Benoît Pioulard is the pseudonym of Tom Meluch, a Portland-based musician and photographer. After self-releasing a few short albums, his album
Enge EP - hazy, delicate, and dreamy - was picked up by Moongadget (2005), and later re-issued by Kranky (2006), followed by the full-length album
Précis (Kranky 2006) and
Temper (Kranky 2008).
You can find his music and photography at
pioulard.com and his tour dates
here.