Geneviève Beaulieu is one half of Montreal-based Menace Ruine (Alien8 Recordings/Aurora Borealis) as well as having been involved in a variety of earlier ventures, always at the core of the creative process, principally as a guitarist, vocalist and lyricist. James Hamilton has been active in experimental music circles since the end of the 80’s, running the Dystonia EK label (1989-2009), and making ascetic electroacoustic/acousmatic music as Column, Annihilist and since 1999 as Nebris. Preterite is their collaboration. Utilising primarily acoustic, though occasionally electric, instrumentation and centred on Genevieve’s distinctive voice, Preterite represents a shift away from the denser sounds of the duo’s respective projects and towards austere but richly textured songs.

Their first CD, “Pillar of Winds” was released in November 2011 by Handmade Birds.