Rebecca Foon (born 13 December 1978) is a Canadian cellist, vocalist, and composer from
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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. Foon currently records under her own name, as well as the alias Saltland, and is a member and co-founder of the
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...
-winning modern chamber ensemble
Esmerine. She has also been a member of several groups associated with the
post rock Post Rock may refer to:
* Post-rock, a form of experimental rock music
* Post Rock (South Georgia)
Elsehul (also Paddocks Cove, Else Cove, Elsie Bay, Elsa Bay, Else's Hole, and Else Bay) is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in t ...
,
experimental
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, and
chamber music scenes of Montreal and New York City, including
Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Quebec. ,
A Silver Mt. Zion
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...
, and
Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson (born March 3, 1975) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. He is best known as a regular collaborator of the indie rock acts Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bell Orchestre, and Ex Eye. In additio ...
’s Gorecki Symphony of Sorrow ensemble. Esmerine's
Turkish folk influenced album ''Dalmak,'' released in 2013, was awarded the
Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year The Juno Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best instrumental album in Canada. The award was originally called the "Instrumental Artist of the Year".
Winners
Instrumental Artis ...
in 2014. In 2013, she released her first Saltland album, which ''
Exclaim.ca'' called "a captivating combination of genres from
dream pop
Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as ...
to chamber music to
ambient and
shoegaze."
In 2020, Foon released ''Waxing Moon'', her first album under her own name, which received international acclaim. Foon has also composed many soundtracks for film and museums. Foon is an environmental activist and co-founder, with Jesse Paris Smith, o
Pathway to Parisand th
1000 Cities Initiative for Carbon Freedom dedicated to turning the Paris Agreement into reality.
Early life
Rebecca Foon was born in 1978 in Canada, and raised in
Vancouver
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.
She is the daughter of art educator and producer Jane Howard Baker, and playwright, producer, screenwriter, and novelist
Dennis Foon
Dennis Foon (born 18 November 1951) is a Canadian playwright, producer, screenwriter and novelist.
He was co-founder and artistic director for 12 years of Green Thumb Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. There he wrote and produced a body of ...
.
Music career
Early years
In 1996, when she was 17, Foon moved to Montreal from Vancouver, and soon became involved in the city's DIY music scene.
She has been a member of several groups associated with the
post rock Post Rock may refer to:
* Post-rock, a form of experimental rock music
* Post Rock (South Georgia)
Elsehul (also Paddocks Cove, Else Cove, Elsie Bay, Elsa Bay, Else's Hole, and Else Bay) is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in t ...
,
experimental
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and
chamber music scene of Montreal, including ongoing collaborations with a number of musicians who are members of post-rock band
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also locate ...
as well as indie rock band
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member ...
.
Among her earliest projects, in 1995, Foon teamed up with
Spencer Krug
Spencer Krug ( ) (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian musician. He is the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the indie rock band Wolf Parade and also records under the name Moonface. He has also performed with other Canadian bands including Sun ...
(
Wolf Parade
Wolf Parade is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2003 in Montreal. The band released three full-length albums before taking a five-year hiatus in 2011. They announced their return in 2016, releasing a self-titled EP in May of that year, and a ...
,
Sunset Rubdown, and Moonface) and Rachel Levine (Cakelk), forming the instrumental string/piano/accordion-based trio
Fifths of Seven.
Foon collaborated with choreographer Alyson Vishnovska to perform in the 1999 edition of the
Edgy Women Festival.
A Silver Mt. Zion
![Silver Mount Zion band](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Silver_Mount_Zion_band.jpg)
Soon after moving to Montreal, Foon began playing cello and composing with
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra was a Canadian post-rock band that formed in 1999, originating from Montreal, Quebec. Variations of the name used on the band's releases include A Silver Mt. Zion, The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & ...
, a band that formed in Montreal in 1999. Foon joined in 2000, when the band expanded from a trio into a sextet. Foon plays on the band's second album, ''
Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward
''Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward'' is the second album by the Canadian band The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. It was released by Constellation Records in October 2001.
The title is drawn from the Book of J ...
'', released in 2001 on
Constellation Records. The minimalist album was well received by music critics, with
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
giving it 4.5/5 stars,
and
Pitchfork Media
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Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...
giving it 7.7/10.
