Last spring, after 15 months of sanitary restrictions, sound artists Eric Quach (Thisquietarmy) & Jim Demos (Hellenica) drove around Montreal to perform several live sets from a cube truck. The allegorical documentation of these performances depicts a cautionary tale that mirrors what the music scene would look like in a post-pandemic world, as artists are being pushed further away from the core city.
Produced by TQAXHLNKA / THISQUIETARMY RECORDS — 22' | Canada | 2021
Performed by Thisquietarmy x Hellenica — May + June 2021
Music — Eric Quach, Jim Demos
Camera — Roxane De Koninck
Drone Camera — Aitso
Additional Cameras — Aitso, Jim Demos, Eric Quach
Video & Audio Editing — Eric Quach, Jim Demos
Production Assistant — Ryan Rosler
Additional Gear — Dave Luciak
Trailer — Eric Quach
NADJA / THISQUIETARMY EUROPEAN TOUR 2009
A short film by Eric Quach : thisquietarmy tours across Europe with Nadja in june 2009.
Shot with a shaky digital camera during sporadic moments of inspiration within the 3-week adventure across the landscapes of Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Czech Republic & Poland --- the film was quickly assembled and edited in Montreal by Eric Quach in two days, merely a year after it all happened.
A new found hazy and dream-like perspective of the journey is revealed throughout the global overview of the daily change of scenery and events occurring between live performances by both bands in unusual locations such as in a small town Italian restaurant outside of Milan, in the outdoor terrace of a museum located in a suburb of Stuttgart, on a floating barge at the quay in Lyon, at a multidisciplinary arts center in Eindhoven and in a squatted university building in Frankfurt.
ALBUM TRAILERS
THISQUIETARMY X AWAY - THE SINGULARITY, PHASE II (TRAILER)
Thisquietarmy x Away - The Singularity, Phase II coming very soon on P572, June 2021. This is the sequel to the critically acclaimed sci-fi-drone-metal album The Singularity, Phase I. The second act of a timeless space odyssey. From the opening drone of Gamma to the ending epic drum solo of Delta, Phase II is heavier and more enigmatic than the first record. The kaiju’s story continues as Eric Quach and Michel “Away” Langevin of Voivod explore the doom-groove further and beyond, sounding like a duo from another planet.
Video by Eric Quach (2021), artwork by Eric Quach & Michel “Away” Langevin
THISQUIETARMY X AWAY - THE SINGULARITY, PHASE I (TRAILER)
Video by Eric Quach (2020), artwork by Eric Quach & Michel “Away” Langevin
THISQUIETARMY - THE BODY AND THE EARTH (TRAILER)
Video shot in Nova Scotia by Eric Quach (2017) and edited in 2018.
THISQUIETARMY - ANTHEMS FOR CATHARSIS (TRAILER)
MUSIC VIDEOS
THISQUIETARMY - KRAFTWERK
Video shot in Iceland, Germany & Belgium by Eric Quach (2019) and edited in 2020.
SOME BECAME HOLLOW TUBES - IN 1988 I THOUGHT THIS SHIT WOULD NEVER CHANGE
Video shot in Montreal by Eric Quach (2019)
THISQUIETARMY - ISBRYTER
THEE KOUKOUVAYA - LIMBIC CRISIS FOR SPARKLE AND FOAM