West Trainz Erik West Millette

• 1West Trainz (Welcome Aboard)04:23
• 2Trans-Canadian Express04:31
• 3New-York Central Station01:52
• 4New-York Night Trainz05:52
• 5Union Station Mood00:58
• 6Chicago Jump Trainz03:01
• 7Louisiana Sunset Limited04:28
• 8Biloxi Mood00:48
• 9New Orleans Funk Trainz03:42
• 10Mexico Al Pacifico05:06
• 11Cuban Cigar Trainz05:12
• 12Trem Da Amazonia04:25
• 13Trans Sahara Express05:10
• 14Istanbul Station01:29
• 15Orient express03:08
• 16London Eurostar02:43
• 17TGV North Express02:56
• 18German Ice Trainz03:25
• 19Trans Andalucia express03:44
• 20Scandinavian Train03:35
• 21Yarolavsky Station01:27
• 22Trans Siberian Express03:27
• 23Trans Mongolia02:58
• 24Trans Manchuria Express03:09
• 25Japan Shinkazen04:05
• 26Australian Indian Pacific04:58
• 27Leo West lullaby04:22
• Total Runtime01:34:54

Info zu West Trainz

West Trainz is the fruition of roughly 20 years of travel, exploration and formal work. Above all, it is meant as a tribute to the major transcontinental express trains. Over the years, his pieces have drawn from the train’s “trance-like” effect, blending 24 instrumental compositions of concrete railway music. The book is his traveller’s journal about his travelling days.

Erik West Millette

Erik West Millette
is a multidisciplinary musician who has participated in more than 200 sounds recordings, roughly 50 of which he was the song-writer and/or director.

Recognized for his contributions to films, sound environments, the theatre, and dance, Erik likes to design custom-made music sculptures for audio-art projects. He has collaborated with a number of renowned artists, both in studio and on tour, such as Doctor John, Willie West, Zachary Richard, Nanette Workman, Bia, Lhasa de Sela, Betty Bonifassi, Jordan Officer, Thomas Hellman, and Marie-Jo Thério. He has also worked as musical director for projects at Radio-Canada, the BBC, and France-Inter.

This talented artist had a banner year in 2013 when he won a Jutra award for best original music for the soundtrack of the film Camion by director Rafael Ouellet.

During that same year, Erik saw West Trainz, a project that captivated him for nearly 25 years, come to fruition. This grand railway concept gradually unfolds into several performance concepts, which are all currently on track: a multimedia presentation in a concert venue, a roving performance using an electrically powered train and music sculptures, a travel log CD-book, and a song album called Train Songs. All of West Trainz’ branches stem back to trains—their visual, auditory, poetic, and travel components!

The West Trainz CD-book was high-lighted in 2016 when Erik West Millette won three Felix awards at the ADISQ Gala (Album of the Year—Instrumental, Producer of the Year, and Arranger of the Year), and was nominated at the Juno Awards (Recording Package of the Year).

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet