Last Ex

Last Ex is a Canadian experimental musical duo composed of Olivier Fairfield and Simon Trottier. The pair released one self-titled album.

History

Simon Trottier and Olivier Fairfield (also of the group Timber Timbre) had worked on a soundtrack to a horror film, The Last Exorcism Part II, in 2012, but their music ended up not being used in the film.^[1] The pair reworked the unused material and recorded parts with other members of Timber Timbre at a studio Fairfield owned.^[2] The tracks included analogue tape loops and some melodic lines from violinist Mika Posen.^[3] Constellation Records released the album under the Last Ex moniker in October 2014,^[4] only a few months after the release of Timber Timbre's album Hot Dreams.^[5]

During October and November 2014, Last Ex opened shows headlined by Timber Timbre in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Switzerlands, and the Netherlands.^[6][7] The band then did some performing in Ontario and Quebec through 2015,^[8][9] including an appearance at Toronto's Wavelength Festival.^[10]

Discography

• Last Ex (Constellation Records, 2014)