Grimes
Album: Visions
Song: Genesis
Responsible Agent
Territories
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- South America
- Japan
- Rest of Asia
Avails
- time period:
- 2011
- situation:
- To support/package/festivals in summer/fall
Links
Assets
Grimes - Vanessa from Arbutus Records on Vimeo.
Bio
There is a powerful harmony in Grimes. It is a project which is both musical and visual, embodying the arts of 2D, performance, dance, video and sound. Claire Boucher weaves these together to a strong rhythmic effect, “the marriage between the voice of a human and the heartbeat of a machine” [Bullett Magazine]. Read More...
There is a powerful harmony in Grimes. It is a project which is both musical and visual, embodying the arts of 2D, performance, dance, video and sound. Claire Boucher weaves these together to a strong rhythmic effect, “the marriage between the voice of a human and the heartbeat of a machine” [Bullett Magazine].
Boucher, born in Vancouver, Canada, came to Montreal in 2006. Her experience as a performer is deeply embedded in the illegal DIY loft culture of Montreal, where Grimes was one of the prominent figures in the scene surrounding Lab Synthèse – a 4600sq ft re-appropriated textile factory. She developed in a scene where punk ethos and pop music collide, resulting in a distinct sense of community, religiosity and psychedelic revelry.
Visions, Grimes’ forthcoming record, arises as Boucher’s fourth release in less than two years. Geidi Primes (2010), initially released as a limited 30 cassette run and free download, then followed by Halfaxa (2010) – arguably one of the first witch-house or lo-fi R&B releases. On Darkbloom (2011), Grimes begins taking her first steps as a producer, bringing together the experimentation behind her early work and a cutting edge pop aesthetic.
Each album tackles a different set of influences and styles. Her newest album, Visions, incorporates influences as wide as Enya, TLC and Aphex Twin, drawing from genres like New Jack Swing, IDM, New Age, K-pop, Industrial and glitch. This approach has marked Grimes as a curator of culture, and allowed the project to remain flexible and evolving.
A phantasmic state for the deep listener, sourcing the long forgotten spells running alongside humans for centuries and forcing them through a hyper-futuristic filter. Compositional and vocal delivery are coloured with an emotional trauma. Despite a generally upbeat demeanour, an urgency permeates the music. Calling us between our history and the future it uses the pleasure of minimal rhythms and dance to entice, but beyond its rich, software-sculpted cohesiveness, and vocal energy, runs a very real and odd world.
She describes her work as “the only means through which I can be fully expressive. It is both an ethereal escape from, and a violent embrace of my experience. The creative process is a quest for the ultimate sensual, mystical and cathartic experience and the vehicle for my psychic purging.”
Career Highlights
- Grimes performs live on KEXP
- Grimes interviewed on NBC New York
- Grimes interviewed by MTV Hive
- Grimes' fashion featured on Elle Magazine
- Grimes interviewed by Lucky Magazine
- Grimess' live SxSW performance featured on MTV Hive
- Grimes' "Oblivion" video on Rolling Stone's Playlist
- Grimes' "Visions" release featured on BIllboard
- Grimes takes over Gorilla Vs. Bear to showcase inspirations
- Grimes is NME's #1 Most Exciting New Band Of 2012
- Grimes is one of SPIN's Best New Artists
- Grimes is Alternative Music's Band to Watch at SXSW 2012
- Grimes listed as Flavorpill's "Musicians that Should Be Famous"
- Grimes' "Genesis" is Pitchfork's Best New Track
- Grimes #1 on Gorilla VS Bear 2011 Cool List
Current Tours
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