Concert | Menace Ruine
Menace Ruine is an apocalyptic drone folk band. Geneviève Beaulieu and S. de la Moth agreed to curate a carte blanche film selection, which will be presented ahead of their concert at the Cinémathèque on October 30. Their eclectic and thought-provoking selection blends films by renowned directors with hidden gems, avoiding American cinema to better celebrate the richness of international filmmaking.
Always driven by the desire to create events and bring different practices into dialogue within our programming, we are presenting a concert by apocalyptic drone folk band Menace Ruine.
Seven films chosen by the duo will be shown prior to the concert.
Menace Ruine
Formed in the fall of 2006 in Montreal, Menace Ruine is the drone folk project of Geneviève Beaulieu and S de la Moth. The duo has released seven albums on various labels such as Alien8 Recordings, Aurora Borealis, Profound Lore, and Sige Records. With their latest album, Nekyia, released in 2022, they decided to publish their music on their own label, Union Finale, which had mainly released music from their other projects (Preterite, Sévère, Quogne) and more recently, Geneviève’s first solo album, Augury.
Between 2006 and 2015, Menace Ruine regularly performed in Montreal, along the US East Coast, and toured Europe a few times, as well as the US West Coast. They also appeared at festivals like The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music (Chicago, 2009), Roadburn (Tilburg, 2011), and the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland, 2015).
After releasing their sixth album, Venus Armata (2014), the duo moved to the woods and stepped back from their musical life. They returned in 2022 with Nekyia, followed by the EP Ghost Heartbeats (2023). This fall, they will return to the stage after a 9-year hiatus for a rare performance at Cinémathèque québécoise, followed by another at Amplifest in Porto (Portugal) in November.
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Entrevue avec Geneviève Beaulieu : Menace Ruine, groupe cinéphile
En complément de leur concert qui se tiendra le 30 octobre à 20h, Geneviève Beaulieu et S. de la Moth du groupe de drone folk apocalyptique Menace Ruine nous gratifient d'une passionnante carte blanche de sept films. Geneviève a bien voulu répondre à nos questions pour présenter leurs choix cinéphiles.
