Guillaume Coutu Dumont - Les EmpiresCA/QC
Guillaume Coutu-Dumont's prolific career spans multiple musical groups, influences and countries. Originally a student of electroacoustics and Latin and classical percussion, Coutu-Dumont entered the Montréal techno and microhouse scene in the early 2000’s with groups such as EGG,Chic Miniature and LUCI, before heading to Paris and Berlin. The years spent abroad saw him play and tour extensively as Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts or as Guillaume & the Side Effects (a five piece band) and produce records as MUSEUM or The Per Eckbo Orchestra.
Back in Montréal a decade later, he reignited Flabbergast with Vincent Lemieux, released an EP under the moniker Vieux Renard and launched Auflassen, a trio of live drums, keyboards and electronics. His latest endeavour to date, Les Empires, is a synth heavy piece inspired by science fiction and mythology. After having the opportunity of performing the project successfully a few times in front of a live audience in 2020 and in 2021, the release of the debut album of Les Empires will be announced shortly.
Inspired by Krautrock veterans Manuel Göttsching and Tangerine Dream and more recently by artists like Alessandro Cortini or Caterina Barbieri, Guillaume Coutu Dumont composes retro-futuristic pieces full of warmth and imperfections, typical of the ambient synthetic sounds of another era. Originally a student of electroacoustics and Latin and classical percussion, Coutu-Dumont entered the Montréal techno and microhouse scene in the early 2000's before heading to Paris and Berlin, where he played and toured extensively as Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts or as Guillaume & the Side Effects. Back in Montréal a decade later, he reignited Flabbergast with Vincent Lemieux, released an EP under the moniker Vieux Renard, and launched Auflassen, a trio of live drums, keyboards and electronics, with his latest endeavour being the synth-heavy project Les Empires, inspired by science fiction and mythology.
