Benoit Pioulard & Offthesky - Sunder (2024)

In 2018, Benoît Pioulard and Jason Corder (Offthesky) have recorded 2 tracks for the dialog tapes project, initiated by eilean rec., in which artists from the Dauw label and eilean rec. were linked to each other in order to make a collaborative track.
6 years after, on a proposal from the LAAPS label, to record a complete release together, Benoît and Jason bring to us "Sunder".

Benoît Pioulard is the primary audiovisual project of Michigan-born, Brooklyn-based Thomas Meluch. With six LPs on the renowned kranky imprint, as well as a catalog of works for Universal (UK), Morr Music (DE) and others, he has constructed a unique aesthetic steeped in the textures of analog decay and pop song structure using chiefly guitar, piano and tape processing. He has also built an extensive archive of Polaroid photographs (many of which grace his album covers), the first official collection of which is the hardcover book "Sylva", released in 2019. His most recent album "Eidetic" (Morr, 2023) was his first vocal-heavy work in several years, and will be followed in 2024 by the third LP from his Orcas project with Rafael Anton Irisarri (Dais, Room40).



Jason Corder is experimental-ambient multimedia artist based in Denver, CO. He has been producing music, video art, audio software, and the occasional interactive sound sculpture, for over 20 years. He teaches private courses on generative music and occasionally lectures on various sound design topics at Denver University. He currently is the Audio Director at the Denver based videogame studio Dire Wolf. Over the years, he has worked with labels such as Home Normal, 12k's term, Facture, IIKKI and more. Over the years he has performed at Mutek, Decibel, Communikey and other festivals, sharing the bill with likeminded artists Pole, Matmos, William Basinski, and more.