Short
Bernache is an indie / lo-fi recording project based in Canada by singer and producer Emmanuelle Proulx (Men I Trust).

Long
Bernache is my solo recording project in which I make music in parallel of my band Men I Trust. Lately, I learned composing and recording with Ableton Live (finally) and I am fking stoked! I am proud of now being able to do everything alone, because I always composed avoiding messing with audio jacks (I am a bit folk-who-hates-wires). On January 31th, I will release my first single called “Your Name”. It is kinda lo-fi and the beats are heavy. I hope you’ll like it!

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Bernache

(I’ve been called like this for a while in my close inner-cirle. “Bernache” is a French word for "Goose", which is a bird who also happens to have a crappy little voice. It seemed logic to use this as a nickname for my music project).

the_empath, a.k.a. mike erkau, has been part of electronic music since 1993 and he started releasing his own work on cdrs in 1999.

shortly after he began to do remixes for other artists and won the 2004 congress of media award in the audio category. the award was for his remix of 'no protection' (originally by utr).

four years later (2008) he turned the tables by releasing the 'second earth remix project' which included remixes of his work by ab ovo, def, fractional, heimstatt yipotash, sunao inami and others (more info...).

at the same time working as a media engineer and tutor, mike was able to acquire advanced technical skills in video technology too. his live shows are always combined with a video performance which is strictly balanced to the audio tracks (good examples are consider:noize and elektroanschlag or maschinenfest). under the brand name 'subroom medialab' he is bookable as VJ (he did many video shows for xabec, heimstatt yipotash, kiew, 13th monkey, morbus m., underwater pilots, tzolk'in...)

the_empath's music ranges between ambient and electronica with organic industrial audio components. a stimulating flow of imaginative soundscapes, complex rhythmic textures, mixtures of experimental electronics, field recordings and ground loops. crystal clear tones meet thrilling low frequencies that are mastered with an impressive amount of dynamics. the result of this electronic crucible is a powerful mind infiltrating compound. 

Just a place to dump work in progress sketches.

For finished music look up @Winterdagen or Smudged Toads (@user-676036825)

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