>Olivier Alary
Musician
Olivier Alary is a musician who is known under the title of his musical project 'Ensemble'. Born in Toulouse, France, Alary consolidated his early experimentations with vocal, ambient and distorted recorded sounds by completing a BA in Sonic Art as a complimentary component of a BA in Architecture. In 2000, Ensemble released their experimental pop debut Sketch Proposals (Rephlex Records). After several remixes for Björk, Alary co-wrote the song Desired Constellation on her album, Medulla and has since produced her 2005 album, 'Triumph of a Heart'. Alary's musical project 'Ensemble' has recently released a second self-titled album which features folk-pop vocal pieces featuring Cat Power and Dinosaur Jr’s Lou Barlow. Alary has also worked with the on music projects with the Berlin-based trio 'Chlorgeschlecht' and has composed music for dance, film and installation art.
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Selected Discography
'Sketch Proposals', debut album on Rephlex records
'Sun in my mouth recomposed by Ensemble', Ensemble's 1st Björk remix ('Vespertine')
‘Mouth’, Ensemble's 3rd Björk remix ('Medulla')
‘Desired Constellation’ on Björk’s album ('Medulla')
‘Chlorgeschlecht – Unyoga’ (Honorary mention at the Ars Electronica 2004)
‘ensemble : ensemble’, second album on FatCat records
‘Disown, delete’ (E.p) on FatCat records
Selected Projects
'Bascule', Soundtrack for David Wampach’s dance piece Bascule for the 'Printemps de Septembre' Art festival, Toulouse, 2005
'Proposal 9', Soundtrack for 'New Skin' an installation by Doug Aitken, for 'Sonic-Process', Macba, Barcelona; Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2003
'Ephemere', Soundtrack for 'Radical Fashion', Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2001