michael cloud duguay

We are proud to share Georges E. Sioui’s second single, a Huron-language ballad written in 1972 “Ahouantahan Nesa Yeein”, from his forthcoming debut album For All Tomorrows. The septuagenarian Huron-Wyandot polyglot, poet, essayist, and songwriter releases For All Tomorrows via Watch That Ends the Night on May 29th. You can pre-order the album via our bancamp. The melancholic, “Ahouantahan Nesa Yeein,” sees Sioui tracing long, melismatic vocal phrases that not only defy his age but almost seems to shrug off the fact that he grapples with the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. His generous, intricate melodies variously flow and crawl chromatically across a spacious arrangement with Laura Bates’ violin providing wordless replies. Before ever entering a recording studio, Sioui led an extraordinary life. Born in Wendake, Quebec (at that time called Village-des-Hurons), Sioui is the first Canadian person of Indigenous heritage to have earned a Doctoral Degree in History. He initiated and co-defended the Sioui Case at the Supreme Court of Canada, setting an important precedent for interpretations of Indigenous treaty rights and Native status within Canada. He is a world-renowned speaker on the history, philosophy, spirituality, and education of Aboriginal peoples. For All Tomorrows is a collection of eleven songs that Sioui composed between 1972 and 1999. Sioui sings in English and French, but his work also foregrounds Huron, his ancestral language. Sioui seeks to honour the spirit of the language through his songs. Written by Georges E. Sioui in 1972 Produced by @michaelcloudduguay Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Andy Magoffin at the @house_of_miracles Cambridge ON Georges E. Sioui - voice @lauracbates - violin @michaelcloudduguay - piano, synth, vibraphone @fournierplaysbass - upright bass @nickfraserthedrummer - drums @house_of_miracles - guitar, alto bugle, baritone, tuba @masallamasaya - percussion Material transcribed by Alex Fournier + Nastasha Blackwood Ensemble assembled by @thebandpicastro Watch That Ends The Night Records WTETN0017 Photos by @jeffari We acknowledge the support of @canada.council

We are thrilled to announce Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go, the forthcoming album from Michael Cloud Duguay,. The album chronicles seven different church organs found in seven different historic churches scattered in an equal number of remote regions throughout Newfoundland. With over a year’s worth of research, planning, and connecting with these various outport churches, the album was recorded in just nine days, travelling over 900 miles with collaborator + engineer Jake Nicoll’s mobile, solar-powered recording studio, The Scamper, the third album produced by this team with Nicoll’s technology. The organ features prominently throughout the album, but rather than acting as a standard issue record of organ music, it’s more of an abstract musical documentary about organs. In July 2024, Duguay’s and Nicoll set out on their journey alongside collaborators Andrew MacKelvie, Dave Grenon, and photographer Noah Bender, following the eastern perimeter of the island northward, with stops on coastal islands Greenspond and Fogo, they made their way up to the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula, ending up on Newfoundland’s west coast after travelling more than 1500 kilometres. Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go’s first offering, “Winterhouse”, was recorded on the organ of the Memorial United Church in Bonavista, Newfoundland, and features Cormac Culkeen of Scions - another project of Duguay’s, whose debut album To Cry Out In The Wilderness arrived in 2024 on @ideefixerecords records, alongside Duguay’s organ performance and MacKelvie’s saxophone. Composed by Michael Cloud Duguay @michaelcloudduguay Produced by Michael Cloud Duguay + Dave Grenon @stockwell_daze Engineered by Jake Nicoll + Dave Grenon @jake_nicoll_studio Mixed by Jeff McMurrich at Sonology, Toronto @sonologyto Mastered by East End Mastering @eastendmastering Michael Cloud Duguay - organ Andrew MacKelvie - saxophone @andrew.mackelvie Cormac Culkeen - voice @theincredibleculk @s_c_i_o_n_s Jake Nicoll - voice Noah Bender - voice @noahjakebender Photographs by Noah Bender except Cormac photo by Jamie Kronick. @jamiekronick Supported by @canada.council and @rcco_crco Album arrives July 10 on WTETN

