Joël Lavoie is a composer, sound artist and sound engineer based in Montréal/Tiohtá:ke, Canada. His sonic explorations sails through the troubled water of the individual and collective subconscious. Evoking the themes of the souvenir, the elsewhere and introspection, he encourages us to reconsider our environment through speculative scapes and subjective temporalities. Using mainly field recordings and generative synthesis, he extract the musicality of these sonic timescapes to underline their changing nature and context, thus questioning the politics and aesthetics of inhabited spaces. His works take form in performances, installations and recordings.
In 2023 he received a Félix (ADISQ) award for “Live sound of the year”. His works and collaborations have been heard across the Americas, Europe and South Korea.