Keiko Devaux Piano, Keyboards
Adam Fiore lap steel, guitar, EA
Scott Lewis video + slide projections
Curtis Stone guitar, bass, synths, laptop
Bill Hesselink drums

People for Audio meets in a loft in Montreal, telling its stories, making its films.

In 2000 Curtis, Bill and Keiko began working together in a small mountain town
in British Columbia. With piano, guitar and drumset they began amassing material
inspired by jazz, art-rock and classical influences.  Two years later they
headed east, spending a year writing and performing in Guelph and
recording in Toronto.  This is when their collaboration with Jeff McMurrich
(Hidden Cameras, Martin Tielli, Rockets Red Glare, Les Mouches) started and when
the bulk of their recording for ‘And this will be our homecoming’ occurred; in
Toronto’s Rogue Studios and Jeff’s big empty house.
They finally came to rest in Montreal in the fall of 2003 and were joined by
Adam and Scott.
People for Audio have released their debut ‘And this will be our homecoming’ through the Storyboard Label and Sonic Unyon distribution.  They are also preparing new music and films to expand their overwhelming multimedia performances.

Press for 'And this will be our homecoming'

Exclaim! Magazine
"An impressive melange of genres, And This Will Be Our Homecoming has a more optimistic, bright feeling than most instrumental music, due to the constant changing rhythm, which goes from a standard beat, to more classic jazz rhythms and even a little prog thrown in for good measure... The epic “Conversation In A Minor Tone” delves into more standard post-rock ideas, but they pull it off with such confidence and purpose that the intrigue of seeing it pulled off in a live setting is palpable...hesitation is one thing that, wonderfully, is lacking in this record."
-Exclaim! Magazine

Montreal Mirror
"Exquisite grey-day mood music, piano-based post-rock with subtle jazz and phase-music flavours"
-Montreal Mirror

Delusions of Adequacy
"How about I just tell you, up-front, that this is excellent, excellent music? Put “freewheeling jazz-rock” aside, put “instrumental indie” aside, put “post-rock” aside. Dive into People for Audio with a little uncertainty, a little mystery, a little curiosity. I don’t mean to get all philosophical on you, but don’t let music journalists and CD store labels sway you. Take a little risk and discover a tremendous group of artists who threaten to eliminate the word “genre” from the English language. Yeah, it’s like that."
-Delusions of Adequacy

Delusions of Adequacy
MP3 Review of the track "And this will be our Homecoming"
"The fact that they successfully incorporate talented, lively songwriting and excellent use of something so simply original as the piano into a style of music that’s been rehashed and repackaged again and again shows that they have a gift that cannot be faked and a style that should not be ignored."
-Delusion of Adequacy

Emoragei Magazine
"Un album qui s'écoute sans s'écouter. Un album qu'on ne remarque pas, mais qui marque sur le long terme, qui envoûte subtilement, par de somptueuses vagues musicales. Un rock riche en couleurs. Un album que je me promets de réécouter cet hiver."
-Emoragei Magazine

Hour (Montreal)
"Montreal-based group People For Audio defy easy categorization though their style and approach is simple, seamless and natural. Although employing strange timing within song structures that seem both improvised yet rigid, any comparisons to jazz would be useless as People For Audio use notes and scales that tie them more closely to rock. Similarly, while the general concept of this down-tempo, mentally engaging music is more easily equated with electronica producers, People For Audio retain a distinctly live sound. Like great cinematic scores, the music builds tension without dominating the senses."
-the Hour (Montreal)

Download.com
What New York was only two years back, Montreal is now: the frontier of rock. Well, in Montreal's case, which has been spearheaded by the Arcade Fire, it's been more like post-rock: indie-pop infused with a hybrid of ambient/electronic and avant-garde. With their deliberate, Godspeed-like instrumentals, People for Audio are the next Quebecois up-and-comers.
-download.com

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