Last Ex is a Canadian experimental musical duo composed of Olivier Fairfield and Simon Trottier. The pair released one self-titled album.
History edit
Simon Trottier and Olivier Fairfield (also of the group Timber Timbre) had worked on a soundtrack to a horror film, The Last Exorcism Part II, in 2012, but their music ended up not being used in the film.[1] The pair reworked the unused material and recorded parts with other members of Timber Timbre at a studio Fairfield owned.[2] The tracks included analogue tape loops and some melodic lines from violinist Mika Posen.[3] Constellation Records released the album under the Last Ex moniker in October 2014,[4] only a few months after the release of Timber Timbre's album Hot Dreams.[5]
During October and November 2014, Last Ex opened shows headlined by Timber Timbre in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Switzerlands, and the Netherlands.[6][7] The band then did some performing in Ontario and Quebec through 2015,[8][9] including an appearance at Toronto's Wavelength Festival.[10]
Discography edit
- Last Ex (Constellation Records, 2014)
References edit
- ^ Review of Last Ex, Pop Matters, by Ian King, 4 December 2014
- ^ Last Ex biography, Allmusic
- ^ "Last Ex: né de la cuisse de Timber Timbre". La Presse, 04 December 2014, Alain Brunet.
- ^ Timber Timbre Spinoff Last Ex to Release Album Based on Scrapped Horror Movie Score. Exclaim!, August 20, 2014.
- ^ Last Ex review, Line of Best Fit. Thomas Ingham / 10 October 2014
- ^ Video Premiere: Last Ex, "Girl Seizure" Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Drowned in Sound, September 25, 2014.
- ^ "Two Timber Timbre members charting a distinct course for Last Ex". Erik Leijon, Montreal Gazette, December 8, 2014
- ^ "Last Ex St. Alban's Anglican Church, Ottawa ON, February 3". Exclaim!. Calum Slingerland, Feb 04, 2015
- ^ "Not the Last Time with Last Ex". Montreal Rampage, November 9, 2015. by Natalia Kalicki
- ^ "Photos: Wavelength Music Festival 15 (Day 2) @ Polish Combatants Hall". Aesthetic Magazine ⋅ February 15, 2015