Bell Orchestre

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bell Orchestre

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Img_capt = Bell Orchestre perform in Montreal in July 2006.
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Origin = Montreal, Québec, Canada
Genre = Instrumental
Post-rock
Years_active = 2005–present
Label = Rough Trade
Associated_acts = Arcade Fire
Torngat
URL = [http://www.bellorchestre.com/ Official site]
Current_members = Richard Parry (bass)
Sarah Neufeld (violin)
Pietro Amato (french horn)
Kaveh Nabatian (trumpet)
Stefan Schneider (drums & percussion)

Bell Orchestre are a five-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Canada. In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded "Funeral". However, Arcade Fire's popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to tour with them in the fall of 2005, delaying the release of their album. "Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light" was finally released in 2005. In March 2006, Bell Orchestre launched a tour of Europe and the US to promote the album.

According to the band's site, there is a new recording in progress. They are working in Soma Electric Studios in Chicago, IL.

Band relations

*Pietro Amato is also a member of the the Luyas and the three-piece instrumental band Torngat and part-time member of Arcade Fire.
*Sarah Neufeld and Richard Parry are full-time members of Arcade Fire.

Discography

* "Bell Orchestre (album)", (Demo, 2002)
* "Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light", (Album, 2005)

External links

* [http://www.bellorchestre.com Bell Orchestre] (official site);Photos
* [http://lorseau.hinah.com/gallery.php?c=pzic&s=concert&g=bell-orchestre Concert photos] by Laurent Orseau

;Articles
* [http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/jf06/indepth/travel_bell_orchestre.asp Interview with Sarah Neufeld] in "Canadian Geographic"
*" [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2005-08-04/music_feature.php Bell de Jour - Montreal's Bell Ochestre Catching Fire] " by Sarah Liss in "NOW Magazine"
* [http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2006/08/tall_poppy_inte_36.php#more Interview with Richard Parry] at "Torontoist.com"