Kim Gaboury better known by his pseudonym Akido (stylized as aKido) is a Canadian
electronic rock
Electronic rock is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres. It originates from the late 1960s, when rock bands began incorporating electronic instrume ...
musician and composer based in Montreal, Quebec. Gaboury assembles a band for live performances, but records without them in the studio.
Career
As a young man Gaboury played guitar for the band Zolof.
In 2004, calling himself Akido, he released a seven-track instrumental album; he also released a song, "Les Humains", which was later the basis for of an animated music video created by Felix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël. Another 2004 release, "Playtime", was played regularly on campus and community radio stations that year.
In September 2007, according to
The R3-30
CBC Radio 3 is a Canadian digital radio station operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which plays a relatively freeform mix of indie rock, indie pop, alternative hip hop, folk, country and electronic music.
The service, which lanu ...
, the aKido song "Dancing in Chains" was the third-most popular indie song in Canada.
Gaboury joined Michel Cusson, Térez Montcalm and Luck Mervil to form the Cafe Elektric collective; the group performed at the 2009 Francofolies festival.
AKido's album "Gamechanger", released on the Nordique label in August 2010, was number 13 on the !earshot Top 20 Electronic chart for 2010. In January 2011, ''Gamechanger'' was nominated for the Electronica Album category for The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards, and in October 2011, nominated for the "Album électronique de l'année" at l'
ADISQ
ADISQ (french: Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la video; eng, Québec Association for the Recording, Concert and Video Industries, link=yes) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the indepen ...
.
In 2012 Akido's recording "Undark" received regular airplay on campus and community radio in the Montreal area.
In March 2014, Kim was nominated at the
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
The 2nd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 9, 2014, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2013.[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score
An annual award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score is presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian original score for the previous year. Prior to 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awa ...]
category for the film
Maïna
''Maïna'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 2013. .
AKido collaborated with electronic music producer Pascal Asselin, known as Millimetrik, to create the 2016 album ''Fog Dreams''.
[Geneviève Bouchard]
"Millimetrik entre deux univers"
''Le Soleil'', 16 August 2016
Discography
* ''Playtime'', 2004
* ''Blink'', 2007
* ''GameChanger'', 2010
* ''Undark'', 2012
Reissues
* Blink ''Reissue'', 2010
* Playtime ''Reissue'', 2010
EP
*''Les Humains'', 2010
*''Thearly Ears'', 2010
Videoclips
*"Dancing in Chains"
*"Les Humains
References
External links
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Living people
Canadian electronic musicians
Musicians from Montreal
Musicians from Quebec City
Canadian classical composers
Canadian male classical composers
Canadian film score composers
Male film score composers
Year of birth missing (living people)