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Rich Aucoin has long been recognized for ambitious records and the video elements that accompany his music. Announced today, his video for Yelling in Sleep is again shortlisted for the Prism Prize. The video for Brian Wilson is A.L.I.V.E. won the inaugural Prism Prize in 2013. The Yelling in Sleep video has also won Best Music Video at Animation Block Party 2014 in Brooklyn and was recently nominated for an East Coast Music Award for Fans’ Choice Video Of The Year, just one of six nominations for Rich Aucoin at this year’s ECMAs. Which is all to say that the debut of Ephemeral Prince, a sync between Aucoin’s critically acclaimed album Ephemeral and the visuals of Will Vinton based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s brilliant novella The Little Prince is nothing short of spectacular. Think of it as Aucoin’s take on the Darkside of The Rainbow.

Championing love, friendship, and importance of imagination, The Little Prince inspired Aucoin throughout the writing of Ephemeral, lyrically exploring the universal themes of the ephemerality of human existence, solitude, and the importance of relationships. Love and the spreading of it is the most important thing in life, says Aucoin. The greatest part of this realization is that it’s totally attainable to anyone to create within them unlike external goals like wealth, power, knowledge, and pleasure. The Little Prince debunks the seekers of each of these pursuits on their various isolated planets throughout his galactic adventure. It’s a great parable for how to live well with just the right amount of ambiguity to include everyone in its message for love. Ambiguity I think is key for maximum human connection as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said, ‘words are the source of misunderstandings’.

Produced by Rich and his drummer, Joel Waddell, with some songs mixed Mick Guzauski (Daft Punk / Random Access Memories), Ephemeral offers 10 energetic pop songs with gang vocal shouted choruses of size up to 20,000 people. The album is out now in Canada via Bonsound and is also available in the USA via Young Enthusiastic Americans, and in France via Platinum Records.

The Halifax-born artist is preparing for the Ephemeral Prince Tour, starting on the Canadian east coast in February before heading to France and Belgium in March. Tour dates include a stop at Montréal en Lumière at Metropolis on February 28th, as part of the Nuit Blanche.

Ephemeral Prince Tour Dates
02/12 Halifax, NS // Hockey Day Scotiabank “Stolen From A Hockey Card” Concert
02/13 Baie-St-Paul, QC // Contemporary Art Museum
02/26 Moncton, NB // Tide and Boar
02/27 Fredericton, NB // The Capitol
02/28 Montreal, QC // Metropolis (Nuit Blanche / Montréal en Lumière)
03/04 Kingston, ON // The Grad Club
03/05 Peterborough, ON // Red Dog Tavern
03/06 Ottawa, ON // Ritual Nightclub
03/07 Elora, ON // Elora Mill Inn
03/11 London, ON // Call The Office (Riverfest Elora’s ICE JAM)
03/12 St. Catherines, ON // Detour Lounge
03/13 Oshawa, ON // Mustache Club
03/19 Niort, FR // Festival Nouvelles Scenes
03/20 Lille, FR // L’Aeronef
03/21 Romans, FR // La Cordonnerie
03/27 Savigny Le Temple, FR // L’Empreinte
03/28 Charleville-Mezieres, FR // Centre Social & Culturel Andre Dhotel
04/02 Le mans, FR // L’Oasis
04/03 Villeurbanne, FR // Le Temps Machine
04/04 La Defense, FR // Fest. Chorus de Hauts de Seine
04/04 Bordeaux, FR // I-Boat
04/05 Lyon, FR // Fest Reperkusound
04/10 Saint Lo, FR // Le Normandy
04/11 Sannois, FR // Espace Michel Berger (EMB)
04/17 Liege, BE // Casene Fonck

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters.