Barry Paquin Roberge
Barry Paquin Roberge, also known as BPR, are back and hitting a home run through the ages with their latest album, Exordium to Extasy.
As disco was dying around the globe in the late 70’s, it was still very much alive and booming in Montreal. For years, this unstoppable scene came to dominate many of Quebec’s radio stations, but eventually succumbed to the platform boots of hair bands. Now, this glam squad is here to rekindle the disco flame and make the people of today dance their worries away.
Thanks to their time-halting performances, sing-along choruses and fabulous attires, BPR have folks around the globe chiming in with their celebrations. Iceland Airwaves, SIM Sao Paolo, Chile’s Fluvial Festival, Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Havana World Music Festival along with more local music-industry festivities such as Canadian Music Week and M for Montréal have all seen this electrifying ensemble at work!
BPR is comprised of Alexis Roberge (Buddy McNeil & the Magic Mirrors), Sebastien Paquin (also of BM&MM), Etienne Barry (Les Deuxluxes), Jonathan Lafrance (Muscadettes) Jocelyn Gagné (Les Breastfeeders), and Anna Frances Meyer (Les Deuxluxes). Arguably the best thing since Xanadu’s soundtrack, Exordium to Extasy is the groundbreaking sequel to the GAMIQ award nominated mini-album, Voyage Massage.
Songs such as The BPR Strut and Hot Stuff will turn any boring commute to work into a Soul Trainesque catwalk. BPR are bringing back a sense of community and the art of arrangements to pop songs. Their blend of male and female vocals reach out to all who want to have a good time. Groovy guitar licks, party-pleaser synthesizers and fluttering flute are just the thing people did’nt know they needed.
Produced by Félix Petit (Les Louanges, Hubert Lenoir) and BPR, mixed by JB Pinard (Les Louanges), engineered by Nicolas Beaudoin (Laura Sauvage) and Ryan Battistuzzi (Malajube) and put to tape by Francis Duchesne; BPR’s Exordium to Extasy was released through Costume Records on February 26, 2021.
Thanks to their time-halting performances, sing-along choruses and fabulous attires, BPR have folks around the globe chiming in with their celebrations. Iceland Airwaves, SIM Sao Paolo, Chile’s Fluvial Festival, Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Havana World Music Festival along with more local music-industry festivities such as Canadian Music Week and M for Montréal have all seen this electrifying ensemble at work!
BPR is comprised of Alexis Roberge (Buddy McNeil & the Magic Mirrors), Sebastien Paquin (also of BM&MM), Etienne Barry (Les Deuxluxes), Jonathan Lafrance (Muscadettes) Jocelyn Gagné (Les Breastfeeders), and Anna Frances Meyer (Les Deuxluxes). Arguably the best thing since Xanadu’s soundtrack, Exordium to Extasy is the groundbreaking sequel to the GAMIQ award nominated mini-album, Voyage Massage.
Songs such as The BPR Strut and Hot Stuff will turn any boring commute to work into a Soul Trainesque catwalk. BPR are bringing back a sense of community and the art of arrangements to pop songs. Their blend of male and female vocals reach out to all who want to have a good time. Groovy guitar licks, party-pleaser synthesizers and fluttering flute are just the thing people did’nt know they needed.
Produced by Félix Petit (Les Louanges, Hubert Lenoir) and BPR, mixed by JB Pinard (Les Louanges), engineered by Nicolas Beaudoin (Laura Sauvage) and Ryan Battistuzzi (Malajube) and put to tape by Francis Duchesne; BPR’s Exordium to Extasy was released through Costume Records on February 26, 2021.
