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Pierre-Yves Martel

Pierre-Yves Martel

Pierre-Yves Martel is a Montreal-based musician and composer whose work brings together early music, improvised music, and contemporary experimental practice. Working across a range of instruments and sound sources, he continues to incorporate the viola da gamba into contexts where it is rarely heard, alongside pedal steel guitar, modular synthesis, and field recording. Approaching sound as sound, he focuses on timbre, texture, and the act of listening itself. His wide-ranging output includes numerous solo albums, scores for film and dance, long-standing collaborations such as the improvised trio Hübsch Martel Zoubek, and original music for the arts and philosophy podcast Weird Studies. Alongside an active international concert career, Martel develops site-specific and long-form projects, including the 600-minute Ephemera and the ongoing Weekly Pieces, often combining improvisation, composition, and soundscape. Stream his work on https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/.

https://www.pymartel.com/

Inside Weird Studies Vol. 3

A Track-by-Track Commentary

with J. F. Martel, Pierre-Yves Martel and Phil Ford

PLEASE NOTE: This event concluded on May 30, 2026. Registering for an event after its conclusion grants you access to the video recording.

Weird Studies Vol. 3 releases on May 22, 2026, on Bandcamp! Join us on Weirdosphere for a listening party with composer Pierre-Yves Martel, and his brother J.F., on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at 8 p.m. Eastern. Attendees will hear the new album in full, and Pierre-Yves and J.F. will provide commentary.

This event concluded on May 30, 2026.

Solstice Story Hour

A reading of M. R. James’ “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”

with J. F. Martel, Pierre-Yves Martel and Phil Ford

PLEASE NOTE: This event concluded on Dec 21, 2025. Registering for an event after its conclusion grants you access to the video recording.

Weirdosphere’s second annual spectral celebration of the solstice began with J. F. and Phil doing a live reading of M. R. James’ ghost story “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad,” with musical accompaniment by Pierre-Yves. Following the reading, Phil and J. F. had a discussion.

This event concluded on December 21, 2025.