Yannick Belanger : keyboard, electronic percussions, voice
Chrystian Bourassa : keyboard, programming, voice
Ghislain Caya : sampling, keyboard, programming, voice

AMALGAME 1991-1994 Lyrics     Si tu m'appelles   3:02 Lyrics     Viens vers moi   3:30 Lyrics     Dites-moi pourquoi ?   2:32 Lyrics     Paradis d'enfer   3:47 Lyrics     Cirque   4:14 Lyrics     Cage de chair   2:33 Lyrics     Reste ici   3:36 Lyrics     Les cadrans du temps   3:47 Lyrics     Enfant de pluie   3:18 Lyrics     Seul ce soir   3:25 Lyrics     Noire priere   3:17 Album cover by Ghislain Caya © Amalgame 1994 - All Rights Reserved

Amalgame, a French techno-pop trio formed in 1991, based in Montreal.  Their music, mostly influenced by the composing style and techniques of Brian Eno, mixed with some sonic landscapes "a la Depeche Mode", the resulting at the time was unique.

They started to write music together for the biggest and the most famous contest in Quebec ( l'Empire des Futures Stars BUD CKOI FM ) with three months to put together a show, composing the songs and learning them... They succeeded.  During that time, they did a lot of shows and events in the French community, just to name a few :

L'Empire des Futures Stars BUD CKOI FM, 1992 edition.
Energy BLACK LABEL CKMF FM, 1992 edition.
Le Pouvoir de la chanson CJDM FM, radio contest, 1992 edition.
The Muscular Dystrophy Canada Telethon, Montreal, September 6th, 1993.
La Releve Francophone, at Club Soda, 1993 edition.
Assistance & help center from LUPA, at Ladauversiere parc, 1993 edition.
Le Festival d'Expression Libre de Laval, 1993 edition.
Demo Maniac with Pascale Guilbault CISM FM, 1994 edition.

In 1993, they been involved in a recording of a promotional CD compilation DEMO DE LUXE #3 which was distributed in 500 community radio stations throught Canada, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany.

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