Jacques Greene strikes a balance between performance and recording dance music

Jacques Greene knows that he doesn't have to put out a full-length album. As he says, he can just continue successfully "drumming up press" with live shows and singles posted on his SoundCloud page. But, the Montreal artist went ahead anyway and last week, he released his debut album, Feel Infinite. Why?

 "I grew up on albums; albums marked times in my life," he says, nostalgically. He adds that, while singular songs can act as a story, albums are "the novel."

Feel Infinite is an amalgamation of Greene's work: flipping vocals and pairing them with electronic sounds. It's a multifaceted process that he finds excitingly dangerous live, but different when he's in a studio, recording. "The computer brings a kind of perfection," he notes. 

Admittedly, it's that balance of live and recorded music that keeps Greene going, though, as he says: "I think the 'variety is the spice of life' thing is really true."

For a list of Jacques Greene's upcoming tour dates, head over to his Facebook page.

— Produced by Ty Callender