Sunday 28 April 2024

Saturday 27 April 2024

Montréal Painter Éric Boudreau's 'The Construction of the Vava Vol Long Painting' - April 27, 2024


When I signed up for Instagram in December 2021, I re-connected with friends I had not been in contact for a long time, one of whom was mixed media artist Éric Boudreau.  

In April of 2022, we worked together on the paintings he had begun based on selfies I had taken for my YouTube music videos.

After a November chat, I sent him some of my archived photos to paint.  He chose the one black and white shot taken of me at Les Foufounes Électriques club in Montreal.  It was was taken by TV Hebdo for a one hour documentary film by Radio Québec titled ‘Fou Comme Dans Les Foufounes’ and was aired simultaneously at Radio-Québec and in a private screening at Les Foufounes Électriques on May 30th, 1983.  One hundred photos of the club’s regulars and staff (more notably Renaissance & François Gourd) were snapped by photographer Daniel Gagné and the best shots made it into the film. 

On November 28, Éric began his work on the painting he titled ‘The Vava Vol Long Painting’ which he completed on August 21, 2023. The painting arrived at my doorstep shortly thereafter and is proudly displayed in my home at the top of the second floor stairs!

The following photographs of his projected sketches, fill-ins, preliminary drafts and the final work titled ‘The Vava Vol Long Painting’ are the first installation of this series. 

Thank you very much Éric for your non-stop high energy and stellar art work! You rock! @1969eb


Enjoy the visual artistic journey!


Sketch 1

Sketch 2

Sketch 3

Sketch 4

Sketch 5

Sketch 6

Sketch 7

Painting 1

Painting 2

Painting 3

Painting 4


All Paintings by Éric Boudreau © 2024
Black & white photo of Vava Vol in Sketches 3 & 4 by Daniel Gagné © 1983
Photo of Painting 4 © Vava Vol 2024
All rights reserved

Tuesday 19 March 2024

Vava Vol on Sentieri.Sonori Italian Radio - February 12, 2024 - March 18, 2024

Second act of a journey between odd times and asynchronous rhythms.  A comparison between man and machine to overcome repetitiveness.  A mixer at work with the absence of any inputs and the dutiful memory of Mr. Damo, this evening at Sentieri.Sonori.

On Friday, February 12, 2024, Sentieri. Sonori aired tracks from my latest albums Euphonious Noise and Euphonious Noise - Vol. 2, electro noise created using the no input mixer technique.  Featured tracks were Kushtaka, The Light Beings and Fill your Imagination. 

If you missed the show, you can listen to my segment here on YouTube.  Thanks for listening!


Music and video by Vava Vol

A Vava Vol Video Production Copyright © 2024

All rights reserved.

 

Big thanks to @diffusione.net

https://instagram.com/sentieri.sonori

 


Thursday 29 February 2024

Vava Vol's The Light Beings Now Out on YouTube - February 29, 2024

 

In celebration of the 2024 Leap Year, I am pleased to publish ENV#12 - The Light Beings, track 12 on Euphonious Music - Vol. 2, released October 4, 2023. In keeping with the integrity of the projekt, I produced Vol. 2 using the no input mixer technique. Enjoy and thanks for listening!







Sunday 25 February 2024

A Moment in Time with Keith Streng - February 25, 2024



A moment in time when I was hanging out in the early 90s with guitarist Keith Streng of the garage rock band The Fleshtones at their fantastic show at Montreal's Le Dôme!  



Thursday 15 February 2024

Vava Vol - Best of 2023 Videos - February 15, 2024

 

Last year as I continued to breach the boundaries of conventional video art through my creative visions, deep experimental music and exciting ventures into extreme electro noise, 2023 turned out to be a pretty good year for me on YouTube!  Big thanks to the folks at YT!

Have a look at the Best of Vava Vol Videos 2023 and thank you very much for your continuing support!













Monday 12 February 2024

Vava Vol's 'Euphonious Noise' Featured on Sentieri Sonori Tonite - February 12, 2024

 

Second act of a journey between odd times and asynchronous rhythms. A comparison between man and machine to overcome repetitiveness. A mixer at work in the absence of an input and the dutiful memory of Mr. Damo this evening at Sentieri Sonori.

From 10pm to 11pm CEST on Diffusione Stereo Digital Radio @diffusione_stereo

Live on www.diffusione.net or on the Diffusione Stereo app.

Repeat on Friday at the same time.

On tonight's show, Sentieri Sonori will be airing tracks from my recent albums 'Euphonious Noise' and 'Euphonious Noise - Vol. 2, electro noise created using the no input mixer technique'.  Enjoy! 






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