Ghislain Poirier

Montreal native Ghislain Poirier is used to having a full plate. A
visual artist and former college radio DJ, Ghislain left the booth after
five years to focus on producing music.

His first release, Il Ny A Pas de Sud,was released in 2001 on 12k
Records.
Composing the album in parts, Ghislain combined elements of
ambient music with sparse beats to create a new, fresh sound. After having
spent just one year away from the station, Ghislain's debut received
international praise from critics. He answered by releasing his second album,
Sous Le Manguier, in 2002 on Montreal?s Intr_version.

Increasingly becoming intrigued by hip-hop, Ghislain began
collaborating with French and Canadian MCs during live shows. His music
began to combine hip-hop and Ragga-influenced beats with the minimalist
bounce of his past. Ghislain's third release, 2003?s Beats as
Politics,would be released on Chocolate Industries. The album
features Sba and Diverse, each extolling the importance
of the personal and the political in their rhymes.

These elements, when combined with his production, listeners would be
hard-pressed not to take to the streets, unified by sound. Another album,
Conflits,would appear on Intr_version later that year; in the meanwhile,
Ghislain would remix artists as varied as
Pulseprogramming, Les Georges Leningrad, and
DJ/rupture.

Essentially foreshadowing his next act, Ghislain would
collaborate
with Anti-Pop Consortium alum Beans for one of the
year?s best hip-hop releases, Cold As Hell. This year finds Ghislain
releasing more thoughtful, introspective compositions alongside disjointed
bangers on Breakupdown. Definitely worth the wait.