Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light

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1.	Recording a Tunnel (The Horns Play Underneath the Canal) 00:42	buy track
2.	Les Lumières Pt. 1 06:17	buy track
3.	Les Lumières Pt. 2 03:50	buy track
4.	Throw It on a Fire 04:46	buy track
5.	Recording a Tunnel (The Horns Play Underneath the Canal) Continued 01:53	buy track
6.	The Upwards March 04:21	buy track
7.	The Bells Play the Band 01:19	buy track
8.	Recording a Tape… (Typewriter Duet) 03:41	buy track
9.	Nuevo 05:51	buy track
10.	Salvatore Amato 06:39	buy track
11.	Recording a Tunnel (The Invisible Bells) 13:28	buy track

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Erased Tapes are proud to announce the first in a series of Bell Orchestre reissues. The band’s landmark debut album Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light has been repressed on vinyl using the original masters for the first time since its original release in 2005.

Formed in 1999 whilst studying in Montreal, the first music Bell Orchestre made was live scores for contemporary dance performances and puppet shows. Looking back at the band’s early years two decades later, drummer Stefan Schneider says: “Everybody was doing random things to pay the rent like working at cafes, busking, cooking at a daycare, making pizzas, teaching kids in China English by telephone at four in the morning. Mostly in our early 20s, Montreal was cheap, a little grungy and there was a vibrant DIY scene. We were all excited about this special chemistry that was felt making music together.”

When the group entered the now-legendary Montreal studio Hotel2Tango, Arcade Fire were also recording their eponymous debut Funeral there and the two bands had to take turns recording. Due to the growing interest in Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre was put on hold as members of both bands, Parry and Sarah Neufeld, quickly became occupied with Arcade Fire’s busy touring schedule. “

After almost a decade of hiatus, the band signed to Erased Tapes in 2020. Long-time fan and friend of Bell Orchestre and its individual members, label founder Robert Raths was equally excited about them releasing new music and the opportunity to shine more light on their astonishing body of work.

“This record has always had a firm place in the wider Erased Tapes story, because it contributed heavily to some of us connecting online and eventually meeting in person. It is deeply ingrained in my memory of the time when I had just moved to London. I worked across the street from this small record shop called Pure Groove, where I’m pretty sure I picked up a copy based on its intriguing title and a hand-written note of recommendation by the staff.”

“When retouching the artwork files for this reissue, I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before. There is this seismographic disc that’s printed on the labels, which is astonishingly similar to the one that forms the basis for the original Erased Tapes mountain logo drawing by Chris Hernandez from 2007. When I pointed this funny little coincidence out to Richard, he immediately agreed it would be damn nice to highlight this connection,” states Robert Raths.

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released January 13, 2023

Written and performed by Bell Orchestre.

© 2022 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Artwork by Onya Hogan-Finlay and Tracy Maurice 2005.
Additional Artwork by Robert Raths 2022.

All rights reserved. All Tapes Erased.

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Bell Orchestre Montreal, Québec

Bell Orchestre is a collaborative avant-garde instrumental group based in Montreal. Its six members come from wildly divergent musical backgrounds, and the unlikely chemistry that results from their collaboration is the very thing that sustains their connection. House Music, the band's first full-length album in over a decade, is set to be released on March 19, 2021. ... more

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