Unravelled Broken Orchestra is an avant garde ensemble based in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. With a core of regular players (Christopher Friesen, Terence Fuller, Jaret McNabb, Fletcher Pratt, Robert Turnbull) and an open door policy to others, they create unique soundscapes that are equally inspired by Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

 and Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

. Their debut cd Centre of the Universe in Reverse was independently released late 2005. They recently revised their name to..."broken orchestra of winnipeg"

Ensemble Members (past and present)

• Joshua Ayers - drums. also performs with Filament, Funk Dubois. Pope's Daughter
• Corey Biluk - drums. also performs with The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks are an indie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band formed in 2000 after the disbanding of popular local Winnipeg punk-rock act The Bonaduces. The band is heavily involved with the local Winnipeg music scene with close ties to such bands as The Weakerthans and Novillero....
  
  
• Darcy Bunio - guitar. also performs with Head Hits Concrete
  Head Hits Concrete
  Head Hits Concrete is a political grindcore band that formed in April 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Between 1999 and 2004 the band recorded a cassette demo, 3 EPs and split records with My Minds Mine and Bodies Lay Broken. Head Hits Concrete went on extended hiatus in 2004, but reformed for a...
  
   and Prague
  Prague
  Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
  
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• Alexander Campbell - didgeridoo. also performs with Funk Dubois
• Kevin Chubey - spoken word.
• Robert Dickson - electronics. also performs with Nagasaki
• Breanna Duffill - percussion.
• Brendan Ehinger - keyboard. also performed with Vagiants
• David Fort - percussion. also performs with Absent Sound
• Christopher Friesen - bass, keyboard, percussion, drums, vocals, saxophone, balloon.
• Terence Fuller - bass, drum machine, found percussion, balloon, 4-track. also performs with Gone
  Gone (band)
  Gone is a three-piece punk-based instrumental rock band, formed by Greg Ginn in late 1985. Originally, Gone was a side project to his main group, Black Flag.-Biography:...
  
  , Repulsive Bile, Skeletonne
• Eric Gallipo - guitar, keyboard, trumpet. myspace link
• Doreen Girard - cello.
• Joshua Granowski - stand-up bass.
• Christopher Hepola - drums.
• Luke Heiken - guitar, gadgets, keyboards, bass, drum
• D'alton Hindle - guitar, trombone, gadgets.
• Cameron Johnson - gadgets, found percussion, sampler, mixer, balloon. also performs with This Camera is Red
• Samuel Koulack - drums, guitar, found percussion, balloon.
• Ian La Rue - guitar. also performs with Ian La Rue & The Condor, At Sea and formerly with The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks are an indie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band formed in 2000 after the disbanding of popular local Winnipeg punk-rock act The Bonaduces. The band is heavily involved with the local Winnipeg music scene with close ties to such bands as The Weakerthans and Novillero....
  
  
• Daniel Layman - electronics. also performs with Nagasaki
• Kris Manikum - electronics.
• Steven Martens - drums. also performs with The Idjits
• Kevin Maclean - keyboards, trombone.
• Jaret McNabb - bass, guitar, keyboard, balloon, recording. also performs with The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks are an indie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band formed in 2000 after the disbanding of popular local Winnipeg punk-rock act The Bonaduces. The band is heavily involved with the local Winnipeg music scene with close ties to such bands as The Weakerthans and Novillero....
  
  
• Robert Menard - drums. also performs with Absent Sound
• Stephane Oystryk - guitar, balloon. also performs with ...and then nothing
• Fletcher Pratt - guitar, microphone, gadgets, balloon, recording.
• Robert Ross - saxophone.
• Sarah Sangster - guitar. also performs with Anthem Red
• Tyler Shipley
  Tyler Shipley
  Tyler Shipley is a songwriter, musician and political activist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is best known for a political pop band called The Consumer Goods who have released three records since 2005, toured across Canada and received critical acclaim in North America and Europe...
  
   - banjo, spoken word. also performs with The Consumer Goods
  The Consumer Goods
  The Consumer Goods are a Canadian indie rock/pop band originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their wickedly incisive and politically-charged music has earned both praise and contempt, but rarely disinterest...
  
  
• David Sweatman - percussion. also performs with Sortie Real
• Robert Turnbull - guitar. also performs with Funk Dubois, Pope's Daughter