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LaF is Taking Us to Another Era
Photo: Felipe Arriagada-Nunez
You would think that a six-member rap group would struggle to contain the various egos and creative differences that result from such a large gathering of the minds. However, that’s not the case for the three rappers and three beat makers that comprise Montreal’s LaF (short for La Famille), one of the most exciting entities to come out of the new wave of hip-hop that has hit la belle province in the past few years.
“Everybody has their role and we exploit them the best we can,” explains Bkay over the phone, one of the three rappers in LaF, along with Jah Maaz and Mantisse (the group’s three beatmakers consist of Bnjmn.lloyd, BLVDR, and Oclaz). “The recipe of LaF as such is a consensus itself, so from there we accept that premise [and] we can just create accordingly.”
Having joined together while at Cégep de St-Laurent in 2014, the members of LaF released their first album, Monsieur-Madame, at the tail-end of 2016. Their debut displayed the palpable chemistry possessed by the group’s three MCs, on top of a collection of nocturnal-sounding beats. Nearly a year later, LaF released an EP entitled Jello, whose more upbeat sound reflected the group consciously writing with the stage in mind.
“Jello was more light [and] easier to listen to; we wanted to make music that was cathartic and that would be fun to perform live,” says Bkay.
“For sure we try to be balanced in our productions and to think when we make music, we think of the shows as well,” notes Mantisse. “It’s still important because it’s a big part of our work, shows as such.”
That focus on performing and getting a crowd going came in handy for LaF once they decided to submit themselves for the 2018 edition of Les Francouvertes. A long-running institution presenting the up-and-coming generations of Francophone artists, the winner of Les Francouvertes receives $10,000 as the prize. Ultimately emerging as the victors of the competition, LaF became the first hip-hop act to win Les Francouvertes since 2000.
“The competition was extremely formative in terms of performance, because we focused on making a professional show, and we worked hard on that specifically,” explains Mantisse. The rapper also believes LaF’s approach to the competition aided the group when they hit the stage this summer at big-time local festivals like Francos de Montréal and Osheaga.
However, instead of biding their time after their Francouvertes victory to slowly tinker with new music, LaF decided to quickly follow it up with their second EP, Hôtel délices. Its somber sonics harkens back to the group’s debut album, but this time with an expanded instrumental palette consisting of synthesizers, guitar, and even room for a sax solo.
“The thought behind the instrumentation was different; it was really about getting a fuller sound, something that would lead towards newer horizons,” explains Bkay.
“We chose trap-ish beats because we wanted something very in-your-face, that would move the speakers so to speak.”
That fuller sound is exhibited throughout Hôtel délices’ seven songs, whether it be the airy atmospherics of opener “Drapeaux,” the hip-house of lead single “Tangerine” and “See you Later,” or the foreboding tones of “Quart de siècle.”
Don’t expect LaF to take too much of a break after this busy year, as Hôtel délices has been cited by the group as being “like an appetizer” before a second album to be released in 2019. While the group has only taken tentative steps towards crafting the album, Mantisse notes that with their latest EP they have “touched on a way of working that’s more instinctive and through which we can have the results we’re looking for.”
Finishing their second album isn’t the only thing LaF would like to accomplish in the future. “I think a big dream [of ours] would be to go do shows in Europe,” reflects Bkay. “I think that ultimately it’s something that we would get a kick out of.
“On the level of creation, we’d really like to have a state-of-the-art studio, be stable, have everything at the ready and really have the time to create what we want.”
Touring Europe’s Francophonie would certainly bring LaF closer to the trajectory of Quebec’s biggest hip-hop acts like Alaclair Ensemble and Dead Obies. However, while the group respects and admires those homegrown trailblazers, LaF prefers to stay humble in their outlook.
“We’ll never have the role of the Dead Obies. We’ll never have the role of Alaclair. At the same time, we make music that’s also a bit different, and we’re in another era,” explains Bkay. “We hope that our music will pass the test of time and that it will have a dimension that matters to us, and represents us at our best as people.”
“You always want that it reaches the most people possible in a genuine way,” adds Mantisse, “but I also want to be at peace with it; in the end you want your happiness to be proportional to what you bring others.”
LaF launches Hôtel délice on Friday, September 21 at Le Ministère (4521 St- Laurent) at 9:00 p.m., $15
Click below to listen:
http://lafamillemtl514.bandcamp.com/album/h-tel-d-lices
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CJLO @ Heavy Montreal: What a Weekend!
