Collective: The Exploding Meet
Classification : Heavy Ambient
Existence: Formed 1983.... Fredericton, NB. Canada
Official Releases: 13 to date, last in 2012.
Offshoot: Decade Of Dreams (releases-3)
New Release: Fruitcake 1992 (releasing May 2023) on
On July 13th, 1985, the exploding meet performed "Inaugural Address" @ Memorial Hall on the U.N.B. campus and thus embarked on a long journey that always focused on developing live performance potential. The intention always being to discover ways of expressing thoughts and feelings in a musical language tapped at its source. Performances over the next few years included "the Pineapple Analogy", "Slugfest ' 86", "Scream", Wolverine", "Lola Palooza ' 88", "Bard Mongrel", "Gatineau Rebellion", "Circus Of Disharmony" and many others. The collective performed many shows and released a number of albums in various formats over the course of several decades which garnered global praise from the underground and great support from Canadian community based radio. The exploding Meet performed primarily in Fredericton although a number of shows took place in Ontario and Quebec. The collective performed a number of times in their home base at "First Night", "Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival" and also at the first ever "Maritime Independent Music Festival".
The exploding meet also had a “pop” side as well, which manifested itself within the division known as Decade of Dreams. Under this banner several vinyl LP’s and CDs were also released and were generally well received once again by the aforementioned recipients of recorded material. Mark Carmody also saw the release of what is truly a magical vinyl only LP which provided the soundtrack to NFB film called “Tuesday Wednesday” released under his own name.
track taken from DTK LP release 1987
Decade Of Dreams - Wild Colloquial LP '87 and Parochial Zoo LP '88 both on DTK Records. "Lifetime Of Vacations" CD 1992.
unreleased cover of legendary F'ton punk band Guilt Parade ! 💕💣
Those involved in the exploding meet collective collided through the mutually felt isolation of their existence with a desire to expand the mind. On retrospect, this appears to have been coupled with a born internal need to self discover through the channeling of music and art. Pretty much everyone to this day practices their craft in many forms and we all have extremely fond memories of our times together as “the meet”, touching the universe as one single entity whenever we played. Enjoy this experience and always remember to look for the flare!
tracks appears on the album "Circus Of Disharmony" released 1993 on Look For The Flare label.
track appears on the album "Circus Of Disharmony"
released 1993 on Look For The Flare label.
If the lord is willing and the creek don't rise, there will be more EXPLODING MEET releases down the road! Take the trip on the spaceship and remember to always look for the flare...
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