Michael Rault

19 year old Michael Rault got his start in music playing in local punk bands, such as The Nightshades (with members of Lets Dance and the Dance Floor Disasters) and the Morellos (with now notable solo performer Eamon McGrath). When those groups disbanded, he ventured out on his own with his first self titled Michael Rault and the Mixed Signals CDR EP in June of 2005, which he co-produced with his locally well-known father, Lionel Rault. The album became a minor local hit, and the band (now with all new backing line up) began playing sold out hall and club shows all over their home city of Edmonton, to a dedicated, mostly underage following. The band caught a break in being featured at the third and final Ruckus Compilation release, and their locally popular song Numb was included on the accompanying disc. Rault kept up the groups momentum by releasing their second CDR EP in February of 2006. The disc, which was entitled Edmontons Newest Hit Makers, garnered rave reviews both locally and abroad. Edmonton's Vue Weekly and Calgary's Beatroute Magazine listed the EP as one of the top releases of the year and Paul Martin of the UK-based Shindig Magazine proclaimed, "Rault and hi... more...