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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Owen Pallett is a violinist and singer from toronto, ontario, Canada. He is the principal member of the band Final Fantasy, which is essentially a solo group, although Leon Taheny is also credited as drummer and engineer. (This band should not be mistaken with Square Enix’s famous game series “Final Fantasy” - its music is composed by 植松伸夫. The name “Final Fantasy” is in fact a tribute to the well-known video game series.) On September 18th 2006, Final Fantasy won the inaugural Polaris Music Prize for the best Canadian album (based solely on artistic merit).

As Final Fantasy, Pallett has been noted for his live performances, wherein he plays the violin into a sampler controlled by foot pedals, which then loops back one or more of the previously played musical phrases as he plays additional parts simultaneously. He has also performed with more traditional string quartets as backing musicians.

He believes his work is somewhat influenced by his sexuality, saying “As far as whether the music I make is gay or queer, yeah, it comes from the fact that I’m gay, but that doesn’t mean I’m making music about it.” in a recent interview.

“I’m taking a cue from Joel Gibb,” he begins. “He and I are very different people, and we’re very different in terms of the way we’ve assessed our sexual identities, but one thing I really respect about him is that his music has less to do with his identity and more to do with the more interesting aspects of himself.” He states in an earlier interview in Toronto’s NOW Magazine concerning his sexual identity and its use in his music.

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yesterday afternoon

His live performance was the bestest show that I ever did saw.

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Tuesday afternoon

Amo demais.

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Tuesday morning

last night, as in at the Fonda? That show was amazing..

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Monday evening

genius!

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last week

I thought they were better last night than I had heard them before..

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8 days ago

yes i did. at the mountain goats show

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@demiwi: ...did you even listen...?

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tonight's show was breathtaking. mountain goats kinda killed it though (not in a good way)

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Can't wait for Heartland.

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