Today we are absolutely thrilled to announce the debut album by 77 year-old Huron-Wyandot polyglot, poet, essayist, and songwriter, Georges E. Sioui — ‘For All Tomorrows’ To say that Georges E. Sioui’s debut album positions him as an utterly singular figure within the Canadian folk music landscape requires precisely zero hyperbole whatsoever; Sioui had been leading an extraordinary life long before entering a recording studio. He is a world-renowned speaker on the history, philosophy, spirituality, and education of Aboriginal peoples. In 1982, he initiated, and co-defended the Sioui Case at the Supreme Court of Canada. The next year, he became the first Canadian person of Indigenous heritage to have earned a Doctoral Degree in History. He has since published five landmark books and taught First Nations Studies at Universities across North America. For All Tomorrows collects eleven songs that Sioui composed between 1972 and 1999 and frames these compositions in his distinctive baritone. He sings in English and French, and his work also foregrounds Huron, his ancestral language. The album was produced by Michael Cloud Duguay, and the all star ensemble includes Liz Hysen (Picastro), violinist Laura C. Bates (of Völur), Alex Fournier (of Picastro, Triio, Fortunato Durutti Marinetti) on upright bass, internationally renowned drummer Nick Fraser, and Brandon Valdivia (Mas Aya, Lido Pimienta) on percussion. On top of serving as the producer, Duguay played piano and keys and sang. The sessions were engineered, mixed and mastered by Andy Magoffin at his House of Miracles studio in Cambridge, Ontario. For All Tomorrows is a vibrant, life-affirming LP that expressively documents Georges E. Sioui’s unusual ingenuity as both a composer and singer. Bold, thoughtful and energetic, it carries the unmistakable feel of a debut album even though it is born from profound wisdom and a wealth of experience. Listen to Georges debut single ‘The Eyes of a Child’ today Photos by @jeffari @michaelcloudduguay @thebandpicastro @fournierplaysbass @masallamasaya @nickfraserthedrummer @lauracbates @house_of_miracles

Closed City, a collaborative project by Mathias Kom and Michael Cloud Duguay, release their self titled album today. The album takes as its subject the Soviet-era closed cities — deliberately isolated settlements removed from official maps, built around military and industrial operations, their residents sworn to secrecy. Duguay’s music draws on experimental metal, drone, musique concrète, and low brass arrangements; Kom’s lyrics construct an unnamed city whose inhabitants have long forgotten why they are there. Music by Michael Cloud Duguay Lyrics by Mathias Kom Brass orchestrated by Natasha Blackwood Composed at @hakoniemiluovatila Recorded By Michelle Lacouer At First Light, St. John’s Newfoundland @firstlightnl Mixed By Ky Brooks At Error 403, Montreal Mastered By Matthew Azevedo Supported By The Canada Council For The Arts @canada.council Mathias Kom - Guitar, Synth, Voice @theburninghellband Michael Cloud Duguay - Piano, Organ, Synth, Field Recordings, Voice @michaelcloudduguay Jud Haynes - Bass, Synth @mightypops Jacob Cherwick - Drums @big__slaps Natasha Blackwood - Baritone Saxophone, Synth, Chorus @natashablackwood Nicole Hand - Baritone Saxophone, Bassoon Terry Campbell - Flugelhorn, Trumpet Jo Dashney - Bass Trombone Mara Pellerin - French Horn Catherine Tansley - Tuba Fraser Mccurdy - Chorus Ryan Kennedy - Chorus Mammu Koskelo - Kantele Album art + design by @bnelsonartdesign + @mightypops Photos by @noahjakebender

Andrew MacKelvie’s Many Worlds is out today on @watchthatendsthenightrecords . The single most rewarding and enriching creative relationship in my life is the one I share with Andrew - when I met Andrew, I started learning how to make the sort of music I’d always wanted to make. With this project, I got to contribute to his goal of making the sort of music he’d always wanted to make. I’ll never forgot walking around downtown St. John’s with Andrew while he described the concept for this project and I just knew how we could make it happen. I’ll never forget these sessions - absolutely brilliant team of musicians collaborating with such warmth and intention and so much feel. I’m ever grateful to be a Halifax creative music community cosplayer and thankful every day to know Andrew and this amazing community of friends that he introduced me to. Listen to this record! Supported by @canada.council

Closed City is a collaborative project from songwriter Mathias Kom and composer Michael Cloud Duguay inspired by the dozens of ‘closed cities’ established during the Cold War. The two Canadian artists had worked together extensively in the 2000s, lost touch, then reconnected in 2021 and conceived of a project which would combine their shared interests in avant-garde metal traditions, drone, musique concrete, folk, and orchestral music. During a two-week artist residency on a remote eastern archipelago of Finland’s North Karelia, in January 2024, Duguay composed the project’s music while Kom wrote the lyrics. In extreme winter conditions, the two lived together in a centuries-old log house at the tip of a coniferous headland, warmed by a masonry heater, surrounded by unexplored rocky islands and a WWII military defense line on the Finnish-Russian border. Rejoining a year later, Kom and Duguay produced the album in the distant North Atlantic harbour city of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Joined by a team of local collaborators including a six-piece low-brass ensemble, the album was recorded over five days in a decommissioned church. ‘Closed City’ is out March 27 on WTETN. Listen to the album’s first preview, ‘Ice Fig - No Exit’, and pre-order your copy today. Composed at @hakoniemiluovatila Recorded By Michelle Lacouer At First Light, St. John’s Newfoundland @firstlightnl Mixed By Ky Brooks At Error 403, Montreal Mastered By Matthew Azevedo Supported By The Canada Council For The Arts @canada.council Mathias Kom - Guitar, Synth, Voice @theburninghellband Michael Cloud Duguay - Piano, Organ, Synth, Field Recordings, Voice @michaelcloudduguay Jud Haynes - Bass, Synth @mightypops Jacob Cherwick - Drums @big__slaps Natasha Blackwood - Baritone Saxophone, Synth, Chorus @natashablackwood Nicole Hand - Baritone Saxophone, Bassoon Terry Campbell - Flugelhorn, Trumpet Jo Dashney - Bass Trombone Mara Pellerin - French Horn Catherine Tansley - Tuba Fraser Mccurdy - Chorus Ryan Kennedy - Chorus Mammu Koskelo - Kantele Photo by @noahjakebender Single art by Jud

