Marc-Antoine BarbierCA/QC
Member of the groups Choses Sauvages and Totalement Sublime, Marc-Antoine Barbier is an established name on the Montréal scene. With Choses Sauvages he released a self-titled debut album in 2018. The band issued a few one-track releases before releasing a second album, Choses Sauvages II, in 2021 and a third, Choses Sauvages III, in 2025. The group has also stood out internationally, notably in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Marc-Antoine Barbier is also a member of the experimental-pop trio Totalement Sublime. In 2021 the group released a self-titled debut album influenced by Japanese music and New York avant-garde. They followed with a micro-album, ALT-15, before beginning work on a double album, Albédo and Parhélie. This ambitious third effort was composed in front of audiences during improvisation sessions, notably at the MUTEK festival in 2022.
Marc-Antoine Barbier – Musée des espèces
Live | World premiere
Inspired by writings on biophony, Marc-Antoine Barbier’s Musée des espèces conjures up a rich world of organic soundscapes and imaginary ecosystems. Electronic music, analog textures, and saxophone meet in his real time recreation, provoking an immersive, non-linear listening experience balanced between spontaneous improvisation and the record’s existing sound world.
Who
Marc-Antoine Barbier is a Montréal-based composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Labels
Not Not Fun Records
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In addition to scoring over ten short films, Marc-Antoine Barbier composed the soundtrack for his first feature film, Très belle journée, in 2022. He then scored a second feature in 2024, Graver l’homme: Arrêt sur Pierre Hébert.
