DARK SKY SOCIETY
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Dark Sky Society is a composition and recording project led by Vid Cousins and William Hesselink, and made up of 14 musicians and 5 filmmakers.
Dark Sky Societyβs sprawling, nebulous, large-ensemble draws from its membership of mind-bending musicians and filmmakers and is fully-rooted in its iconic and adventurous, Montreal artistic heritage.
Beginning in 2018 with a pile of entangled compositional threads, over a period of six years William Hesselink and Vid Cousins enlisted the help of collaborators inside and outside the studio to develop and refine their statements and process. DSS calls on a number of talented Montreal collaborators from the musique actuelle, avant-rock and jazz scenes. They include members of well-known Quebec bands such as Bell Orchestre, Land of Kush, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Esmerine, Aaron Parks Little Big, Amon Tobin, Kid Koala and many others.
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William Hesselink
Co-director, composer, band-leader, drumset, marimba, vibraphoneVid Cousins
Co-director, composer, recording producer, pedal-steel, chapman stick, harp guitarRyhna Thompson
Production, ManagementDavid Barlow-Krelina
2D / 3D / Dome film direction / animationCielle Graham
Hand-drawn / Digital illustration / animationTracy Maurice
Cinematography, Dark-Field Microscopy, Chemical macrophotographyCorinne Merrell
MiniaturesAJ Korkidakis
VideographerKeiko Devaux
PianoNathan Gage
ContrabassJonah Fortune
ContrabassSarah PagΓ©
Harp, Bass Koto, ElectronicsStefan Schneider
Drumset, marimba, vibraphoneTommy Crane
Drumset, marimba, vibraphoneBruce Cawdron
Marimba, vibraphoneMathieu Charbonneau
Synthesizers, ElectronicsDavid Gossage
FlutesLuigi Allemano
Trombone, EuphoniumPietro Amato
French HornJason Sharp
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