Biography
Feu Thérèse formed in Montréal, Canada in 2005, after the dissolution of another band, Fly Pan Am. FPA gutarist and performance artist Jonathan Parant joined with prolific experimental musician (and frequent FPA collaborator) Alexandre St-Onge (bass, electronics), and together with Stephen De Oliveira (keyboards, eletroics, guitar) and Luc Paradis (drums), the band put on a series of explosive live shows through 2005 and recorded their debut record towards the end of that year.
Constellation released the band’s self-titled debut full-length in spring 2006, and Feu Thérèse spent the remainder of 2006 playing sporadically in Montréal, Eastern Canada and around the American Northeast before retreating over the winter to compose intensively for their next album. Recorded in spring of 2007 and released on Constellation that fall, 'Ça va cogner' is the band’s second and final record. Feu Thérèse disbanded in summer 2007.
Jonathan Parant is a guitarist and founding member of Fly Pan Am, who released four records on Constellation. He has released a solo record on Squintfucker Press and orchestrates various sound and performance art happenings around town. He helps run the Sala Rossa concert venue in Montreal.
Alexandre St-Onge is a bass player, electronic musician and performance artist. He has been involved in innumerable bands and projects in Montreal over the last decade, including Undo (with Christof Migone), The Shalabi Effect, Et Sans and Klaxon Gueule. He has released five solo records, on labels including Squintfucker Press, Namskeio Records and Alien8Recordings. He has toured extensively around the world, in various bands and as a solo artist.
Stephen De Oliveira is a sound artist, soundtrack composer for B-movies and documentaries, and graduate of the electro-acoustic program at Université de Montréal. He also works with multi-media installations. His latest opus, one-year-old daughter Camille, is a co-production. He also has twelve birds.
Luc Paradis is a visual artist, painter, illustrator, drummer and dishwasher. He has shown paintings and drawings in several group and solo shows, contributed to artwork for records by Silver Mt. Zion and Diebold and has been involved with the Heavyweight street art crew in Montreal.