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Pascal Languirand ( May 3, 1955 in Paris ) is a Canadian musician. Under the project name Trans-X, he created the mid-1980s with the title Living On Video a classic synth pop.

Life

Languirand is the son of the author, and television producer Jacques Languirand and grew up in Quebec. After he discovered as a teenager his interest in music, he took leave school to study communication science and electronic music at McGill University in Montreal. In 1978, under the title of Minos, his first album, the clear influence of the music of Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream shows. Languirand, who played on the album all the instruments himself, experimented it in all respects with the opportunities offered him his synthesizer.

On the following album De Harmonia universals, which appeared in 1980, he turned increasingly to New Age music. The melodies of the synthesizer he mixed with elements of Gregorian chant. In 1981, he wrote the soundtrack for the produced by his father, Canadian television series Vivre ici maintenant.

The biggest commercial success of his career, he managed with a non-typical for his work. Together with the singer Laurie Gill ( born July 18, 1964 in Montreal), he took in 1983 under the name Trans-X on the album Living On Video. On it tried Languirand a trip to the danceable pop music. The coupled as a single title track became a worldwide hit. A total of two million copies were sold by her. She reached the top ten of the charts in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

After that Languirand withdrew from the music business and lived in the United States. Only after a seven year break came with Gregorian Waves a new album on the market, on which he anknüpfte musically on his first two productions. Appeared in 1993, the last album to date under the title of Ishtar.

• Canadian Composer
• Canadian musicians
• Born in 1955
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