Beckie Foon
| Rebecca Foon | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Beckie Foon, Saltland |
| Born |
13 December 1978 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec |
| Genres | Post-rock, avant-garde music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, cellist, composer |
| Instruments | Cello, vocals |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Constellation Records, Fat Cat, Madrona |
| Associated acts | A Silver Mt. Zion, Esmerine, Saltland, Hrsta, The Mile-End Ladies String Auxiliary, Set Fire To Flames |
| Website |
saltland |
| Notable instruments | |
| Cello | |
Rebecca Foon, also credited as Beckie Foon, is a Canadian cellist, vocalist, and composer from Montreal, Quebec. Foon currently records under the alias Saltland and is a member and co-founder of the Juno Award-winning modern chamber ensemble Esmerine. She has also been a member of several groups associated with the post rock, experimental and chamber music scene of Montreal, including Set Fire to Flames, A Silver Mt. Zion, and the instrumental string/piano/accordion-based trio Fifths of Seven. Esmerine's Turkish folk influenced album Dalmak, released in 2013, was awarded the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year in 2014. In 2013 she released her first Saltland album, which Exclaim.ca called "a captivating combination of genres from dream pop to chamber music to ambient and shoegaze."
Rebecca Foon was born in 1978 in Canada, and raised in Vancouver.
In 1996, Foon moved to Montreal from Vancouver when she was 17, and soon became involved in the city's DIY music scene. She has been a member of several groups associated with the post rock, experimental and chamber music scene of Montreal, including a number of musicians who had been involved with the local post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Among her earliest projects, in 1995, Foon teamed up with Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade Sunset Rubdown, and Moonface) and Rachel Levine (Cakelk), forming the instrumental string/piano/accordion-based trio Fifths of Seven.
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