Random Recipe

Random Recipe
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Hip hop, pop, indie rock, trip hop, folktronica
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Bonsound Records
Website	randomrecipe.ca
Members	Frannie Holder Fabrizia Di Fruscia a.k.a FAB Vincent Legault Liu-Kong Ha Florent Legault

Random Recipe is a Canadian musical group founded in 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is composed of members Frannie Holder (vocals and guitar), Fab (rap, beatbox, steeldrum), Vincent Legault (guitar and keys), and Liu-Kong Ha (percussion and keys). Although the band performs and records primarily in English, many of their songs contain Spanish and Italian lyrics. In 2008, they were hailed by Spin Magazine as one of the top 5 up-and-coming Montreal bands.

History

Frannie and Fab met in 2005 whilst both were university students, studying political science at McGill University and translation at Concordia University, respectively. Their first public performances were free-of-charge and spontaneous, including busking in parks, in taxis, and on the Montreal metro, and they continue to put on impromptu shows at poutineries and pizzerias. Their sound has been described as eclectic yet accessible; a mix between Cocorosie and the Beastie Boys. Vincent Legault and Liu-Kong Ha (both classically trained musicians, having studied percussion and guitar jazz at McGill University and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal) later joined the band, rounding out their sound to include instruments as diverse as the xylophone, melodica, omnichord, steel drums, and kazoo. In February 2014, the band announced the addition of a fifth member (hired as a musician on big tours), Florent Legault, as well as revealing that Frannie and Fab were once romantically linked but have since ended their relationship, remaining close friends.

Touring

The quartet have toured throughout Quebec and the rest of Canada, as well as in the United States, France, Italy, Belgium, and Iceland. They have also performed several times at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Festival d'été de Québec (2010 and 2011), as well as at M for Montreal (2010 and 2011), and the Halifax Pop Explosion (2010). On Parliament Hill in Ottawa in July 2011, Random Recipe participated in the Canada Day Celebrations, performing to an audience that included William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. In 2011, they played at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, and returned in March 2014 to play the SXSW festival once more.

Accomplishments

Random Recipe has also been awarded several prizes for their performances, including the 2011 Miroir for the Best Canadian Artist Prize and RIDEAU's 2011 Étoiles Galaxie prize. Following the release of Fold It! Mold It! in September 2010 in Canada through Bonsound and in January 2012 in France via Chapter Two Records, 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). Since then, Random Recipe has multiplied collaborations with widely known artists such as Pierre Lapointe, Alex Nevsky, DJ Champion and Jérôme Minière. In 2009 they received the award for best new group by the Montreal International Music Initiative (MIMI).

Discography

Album	Release date
Kill the Hook	October 2013
Shake It! Bake It!	October 2011
Fold It! Mold It!	September 2010

Random Recipe have released three full-length albums, through Bonsound Records.

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/randomrecipe
• http://www.randomrecipe.ca
• http://randomrecipe.bandcamp.com
• http://www.facebook.com/randomrecipe