I’m real happy to share the forthcoming release of Andrew MacKelvie’s Many Worlds debut album March 6th on @watchthatendsthenightrecords - our first album release of 2026. The first single ‘Mirror Era’ is out today, and you can pre-order the vinyl. I was fortunate to co-produce this album with MacKevlie last summer in Dartmouth at @fangrecording with @graematter_audio expertly engineering the sessions and mixing the record too. This music is amazing, these musicians are amazing, I’m very grateful to have a creative partner like Andrew and this community of friends in Nova Scotia. Check it out @many_worlds_band Photo 1/2 by our boy @jamiekronick

I’m looking forward to returning to Halifax this week for @upstreammusicassociation Open Waters Festival. I’ll be premiering a new piece - Song for Omar - that I composed while I was an artist in residence at Gamli Skóli on Hrísey island in northern Iceland. The material has been arranged by Andrew MacKelvie for the mighty @many_worlds_band and @zoelegermusic , and will feature some visuals incorporating videos I took on the island. It’s an honour to be invited to this wonderful festival, and to close this year’s programming with this material performed by my dear pals. First photo taken by @fleeting_pictures on the banks of the canal in Den Haag, NL after Gino stopped me while I was wandering on the first day of the Black Noise tour. Flyer photo by @paulatwoodphoto Third photo by me, sort of?

Final performance of 2025, TALISMANIC EPISODE ASSEMBLY at @radstorm902 in Halifax on Friday after a week long immersive field recording and improvisation session. It’s been a good year of making lots of sounds. Back in Halifax on January 11 for @upstreammusicassociation Open Waters Festival, debuting a new work arranged by @andrew.mackelvie for @many_worlds_band at Joseph Strug Concert hall. Feeling good feeling blessed. Photo by Mark Legate

. . Watch That Ends The Night and Bleep In The Dark present Talismanic Episode Assembly ~ ~ ~ w / idler . Join us Friday December 12th at Radstorm ! 🎟️ . “Talismanic Episode Assembly, the Halifax-based electroacoustic free noise ensemble led by Peterborough ON based composer Michael Cloud Duguay gather as a group to perform improvised material after a week-long site-specific immersive recording session exploring the freaky space in the schism between nostalgia and memory.” . . Talismanic Episode Ensemble includes: MCD - @michaelcloudduguay - electronics Andrew Mackelvie - @andrew.mackelvie -  saxophone Meghan Gilhespie - @meghangilhespy -  voice Ellen Gibling - @e.m.gibs - harp Lucas Goudie - @this.is.ok.for.now - drums Jeff Reilly - @jeff.reilly.52 -  bass clarinet Donald MacLennan - @donaldviolin - violin Sam Wilson -  @samwilsonmusiq - guitar Gabriella Ciurcovich - @ppopurii - bass Tom Richards - @tom.insoundmusic - brass Megan Boyle - @meganiboyle - paints . . Grateful once again to present local idler (@sunny.et.al ), do not miss their opening performance for this culminative evening 🙌 . “Sunny Babcock is a queer, neurodivergent, settler multimedia artist based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, NS), originally from the Sinixt, Syilx, and Ktunaxa territory of Nelson, BC. Working in a variety of mediums including sound, games, performance, and sculptural media, their practice investigates queer and transgender metaphor through technologies and embodied mechanics.” . . 🖼️ Poster Design @7.83.hz 💗 . . 15$ / PWYC / Dry Space / All Ages Doors 7:30 - Music 8:00

Performing with Quinton Barnes and the Black Noise Ensemble this evening at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht NL 8:45 on the Cloud 9 Stage

Headed back to EU next week with @quinton.barnes + the black noise ensemble cannot wait to perform this material in these places with q Poster by @chelseyboll