Fantôme de Rockland

Fantôme de Rockland is a project by multi-instrumentalist and producer Julien Meillard.This French artist originating from Brittany developed a passion for music from the earliest day. He created the collective Kahem with friends in early 2000 and together they started playing in local bars and venues. It wasn’t long before their sets mixing turntables and machines drew the attention of the public and soon they were sharing the stage with DJ Netik (triple DMC world champion), Robert le magnifique and Magnetic D-jukebox. After spending a few years working in Paris as a 3D artist for advertising and VFX companies, Julien decided to embark on a new adventure and left for New Zealand, and then Australia.Returning to France, he composed a self-produced mini album under the name Yusmé. The album received a warm welcome and the song “space harp” listed in the top 100 best songsof the year 2012 on the FRAK YEAH FRENCH MUSIC blog.

Living in Canada since 2012, Julien dedicates himself to his personal project Fantôme de Rocklandand to the psych rock band Eye-shaking King where he plays the guitar.Fantôme de Rockland was born from the desire to mix organic vintage synth sounds with guitars, drums and computer based electro music. The result is a series of strong instrumental titles tapping into a rich visual universe. Mixing shoegaze, pop and electro, these titles are bond to send the audience into a walking dream. They can evoke a warm and breezy spring day as well as the feeling of floating in space.

Fantôme de Rockland’s first EP Sparkles is the result of long nights spent experimenting on sound.