Look around you!

Owen Pallett. That name probably means very little to you, and thats what this post is for! I was talking to a good friend of mine and I got onto the topic of a young composer named Owen Pallett and it seems no one knows of him. I must put this right I thought and this is my attempt at educating the masses.

From Ontario Canada, young Owen born in September 1979, is a singer/composer/violin God. He is the only (barre an occasional drummer) member of the band Final Fantasy (yes named after the game). Writing the string sections for both of The Arcade Fires albums, and touring with them occasionally, but its his solo (Final Fantasy) work that needs highlighting. On stage he is very sheepish but at the same time outlandish (think Patrick Wolf) with just a violin hooked to Boss loop pedal he creates layers upon layers of violin phrases looped on the fly so to speak. With his powerful but quite subtle lyrics pounding over the top of arrays and crescendo's of his violin. His music is about his life, and more importantly his sexuality and how this has changed his life, for better and for worse. Owen was never in the closet with sexuality and is very upbeat with his music being labelled 'Queer'

For our brief dip into the world of the Polaris Music Prize winner we have one of his more famous singles, though he supposedly hates the support it got, This is the Dream of Win and Regine (of Arcade Fire fame). Adventure.exe was a strange song in the Final Fantasy repertoire as it was made famous by an Orange advert, and advert he didn't want his song in! For our pudding this evening is The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead, which is obviously in reference to the thousands of tourists that travel in hordes to see the 1/2 kilometer tall tower of his hometown.

Final Fantasy - This is the Dream of Win and Regine
Final Fantasy - Adventure.exe
Final Fantasy - The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead

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