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Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres |
Post-industrial EBM Electronica Industrial Electro-industrial Alternative dance |
Years active | 1986–present |
Labels | Artoffact Records |
Members | Claude Charnier Christian Pomerleau |
Headscan is a Canadian music duo, composed of electronic musician Claude Charnier and singer Christian Pomerleau, based in Montreal, Quebec. [1] The pair combines dark trance and industrial dancefloor-oriented electronic and acoustic music. [2]
Charnier and Pomerleau have been active in Montreal’s local alternative music scene, [3] particularly within the techno industrial outfit Insurgent. Their first album, Shaper and Mechanist, was released in 2001, and was a theme album based on work of novelist Bruce Sterling. [4] [2]
In 2005 they released two singles, as well as an album, Pattern Recognition. Reviews were mixed. [5] [6] [7] Their music was released on Artoffact Records and licensed in Europe to Alfa Matrix. In 2008 the band played at the Kinetik Festival, and their single "Lolife" was included on a compilation CD, KINETIK FESTIVAL VOLUME 2.
Headscan | |
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Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres |
Post-industrial EBM Electronica Industrial Electro-industrial Alternative dance |
Years active | 1986–present |
Labels | Artoffact Records |
Members | Claude Charnier Christian Pomerleau |
Headscan is a Canadian music duo, composed of electronic musician Claude Charnier and singer Christian Pomerleau, based in Montreal, Quebec. [1] The pair combines dark trance and industrial dancefloor-oriented electronic and acoustic music. [2]
Charnier and Pomerleau have been active in Montreal’s local alternative music scene, [3] particularly within the techno industrial outfit Insurgent. Their first album, Shaper and Mechanist, was released in 2001, and was a theme album based on work of novelist Bruce Sterling. [4] [2]
In 2005 they released two singles, as well as an album, Pattern Recognition. Reviews were mixed. [5] [6] [7] Their music was released on Artoffact Records and licensed in Europe to Alfa Matrix. In 2008 the band played at the Kinetik Festival, and their single "Lolife" was included on a compilation CD, KINETIK FESTIVAL VOLUME 2.