Réjean Julien
Songwriter.

Originally from Quebec, he is a guitarist, also plays lap steel, yukulele, didgeridoo and keyboards. From 1982 to 1990, Réjean was the singer and guitarist of the group Shower Team. They will present more than 500 shows during this period and will make several recordings. It was at this time that Réjean began to take an interest in commercial production and studio production.

From 1991 to 2000, Réjean will accompany with his guitars the projects of the following artists: Eddie Cormier, Éric Maheu, Philippe Brière, Louise Poirier, Claire Vézina, Mitsou, Les Haricots Magiques, David Parker, Oniro, Jim Corcoran, Washtub, Bazirka, Alexandre Thériault Viva Zappa, Tam, Les Chipies and of course, founding member, composer and musician within the XL3 trio.

Throughout this period Réjean will present shows with almost all these artists. He will work in several recording studios. He will compose music for theatre, documentaries, commercials and sound effects of all kinds, and more recently soundtracks of events for the First Nations. He has been a sound engineer for many bands, TV shows, festivals and events.

In 1998, Réjean formed Phonethemental with David M. Hughes and Christian Paré. They then produced a disc entitled Doama distributed throughout the world with David Hughes and Christian Paré he will produce the disc Kabir Percussions.

He founded the Stick'n'slide record label, which released Phonethemental, Kabir Percussions, David Hughes' ONIW and, most recently, XL3.

In the disc “Does everything seem normal to you? Réjean is the mind behind the atmospheres, recordings, mixing and mastering with Yves Drolet. On the album Réjean signs three pieces: First landing, Final Landing and Woonintj smile.

Coming for 2012
DON QUI CHOQUE
On CD and in Show with Louise Poirier

XL3
SUSPENDED MUSIC AND OTHER ANIMATED VERTIGO

The XL3 group, made up of Alain Audet, Denis Baril and Réjean Julien presents their new show “Does everything seem normal to you?”.

This show, lasting 90 minutes, is essentially composed of suspended music, accompanied by other animated vertigo. The event will feature original music created and performed by these three experienced musicians with a heterogeneous background. Each of them will call upon a varied instrumentation allowing the representation of electronic atmospheres, universes of traditional ethnic music and other rhythms of the known or unknown world.

XL3 therefore offers you an evening of soaring and ambient music supported by a solid rhythmic framework that will propel the sound beyond reality. XL3's music will be accompanied by screenings of films that served as inspiration for each of the three musicians for the creation of the pieces.

DON QUI CHOQUE

Le Don qui Choque is undoubtedly the voice that rises and opposes the hypnosis methods of the language of wood; the gift that shocks is a critical speech plugged into an eclectic current of thought, which tries to put out of circuit the incessant tinnitus of hollow and meaningless babble. The Gift that Shocks tries to lift the veil covering all truth, so that finally, like a grain of generously modified corn, it can burst into the light of day!

Louise Poirier and Réjean Julien offer a musical foray into the winding paths taken by thought in order to clearly formulate an idea, a desire, a need. Le Don qui Choque is a high-flying spectacle of speech balanced on strings of steel and tempered nerve. Louise's songs have been electroshocked by Doctor Vedge.

Empty, doubtful or weak thoughts will perish!

Download the document "Louise Poirier, femme au sommet".