On EX PO, his first solo album, SEULEMENT (Mathieu Arsenault) explores the improbable connection points between experimental electronic music and traditional songwriting. In a process more akin to sculpting than storytelling, he dissects, cuts, and pastes sounds to create precarious and tangled constructions where his voice weaves in and out. Sitting astride lyricism and structuralism, SEULEMENT offers a modern take on the use of vocals in an electronic music framework and puts forward an aesthetics rarely heard in the singer-songwriter scene in Québec or anywhere.
Arsenault's compositions explore the depths of emotional entanglements, often drawing parallels between human experiences and broader worldly themes, reflecting a unique blend of artistic innovation. Experience the SEULEMENT EX PO album and lyrics:
Arsenault first made himself known through his work in the experimental rock band Technical Kidman with whom he recorded two LPs – Something Stranger Coming on the Horizon (2015) and Bend Everything (2017) – as well as two EPs - Eponym (2011) and A Stranger Voice (2014). During their five years stint, they shared the stage with artists such as SUUNS and Gang Gang Dance. They were also featured in a wide array of festivals: Nouvelle Prague, Iceland Airwaves, CMW, Sled Island, M for Montréal, Suoni per il popolo, NXNE, Halifax Pop Explosion, and Waking Windows.
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SEULEMENT EX PO (2021) studio album was released on Montreal-based label Mothland.
It was written in 2018 and 2019 and recorded at home during the pandemic. It was mixed at Montreal’s famed studio Hotel2Tango by Radwan Moumneh (Jerusalem in my Heart).
All songs written and produced by Seulement
Additional production by Thomas B. Champagne and Samuel Gougoux
Words and voice on track 7 and 8 by Alexei Perry Cox
Mixed by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at Hotel2Tango
Mastered by James Plotkin at PlotkinworksPhoto by Charles-André Coderre
Painting by Bonnie Shemie
℗ 2021. SEULEMENT, under exclusive license to Mothland