The band took its first extensive tour in early 2001, traveling throughout Europe. That year Foon began playing in the associated band
Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Quebec. as well.
The next Silver Mt. Zion album, ''
"This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing'', released in 2003, saw no change in the core line-up, excluding the inclusion of a makeshift choir. The album was essentially created as a
requiem for open and abandoned spaces in Montreal, as well as for similar loss and decay around the world, due to either urban development or military action.
Foon continued to perform live and recorded two more records with the band while she began working on other projects. ''
Horses in the Sky
''Horses in the Sky'' is the fourth album by the Canadian post-rock band Silver Mt. Zion, this time under the alias Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. This is the first Silver Mt. Zion release to feature lyrics on every t ...
'' was the band's first to include lyrics on every track, with Foon contributing to the vocals and also helping mix the recording.
In 2008, Silver Mt. Zion toured Europe and North America. That summer, Foon and several other members resigned from the band.
Set Fire to Flames
In 2001, she became a member of the Montreal post-rock band
Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Quebec. . The band released two albums before it split in 2003, and many of their tracks are very minimalist in nature, filled with ambient noise and various other
non-musical sound effects, juxtaposed or combined with
instrumental music
An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...
.
2001 saw her contribute to the band's debut ''
Sings Reign Rebuilder''. The album was recorded in a century old house apparently bound for destruction. As such, several sounds usually edited out of the recording process, including creaking floors, paper shuffling and outside noises such as police sirens were left intact on the final album. The album met with a glowing reception in the press; receiving 9/10 stars from Pitchfork Media,
4/5 from Allmusic,
and 4.5/5 from
Sputnikmusic
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.
Two years later, in 2003, she again contributed to ''
Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static'' by Set Fire to Flames. Recorded in a barn in Ontario, the release utilizes many different instruments, including guitars, basses, strings, horns,
glockenspiel
The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone.
The glo ...
,
marimba
The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...
,
bass clarinet
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, saw, cymbalon,
hurdy-gurdy
The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a vi ...
, music boxes, modified electronics, and contact
microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic or mike (), is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public ...
s. The album was even more experimental than the previous, and met with mixed reviews from magazines such as Sputnik.
Esmerine
![Esmerine stage photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Esmerine_stage_photo.jpg)
In 2001, Foon co-founded the chamber rock group
Esmerine with percussionist Bruce Cawdron. The two had met while recording Set Fire to Flames' debut album.
However, instead of using the guitar-focused sound of their other projects, the duo initially focused on marimba and cello, drawing on
minimalist
In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post– World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Do ...
classical music and
chamber music. The band initially performed their original music in gigs around Montreal.
Esmerine released their debut album, ''
If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be True
''If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be True'' is the debut album by Esmerine
Esmerine is a Canadian modern chamber music group that incorporates genres such as post rock, drone music, post punk, and Turkish folk. Founded in Montre ...
'', in 2003.
Allmusic gave it 4/5 stars and called it "a sublime chamber rock album," stating "A French female name meaning quiet and sensitive, Esmerine is a fitting moniker for the overall sound."
They released their second album ''
Aurora
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'' in 2005. Afterwards, Foon dedicated more time to Thee Silver Mt. Zion, though she continued to periodically perform with Esmerine in Montreal, often bringing in guest artists or collaborating with other groups.
''La Lechuza'' and ''Dalmak''
As Esmerine, Foon and Bruce Cawdron began writing new music together in earnest in 2009, when their friend
Lhasa de Sela
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first al ...
invited them to open up for her as well as collaborate together.
For their third album, ''La Lechuza'', two new members joined the group: Sarah Pagé, a harp player, and multi-instrumentalist
Andrew Barr
Andrew James Barr (born 29 April 1973) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014. He has been an Australian Labor Party member in the ACT Legislative Assembly sinc ...
.
Released in 2011, ''La Lechuza'' was listed as one of the top ten underground records of the year in ''
Mojo
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* Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo
Arts, entertainment and media Film and television
* MOJO HD, an American television network
* ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film
* ' ...
''.
''La Lechuza'' is thus dedicated to Lhasa de Sela, a dear friend of the band's, who died of breast cancer in Montreal on 1 January 2010. The band collaborated with
Patrick Watson on the album and released a song entitled "Snow Day for Lhasa", as well as created a site – – dedicated in loving memory to Lhasa.
