User:Interceiver

Interceiving is a Montreal-based experimental band based in improvisation (link), comprising Chris Carrière (keyboards, no-input mixer, effects, production), Eric Cohen (drums, percussion), Reda Enan (bass, tabla), Matt Killen (guitar, keyboards) and Frank O'Connor (guitar, bass, keyboards, kalimba). The band employs traditional and electronic instruments. Their sound has been categorized as ambient, electronic, progressive and is characterized by its use of improvisation as a template for musical structure in the recording process.

Beginnings and 4-track Recordings EP (2001-2003)

Matt Killen and Chris Carrière started making noise together in early 2001. Matt had just finished a gruelling Visual Arts Master's thesis and project. He needed some time away from painting. Meanwhile, Chris was suffering from a repetitive strain injury (link) which prevented him from playing the guitar. He had to take some time away from songwriting. Using Chris' background as a professional sound engineer and Matt's knowledge of the history of ambient music (link) and electroacoustics (link), the two recorded all manner of strange sounds, such as a malfunctioning fridge or a washing machine cycle, and processing them through guitar FX pedals.

The name Interceiving is an invented word, combining intercepting and receiving. The words speak to the band's improvisational aspect, as improvising is often referred to as receiving or intercepting musical inspiration from elsewhere. The word comes from a short story by author Pat Ladisa (link).

Interceiving's first CD was 4-track recordings, a collection of Matt and Chris' soundscape (link) explorations. It received repeated airplay on the CBC's (link) now-defunct Brave New Waves (link).

Eric Cohen joined the band in 2002. They went on to record improvisations periodically, completing and structuring the recordings with overdubs and collages.

Eric Cohen is also a member of Balboa (Rocky movie music cover band) and U.S.A. Out Of Vietnam. Matt Killen and Chris Carrière are also part of an collective called CRUM (Centre de recherche urbaine de Montréal).