Iszoloscope
Encyclopedia
Iszoloscope is an industrial
band from Aylmer, Quebec
, currently based in Montreal
. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes. The band has performed at Germany's Maschinenfest
festival and released several albums and EPs on the Ant-Zen
record label.
, when Yann Faussurier and François Bénard met while working at a radio station as DJs. Bénard left the radio field just before the release of their first record, Coagulating Wreckage, and Faussurier has continued the project. In 2007 Faussurier was joined by Guillaume Nadon for live performances as well as the anticipated new Iszoloscope album. They have been working together ever since.
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
band from Aylmer, Quebec
Aylmer, Quebec
Aylmer is a former city in Quebec, Canada. It became a sector of the City of Gatineau on January 1, 2002. Located on the Ottawa River and Route 148 it is a part of the National Capital Region. The population in 2006 was 41 882 — approx. 16% of Gatineau...
, currently based in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes. The band has performed at Germany's Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest is a yearly, three-day underground music festival featuring industrial, power electronics, noise and other alternative electronic performers. There are both independent and signed bands who are booked to play, as well as many vendors for music and related paraphernalia...
festival and released several albums and EPs on the Ant-Zen
Ant-Zen
Ant-Zen Audio and Visual Arts is a German independent record label founded in 1994 by Stefan Alt , who serves as the art director. Visual arts from Ant-Zen are typically bleak but astonishing landscapes, or microscopic studies of what is often overlooked...
record label.
Members / History
Iszoloscope was created in 19991999 in music
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, when Yann Faussurier and François Bénard met while working at a radio station as DJs. Bénard left the radio field just before the release of their first record, Coagulating Wreckage, and Faussurier has continued the project. In 2007 Faussurier was joined by Guillaume Nadon for live performances as well as the anticipated new Iszoloscope album. They have been working together ever since.
Discography
- Coagulating Wreckage - CD (2001)
- Solistice - 7” (2001)
- Aquifère - CD (2002)
- The Blood Dimmed Tide (with Antigen ShiftAntigen ShiftAntigen Shift is an electro industrial band hailing from Ottawa, Canada led by Nick Thériault. The band takes its name from the medical phenomenon. He is currently working on his 6th release.-Background:...
) - CD3” (2002) - Tarmvred and Iszoloscope Do America (with TarmvredTarmvredTarmvred is a music group from Gothenburg, Sweden that is the brainchild of Jonas Johansson.-History:Johansson got his start musically by making his own remixes of tracks by Skinny Puppy and posting them online under the name Triptamine, in 1998...
) - CDEP (2003) - This Monstrosity is Part of My Fibric - 12” (2003)
- Au Seuil du Néant - 2CD (2003)
- Camanecroszcope (with Ah Cama-Sotz) - CD (2003)
- Iszoloscope and Ebola (with Ebola) - CDEP (2004)
- Les Gorges des Limbes - CD (2004)
- The Audient Void - CD (2005)
- Beyond Within - CD (2010)
- The Edge of Certainty - CD (2010)