Patrick Watson also contributed vocals on two songs and produced the album, with other guests contributing, including violinist
Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire) and saxophonist
Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson (born March 3, 1975) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. He is best known as a regular collaborator of the indie rock acts Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bell Orchestre, and Ex Eye. In additio ...
.
After Barr and Page became occupied with their other projects, Esmerine added two new members to their touring lineup: percussionist Jamie Thomson and multi-instrumentalist Brian Sanderson. After a number of live performances, the quartet began writing new material in early 2012.
After performing in
Istanbul
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, the band was invited to return for an artist residency later that year.
They decided to turn a rented loft into a makeshift recording studio,
and recorded an album in the loft,
collaborating with Turkish musicians they had met there; they later toured together. Among the guest musicians were Hakan Vreskala, Baran Aşık, Ali Kazim Akdağ, and James Hakan Dedeoğlu,
who contributed instruments such as the bendir, darbuka, erbane, meh, barama, saz, and electric guitar. The album, ''Dalmak'', was completed in the winter of 2012 and 2013 at Breakglass Studios in Montreal, with engineer Jace Lasek. The word "dalmak" means "immerse" in Turkish. It can also be interpreted as "to dive into," "to contemplate," and "to be absorbed in." The album, ''Dalmak,'' was released in 2013 and awarded
Instrumental Album of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2014
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. ''The Line of Best Fit'' gave it 7.5/10 stars, saying "they ultimately craft gorgeous, sparkling experimental noises that blur the line between post-rock, minimalist electronica and Turkish folk."
Other albums
In 2004, Foon teamed up with
Spencer Krug
Spencer Krug ( ) (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian musician. He is the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the indie rock band Wolf Parade and also records under the name Moonface. He has also performed with other Canadian bands including Sun ...
(
Wolf Parade
Wolf Parade is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2003 in Montreal. The band released three full-length albums before taking a five-year hiatus in 2011. They announced their return in 2016, releasing a self-titled EP in May of that year, and a ...
,
Sunset Rubdown, and Moonface) and Rachel Levine (Cakelk) to form the string/piano/accordion-based trio
Fifths of Seven, releasing its first album, ''Spry from Bitter Anise Folds'', in 2005, which met with a positive reception.
2005 saw Foon contribute cello to a number of other albums as well. Among these were ''From Cells of Roughest Air'' by The Mile End Ladies String Auxiliary, with
Sophie Trudeau (
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also locate ...
,
A Silver Mt. Zion
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) and
Genevieve Heistek Hangedup was an experimental rock duo from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring Genevieve Heistek on Viola and Eric Craven on drums and percussion. They combined viola with strong percussion, sometimes using self-made instruments, to create intense ...
(
HangedUp Hangedup was an experimental rock duo from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring Genevieve Heistek on Viola and Eric Craven on drums and percussion. They combined viola with strong percussion, sometimes using self-made instruments, to create intense ...
). Foon also recorded ''Lost Voices'' in 2015 and ''
Mechanics of Dominion'' in 2017 with
Esmerine.
Collaborations, guest appearances, and soundtracks
She has had guest appearances on albums such as ''
Just Another Ordinary Day
''Just Another Ordinary Day'' is the debut studio album by Patrick Watson, released in 2003.
Track listing
#"Just Another Ordinary Day"
#"Woods"
#"Mary"
#"Silent City"
#"Shame"
#"Brigette's Theme"
#"Gealman"
#"Fall"
#"Sunday"
2003 debut al ...
'' by
Patrick Watson in 2003; ''
Do You Like Rock Music?
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'' by
British Sea Power
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in 2011; ''
North Star Deserter'' by
Vic Chesnutt
James Victor Chesnutt (November 12, 1964 – December 25, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, little (album), ''Little'', was released in 1990. His commercial breakthrough came in 1996 with the rele ...
and ''
Return to the Sea
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In business, economics, and finance
* Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense.
* Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment
* Tax return, a blank document or t ...
