Wapstan
Encyclopedia
Wapstan is the name of the main musical project of Canadian
noise
musician Martin Sasseville (1980 - ...) based in Montreal
, Quebec
. Originally formed in Saguenay
as a project to create experimental sounds influenced by the experience of coldness, Wapstan based most of his sounds as a tribute of the north. The Wapstan sound is often self-described as "hypothermic drones". Wapstan's sound was originally constructed as a vitalist ambiance opposed to the general pessimism of the noise scene. Since its moving to Montreal in 2003, Wapstan started performing live and has performed many shows in Montreal as well as New England and central Canada.
Most Wapstan releases are on its own record label Brise-Cul Records under the CD-R
format. The record label is also mainly focused on releasing similar sounding artists as well as many Montreal artists such as Kvik
, Grkzgl, Gmackrr, Midwifery, Les Temps Liquides, Monday Morning Erection, Dead Bush and many others.
Wapstan also have done split with many underground artists such as Envenomist, Pon De Replay, Grkzgl, Kapali Carsi, Rei Rea, Robe., Seplophobia, Never Presence Forever, Crotch
, Hebeeb...
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...
noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
musician Martin Sasseville (1980 - ...) 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...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. Originally formed in Saguenay
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
as a project to create experimental sounds influenced by the experience of coldness, Wapstan based most of his sounds as a tribute of the north. The Wapstan sound is often self-described as "hypothermic drones". Wapstan's sound was originally constructed as a vitalist ambiance opposed to the general pessimism of the noise scene. Since its moving to Montreal in 2003, Wapstan started performing live and has performed many shows in Montreal as well as New England and central Canada.
Most Wapstan releases are on its own record label Brise-Cul Records under the CD-R
CD-R
A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
format. The record label is also mainly focused on releasing similar sounding artists as well as many Montreal artists such as Kvik
KVIK
KVIK is an American radio station licensed to serve Decorah, the county seat of Winneshiek County, Iowa. The station is owned by Wennes Communications Stations, Inc.KVIK broadcasts a classic hits music format to northeast Iowa...
, Grkzgl, Gmackrr, Midwifery, Les Temps Liquides, Monday Morning Erection, Dead Bush and many others.
Partial discography
- L’ivresse et le froid (Brise-Cul, 2004)
- L’appel du Vent (Audiobot, 2005)
- Trompe la mort (X Died En Route Y, 2005)
- Waiting For Winter (Brise-Cul, 2005)
- Vingt-Cinq (Brise-Cul, Québec, 2005)
- Transcending Hypothermia (Brise-Cul, 2006)
- Hans Island (Knife In The Toaster, 2006)
- Il Fait Froid, Je Sais Que C’est Froid (Nurse Etiquette,2006)
- Of Zero And The Void (Run Down Sun, 2006)
- Thunder On The Tundra(Landscape Sounds to Scare Gods) (Pasalymany Tapes, 2006)
- Wolfuck (Brise-Cul, 2007)
- Saturnales (INYRDISK, 2007)
- The Gallery (Brise-Cul, 2007)
- Distant Thunder (Chondritic Sounds, 2008)
- Stoneham (Brise-Cul, 2010)
- Monolith Thunder (Brise-Cul, 2010)
- Winter is War (Brise-Cul, 2010)
- Old Age (Brise-Cul, 2010)
Wapstan also have done split with many underground artists such as Envenomist, Pon De Replay, Grkzgl, Kapali Carsi, Rei Rea, Robe., Seplophobia, Never Presence Forever, Crotch
Crotch
The term crotch may be used to describe the region of an object where it splits into two or more limbs. This can include trees, animals, buildings, in wiring diagrams, etc....
, Hebeeb...