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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Owen Pallett (born Michael James Owen Pallett-Plowright, on September 7, 1979) is a violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and winner of the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. On December 18th, 2009, Pallett announced that he would be retiring his old artist name, Final Fantasy, and would be henceforth releasing his material under his own name. Previous albums released under the Final Fantasy name are planned to be re-packaged and re-released under the new name of Owen Pallett.

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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Sulphide

Blue Imelda, she's the saddest bitch in all of Spectrum.

Thursday evening
ShuichiAmyMAD

Scandal at the Parkade will always remain to be my ultimate goose-skin anthem <3

Monday morning
Baliaur

Moar, we need moar eargasm pl0x

last week
MarryToNight

THE GREAT ELSEWHERE <3

19 days ago
Animehero

Entirely too under-rated. He's incredible. [2]

last month
vanessanelms

Entirely too under-rated. He's incredible.

last month
brubs-

<3

last month
thecolgateduck

MAKE SOME MORE MUSIC OK

December 2011
K1ngSh0t

Heartland is out of this world.

December 2011
callumzzz

His Odessa cover is mindblowing, as is his music in general. #inawe

December 2011
iupi

I would totally marry him.

November 2011
neonemesis213

He is Owen "Fuckin" Pallett. <3

November 2011
Jonsip

♥

November 2011
staralfur1

I saw him perform in a church yesterday, with an orchestra... it was magical! <3 I made some videos for those who weren't there... http://www.youtube.com/user/staralfur123

November 2011
lotr666

his version of "Hard to Explain" is definitely the best Strokes cover on the album [3]

October 2011
ShuichiAmyMAD

The new songs are AMAZING <3

October 2011
OPRAHHATPARTY

My favorite musician of all time. I can't wait for his next release, whatever or whenever it may be. <3

September 2011
MatheusAgostin

Sometimes I feel that your music is made for me. Not being egocentric.

September 2011
MatheusAgostin

♥

August 2011
PapaParleone

♥ [2,527,026]

August 2011