A sneak preview from the upcoming album by Dennis Gaumond and Jen Gillmor. (Unmastered tracks, March 2014)

Eyes Wide Open by Jennis

My all-female, Toronto-based funk quartet from the mid 90s, Dropdeadbeats.
Vocals: Jamie Browning
Guitar: Isabelle Noël
Bass: Jen Gillmor
Drums: Debbie Augustt-Moffatt

01 Bombastic

In retreat from big city life in Toronto in June of 2011, I spent six months in a small cabin on the Telkwa High Road outside of the town of Smithers in Northern British Columbia. Nestled in nature at its most dramatic, it was a time of great renewal and creativity. Having arrived with a U-Haul containing all my instruments and recording gear, I had the blessed gift of time to discover what it would sound like to indulge myself musically for no other purpose than pleasure and exploration. I am excited to witness that I have opened an entirely new chapter after so many years playing bass in bands. 

The diverse moods on the album were painted by the sonic colours of the following instruments: cello body as percussion, bowed cello, didgeridoo, synth sounds and various samples, bohdrán, bass guitar, ghungroos, ashiko, djembe, bell, berimbau, shakers, fretless bass guitar, jaw harp, tingshaws, antique typewriter, wood stove, ash bucket, gopichand, udu, rainstick, shaker, flute, kamel n'goni, buffalo drum. Gary Diggins plays flugel horn.

High Road Haven

Amy's Song

Bibi In The Jungle

Lament For Her Dark Days

Matalero

Katja Hard At Work By The Wood Stove

Skin, Metal & Wood

2.Seven Sisters.mp3

1.Perseverance.mp3

This is a sneak peak from the new Jennis album. Not yet mastered but mixed by Dean Drouillard and recorded at Escarpment Sound with engineer Brian Hewson. Guitar: Dennis Gaumond, Bass: Jen Gillmor, Drums: Tom Wolf.

Too Much Stuff — pre-release sample from "The Mirror"

05 Little Stars

What's Going On

JFK-NYC

Squeegee Bizniss

Motel Kalifornia

The Slide

Feeling Wookie

The One

Movin' On

Now You Know

The Meter's Running

Songs from a live radio broadcast at CKMS radio in Waterloo. My first original band.

Mothers & Children First

The Economic Argument

Attitude

Songs from a live radio broadcast at CKMS radio in Waterloo 1991. My first original band.

Orbit 1990

Common Thread

Vespa-Why

Erasure

Pay People Money (Version 1)

Riot

All original genre-bending in the early '90s. 
Celina Carroll: vox
Corey Cousineau: guitar & vox
Jen Gillmor: bass & vox
Pete Lord: drums

Shock Treatment

Mutual Necessity

Clearwater

Infirmity

Mary Mary

Jennifer's musical exploration has covered rich and varied territory. She is a multi-instrumentalist with a musical family that includes bass guitar, cello, kamel n'goni, didgeridoo, found and made objects, flutes, various percussion, berimbau, musical saw, jaw harp, and sample-based sequencing. She has performed and recorded in projects ranging from funk to folk, rock to reggae, music influenced by traditions of African and Celtic cultures as well as experimental projects that can draw few comparisons.

Jennifer has composed and recorded for film, video, dance, theatre and multimedia projects. She has toured internationally and appeared in nationally broadcast music videos and on various local and national television shows.

Jen Gillmor

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