Emil Beaulieau

Emil Beaulieau is the stage name of Ron Lessard, the American noise artist who runs the RRRecords shop and label in Lowell, Massachusetts. Dressed as a businessman, he performed comic noise sets using locked-groove records, modified turntables, cassettes and his own voice. His label was one of the first in the United States to release Japanese noise artists such as Merzbow and Hanatarash. Lessard started the label with encouragement from Conrad Schnitzler.