artist The Easton Ellises

The Easton Ellises are Alex D and Simon Roy, best friends since their schooldays and former Stereomovers . They met while Simon was studying music and Alex visual arts. They have been making music together for the past fifteen years, playing with many different bands going from psychedelic music to punk-rock, experimental to progressive house.

In 1999 they created the duet Stereomovers , which took them on a long musical journey. Between 2000 and 2005, they have been part of Montréal’s electronic scene and brought their music abroad playing in clubs and important music festivals in North America, Europe and Asia . They have also been heard on radios and podcasts. Furthermore, the duet released ten 12” with important labels, on both side of the Atlantic , and appeared on a number of internationally renowned DJs’ mixes, while getting good reviews.

The brand new project The Easton Ellises, name inspired by the American novelist Bret Easton Ellis, is a combination of rock and electronic music. The energy is coming from their electronic background, blended with a touch of pop rock. It is the club scene years meeting the studio years . They find their influence in bands like The Presets, Cut Copy, Rinoçérôse, Kasabian, Midnight Juggernauts, Phoenix, Datarock to name a few. Some synths, hard and soft, some guitars, a pearlescent drumkit, an SM58 and lots of red wine have been the main ingredients for the new project. Voilà !