Benoit Pioulard
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| Birth name | Thomas Meluch | |
| Born | August 4, 1984 | |
| Origin | Michigan | |
| Genre(s) | Electronic, Ambient, Folk, Shoegaze | |
| Years active | 2001–present | |
| Label(s) | Kranky, Moodgadget, Type, Ghostly International | |
Thomas Meluch (born August 4, 1984) is a Michigan-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and photographer, best known by his pseudonym Benoît Pioulard.
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[edit] Biography
Meluch began documenting field recordings and his own lo-fi compositions on dictaphones, discarded stereos and four-track machines in the mid 1990s, later focusing on highly limited CD-R and cassette releases of his experimental, folk-influenced songs for friends and family.
His first recordings as Benoit Pioulard appeared on the Random Number...Colors Start compilation released by the Ann Arbor-based Moodgadget label in 2004. After 2005's Enge EP Meluch was signed to Chicago's Kranky imprint, for whom he recorded the album Précis, released in October 2006.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo
- Blurred CD-R (self-released, 2001)
- Clear CD-R (self-released, 2001)
- Skymost CD-R (self-released, 2003)
- Enge 7" EP (Moodgadget, 2005)
- Dakota / Housecoat CD-R (self-released, 2006)
- Précis CD (Kranky, 2006)
[edit] Appears On
- Random Number...Colors Start (Moodgadget, 2004)
- Idol Tryouts 2 (Ghostly International, 2006)
- The Rorschach Suite (Moodgadget, 2006)