'' by
Islands
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in 2007; and ''Hot Wax'' by
Grant Hart
Grantzberg Vernon Hart (March 18, 1961 – September 13, 2017) was an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-songwriter for the punk rock band Hüsker Dü. After the band's breakup in 1988, he released his first solo album '' ...
in 2009. In 2011, she was involved with the film and music project ''
National Parks Project
The National Parks Project is a Canadian music and film project. Released in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks of Canada system,[Last Gang Records
Last Gang Records is a record label formed by Canadian music industry lawyer Chris Taylor (businessman), Chris Taylor and concert promoter Donald K. Tarlton in the Fall of 2003 at the Pop Montreal Music Festival. Last Gang was nominated as Indepe ...]
. Foon has performed with a range of musicians, including
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
throat singer
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Tanya Tagaq
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* Tanya (Judaism),an early work of Hasidic philosophy by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
* Tanya (name), a given name and list of people with the name
* Tanya or Lara Saint Paul (born 1946)
* List of Mortal Kombat characters#T ...
,
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
, Jesse Paris Smith,
Tenzin Choegyal,
Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson (born March 3, 1975) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. He is best known as a regular collaborator of the indie rock acts Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bell Orchestre, and Ex Eye. In additio ...
,
Laurie Anderson
Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...
,
Lhasa De Sela
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first al ...
, and
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock music, rock band formed in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. The band has featured international personnel throughout its care ...
, and has composed for various film soundtracks, including
Shannon Walsh
Shannon Walsh is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and scholar. She has directed the feature
documentaries ''The Gig Is Up'', ''H2Oil'' ,''À St-Henri, le 26 août'', ''Jeppe on a Friday'' and ''Illusions of Control''. She has also directed music vi ...
's feature-length documentary ''H2Oil'', with
Ian Ilavsky
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...
, co-founder of
Constellation Records.
The film is a documentary on the extraction of oil from tar sands in Alberta.
Foon has also composed several soundtracks for the
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...
and many museums and has been a touring member of
Sam Green and Brent Green's Live Cinema, along with
Brendan Canty
Brendan John Canty (born March 9, 1966, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American musician, composer, producer and film maker, best known as the drummer for the band Fugazi.
In 2007, ''Stylus Magazine'' ranked Canty at #29 on the list of "50 Gre ...
, James Canty, and Kate Ryan.
Saltland
;''I Thought It Was Us But It Was All of Us'' (2013)
In 2010, she began working on solo material, enlisting the help of
Jamie Thompson (
The Unicorns
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
) on percussion and programming.
Handling vocals and cello, among the sounds on which Foon focused were
drone
Drone most commonly refers to:
* Drone (bee), a male bee, from an unfertilized egg
* Unmanned aerial vehicle
* Unmanned surface vehicle, watercraft
* Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone
Drone, drones or The Drones may also refer to:
...
,
no wave, improv,
dream pop
Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as ...
, and minimalism; eventually, the project Saltland was formed. After several years, this work culminated in the release of ''I Thought It Was Us But It Was All of Us'' on
Constellation Records in 2013.
Among the guest musicians on the album were
Sarah Neufeld,
Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson (born March 3, 1975) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. He is best known as a regular collaborator of the indie rock acts Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bell Orchestre, and Ex Eye. In additio ...
, Laurel Sprengelmeyer of
Little Scream
Little Scream is the stage name of American-born, Montreal-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician and artist Laurel Sprengelmeyer. Her debut album '' The Golden Record'' was released on Outside Music in Canada and Secretly Canadian ...
, and
Richard Reed Parry
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of
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member ...
.
All of the songs were constructed from cello loops.
About the themes, Foon stated she was trying to create a "sonic landscape" that would allow her to explore themes such as urban landscapes, urban poverty and youth homelessness, environmental issues, and "the control/criminalisation of protest and political action, which is a huge issue in general and particularly in Montreal these days." About the mood of the compositions, "I don't consider the music to be reductively dark and cold, I was really seeking to hold a lot of different tones and feelings in tension: clear-eyed observation, reverie, meditation, activism/agency – and hope and warmth too. It's not a pretty world these days, but I wanted to also leave the listener with a sense of hope."
;Reception
''
Exclaim.ca'' called it "a captivating combination of genres from
dream pop
Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as ...
to chamber music to
ambient and
shoegaze."
