WELCOME TO THE MUSIC SECTION!!
Here you can discover the most important projects in Merlin's carreer up to date.
This section will be updated only when new projects are taking shape.
For more information on any single project please reffer to the links on every page.
Enjoy!
International power duo shaped of :
::Merlin Ettore - Hybrid Drums::(Montreal / CANADA, Berlin / GERMANY)
::Zol - knobs & noize:::::(FRANCE)
[trap] are known to smash their audience with a unique all live heavy core electro style. Operating in a straightforward approach, [trap] is constantly increasing potentials out of broad musical influences and techniques.
Recently based in Berlin, [trap] has been drawing allot of attention throughout the numerous live appearances,engaging both head banging and electro dance-floor crowds.
[trap.] are two classically formed musicians who turned inside out the city of Berlin and festivals such as Fusion this summer with their guerilla gigs.
These two - a machine of a drummer and a mad man on knobs and noize - did not not only generate an uncontrollably expanding fan base , but quickly grabbed the attention of radio stations such as Radio Fritz and motor.fm who got carried away on air by their by thrilling improvised live sets!
contribution
Drumming, production, composition, recording, live appearance, graphic design
Just another industrial_alternative
elektrotriphop_projekt with german lyrics?
no_the first one!
_basics
BLACKBOX
is the Missing Link between Industrial and TripHop.
Produced by Berlin based mastermind René Rose and co-produced and engineert by Thommy Hein
[Queens of the Stone Age, Bushido, Corvus Corax, etc.] BLACKBOX connects the two traditional alongside existing genres of Electro and Alternative to a real independent style, which feeds the habits of the scenes best and sneaky serves and offers new skills and styles in the same moment.
EBM_beats and sounds plus kickass_livedrums are pressing the material powerful and hungry to the front and always leave enough room for psycedelic downtempo_passages which are deeply rooted in the BLACKBOX.
All this is because of a powerful base.
Rose was touring Europe with many acts, and knows what it takes to be stylistically successful in recordings and live_performances.
This all works best with german lyrics and makes BLACKBOX intersting for the north_american and asian fan as for the national market as well.
As a German artist, with his own attitude, BLACKBOX stands also for an alternative to the german_music_export.
_album
The debut album from BLACKBOX comprises 12 tracks and is titled as one of the songs:
cracker
The album was engineered during an absolute speed_rush_short_term in the Berlin based Thommy Hein Studio in autumn 2009. Hein is Rose's 1st choice in finding a congenial partner for building the BLACKBOX_sound. The result is an album, to which it's hard to find a stylistic second one in Germany.
The Alternative_Industrial_TripHop_Monster has bitten itself into the world - the 2nd Album is in progress.
_line_up
is a live_alien, which has bitten itself to the outside of its sound_spaceglider during the shows, and is driven by hybrid beats which are pumping the monster through the orbit.
Punch and downbeat are the fuel for the performances. KlickerKlackerBrzz meets Boom!
René Rose
[Berlin, Germany]
_vocals _bass _progamings
Ignacio 'Inder' Bielefeldt
[Santiago de Chile, Chile]
_guitar
Merlin Ettore
[Montreal, Kanada]
_drums _live electronics
coming soon!!
Drumming, recording, live appearance
BLANDILO
Merlin's Magic, Joannie's Intuition
This duo is about to take you by surprise, not only by dint of their expertise and precision, but by a certain connection between Joannie Labelle and Merlin Ettore, the two percussionists who comprise this duo.
Between them, they generate the humid passion of Latin, the electro-speak of the laptop, the rhythms of far shores beaten by hands on indigenous instruments, and the restless funk played by sticks on the western drumset.
They've done internships in Cuba, pursued advanced percussion studies, devised multi-media presentations, and worked the drumset to frenetic heights.
As you will see from Joannie and Merlin's first note, this is no thrown-together outfit. They've been active in the Montreal scene, adding finesse to their presentation.
Expect great things from Blandilo.
The Ark is a multimedia work that brings together elements from the circus, music, and new technology. It is a reflection upon the current state of the environment, at a time when large-scale, important changes are taking place. Every second, every minute, every hour of every day, a flower, an insect, a species that contributes to our bio diversity, disappears or is in danger of extinction.
The show is made up of a series of unpredictable tableaux, scenes of a remarkable sensitivity. The audience will be thrilled to experience, along with the artists, the exceptional acrobatics in this performance. The original score, live percussions and the poetry of the changing visual landscapes will take your breath away.
The Ark is a work without text, a work for all ages. It celebrates the power of imagination and the world around us, examining the delicate balance in the relationship between man and nature. The piece reminds us that the future of our world depends on each and every one of us.
The Ark was created with the collaboration of The Biodome of Montreal and we have the support of Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
Drumming, production, composition, recording, live appearance.
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