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VIDEO - Dancing in Chains

From the album BLINK
Directed by Thien Vu Dang

Div An Or Ange

mmarmel filmed us


AKIDO - MIA remix

MIA Pullup (aKido Remix)

AKIDO on ESPN

Montreal wonderkids MOMENT FACTORY asked aKido to remix the track Dancing in Chains for a ESPN Europe/South America promo. Check it out.

Sodac : Music Composition Grant

I just got the news that I will be awarded a grant from the SODAC organisation on May 22nd. The jury has approved my project of composing a piece for String Quartet and Hurdy Gurdy. Hopefully i’ll get these pieces by the end of the summer.

SLEEVEFACE

By Ingrid Vallus and Vincent Ferlat.
More sleevefaces here.

Strings

Prix de la Releve 2008 Award - CMCC

Yesterday, Kim was awarded Prix de la Releve 2008 from the Conseil de la Culture et des Communications de la Montérégie.

More info can be found here and a press release is here.(in french)

Conseil des Arts & des Lettres du Quebec - Grant

What a great way to start the year! The CALQ has awarded me a grant to compose a String Quartet. This will be my first attempt at writing a piece for strings! For years I have been writing bits and pieces on the piano which I always imagined played by strings.

CBC Radio - BUCKY AWARDS NOMINATION

We’re nominated for our song ‘Dancing in Chains’ in the Catchiest Hook category, alongside Feist and Buck 65.

The Bucky Awards are CBC Radio 3’s annual year-end awards in Canadian music, and the winners are decided by Canada’s music fans in online voting at http://radio3.cbc.ca/buckyawards

Voting runs from Nov 1 – Nov 30, 2007. Winners will be unveiled in a special live broadcast on cbcradio3.com during the week of December 17th, 2007.

Here is a look at the selection process:

Montreal Spectrum - Bande a Part (CBC) 5th