JORDACHE is a compartmentalized being of sorts, adorning itself with jewellery as it stretches through time, taking pages from past lives and messengers above and beyond. stored travellers and outside minds alike, he creates fodder which serves as an enticer before he emulcifies the passer-by with rigid construct and robust infrastructure. accountable at best, volatile at least. five or more off-duty problem solvers are on deck to operate and facilitate what looks unbelievable on paper.- Written by Philip k. Chanel, friend and collaborator of the author, for the occasion of this biography
Future Songs is named for the author's belief in the prophetic power of imagery dredged from the subconscious. Though usually opaque, these lyrical symbols over time come to reveal themselves as a blueprint for a self-manifesting destiny originating in their author's psyche. And so this record was written as an exercise in self-actualization, with JORDACHE's subconscious providing the oblique clues that led him out of a time of painful solitude.
Opacity also plays a role in JORDACHE's production. Frequencies omitted from the audio spectrum literally demand an active participation on the part of the listener's imagination. This process short-circuits the passive consumption endemic to advanced capitalism's commodification of art. It also has the dual effect of empowering the listener, bringing them into a participatory mindstate.
JORDACHE himself was affected in just such a way, deeply inspired by the music of good friend and past collaborator Merrill Garbus who performs under the pseudonym tUnE-yArDs. The duo's previous band dissolved after Garbus' departure for California to pursue love and her new musical venture. Jordache's schedule was further cleared after a mass firing by the leader of his job band.
Newly employed in the minimum wage class, JORDACHE was disoriented in a society that teaches upward mobility and attaches artistic merit to fiscal success. Ultimately, a return to a life with music detached from money proved the best thing for him. He discovered the freedom of creating outside of a rigorous touring schedule and the production standards of a commercial music industry. He began feverish work on a self-recorded album, one that would ultimately devour three inherited computers and a four-track.
Future Songs was marked complete in the late winter of 2010 when JORDACHE's computer was stolen from a roadside smoked meat shop in the city's West Island. Despite lengthy efforts toward relocating the missing machine (involving several staged purchase attempts with Kijiji sellers of similar models), the sessions and masters were lost. The only remaining backup, an 160 kbps MP3 version of the record, was released on cassette and Bandcamp as the first incarnation of Future Songs. The record quickly found a following and musicians began petitioning JORDACHE to join him in a live ensemble, leading to more extensive touring through the house and loft show curcuits of North America.
Wave file format backup mixes eventually surfaced on a forgotten mediafire account, pre-dating the MP3 home-master. These were re-mastered for the Constellation release of the record, a symbolic scrubbing away of one layer of production murk, an overture towards inclusiveness and a concession to a broader audience.
JORDACHE and his group continue to play shows and are also working on a new body of work exploring sexuality, leaning away from more anthemic moods toward ones more personal and sensual.
North American Tour Dates
9/23/11 Montreal, QC Ukranian Federation *
9/26/11 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace *
9/27/11 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom *
9/28/11 Bloomington, IN Rhino's *
9/29/11 Murfreesboro, TN Trash Moutain
9/30/11 Nashville, TN Exit / In *
10/1/11 Birmingham, AL Bottletree *
10/2/11 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks *
10/3/11 Pensacola, FL Venue TBA
10/4/11 Atlanta, GA Basement *
10/5/11 Carborro, NC Cats Cradle *
10/6/11 Charlottesville, VA TBA
10/7/11 Baltimore, MD Ottobar *
10/8/11 Washington, DC Black Cat *
10/9/11 Philadelphia, PA Union *
11/2/11 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater *
11/3/11 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom *
11/5/11 Austin, TX FFF Afterparty (Venue TBA)
11/7/11 Lawrence Jackpot *
11/8/11 St Louis, MO Off Broadway *
11/9/11 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall *
11/10/11 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall *
11/11/11 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall *
11/12/11 Minneapolis, MN First Ave *
11/14/11 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Center *
11/16/11 Calgary Rebublik *
11/18/11 Vancouver, BC Biltmore *
11/19/11 Victoria, BC Sugar *
11/20/11 Seattle, WA Neptune *
11/21/11 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom *
11/23/11 San Francisco, CA Regency Center *
* w/ tUnE-yArDs
Media
Click Here To Download "Get It (I Know You're Going To)"
Click Here To Download "Phantom Limb" On Altered Zones
Click Here To Watch Video For "Phantom Limb"
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"Future Songs is rough-housing; it is stargazing when you're in love, reeling from a blow to the head, wearing sunglasses." - Said The Gramophone
"On Future Songs, Jordache's range spans from Graceland to Bridge Over Troubled Water, but just as his treatment of the latter sounds more akin to early K Records recordings, so is his take on late-'70s, early-'80s pop more at home among bands like Joy Division and New Order. Channeled through Jordache's baritone, Ian Curtis' anguished brooding becomes an alienating, laconic mope." - Flagpole
"Pat's minimal constructions use noise and rolling bass as the unsteady foundation, but it's the tangents of shimmering guitar that pique your interest and his charisma that makes the songs so immediateŠ He can move in the shadows with dark arrangements or offer uplifting, blissful compositions." -- Herohill.com
"If we're still looking for blue chip prospects for 2011, then consider putting a bet down on Montreal newcomers Pat Jordache. Their live show largely removes the charming Future Songs EP from its cave-like production and enlivens it with two percussionists and a more punchy bass." -- Chartattack
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