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olivier alary

olivier alary is a french musician who is also known under the title of his musical project ensemble .
a native of toulouse , france , olivier alary is a montreal-based musician and composer who has released his own recordings , as well as composing for film and exhibitions .
a former student of architecture , alary created ensemble in 1998 as a musical persona through which to explore the encounter between melodic noise and disjointed pop .
he moved to london to study music and in 2000 he released his first album `` sketch proposals '' under the name ensemble with rephlex records .
`` sketch proposals '' caught the attention of björk , and alary 's remixes of three of her songs -- `` sun in my mouth '' , `` cocoon '' and `` mouth 's cradle '' -- were released as b-sides .
he went on to co-write the song `` desired constellation '' with björk on her 2004 album `` medúlla '' .
alary 's follow-up album , the self-titled `` ensemble '' , blends symphonic wall-of-sound with intimate folk-pop vocals , and was released in 2006 .
it features vocal performances by chan marshall -lrb- of cat power fame -rrb- , lou barlow and mileece ; drums by adam pierce ; and orchestral arrangements by johannes malfatti , performed by germany 's babelsberg film orchestra .
ensemble 's third album `` excerpts '' was released in january 2011 .
a beautiful , sophisticated record of orchestrated pop songs on the theme of fictional and false memories , the album features collaborators johannes malfatti and vocalist darcy conroy .
olivier has also composed music for several exhibitions at london 's victoria & albert museum ; contributed to an installation by doug aitken at the centre georges pompidou in paris ; and has received an honorary mention at the ars electronica festival for his project chlorgeschlecht .
he has also collaborated with photographer nick knight .
since 2007 , he has also provided soundtrack for several feature-length films and documentaries , some of which have received prestigious awards and screenings in europe , the us and china .
