Random Recipe

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Random Recipe
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Background information
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Hip hop, pop, indie rock, trip hop, folktronica
Years active2007–present
Labels Bonsound Records
Spinoffs Dear Criminals, FABjustfab
MembersFrannie Holder
Fabrizia Di Fruscia a.k.a. FAB
Vincent Legault
Liu-Kong Ha
Florent Legault
Website randomrecipe.ca

Random Recipe is a Canadian musical group based in Montreal, Quebec. The band members are Frannie Holder (vocals and guitar), Fab (rap, beatbox, steeldrum), Vincent Legault (guitar and keys), and Liu-Kong Ha (percussion and keys). [1] Although the band performs and records primarily in English, many of their songs contain Spanish and Italian lyrics. [2] The band has toured in North and South America and Europe, and has released four albums of pop/folk/rap music.

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History

Founding

Holder and Fab met in 2005 while both students at university, studying political science at McGill University and translation at Concordia University, respectively. [3] Their first public performances were free-of-charge and spontaneous, including busking in parks, in taxis, and on the Montreal metro.

In 2007, the pair formed Random Recipe. In 2008, they performed as part of the Pop! Montreal festival, and were hailed by Spin Magazine as one of the top 5 up-and-coming Montreal bands. [4] Their sound was described as eclectic yet accessible; a mix between CocoRosie and the Beastie Boys. [5] In 2009 they received the award for best new group by the Montreal International Music Initiative (MIMI). [6]

2010-2013

In 2010 Random Recipe performed at the Halifax Pop Explosion. They signed with Bonsound Records and in September released an album, Fold It! Mold It!, which appeared on the !Earshot National Top 50 Chart in October. [7] That year, and the next, they performed at the Festival d'été de Québec and at M for Montreal.

The group continued to put on impromptu shows at poutineries and pizzerias. [8] Legault, who studied percussion and guitar jazz at McGill University and Liu-Kong Ha who studied at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec à Montréal [9] ) joined the band, rounding out the group's sound to include xylophone, melodica, omnichord, steel drums, and kazoo.

In July 2011, Random Recipe participated in the Canada Day Celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, performing to an audience that included William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. [10] They also played at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Random Recipe was awarded the 2011 Mirroir prize for Best Canadian Artist and RIDEAU's 2011 Étoiles Galaxie prize. The band was nominated in three categories at the 2011 ADISQ (Album of the year - Anglophone, Quebec artist of the year - Other languages, and Album artwork of the year).

Fold It! Mold It!; was re-released and in January 2012 in France via Chapter Two Records. Random Recipe later took part in collaborations with Pierre Lapointe, Alex Nevsky, DJ Champion and Jérôme Minière.

In this era, Holder and Legault formed the side project Dear Criminals to work on composing music for theatrical, film and dance works outside of Random Recipe. [11]

2014-present

In February 2014, Florent Legault was hired as a fifth musician to accompany the band on long tours. [12] That year the band performed again at the SXSW festival. Vincent Legault, not fond of extensive travel, left the group in 2015. [13]

In 2018, after returning for a tour in South America, Random Recipe released their fourth album, Distractions. [14] A single, "Fight the Feeling", from the album received regular airplay on Radio Canada. [15] The band then headed out for a tour in Europe, including a set at the Ypsigrock Festival in Sicily. [16] [17]

In 2020, Toyota released a TV commercial for their Toyota Yaris which featured Random Recipe's song 'Out of the Sky'. [18]

Discography

Random Recipe have released four full-length albums, the first three through Bonsound Records and their most recent album independently.

AlbumRelease date
Fold It! Mold It!September 2010
Shake It! Bake It!October 2011
Kill the HookOctober 2013
DistractionsMarch 2018

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References

  1. ↑ CBC Music. "Random Recipe" . Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Nelischer, Claire (3 February 2011). "All the right stuff Random Recipe is gaining notoriety playing impromptu shows at poutineries, pizzerias and backseats of cabs". The Queen's Journal, Queen's University. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Cromp, MJ. "Random Recipe - Meet Colorful Frannie Holder". IX Daily. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Rabinovitch, Simona. "SPIN.com's Top 5 Up-and-Coming Montreal Bands". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Therien, Valerie (20 March 2008). "Serendipitous sounds: Montreal's Random Recipe". The McGill Daily. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Here Are Your MIMI Winners". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, October 26, 2010". !Earshot.
  8. ↑ Nelischer, Claire (3 February 2011). "All the right stuff Random Recipe is gaining notoriety playing impromptu shows at poutineries and pizzerias". The Queen's Journal, Queen's University. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  9. ↑ Cromp, MJ. "Random Recipe - Meet Colorful Frannie Holder". IX Daily. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Canada's Top Talent to Headline Canada Day on Parliament Hill". Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage. Government of Canada. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Jazz festival: Dear Criminals evolves well beyond side project". Montreal Gazette , June 30, 2014.
  12. ↑ Blitz, Merissa. "Random Recipe: The Beautiful Connection". So Gutsy. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Rap local : Random Recipe, s’ouvrir aux autres". Voir, Olivier Boisvert-Magnen 19 February 2018
  14. ↑ "Random Recipe, toujours en mouvement". Journal Metro, 2 October 2018 Benoit Valois Nadeau
  15. ↑ "Pop goes the world: ICI Musique's L'effet Pogonat and Vi@Fehmiu shake up Montreal radio". Montreal Gazette, T'Cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette April 21, 2018
  16. ↑ "Fantasy festival: Highlights from Sicily's spectacular Ypsigrock Festival 2018". Gigwise, Vic Galloway 17 August 2018
  17. ↑ "No Report – Random Recipe a Catania e Siracusa: da Montreal la ricetta live perfetta". No Nonsense, April 2, 2018, by Francesco Abela
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