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I8U (born France Jobin) is an electronica artist from Montreal
(Canada). She experiments mostly with analog synthesizers. I8U's musical
path is rather special. From classical music to the blues, it took only one
chance meeting with David Kristian to get her involved in electronic music.
I8U started anew, exploring the power of drones and the richness of field
recordings.
I8U has participated in various music and new technology festivals across
Canada, Europe and the US, such as Silophone (Montréal, 2000), Mutek
(Montréal, 2001, 2003). Her CDs have been released on Canadian and
European labels,( bake/staalplaat, Oral) including a collaborative piece
with Goem
(Amsterdam). She regularly presents solo performances and often collaborates
with Martin Tétreault, David Kristian and Magali Babin. I8U's particular
interest in music, sound and Web art allowed her to produce her first Web
art project, Obstacle, which was presented as part of Périphérique,
a laboratory curated by Nicole Gingras and created in collaboration with
the Groupe Intervention Vidéo (Montréal, 2001). A second Web
art project, _ S Ü was presented at the Musée du Québec
in the fall of 2002 in the context of the Web art exhibit " Ellipse ",
curated by Valérie Lamontagne and included 5 other Canadian artists.Her
latest project Median, is an interactive piece created in the context of
a Web art residency at La Chambre Blanche.
> www.i8u.com