I was turned on to MARTIN DUMAIS by his main project AUN, I discovered some time ago. Hailing from Montréal, Canada, MARTIN DUMAIS is an exceptional musician, sound artist and label director. Every now and then he seemingly steps aside under his given name and released two albums Field and Cordo in 2007.
Field is a four-track piece of chiming tones you think he might have recorded on a beautiful but icy cold winter day in an ice cave with hundreds of dripping and tinkling icicles. It’s more a sequence of these minimalist chiming tones than a built melody, but perfectly reflects on this winterly image. Changeovers are seamless and let the listener enjoy an ongoing sound experience.
MARTIN DUMAIS does not differ too much musically from his main project. Field just has a more minimalist and experimental approach, focuses more on the Ambient aspects than on the Industrial art. But if you like what he does in AUN, you will easily get into Field too.