Torngat is a Canadian indie band and instrumental music trio based in Montreal, Quebec. The members are horn player Pietro Amato, keyboardist Mathieu Charbonneau and percussionist Julien Poissant.^[1]

History

Torngat was established in 2001. The band named themselves for the rugged Torngat Mountains to reflect the band's open and improvisational style of their music.^[2] The group released its first self-titled album the next year. They developed a stage show in which they frequently exchange instruments during performances.

Torngat in 2005 released an EP, La Rouge. During the spring of 2006, Torngat toured Eastern Canada. Torngat signed a two-album deal with Montreal experimental label Alien8 Recordings.^[3] The band recorded a full-length album You Could Be, which was released in September, 2007^[3][4] and received positive reviews.^[5] That year the band performed at the Hillside Festival in Guelph.^[6]

Band members

• Pietro Amato - french horn (and electronics, percussion, melodeon)
• Mathieu Charbonneau - Wurlitzer (and Analog Synth, Hammond, percussion, melodeon).
• Julien Poissant - percussion (and Wurlitzer, trumpet, melodeon)

Discography

• Torngat (2002)
• Live at The Bread Factory (2004)
• La Rouge (2005)
• You Could Be (2007)
• La Petite Nicole (2009)^[7]