After another fantastic year, Heavy Montreal has now sailed off into the distance and left here’s some of the thoughts some of our DJs that attended had. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Devon - Hot Chaud – Sundays 11AM – 12PM
Heavy Montreal: Worth the Weight
It’s with a heavy metal heart that we say goodbye to this year’s edition of Montreal’s heavy rock festival. As Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Saint-Helen’s Island, has transformed itself into a music addict’s playground, the next two festivals had some large, muddied shoes to fill. Osheaga and ÎleSoniq, who hosted some of the world’s top rock, pop and electronic acts over the following two weeks, definitely arrived to the smell of blood, sweat, and beers.
As a part of CJLO’s broadcasting crew, I was lucky enough to have access to the festival’s more privileged areas. From the media tent to the V.I.P section, none of them left me disappointed. Often finding ourselves walking or getting driven around Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on a golf cart, the festival did sometimes feel like a formula one race. In my case, I got off to a slow start but when the race started, it didn’t stop. This was especially true on day 1 when I had an interview scheduled with a member of Underoath at 4PM and another with the singer of The Black Dahlia Murder at 4:30. When 4:20 came around and I still hadn’t heard from either of them, I was worried they would both show up at the same time making for an awkward and unprofessional moment. Then 5:15 came around and my interview with Trevor from The Black Dahlia Murder was ready to go, while Chris from Underoath was waiting for me at the back of the Apocalypse stage, a 10-minute walk from the media tent. It was then that the Heavy Montreal crowd witnessed a lanky redhead run for his life across the festival grounds, as if he were looking for sunscreen and shade. Meeting Chris from Underoath, a band I grew up idolizing, was definitely one of my Heavy Montreal highlights. It wasn’t just about meeting the guy; it was about being backstage, hanging out with the other band members, looking out at the crowd, and feeling like I was actually part of the mechanics of what ran the festival.
CJLO’s live broadcast from 3:00-6:00PM on the festival’s lot on day 2 was also something I won’t forget. Being the only radio station to broadcast live from the festival, I was proud to be giving our audience exclusive Heavy Montreal content. From live interviews with bands like Get The Shot and Khemmis, the CJLO team was also able to talk about the inside of the business with Looters’s A&R representative Sarah Lutz. From the day we stepped foot in the fest, I felt like we were treated like professionals, thus, making it even more motivating to produce professional content for our heavy metal audience.
Lastly, a festival couldn’t be a success without its artists. Although there were many groups that should be given props such as I Prevail, Underoath, and Gojira, this 90’s kid was not disappointed with Limp Bizkit. The group’s frontman Fred Durst had arrived at the track ready to win the race. He didn’t look sick, hungover or annoyed. He looked like he was genuinely happy to be there and gave his 100%. Rollin’ through all of their biggest hits, one after the other, they made the audience wonder, Avenged who? Limp Bizkit was the perfect band to close off this year’s nostalgic roster of 90’s metal pioneers. I can’t wait for next year’s edition and hope that Osheaga and ÎleSoniq had good luck in trying to upstage this year’s Heavy Montreal festival.
Philiam - Turn on the Darkness – Wednesdays – 12 – 1PM
HIGHLIGHTS
GOJIRA
After being gone for some time, Gojira put on a marvelous performance for the masses on the last day of Heavy Montreal. One of the most aggressive bands in the greatest cities of metal, showcasing how far they've come in their career showcases how much growth and how much their fan base loves their music. With Magma being released a little over two years ago, it was interesting to hear the songs in a live setting, as well throwing in the classics such as “Flying Whales”, “Backbone”, and “The Heaviest Matter in the Universe”.
ALESTORM
Alestorm was one of the highlights of the fest while also being the silliest. I've never seen a big crowd for them in my entire life of going to Heavy. It made me happy how much this band has grown and gotten so popular. I enjoyed everything about their set and it was actually the best set to date seeing them, especially since they now have a vast catalogue of music in their discography. Also kudos to the crowd rowing on the floor during “Nancy The Tavern Wench”.
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
Being a headliner at this year's Heavy changed things for me as BTBAM's hit the stage. To me, it signaled they had officially "made it", and it never made me so proud to see them perform their classics such as “Disease Injury Madness”, as well as the newer track of Voice of Trespass which was a banger live and I absolutely loved. Overall the tight performance and sleek visuals turned me on, as well as fireworks in the background adding a nice touch. A very memorable and enjoyable ender to Saturday's bands.
TRIVIUM
Trivium tore open the entire floor. That literally was one of the best performances I have ever seen from them since 2014 at Heavy, drastically improving on everything. Crowd surfers everywhere, three big circle pits, and moshes galore... holy heck was I impressed by this insane show.
