Howard Bilerman

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Howard Bilerman
Background information
BornSeptember 25, 1970 (1970-09-25) (age 53)
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Drums
  • percussion
  • guitar
Websitewww.howardbilerman.com

Howard Bilerman (born September 25, 1970) is a

hotel2tango recording studio, and played drums for the band Arcade Fire
.

Across his recording career, Bilerman has worked on albums by several prominent Canadian artists, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wolf Parade, Leonard Cohen, Bell Orchestre, U.S. Girls and The Weather Station.

Early life and education

Bilerman grew up in Montreal where he attended St. George's School of Montreal. He earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies from Concordia University in 1994.[4]

Career

Beginning in 1996, Bilerman started a studio called Mom & Pop Sounds, first in his parents' basement, then in a loft in Old Montreal. In addition to his own material under the name EAVESDROPPER, he recorded tracks for local bands such as The Paper Route, Bionic, UVBC, The Spaceshits, Tricky Woo & Goldfish.[2][5]

As of 2000, Bilerman runs the

A Silver Mt. Zion, and Radwan Moumneh.[6][7][8]

Bilerman was the drummer for the band Arcade Fire between 2003 & 2004;

.

As a recording engineer or producer, Bilerman has a credit on over 500 records, including those by

Sons of an Illustrious Father, Dan Boeckner's band Operators, and Halifax's Nap Eyes.[13]

In 2012, Bilerman travelled to Mali to record an album by ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate, despite political unrest in the country at the time.[14][3]

Bilerman is a frequent host of

Banff Centre in Alberta
.

In 2016 Bilerman was one of the engineers on

Grammy award winning song "You Want It Darker".[16]

Production discography

Year Title Artist Credits#
2002 Yanqui U.X.O. Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mixing
2004 Funeral Arcade Fire Engineer, recording, drums, guitar
2016 You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen Engineer
2019 Thanks for the Dance Leonard Cohen Engineer, assistant engineer
2020 U.S. Girls U.S. Girls Engineer, recording, percussion
2021 Detritus Sarah Neufeld Engineer
2021 Highs in the Minuses Charlotte Cornfield Engineer, noise

References

  1. ^ "Basia Bulat Heart of My Own (Rough Trade)". Austin Chronicle, reviewed by Austin Powell, April 2, 2010
  2. ^ a b "Goldfish finishes what it started 21 years ago". Jordan Zivitz, Montreal Gazette, April 26, 2017
  3. ^ a b "Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Jama Ko – review (Out Here)". The Guardian, Robin Denselow, 24 Jan 2013
  4. ^ "Meet a Montreal music legend". Concordia University News, March 20, 2017, By Richard Burnett
  5. ^ "Message in a Bottle". Montreal Gazette, 2017-04-27
  6. ^ "Montreal music scene uneasy about the spotlight". Fitchburg Sentinel And Enterprise via Newspaper Archives. July 30, 2005 – Page 19
  7. ^ "Old Man Luedecke Easy Money". Exclaim!, By Sarah Greene, Jun 20, 2019
  8. ^ "Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Godspeed You! Black Emperor". Exclaim!, By Vish Khanna, Apr 23, 2015
  9. ^ "And now... a requiem by the Arcade Fire". Austin Daily Texan, via Newspaper Archives. January 20, 2005 – Page 21
  10. ^ Moon, Tom (2007-02-17). "The Arcade Fire, Dark and Energetic". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  11. ^ "Arcade Fire's Story as Indie Rock Titans Began a Decade and a Half Ago in a Tiny Triangle Club". Indy Week, by David Ford Smith, Jul. 11, 2018
  12. ^ "Arcade Fire Funeral" Archived 2019-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Crowned in Sound, review by Jesus Chigley, January 27, 2005.
  13. ^ "Songwriter T. Buckley leaves his comfort zone with Miles We Put Behind". Regina Leader-Post, Eric Volmers, October 27, 2018
  14. ^ "From Arcade Fire to enemy fire: recording Bassekou Kouyate during the Malian coup". CBC Music, Reuben Maan, October 25, 2016.
  15. ^ "Pop Montreal 2016 – September 24, 2016". Photogmusic, By Ming Wu on October 1, 2016
  16. ^ "It was kind of nice to sort of feel something was this important", Radio Noon Montreal, October 20, 2016, Season 2016, Episode 300266617

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