''
The Skinny'' gave it 4/5 stars and a positive review, calling her vocals "hypnotic" and stating the project "eschews the overwrought melodrama of
hee Silver Mt. Zion and Set Fire to Flamesfor an intricate and understated approach, blending soft, tender vocals with strings, drones and electronica."
According to ''Beats Per Minutes'', "The songs on this record seem to revel in the evocation of tangible places. Each song seems to unfold into a vast landscape of dust-covered hills and barren horizons-all encased in a gauzy analog haze."
In 2013 and 2014, Saltland toured throughout Canada and the United States with
Spencer Krug
Spencer Krug ( ) (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian musician. He is the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the indie rock band Wolf Parade and also records under the name Moonface. He has also performed with other Canadian bands including Sun ...
's Moonface. In 2017, she released her second album, partly co-written with
Warren Ellis
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, ''A Common Truth'', which met with critical acclaim.
''Waxing Moon''
In 2020, Foon released ''Waxing Moon'', her first album under her own name. The climate crisis has profoundly framed Foon's political and artistic life and ''Waxing Moon'' finds her writing and singing her most arrestingly direct yet poetic words. While piano figures most prominently on the record, Foon plays cello on several tracks and is complemented by musical guests, including
Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry (born October 4, 1977) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instruments, often switching ...
(
Arcade Fire
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) and Mishka Stein (Patrick Watson) on acoustic and electric basses,
Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You Black Emperor) on violin,
Jace Lasek
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(The Besnard Lakes) on electric guitar, and
Patrick Watson as co-vocalist on the dreamlike "Vessels". Foon co-produced the album with Lasek at Montréal's Breakglass studio. The album had a glowing response, including from Electronic Sound: "this hugely gifted cellist has gone neoclassically solo. Whilst Foon's beautifully assured cello and elegantly minimalist piano features throughout, it's that extraordinarily expressive voice of hers that really headlines. Exquisitely tender on 'Ocean Song' and rousingly impassioned on the Arcade-Fire-nodding 'Wide Open Eyes', Foon's talent feels more boundless now than ever."
''
Mojo
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* ' ...
'' stated, "the ambience is heavy and sometimes ominous, with Foon's deep-trawling voice at the core, but appropriately, ''Waxing Moon'' – named for when the moon's brightness increases – is bathed in hope and spiritual substance."
Pathway to Paris
Founded by Jesse Paris Smith and Rebecca Foon (Foon and Smith met playing with
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
at
Ornette Coleman
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's ''
Meltdown Festival'' in London in 2009), Pathway to Paris was born shortly after the 2014 People's Climate March, where 400,000 citizens took to the streets of New York City. Smith and Foon organized a concert event at Le Poisson Rouge, a small venue in New York City, where iconic figures took the stage, including
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe (; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence.
Pos ...
,
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a member of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Mo ...
,
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
, and prolific climate-thinker and writer,
Bill McKibben. Since then, Smith and Foon have organized world class events around the globe tied to major climate events, such as Climate Week NYC and the
Global Climate Action Summit
The Global Climate Action Summit was held September 12–14, 2018 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California.Cart, Julie. CALmatters"Heavy hitters on climate change will converge on San Francisco this week, with Gov. Jerry Brown ...
, and most notably, the UN Climate Change meetings. In December 2015, during UN
COP21
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21 or CMP 11 was held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 12 December 2015. It was the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Conve ...
, the duo organized high profile events at
Le Trianon
Le Trianon is a theatre and concert hall in Paris. It is located at 80, boulevard de Rochechouart, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the hill of Montmartre.
Café concert (1894–1900)
The ''Trianon-Concert'' was built as a '' ...
theatre in Paris to help raise awareness and highlight the importance of ensuring the establishment of the Paris Agreement.
Thom Yorke
Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been descri ...
,
Flea
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,
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
,
Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' ( ...
,
Tenzin Choegyal, Dr.
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandh ...
,
Bill McKibben,
Naomi Klein
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, Gregor Robertson (Mayor of Vancouver at the time), as well as Smith and Foon, took the stage for two nights, despite the attacks that occurred at the Bataclan just weeks before, and most cultural events and Cop21 gatherings being canceled by a major city shutdown. When the Paris Agreement was established shortly after these awe-inspiring concerts, Foon and Smith, thinking their work was done, quickly realized it was urgently time to put their efforts in supporting the world in turning the Paris Agreement into reality, and officially started a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, aptly named Pathway to Paris.
