The life and death of my Grandparents furtively passed by leaving only faded images, audio artifacts, and one's imagination to piece together narratives. Fortuitously Alfred Logan was an assiduous collector of sound and picture. All it took was one $40 reel to reel player to uncover audio diaries of past birthdays, local sing-alongs, and breaking news stories of both the assassination of JFK and the first manned space flight around our globe. All of this being an inadvertent treasure and window to familial nostalgia.

ENGLISH
From the epicenter of the Canadian prairies, Ponteix condenses hypnotic grooves influenced by RnB and psychedelic indie pop. Mario Lepage’s soft and sincere vocal melodies are sung brightly above saturated electronic motifs, a warm blanket of lush synthesizers and buttery bass lines. The Fransaskois’ pop outfit harbours nostalgic lyrics sung mostly “en Français”. Now as always, Ponteix explores language barriers while delivering to its audiences what is undeniably central to music, emotion.

FRANÇAIS
De l'épicentre des prairies canadiennes, Ponteix condense des grooves hypnotiques aux saveurs RnB et psyché-pop planant. Le projet est né d’explorations musicales du multi-instrumentiste Fransaskois Mario Lepage. Sa voix douce et sincère parcourt des motifs électroniques saturés, recouverts d’un nuage de synthétiseurs et soutenus de profondes lignes de basse à faire vibrer le plancher. La poursuite infinie de Ponteix vers de nouveaux horizons sonores nous emporte dans un univers serein qui donne envie d’en découvrir plus.

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