Dany Janvier/Biobazar
Composer, writer and DJ
Dany Janvier is a multidisciplinary artist who works with both image
and sound. Specializing in chill-out electronic music, electronica,
IDM, ambient, and psytrance, he’s been part of the Canadian
electro-underground scene since 1998.
Uncompromising when it comes
to music, Dany Janvier creates his tracks as if they were a collage,
using eclectic elements from all kinds of sources. Film and other sound
clips, groovy ambient trance, traditional and electro-acoustic music,
world beat, baroque, and classical merge as Dany Janvier reunites art,
philosophy, fantasy, and spirituality. His unique style provides him
with infinite possibilities and revolutionizes conventions.
Dany
Janvier creates tracks like works of art in which unpredictable
melodies and structures follow complex composition systems. The listener
travels through musical landscapes that borrow from electro ambient,
down tempo, acid’s hallucinatory pulsations, and trance’s percussive
energy. Since 2005, Dany Janvier has produced nine original albums and
one Ep (in 2014) as part of his Biobazar project. In 2009, his “Festin
NU” album was nominated in the electronic-music album of the year
category by ADISQ. His most recent album, “Vitaphone” (2014) was
nominated in the electronic-music album of the year category by ADISQ.
Dany Janvier is now producing a tenth original album, which he expects
will be ready by the end of June 2015. He’d love to present this album
all over the world.
Biobazar has offered hundreds of live performances and DJ sets as part
of various shows and several Canadian electronic-music festivals –
including Tech Safari’s famous Eclipse Festival – even performing twice
in Europe, including at the Wax Club in 2008 as part of Brussels’
summer festival.
With Biobazar, Dany Janvier can offer a high quality show with live
video feed, both on his own (as a DJ) and with musicians. Biobazar’s
music has been used in a few short films and by a circus company in its
art happenings. Being baroque, fantastical and eclectic, Biobazar’s
music naturally complements art—whether it accompanies the movements of
dancers or inspires the creation work of visual artists.
With
Biobazar’s music, Dany Janvier is not trying to be the flavour of the
month: he wants his universe to reach those who enjoy 1970s psychedelic
space rock and progressive music as well as novice listeners who enjoy
electronic music but seek deeper sounds, different from common
electronica.
Dany
Janvier doesn’t believe in premade answers and he refuses the style
dogma that divide everything into simplistic categories. In his
reality, he trusts questions and experimentations more than preconceived
answers.
Currently working as an art and newspaper photographer, a
radio host and producer, a video director, cameraman and editor, he
also dabbled in painting in the 1990s. He enjoys taking part in every
aspect of creation/production to share his vision of daily beauty and
simplicity in this world.
Listen to DHR for your chance to hear Thé D'après Midi De Janvier.
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