Smith and Foon, throughout their climate journey together, have recognized the importance of offering solutions to limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In 2017, they announced thei
1000 Cities Initiative for Carbon Freedomat the
UN Secretariat
The United Nations Secretariat (french: link=no, Secrétariat des Nations unies) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), The secretariat is the UN's executive arm. The secretariat has an important role in setting the a ...
. The idea behind the 1000 Cities Initiative for Carbon Freedom is that if 1000 cities design and implement ambitious climate action plans targeting 100% renewable energy and zero emissions as soon as possible, then the targets of the
Paris Agreement
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can actually be met.
Shortly after announcing the 1000 Cities Initiative at the
UN, Foon and Smith organized a concert event at
Carnegie Hall
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, in collaboration with the
United Nations Development Program
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...
, with an outstanding cast of musicians and leading thinkers, including
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...
,
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greene (; born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper. He earned recognition early on through his collaboration with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def in 1997, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's musical career continued with ...
,
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
,
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe (; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence.
Pos ...
,
Cat Power
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,
Bill McKibben,
Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson ( is, Ólafur Elíasson; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's ...
,
Tenzin Choegyal,
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandh ...
, plus Smith and Foon.
During
Bill McKibben’s time onstage at Carnegie Hall, he asked the audience to remove the DivestNY insert from their playbills, and use it to write a letter to NY Comptroller Scott Stringer, urging him to divest New York's pension fund from fossil fuels. Together, New York's pension funds are among the largest in the world, representing a combined $390 billion.
After the event, the audience was asked to drop the letters off in the lobby at the 350NYC table, or mail them directly. A few days later, 350 and Pathway to Paris mailed the collected 3000 letters to Scott Stringer's office, while also sending out calls to action for anyone else in the city to send their own letters or visit DivestNY to send an email. A climate hearing with Public Advocate Tisch James was scheduled, and it was urgent that anyone available attend the hearing and make a testimony.
On January 10, after over five years of community campaigning for New York to divest from fossil fuels, Mayor de Blasio and City Comptroller Scott Stringer confirmed the proposal to freeze all current fossil fuel investments, divest New York's public pension funds fossil fuel companies, and reinvest in renewable energy. Mayor De Blasio also announced that New York City would be suing five major oil companies, seeking damages for the costs of infrastructure improvements to contend with the effects of climate change. London has followed New York City's lead and is carving out its own leading divestment strategy. New York State also announced plans to eject oil and gas stocks from its $226 billion financial portfolio, becoming the first U.S. state and the biggest pension fund anywhere to divest from fossil fuels.
At Pathway to Paris events, audience members are asked to write letters, sign petitions (such as the Pathway to Pari
1000 Cities petition take pledges, and participate in a ‘Little Sun Sunrise,
a collective community artwork led by artist
Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson ( is, Ólafur Elíasson; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's ...
. These solar lamps, donated by The Little Sun Foundation, are then sent following the event to a location in the world which is off the grid, disconnected from city resources, or hit by a climate disaster.
At every Pathway to Paris concert, the concert ends with Patti Smith bringing everyone on stage to unite with the audience to sing her anthem for action, "People Have the Power". In honor of their six-year anniversary, and during Climate Week in September 2020, Pathway to Paris made a video bringing together voices from around the world to sin
"People Have the Power"
Personal life
As of 2021, Foon is based in
Montreal
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.
She is an environmental and social activist and a member o
Sustainability Solutions Group a "sustainability and climate change consulting cooperative."
She is also a co-founder of the Peruvian Amazon-based nonprofit
Junglekeepers working to protect the Madre de Dios region of Peru. With Jesse Paris Smith, Foon co-founde
Pathway to Paris a nonprofit bringing together musicians, writers, leading thinkers and environmental activists to foster climate action and help turn the Paris Agreement into action. Pathway to Paris' acclaimed concert events have taken place internationally, including in 2017 at
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...
, and have included activists and performers such as
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
,
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe (; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence.
Pos ...
,
Flea
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,
Thom Yorke
Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been descri ...
