feat. MC Zulu
7/12 - LEIPZIG (GERMANY) - Splash Festival - feat. MC Zulu
7/15 - COPENHAGEN (DAN) - Midweek Brakes - KB18 - feat. MC Zulu
7/16 - DOUR (BELGIUM) - Festival de Dour - feat. MC Zulu
7/17 - LUXEMBOURG - D:qliq - feat. MC Zulu
7/18 - WINCHESTER (UK) - Glade Festival - feat. MC Zulu
Run The Riddim is the 2nd in a series of 3 EP's being released this year. All leading up to next album in 2010.
Artist Site : http://www.poiriersound.com/ http://www.myspace.com/poiriersound
Fresh off touring in support of the "Soca Sound System" EP (which saw him traveling the world solo and with Daedelus, South Rakkas Crew, and others), Poirier is shifting gears to run riddims.
In advance of his next EP "Run The Riddim" (28th September), which will feature cuts with Jamaican dancehall legend Burro Banton, long time collaborators Face-T & MC Zulu, as well as UK reggae sensation YT, Poirier is hitting UK/Europe with MC Zulu in tow.
Poirier's bass will blast through any flimsy attempt to classify his music. While the purists struggle to label his sound as either dancehall, soca, or electro, Poirier just takes what needs from all three and unleashes the result in a raw dance floor frenzy. Poirier's tracks are sparse landscapes of Caribbean drums made superhuman with pulsating, pitch-shifting, and infectious bass and synth patterns. His style evolves and tears through new genres constantly, leaving a world-wide trail of packed, chaotic dance floors in its wake.
Great Live Footage - Bridge Burner 09 :
7/10 - LONDON (UK) - Fabric - feat. MC Zulu - MAIN ROOM 10pm-11pm
7/11 - MONTREUX (CH) - Festival de Jazz - Live set w/ drummer and feat. MC Zulu
7/12 - LEIPZIG (GERMANY) - Splash Festival - feat. MC Zulu
7/15 - COPENHAGEN (DAN) - Midweek Brakes - KB18 - feat. MC Zulu
7/16 - DOUR (BELGIUM) - Festival de Dour - feat. MC Zulu
7/17 - LUXEMBOURG - D:qliq - feat. MC Zulu
7/18 - WINCHESTER (UK) - Glade Festival - feat. MC Zulu
Run The Riddim is the 2nd in a series of 3 EP's being released this year. All leading up to next album in 2010.
"Setting his sights on Soca this time, Poirier invigorates the style with an almost technofied drum palette and nitrous fuelled synthlines giving the already rampantly uptempo and wildout sound a focussed ravers edge that'll bite any UK dancefloor in half."
BOOMKAT
"One of the best things about Poirier is that when he remixes a song he has little to no respect for anything about said song other than its empty spaces because he can fill them with exploding bass."
THE FADER
"Ghislain's new soca ep is AMAZING. Uptempto dancefloor euphoria with his massive roughneck sound. it's also really great to see Mr Slaughter on hear -- these tunes will reach Trini and BK carnival for sure. Who's afraid of 160bpm+? LARGE!"
dj/rupture
"Run, jump, scream, South Rakkas Crew says whine pan di Soca Sound System. Ghislain your killin' me!"
South Rakkas Crew
"Poirier's music is the sound of a new Montreal."
David Dacks in EXCLAIM
"Montreal's indie guitar bands got plenty of coverage last year, but in 2008 they might be usurped by Ninja Tunessigned hip-hop producer Poirier. The French-Canuck connoisseur of grime, booty bass, ragga and "world riddum idioms" makes music that is accessible, innovative and above all danceable."
James McNair in THE INDEPENDENT - UK
Artist Site : http://www.poiriersound.com/ http://www.myspace.com/poiriersound
