Since 2007, MUSIQUE RISQUÉE has become the official label of the MUTEK organization.  Musique Risquée has picked up the fine catalogue and well-earned efforts of the festival’s pre-existing MUTEK_REC label, and combined them with its own catalogue. For years, these two prestigious techno imprints have been on a similar musical path and have shared many of the same artists.  The union of the two imprints only makes official what has been happening naturally for years.

MUSIQUE RISQUÉE (2003 - present)

Musique Risquée is the label founded in 2003 by Marc Leclair (aka Akufen) after the profound success of his debut album My Way.  Founding partner include Vincent Lemieux, who still manages the label, Scott Monteith (aka Deadbeat) and Stephen Beaupré.  To date, the imprint has issued fourteen singles, which include the likes of Akufen, Crackhaus (Scott Monteith + Stephen Beaupré), Atom TM, and Philippe Cam, among others.  The latest releases include works by The Mole and Jichael Mackson.  Historically, Musique Risquée has maintained very close relations with MUTEK_REC; apart from sharing some artists, Musique Risquée issued the vinyl version of Stephen Beaupré’s Foe Destroyer album, which originally appeared on CD via MUTEK_REC.

MUSIQUE RISQUÉE DISCOGRAPHY

Guillaume & the Coutu Dumont/Face à l'est (risquee015) CD + 2LP
Jichael Mackson (risquee014)
The Mole (risquee013)
Chic Miniature / Poco-a-gogo (risquee012)
Stephen Beaupré / Les filles (remixes by Dimbiman and The Mole) (risquee011RMX)
Stephen Beaupré / Foe Destroyer (risquee011) 2LP
Atom Tm / Re-invents the wheel (risquee010)
Alka_Rex / Mugen Vugen (risquee09)
Philippe Cam / Somewhere between here and there (risquee08)
Trendsetter and the followers / Canibalisation (risquee07)
Bruno Pronsato / Ape Masquerade (risquee06)
The Mole / Meets The Bacon Smugglers (risquee05)
Stephen Beaupré / Dirty Lipreading (risquee04)
Trendsetter and the followers / Call to action (risquee03)
Crackhaus / Blame Canada (risquee02)
Akufen / Hawaiin Wodka Party (risquee01)

CONTACTS

Label Management: Vincent Lemieux
Musique Risquée MySpace Page
MUTEK_REC MySpace Page

Distribution:
Canada: Statik Distribution – www.statikdistribution.com
United States: Forced Exposure – www.forcedexposure.com
Europe: Kompakt Distribution – www.kompakt-net.de


MUTEK_REC (2001 - 2007)

MUTEK_REC was originally founded in 2001, as a platform to release the annual compilation that accompanied the MUTEK Festival.  Early releases also included collaborations with Eric Mattson’s ORAL imprint and featured experimental electronic and ambient albums by Goem, Richard Chartier + Ivan Pavlov, and the Quality Hotel album, a strong collaboration by Stephan Mathieu, Radboud Mens, Janek Schaefer, and Timeblind.  In 2003, MUTEK_REC began to build its own roster with the release of Egg’s Don’t Postpone Joy.  Albums by Skoltz_Kolgen, Crackhaus, Marc Leclair, Skipsapiens (Chileans Pier Bucci + Daniel Nieto) and Stephen Beaupré followed.  Along the way, the imprint also issued singles by all those artists, as well as acts like The Mole, Luci, J. Hunsberger and Ernesto Ferreyra.

MUTEK_REC DISCOGRAPHY

12 inches
Ernesto Ferreyra / Memoria Colectiva (mtk_ep07)
Luci / Rapatapaton (mtk_ep06)
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts / Sélection Surnaturelle (mtk_ep05)
Jay Hunsberger / Movement (mtk_ep04)
Luci / Paléotronique (mtk_ep03)
The Mole / One Foot On Each Side Of The Lader (mtk_ep02)
Egg / Don't Postpone Joy Ep (mtk_ep01)

Albums
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts / Face A L'est (mtk_fab07) CD 
Stephen Beaupré / Foe Destroyer (mtk_fab06) CD
Marc Leclair / Musique Pour Trois Femmes Enceintes (mtk_fab05) CD
Skipsapiens / Eco (mtk_fab04) CD
Crackhaus / Spells Disaster (mtk_fab03) CD + 2LP
Skoltz_Kolgen / Flux Terminal (mtk_fab02) CD
Egg / Don't Postpone Joy (mtk_fab01) CD

MUTEK Festival Compilations
mtk05
mtk04
mtk03
mtk02
mtk01

Collaborations
Ivan Pavlov vs Richard Chartier / Chessmachine (mtk_clb03)
Stephan Mathieu, Radboud Mens, Janek Schaefer, Timeblind / Quality Hotel (mtk_clb02)
Goem / Gast (mtk_clb01)