'Canadian instrumentalists the Bell Orchestre formed in 2005 around the talents of bassist/percussionist/keyboardist Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), violinist Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire), drummer Stefan Schneider (the Luyas), French horn player Pietro Amato (Torngat, the Luyas), trumpet player Kaveh Nabatian, and lap steel guitar player Mike Feuerstack (Snailhouse). With influences that range from Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Talk Talk to Arvo Pärt and the Penguin Café Orchestra, the Montreal-based outfit cr...   [ read more ]

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The previous two years have been extremely busy for Kelly Pratt. Between touring with The Arcade Fire and Beirut and recording with Coldplay, Nina Persson, Final Fantasy, The Macabees, Bishop Allen, Herman Dune, and many others, there shouldn't be time to breathe, much less write songs. This busy sideman lifestyle, however, is the driving force behind Pratt's new project, Team B. While on tour in 2007-2008 with Arcade Fire and Beirut, he realized that downtime should be spent doing something more produc...   [ read more ]

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Bell Orchestre was born in an old dance studio in central Montreal. As dancers ran, froze and crashed into each other and footsteps echoed in their ears the music began to create itself, painting landscapes and underscoring bodies, communicating through powerful, wordless gestures... The band is: Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) on upright bass/ keyboard/ percussion, Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire) on violin, Stefan Schneider (IKS) on drums/percussion, Pietro Amato (Torngat) on French horn/electronics, and Kav...   [ read more ]

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