Biography
Headscan is an electronic duo from Montreal, Canada, who fuses futuristic dancefloor-oriented music with dark cinematographic soundscapes. The band combines the best elements of electro-industrial and cinematic ambient resulting in a sound that is fresh and exciting, while holding true to its predecessors in electronic music.
Claude Charnier (music) & Christian Pomerleau (vocal + visuals) have been active in Montreal’s local alternative music scene since early 1990's through many projects, particularly within the techno-industrial outfit Insurgent, which is a hard and intense mix of electronic and acoustic music. Co-founder of that band, Claude did the music for two releases, System Structure Security and Supercollider, before leaving the group in 1999 to focus on a mainly electronic music project. Christian came to be a singer of Insurgent later in that band's history before creating Headscan with Claude, bringing also his talents in motion graphics and web design to the band. They released a self-produced EP entitled High-Orbit Pioneers in 2000.
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Having signed to Artoffact Records in 2001, they released their first album entitled Shaper and Mechanist to great reviews worldwide. Dark moods, electronic voices, bubbling basses, and relentless beats create a futuristic soundscape for the new dark ages inspired in parts by the writings of science-fiction author Bruce Sterling.
In September, 2005, Headscan joined the Alfa Matrix label for Europe for the release of their much anticipated new album Pattern Recognition. A mind-blowing sonic assault that offers us a window to what the future of electronic music will ultimately be and firmly places Headscan amongst the elite of electro-industrial made in Canada.
The band resurfaced back in 2013 from a prolonged leave of absence after spending time in exploring other artistic avenues (Aether Pilot, Bioskop, and Le Cartographe). Their first demo-record "Tesseract" from the yet untitled upcoming album was published on April 9, 2013 and can be found on the official website.
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