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Instrumentals

by Soul Secret Agency

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Montréal-based Soul Secret Agency presents the instrumental songs from their self-titled debut album.

Recorded entirely on analog tape under the direction of producer and sound engineer Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), the album pays homage to 60’s Soul and R&B in Canada and especially in Montreal at a time when many Afro-American musicians would take up residency in cabarets and clubs across the city.

The songs conjure classic grooves and lavish melodies hinting at the sound of Motown and at the live music that was heard at the Apollo, Black Orchid, and Soul Heaven in Montreal.

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released June 5, 2020

Danny Trudeau – bass, vibraphone, organ, percussion
Eric Lemelin - guitar
Francis G. Veillette - guitar, pedal steel
Willis Pride - piano, rhodes, organ
Pascal Lepage - drums, tambourine
Elli Miller Maboungou - congas, shakers
Judith Little-Daudelin – background vocals
Sophie Castonguay - background vocals
Chloe McNeil - background vocals

Additional Musicians:
Mark Leclerc - baritone saxophone on "Cuz I'm In Love"
Quatuor Esca: Arranged and conducted by Danny Trudeau
Performed by Melanie Belair - violin; Chantal Bergeron – violin; Ligia Paquin – viola; Camille Paquette-Roy - cello

Produced by Danny Trudeau
Tape operator: Howard Bilerman
Engineered by Shae Brossard, Maxime Philippe, Gregory Fitzgerald, Patrice Pruneau
Recorded at Hotel 2 Tango, Sophronik and Piccolo Studios
Mixed by Patrice Pruneau except for "Let The Chips Fall" and "Cuz I'm In Love", mixed by Howard Bilerman
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market
Artwork by Siou-Min Julien

℗ & © Ensoul Records, 2020.

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Soul Secret Agency Montreal, Québec

Montréal-based collective Soul Secret Agency delivers a fiery and nostalgic retrospective into the 60s era of Soul and R&B. Their debut self-titled album is available now!

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