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Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jim La Marche graduated Music Industry Arts from London, Ontario's Fanshawe College in 1977. By 1978 he found himself as guitarist/backing vocalist for dance-hall pop act Bond until the band's demise in 1979.
In the early '80s he was engineer at Captain Audio/Eastern Sound in Toronto where he toiled away after hours on his own recordings, performing all the instruments and vocals, from February 1982 until February 1983, landing him a deal with A & M Records where he released a self-titled EP in late 1983.
Later that year he took a teaching position at Trebas Institute. He returned to the studio with several studio musicians - including a young Sara Craig - in 1984 and early 1985 working on the full-length LP follow-up for A & M called 'Searching For The Sunrise'. The 1985 album brought him substantial airplay on alternative radio like CFNY-FM in Toronto with the synth-pop song "Innocent Little Boys Cry".
Without the prospect of a major solo career, La Marche continued on with his teaching position at Trebas until 2004.
Jim La Marche continues engineering and writing/recording ambient and electronica music.
with notes by Jim La Marche
Singles
1985 Innocent Little Boys Cry/Angels On The Shore [12" AOR Sampler] (A & M) JL-1
Albums
1983 Lamarche [6 songs] (A & M) SP-24502
1985 Searching For The Sunrise (A & M) SP-9111
1991 Night Parachuting (Spiral Sky) SS-1000
1993 Temple (Spiral Sky) SS-1001
Video
Compilation Tracks
Official Lamarche MySpace Site
