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indie pop band. Currently based in Ottawa, the band's core members are the singer Mike Dubue and the drummer and engineer Philip Shaw Bova."Hilotrons Return with New Album: 'At Least There's Commotion'"
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'', October 19, 2012. Past members have included Paul Hogan, Damian Sawka and Mike Schultz."Hilotrons go beyond the beat"

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, April 2, 2008. The bands current line-up includes Pascal OfLaki, Philippe Charbonneau and Alex Moxon with, as well as occasionally, Adam Saikaley. Initially an electronic

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band, they began to incorporate a blend of pop styles into their sound. Their breakthrough album, ''Happymatic'' (2008), was a longlisted nominee for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize. Before Dubue released ''At Least There's Commotion'', he spent his time composing film scores including ''Smash Cut'' and many silent films with the Lost Dominion Collective. He made a number of musical collaborations including performing

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's ''For Heart, Breath and Orchestra'' appearing on

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's ''Sleepover'' album. The band performed its final show with its full original line-up at the Black Sheep Inn in

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, in October 2012, Dubue and Bova worked with a stable of guest musicians, including Michael Feuerstack,

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, Geoffrey Pye (Yellow Jacket Avenger), to complete the band's fourth album ''At Least There's Commotion'', which was released in 2013. Since its release, Hilotrons have played in various incarnations including a noisy duo of Dubue and Adam Sakailey with guests such as Julian Beillard (Wooden Stars) and Mike Feuerstack. At Pop Montreal 2013, Hilotrons performed on the same bill as Bernie Worrell and Fred Wesley as an 11-piece band with members including the original line up (Hogan, Schultz, Sawka, Bova), the new line-up (Pascal OfLaki, Philippe Charbonneau and Alex Moxon) as well Michael Feuerstack, Adam Sakailey and Dan Sauve (Empiricals). The band released its fifth album, ''To Trip With Terpsichore'', on February 24, 2015.

Discography

*''Hilotrons'' (2003) *''Bella Simone'' (2006) *''Happymatic'' (2008) *''At Least There's Commotion'' (2013) *''To Trip With Terpsichore'' (2015) *''Lonely Cinema'' (2020)

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