THE DOWNPOUR OF RAIN
This was not a set in any way shape or form. After a beautiful day, for 15 minutes a downpour of rain hit Heavy Montreal, and caused the performances to be delayed for 15 mins, including Emperor. I believe there was some witchcraft or something that occurred during the day that caused it to happen. But it was the most intense thing ever.
NAPALM DEATH
Napalm Death had a great and fast set. Grinding away with that grindcore, and as well playing classics, such as “You Suffer”, which was glorious to see live.
GLORYHAMMER
Wizards, goblins, hammers!... All about power metal and fantasy. Gloryhammer put on a great debut North American performance in Montreal. It was hype enough to finally see these young energetic guys finally make it, and was totally worth it.
INTERVALS
Seeing Intervals in a festival setting changed my mind on how much they've evolved into a huge band these past couple of years. Aaron Marshall knows how to put on a show, from seeing them back in February, they've drastically improved a lot in terms of performance and knowing their songs and the facemelting shredding that happened on stage was just pure fun.
Angelica – BVST – Wednesdays 7 – 9PM
Heavy Montreal roared back to life in 2018, with an at times perplexing, but always entertaining lineup. Where else can you see Pallbearer, Sleep, Red Fang, and Emperor, but also Limp Bizkit? And where else can you say that you enjoyed every one of those performances?
I feel extremely blessed that I was able to catch at least some of every single act that interested me, and to have the awesome experience of dancing like a fiend to Rob Zombie, while fireworks exploded at my back. I kicked it back to the 80s with Lee Aaron, Helix and Sword, and saw bands that I've always been curious about seeing live, but would likely never go see headline (like Napalm Death and Witchcraft). I ate delicious food from some of Montreal's best restaurants, drank a few beers, enjoyed watching Tabarnak de Team take their match at Heavy Mania, and tramped all over the Heavy Montreal site with friends, new and old. The weekend was packed with excitement, and I'm sure many of us will be talking about the flash storm that split the sky open and dumped down buckets of driving rain just minutes before Emperor was set to hit the stage, for a long time to come.
Without a doubt, the highlight of the weekend for me was being able to participate in CJLO's live broadcast. We were set up in a lovely tent, surrounded by an idyllic garden bursting with flowers, where we chatted about metal, and our Heavy Montreal experience, as bands wandered through for interviews. Live radio is always fun, but live radio in one of the prettiest spots in the city, surrounded by people that are all excited about the same thing you're excited about, is unparalleled.
Thanks to everyone at Heavy Montreal for the hard work they put in to pulling together Canada's most badass festival, and for letting us take part in it again this year!
Phil - Sin after Sin – Wednesdays 10PM
This was my first Heavy Montreal experience, and one of the first times I've seen a concert at Parc Jean-Drapeau in general!
Saturday was a day of variety: new school, old school, metalcore, grindcore, black metal and... rap! The first show I caught was Lee Aaron, old school "metal queen", and Quebec's newly reunited Sword, still kicking butt like it was 1987. I stuck around the Heavy stage to catch Tech N9ne, a hip-hop show at a metal festival! The stylistic dissonance didn't stop him and his collaborator, Krizz Kaliko, from spitting rapid fire bars and annihilating barriers with their performance.
Utimately, my highlights of the day were definitely Napalm Death and Emperor. Napalm Death, despite their uproarious image, were incredibly humble fellows and played a variety of songs from their career, spanning their first releases to their recent cover album. I was also ecstatic to see a father and his five year-old daughter at the front row enjoying this display of raw brutality and energy.
And finally came Emperor. Despite the beautiful weather the entire day, a dark cloud shrouded us with darkness only 20 minutes before the band were to play and the heavens opened up on us. Being in the second row, I wasn't going anywhere, but there was no escaping the rain, everything and everyone was soaked. Of course, it was only appropriate that a storm hit just before Emperor's first time in Montreal since 1999. The rain pelted us, but no one moved: we were all gonna get pneumonia, but at least we'll have seen Emperor. The rain cleared up to reveal the night sky and Emperor took on the damp stage to play their 1997 album Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk and a few numbers off of In the Nightside Eclipse. A treat and my definitive highlight of the festival.
It wasn't over, however. Sunday came. I immediately caught Canadian glammers Helix to sing along to their catchy hits. I was able to see Voivod, one of my favourite bands, play a collection of classics and their excellent newer material, showing that you can still r o c k after 35 years in the game. Sleep was another treat courtesy of Heavy Montreal, playing their lengthier and moodier tracks. To my surprise, they played a 25-minute version of “Dopesmoker”! I closed off my Heavy experience with Khemmis, a newer gothic-doom band, and the reformation of Necrotic Mutation, bringing members from the bands entire history back together quite literally revolving their lineup as they played songs from the band's entire catalog from the 90s.
