ARIANE MOFFATT – MA (February 27 2012)
40 Best Albums in Canada, Polaris Music Prize 2012 Long List – 12 June 2012 – Polaris Music Prize
#2 Billboard Canada – 2nd best selling album in Canada 1st week (published 7 March) – Billboard
#6 Billboard Canada – 6th best selling album in Canada 2nd Week (published 14 March) – Billboard
#13 Billboard Canada – 13th best selling album in Canada 3nd Week (published 21 March) – Billboard
#1 Album on iTunes Canada 27 Feb – 1 Mar – iTunes
#2 Album on iTunes Canada 2 Mar – 6 Mar – iTunes
ARIANE MOFFATT – IN YOUR BODY | Premiered May 7 by FILTER Magazine / AUX
“…rhythmic and hypnotic [...] it’s a really good record” – Jian Ghomeshi Q CBC RADIO ONE
“this album has an irresistible groove…” – Anna Asimakopulos CBC NEWS MONTREAL
“…there’s no reason why her sincerity and infectious pop shouldn’t make her even more popular with a wider audience” – EXCLAIM!
“…a real winner in hard with her first bilingual album” – TORONTO STAR
“…a new direction for the bilingual artist, incorporating a harder electro-pop sound and some of her best songwriting and melodies to date.” – AUX
“…she takes a hell of a run at it.” – 4/5 Review MONTREAL GAZETTE
“nouvel univers pour la toujours très talentueuse Ariane Moffatt.” – 4.5/5 Review LA PRESSE
“The result is laser-focused, showing Moffatt coming into her own as a producer” – 4/5 Review UPTOWN WINNIPEG
“Quebec’s reigning queen of electro-pop” – SPINNER // “…her latest album, ‘Ma,’ mixing stomping percussion with sexy electro-pop, almost giving artists like Robyn a run for their money.” – SPINNER
‘MA’ TOUR DATES
Feb 29 Theatre Rialto – Montreal CAN – SOLD OUT
Mar 01 Theatre Rialto – Montreal CAN – SOLD OUT
Mar 09 L’impérial – Quebec City CAN
Mar 13 Spill Bar – SxSw Austin USA – 21:00 Presented By: Planet Quebec
Mar 15 Spill Bar – SxSw Austin USA – 00:00 Presented By: Montreal Jazz Fest
Mar 16 Maggie Mae’s – SxSw Austin USA – 12:30 Presented By: Sonic Bids & Planetary Group
Mar 16 Spill Bar – SxSw Austin USA – 15:00 Presented By: Sirius XM
Mar 22 El Mocambo – CMW Toronto CAN – 21:00 Presented By: Sirius XM SOLD OUT *
Mar 24 Musée Canadien des Civilisations – Gatineau CAN
Mar 30 Granada Theatre – Sherbrooke CAN
May 23 Rockwood Music Hall – New York USA **
May 25 The Drake Underground – Toronto CAN – 20:00 – SOLD OUT
May 30 Le Nouveau Casino – Paris, FRA
Jun 01 Le Botanique – Brussels, BEL
Jun 05 La Dynamo, Toulouse, FRA
Jun 10 Metropolis – Montréal, CAN
Jun 22 Harbourfront Centre, Franco-fete de Toronto – Toronto, CAN TICKETS
Jul 12 L’Impérial, Festival D’été – Quebec City, CAN ***
Sep 07 Festival de l’Outaouais Emergent – Gatineau, CAN
Sep 13 Virgine Mobile Mod Club – Toronto, CAN
Oct 07 La Grange – Saint-Prime, CAN
Dec 01 Theatre Corona – Montreal, CAN
*w/ Martha Wainwright, The Dears, Half Moon Run, Galaxie, Adam & The Amethysts
**w/ Leif Vollebekk
**w/ Grimes
Ariane Moffatt – MA
Audiogram
27th February 2012
TRACK LIST
1. Walls of the world
2. In Your Body
3. Hotel Amour
4. Mon Corps
5. Too Late
6. La Pluie et le Beau Temps
7. L’homme dans L’automobile
8. All Yours
9. Rules of Legal Love
10. Artifacts
11. Sourire Sincere
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ABOUT
Ladies and gentlemen – introducing MA by Ariane Moffatt: Out February 27th on Audiogram, the acclaimed Quebec songbird is now reinventing herself, delving into uncharted electro-pop territory and reaches new heights with the boldest, brightest songs of her career. ‘In Your Body’ is released 24th of January, a track from the coming album that evokes Goldfrapp meets the B-52s with its shuffle-step beat, jazzy synth stabs and sassy lyrics.
MA is, in a way, Ariane’s most personal work. The title comes from the Japanese concept of the ma, which refers to a sensorial experience of negative space or downtime – not as something that separates but rather something that unites. A quiet place allowed her to make an album that is both totally centered and wildly adventurous. MA is written, performed and produced completely by Ariane herself; in her creative space, at studio Planet and at Montrealʼs Hotel2tango studio (Arcade Fire, Barr Brothers, Handsome Furs).
Working both in French and in English felt natural for Moffatt, who lives in Montrealʼs diverse Mile End neighborhood. She has dabbled in the language before; but by recording more than half her new album in English, she positions herself in the ma between her cityʼs two dominant cultures. And she sounds equally at home in each.
BIO
Ariane Moffattʼs illustrious career is marked by curiosity – sonic, musical and emotional – and it is contagious. She has built a devoted following in Canada over the past decade, making inroads to France with her evocative blend of electro, pop,soul and rock.
Yet it was underwater that Moffatt made her grand entrance, splashing onto the scene with her 2002 debut Aquanaute. An entrancing collection of post-trip-hop confessionals blending acoustic and electronic textures, sung just above a whisper, the album struck a chord. It sold 120,000 copies and won three ADISQ Awards (Quebecʼs Grammys) including Discovery of the Year and Pop-Rock Album of the Year.
Moffatt seduced the French public with “Je Veux Tout“, the irresistible hit single off her third album Tous Les Sens. Released in April, 2008 the release went on to win a slew of awards at home (the JUNO for Francophone Album of the Year, four ADISQ awards) and in France (Prix de lʼAcadémie Charles Cros, Prix de la chanson Française).
HIGH RES PRESS PHOTOS / ASSETS
Press photo 1 – Credit: SPG Le Pigeon
Press photo 2 – Credit: SPG Le Pigeon
Press Photo ‘Visor’ – Credit: SPG Le Pigeon
Album Cover ‘MA’
Single Cover ‘In Your Body’
Cover Sleeve / Liner Notes ‘MA’
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arianemoffatt.com
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