Benoît Pioulard
Thomas Meluch (born August 4, 1984) is an American multi-instrumentalist,
writer, and photographer known as Benoît Pioulard. He began crafting
experimental, folk-influenced lo-fi compositions in the mid-1990s, releasing
limited CD-Rs and cassettes. His debut as Benoît Pioulard came with the 2004
compilation Random Number…Colors Start. In 2005, Kranky Records signed him,
leading to acclaimed albums like Précis (2006) and Sonnet (2015). In 2010,
Meluch co-founded Orcas with Rafael Anton Irisarri, releasing two albums by
2014. Exploring diverse sonic landscapes, he later worked with...