,
Johnny Depp,
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...
,
Cat Power
Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( ; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and model. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a ...
,
Bob Weir
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,
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greene (; born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper. He earned recognition early on through his collaboration with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def in 1997, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's musical career continued with ...
,
Tony Hawk
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,
Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson ( is, Ólafur Elíasson; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's ...
,
Bill McKibben,
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandh ...
,
Naomi Klein
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,
Angelique Kidjo,
Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison (; born 1 August 1978) is an English musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Dhani debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, ''Brainw ...
, along with Smith and Foon. In 2017, Jesse Paris Smith and Foon announced thei
1000 Cities Initiative for Carbon Freedomat a press conference at the
United Nations Secretariat
The United Nations Secretariat (french: link=no, Secrétariat des Nations unies) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), The secretariat is the UN's executive arm. The secretariat has an important role in setting the a ...
.
Awards and nominations
Discography
Solo material
With groups
;
A Silver Mt. Zion
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*2001: ''
Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward
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The title is drawn from the Book of J ...
''
*2003: ''
"This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing''
*2005: ''
Horses in the Sky
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''
*2008: ''
13 Blues for Thirteen Moons''
;
Set Fire to Flames
Set Fire to Flames was a Canadian instrumental music ensemble consisting of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Quebec.
*2001: ''
Sings Reign Rebuilder''
*2003: ''
Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static''
;
Esmerine
*2003: ''
If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be True
''If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be True'' is the debut album by Esmerine
Esmerine is a Canadian modern chamber music group that incorporates genres such as post rock, drone music, post punk, and Turkish folk. Founded in Montre ...
''
*2005: ''
Aurora
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''
*2011: ''La Lechuza''
*2013: ''Dalmak''
*2015: ''Lost Voices''
*2017: ''
Mechanics of Dominion''
*2022: ''Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More''
;
The Mile End Ladies String Auxiliary
*2005: ''From Cells of Roughest Air''
;
Fifths of Seven
*2005: ''Spry from Bitter Anise Folds''
Guest appearances
Soundtracks
*2020: ''Thanadoula'' (short animation by Robin McKenna)
*2017: ''The Departure'' (by
Lana Wilson
Lana Wilson is an American filmmaker. She directed the feature documentaries ''After Tiller'', '' The Departure,'' and '' Miss Americana''. The first two films were nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary.
Life and career
...
)
*2017: ''Freelancer on the Front Lines'' with
Esmerine (by Santiago Bertolino)
*2016: ''Live Cinema'' with
Brendan Canty
Brendan John Canty (born March 9, 1966, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American musician, composer, producer and film maker, best known as the drummer for the band Fugazi.
In 2007, ''Stylus Magazine'' ranked Canty at #29 on the list of "50 Gre ...
, Kate Ryan and James Canty (by
Sam Green and Brent Green)
*2013: ''My Little Underground'' (short animation by Elise Simard)
*2012:
National Parks Project'
*2012: ''The Kiss'' (short animation by Eva Cvijanovic)
*2008: ''H2Oil'' (by
Shannon Walsh
Shannon Walsh is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and scholar. She has directed the feature
documentaries ''The Gig Is Up'', ''H2Oil'' ,''À St-Henri, le 26 août'', ''Jeppe on a Friday'' and ''Illusions of Control''. She has also directed music vi ...
)
Featured on
*2014: ''Evolution of a Criminal'' (by Darius Clark Monroe)
*2011: ''A Walk into the Sea'' (by Esther Robinson)
*2010: ''
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
''Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life'' is a 2010 Canadian live-action/animated short film directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, collectively known as Clyde Henry Productions, and features the voices of Meryl Streep, F ...
'' (short animation by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski)
*2007: ''
Madame Tutli-Putli
''Madame Tutli-Putli'' is a 2007 stop motion-animated short film by Montreal filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, collectively known as Clyde Henry Productions, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). It is available on ...
'' (stop motion-animated short film by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski)
Further reading
;Interviews
*
*
See also
*
Juno Awards of 2014
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References
External links
*
*
Rebecca Foon at Sustainability Solutions Groups*
*
*
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1978 births
Living people
Canadian rock cellists
Musicians from Vancouver