Overall, I was impressed with Heavy. The lineup was compelling and varied, and I ultimately appreciated the new discoveries on the spot than I could have imagined.
Sean - Sublime State of Doom – Mondays 8 – 9PM
HOLY SHIT. What a weekend. There were so many goddamn bands that my head literally exploded and I’ve spent the time since the festival gathering skull and brain fragments and super-glueing them back together. Where do I even begin?!!?!?!?!?!?!
I finally got to see Sleep, who dazzled us all with a set of old and new numbers. Marilyn Manson, despite absolutely phoning in his vocal performance, made me happy when he played the beautiful people. EYEHATEGOD played with the swagger of a band of your falling-down-drunk friends playing their first show but with the skill of grizzled road veterans. Rob Zombie surprised me by playing old White Zombie songs, including a rendition of “God of Thunder” from the ultra-rare 1989 EP of the same name. Napalm Death gave their usual best, with some tracks from 1997’s Inside the Torn Apart thrown in. The Black Dahlia Murder made some nice sounds with their guitars, and Limp Bizkit mostly made me think of junior high. The real highlight of the weekend, though, was seeing Emperor play the entirety of Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk plus a few of their other greatest hits. It was a set played in the middle of (no shit here) thunder and lightning from a flash storm just as… dusk… hit, creating a suitably evil and unforgettable experience. Woulda gone just to see that, honestly.
Andrew – Grade A Explosives – Sundays 4 – 6PM
Another Heavy Montreal has come and gone and after a year absence, this edition of Heavy made it up to all of us with an impressive array of bands with all kinds of genres represented.
I got in Saturday to see the greatness that is Pallbearer take the stage and play their crossover doom that is so good even the cooler-than-thou at Pitchfork have taken notice to their prowess in tunes. This was followed by catching some tracks from Lee Aaron, who, to be honest I didn't know was still doing things. Between you and me, is it weird that a ton of people from the 80s have moved onto country music? Maybe there's a natural progression I'm not aware of, but between her, Bret Michaels, Steven Tyler, Bon Jovi, and Sebastian Bach there is definitely a trend to get some twang in your step. After that, I got to catch a Quebec band that's still keeping 80s metal alive, Sword, who put on a pretty good set even though I would have liked to have seen more people support some home grown talent.
I then got to see Baroness be great before getting a chance to do some interviews with bands, including Allegaeon, Red Fang (who I caught later in the day and were AMAZING), and Jungle Rot. Of course, this leads to the double edged sword of being able to talk to amazing people, but miss bands. Alas, this is price that we must pay. I did however, get to catch a couple minutes of Underoath between interviews, and despite the fact that they’ve leaned into the fluorescent yellow color present on the new album, they were great.
I then got to see Marilyn Manson be absolutely awful, which is what I expected, and then nature drenched before watching Emperor, and apart from watching Neurosis as the sun set behind me, watching Emperor perform as lightning flashed around them on stage was the most striking and epic Heavy moment I’ve ever gotten to experience. This all culminated with some Rob Zombie ending the night and generally understanding that sometimes the spectacle is what people want from a show, and with fireworks going off in the background, the night was topped off right.
Sunday was way more chill and was more dedicated to our third annual live broadcast from the grounds of Heavy. Huge thanks to the people that stopped by including Khemmis from Colorado, Get The Shot from Quebec City, and Sarah from PR company Looters. Also, huge thanks to the Heavy press tent crew for helping us set up and get power running to our tent. Hopefully you guys listened in and liked what you heard.
As for bands, I got to see Sleep was pretty good as well as the aforementioned Khemmis. EYEHATEGOD deserves a special mention for their great set, and Hollywood Undead who deserve a special mention for being the worst thing that I saw all weekend with bad jokes, an obviously staged “fan guitar set”, and more covers than of their own songs, which now that I think about it may actually be good.
Of course, I can’t mention the weekend without talking about Limp Bizkit. Now, I have written articles defending them for not being as bad as everyone has made them out to be, and even if you hate them, the fact that both Fred Durst and Wes Borland got into the pit during their set shows that they are either extremely brave, extremely stupid, or both. Regardless, I still stand by my statement of, “it’s not as bad as people have made it out to be.”
All in all, another great showing from North America’s largest metal festival. I hope next year’s is able to get back to the original area now that the construction to the normal grounds should be done. And, don’t forget, to fill your fix Heavy Montreal does events during the year that you can check out at Evenko’s website.
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