Rich Aucoin w/ SHEBAD!

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Event type: Ages 19+

Join us on Saturday, July 15 as we celebrate the return of Rich Aucoin to Elora! Joining him all the way from Guelph, ON are future RFE2023 performers, SHEBAD! 

Tickets: $25 in adv. - more at the door
Doors at 8:30
19+
EBC is general admission, standing room only! 

Rich Aucoin (Halifax, NS)
http://richaucoin.ca/

A multi-sensory spectacle of a show “Part Daft Punk-inflected Dan Deacon, part DIY-driven Flaming Lips as filtered through Girl Talk” (Austin Chronicle). A band of keyboards/synths/guitar/bass/drums/horns playing in sync to everything from old films to Youtube videos. An interactive show which can be viewed like theatre or immersive; underneath a large parachute from kindergarten and a sea of confetti.

 Aucoin has been long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize twice. His music video for “Brian Wilson is A.L.I.V.E.” won the Prism Prize. Aucoin has built a reputation as one of the best live shows in Canada according to CBC Radio3. His albums sync to old movies like Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon with The Wizard of Oz. He has performed at dozens of festivals including Osheaga, Great Escape, Les Eurockéennes, Berlin Music Fest, Art Basel Miami, Luminato Art Fest, Iceland Airwaves, SXSW, and Pop Montreal. He has won 5 Nova Scotia Music Awards and 3 ECMAs and has been nominated 11 times. He won Best New Artist at the Canadian Indies. “How It Breaks” went #1 on the CBC Top 20 Countdown. His music videos and streams have garnered over 2 million views. He cycled across Canada and the US for music tours for charities.

SHEBAD (Guelph, ON)
https://shebad.ca

“Music that exists in a sonic world of its own. That really is the only way to describe the sophisticated debut by the group SHEBAD” – Laila Biali, CBC Radio

Vibrant and alive, the multidimensional entity SHEBAD releases their five song debut EP show us it’s real. “This is the manifestation of Mark and I’s life force energy.” Says co-lead and voice Claire Voy, “A first demonstration of who we are as musicians and beings, and a true introduction to what SHEBAD has to offer.”

After the success of their form bending single Terra, its home EP is here. Hitting over 230,000 streams globally, Terra has found itself on multiple radio stations including CBC and NPR’s L.A based KCWR; opening the doorway to performance opportunities across Ontario and BC, sharing the stage with Juno award winning artists such as Dear Rouge, JESSIA and Snotty Nose Rez Kidz.

With roots in Alternative Jazz, Neo-Soul and Psychedelic R&B, the recordings were home produced and recorded by Claire and Mark with instrumental appearances by their live coparties Toby Binder (Drums), Nathan Klassen (Sax/Trumpet), Shawn Fisher (Violin) and Simon Pequignat (Guitar). The EP exists in a sonic world of its own.

For Claire, the drive to produce visual art is equally compelling to that which informs the duo’s music creation. All of the cover art for SHEBAD’s subsequent releases, show us it’s realincluded, have been created by Claire through a combination of photographic, digital, and painted techniques.

“Music is an open landscape for so many other forms of art to live in and around. I’m fascinated by the way they interact with each other to form worlds of their own, worlds that create themselves from the textures of emotion, colour, sound, and feeling. I spend a lot of time in worlds that other artists and musicians have created, whether it’s for adventure or understanding or love. It’s exciting to know we’re creating a world of our own for people to visit and discover for themselves.”

Their live performances of the EP have accrued a cult following in Guelph, selling out over 170 tickets for their EP release celebration. The five-piece band consists of Vocals/Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys/Synth and Horns.

“The process of creating the five tracks on show us its real has deepened our love for life’s journeys in ways we couldn’t have imagined. Open yourself and enjoy.”

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