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Montag is electropop, indie pop, ambient, electronic, cinematic, twee-leaning laptop pop, bright, dreamy sounds, ’60s lounge pop, ’80s synth pop. Montag, a solo French-Canadian musician Antoine Bédard, uses paper cuts, metal pieces, autoharps, some violin, a melodium, and traditional percussion in his compositions. Listening to Montag is like walking through a digital forest, where electronic sounds meet acoustic instruments. He simply tries to create a personal soundscape that is filled with pop elements and is undeniably turned towards the future.

Montag has a knack for creating miniature symphonies and little electronic pop songs like “Best Boy Electric” that are brimming with life and vigor. His songs have gorgeous instrumentation.

Montag’s tracks can provide a rich-textured background to your projects.

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Montag Portrait

Montag is Antoine Bédard, a solo French-Canadian musician based in Vancouver, Canada. Born in Gaspé, Québec and raised in the icy Kuujuak in Québecs north and Montréal, Montag is regarded as one of Canada’s most distinctive electronic musicians. Montag is celebrated among music aficionados for his sophisticated compositions, mixing analog, electronic, and acoustic instruments into rich soundscapes and melodies. He earned international acclaim for 2005s “Alone, Not Alone” (released by Carpark Records/Gooom Disques, France). In an enthusiastic nod to the albums dip into nostalgia, Montag’s droll lyrics and gorgeous, slightly icy melodies, expand upon the traditions of the ’60s French pop icons.

On his forthcoming album, “Going Places” (released by Carpark Records), Montag embraces vivid, confident arrangements, exploding his previously minimalist sound into symphonies of incandescent electronic pop. Keeping his warm signature style of analog synths, layered vocals and detailed acoustic instrumentation, Montag charts new territory, sounding richer and brighter than ever.

On the title track, “Going Places,” Montag recruits 70 collaborators from 15 different countries. Wishing to capture new sounds and to charge the song with a real sense of traveling, Montag launched an open call for clips with the online “We Have Sound Cyber-Collaboration Project.” The result is a condensed collage of motion and travel and a sort of thesis statement for the entire album. “Going Places” is an experience of the love of music, life and movement.

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