Program

Lead by vocalist and songwriter Xavier Paradis who has long garnered a cult underground following with his solo minimal synth project ARNAUD LAZLAUD active in Canada since the late 90’s, the band was formed in 2006 and is a welcome new addition to the international wing of the Wierd Records community in Brooklyn. Like labelmates LED ER EST and FRANK (JUST FRANK) AUTOMELODI combines guitars with synthesizers and drum machines to create a truly idiosyncratic, cerebrally sophisticated, and elegantly composed album of modern minimal electronic music.

Highly unique for a North American band in 2010, AUTOMELODI proudly embraces the infinitely rich ground of French pop musical influences - including the legendary chanteurs of the 60’s and 70’s, classic French Cold Wave, Minimal Synth and early UK New Wave. The album carefully weaves together a series of hook-laden uptempo pop trax with with a set of stylishly confident, yet vulnerably melancholic downtempo songs that allow the listener to catch his misty breath in the mix, with nearly all vocals smoothly delivered in French.

MEMBERS:
Xavier Paradies (Vox, Synth)
Simon Poirier (Guitar)