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Roger, Danielle Palardy: Le Caillou 1998-2013 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Written in 1998, Danielle Palardy Roger's game piece composition was performed at the first Ensemble SuperMusique concert, here in 7 versions recorded at various locations in bands including Joelle Leandre, Joane Hetu, Guido Del Fabbro, Jean Derome, &c. &c. |
Schick, Ignaz / Martin Tetreault: Live * 33 * 45 * 78 (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Montreal/Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetreault and Berlin turntablist Ignaz Shcick in two sets of recordings from two encounters in Belgium and Switzerland, 2006. |
Tabassian, Ziya: Tombak (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Anaphoria Island ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Percussionist Ziya Tabassian plays solo tombak, the main percussion instrument used in Persian classical music, in 9 pieces that explore the large range of tones and nuances of the instrument. |
Wellman, Linsey / Mike Essoudry : Mike Essoudry + Linsey Wellman (Malasartes -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock 1st release for the duo of wind player Linsey Wellman and percussionist Mike Essoudry embracing stasis and movement, meditation and exuberance, delicacy and amplitude. |
d' Orion, Erick / Martin Tetreault : Avant (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Montreal Musique Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetreault and sound artist Erick d' Orion created this project as a tribute to the original explorers of electronic music and musique concrete -- GRM, Stockhausen, Henry, Oram, Schaeffer, &c. -- using historic sound recordings and new sources, presenting this incredible concert live at Au Mois in Quebec. |
Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The trio of Jim Hobbs, Timo Shanko and Django Carranza in a studio release of original upbeat and amazing riff based compositions, along with a nifty skate video. |
Marteau Rouge (Pauvros / Sato / Foussat): ... Un Jour Se Leve [VINYL] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $11.95 In Stock The free improvising trio of Makoto Sato on drums, Jean-Francois Pauvros on guitar and Jean-Marc Foussat on synthesizer & voice in a studio album of unique electro-acoustic dialog recorded in Paris in 2013. |
Asencio, Jon / Sylvie Chenard: Ocean a vendre / for sale (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Guitarist and singer Sylvie Chenard in duet with musician/performance artist Jon Asencio, joyfully exploring the energies of resistance and anarchy, in shades of science-fiction and totalitarian reality. |
Auclair, Melanie: Decor sonore (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A series of 20 short tracks by cellist Melanie Auclair that combine music with ambient sound with players such as Lori Freedman, Antoine Berthiaume, Luc Sicard, etc. |
Brady, Tim / Bradyworks: 24 Frames - Scatter [2 CDs] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal creative guitarist Tim Brady and his Bradyworks (Lori Freedman, Karen Young, &c) performing 6 duos for electric guitar with other instruments, and 12 compositions for electric guitar (with and without effects pedals). |
Ceccarelli, Isaiah: Breviaire d'Epuisements (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli's work for percussion, two voices, two bass clarinets and viola da gamba, woven from the delicate fabric of the tension between darkness and light. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Y'a du bruit dans ma cabane (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A supergroup of the AM collective with Derome, Hetu, Labrosse, Roger, Tanguay and Tetrault, in adventurous and far-reaching improvisation that have to be heard to be believed! |
Lauzier / Martel: Sainct Laurens (&Records -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sparse but detailed improvisational journeys from the long-running duo of saxophonist Philippe Lauzier and bassist/electronic artist Pierre-Yves Martel. |
Lepage, Robert Marcel: Canard Branchu (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A rich work for clarinets, bass and drums orchestrated for six musicians including Actuelle core players Lori Freedman, Pierre Tanguay, and Lepage himself, through 14 works that may have something to do with a swamp. |
St-Jean (Babin / Falaise / Labbe / Leclerc): Projectionnistes, Les: Copie zero (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Claude St-Jean's band, Les Projectionnistes (Tommy Babin, Bernard Falaise, Pierre Labbe, Remi Leclerc), plays an ecletic mix of songs ranging from alternative jazz, rock, and improv. |
Roger, Danielle Palardy: Pinta, Nina & Maria (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 3 live recordings from 3 ensembles - GGRIL, Ensemble SuperMusique and ECM+ - exploring relationsips between early music and contemporary creative music; with Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse, Bernard Falaise, &c. &c. |
Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: Wow! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sax and flute player/Ambiances Magnetique label leader Jean Derome's excellent jazz trio with bassist Normand Guilbeault and drummer Pierre Tanguay, in their 4th release, with three Derome originals and 4 standards including a Dolphy number. |
Charles, Xavier / Michel F Cote / Franz Hautzinger / Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand: Torche! (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An exceptional free improvising quintet of Montreal & Quebec improvisers--bassist Eric Normand, drummer Michel F. Cote, and bass clarinetist Philippe Lauzier--with French clarinetist Xavier Charles and German trumpeter Franz Hautzinger, performing live during the 2016 Festival de Musique de Creation, creating fascinating commotion with incredible restraint. |
Mayas, Magda / Pierre-Yves Martel / Eric Normand: Boule-spiel (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Quebec improvisers Pierre-Yves Martel on Viola da Gamba, objects, and feedback, Eric Normand on electric bass and snare drum, are joined by Berlin pianist Magda Mayas for two extended works of free improvisation, manipulating and contorting strings with an electroacoustic edge, dark ruminations of exquisite detail, patience, and adroit interaction. |
Emaille, Camille: Bekkos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A student of Christian Dierstein and Fred Frith, French percussionist Camille Emaille, working in both modern compositional and improvised music and influenced by Middle Eastern and Persian approaches, presents an album of solo percussion work selected from eight improvisations recorded in Bromont, Canada, using a diverse and unusual set of percussive instruments. |
Derome, Jean : Resistances (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock With many participants from Ensemble Musique and the Montreal Musique Actuelle scene, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jean Derome directs an ensemble into the exploration of electricity and "Resistances", blending electronics, turntable, 60 Hz hums and other electronics into an orchestra of improvisers executing his dynamic 16 movement composition. |
Falaise, Bernard : Lezardes et zebrures (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A wonderfully inventive and enjoyable solo guitar album from Montreal guitarist Bernard Falaise, a member of Miriodor, Klaxon Gueule, les Projectionnistes, Diesel and other groups, here mostly focused on acoustic guitar with open turning fed into effects pedals, alongside pieces for electric guitar, glockenspiel and melodica; magnifique! |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Les porteuses d'O (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal's superb ensemble of improvisers explore the integration of composed music with improvisation, here in 3 graphic scores from from Danielle Palardy Roger, Joane Hetu, and Lisa Cay Miller, allowing individual performers extensive freedom within fixed compositional frameworks leading to extraordinary and unexpected results, captured lived at Amphitheatre du Gesu in 2017. |
Cordame: Satie Variations (Malasartes -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Montreal's six-piece Cordame and composer Jean Felix Mailloux arrange and interpret 18th century composer Erik Satie's work "17 Variations" in celebration of his 150th birthday, adding a lilting swing and beautiful features allowing the orchestration of piano, harp, violin, cello, double bass, and percussion to improvise over these enduring melodies. |
Klaxon Gueule: Ceci n'est pas [3 CDs] (Sono Sordo -- Canada ) Price: $24.95 Out of Stock Translating to "this is not", the experimental Montreal trio of Michel F. Cote, Alexandre St-Onge and Bernard Falaise have for 20 years experimented in sound, bridging rock, experimental and improvised forms, here in a 3-CD retrospective of studio works from the last 16 years with collaborators Jean Derome, Ellwood Epps, Sam Shalabi, Philippe Lauzier, and Christof Migone. |
dis.playce (Marcoll / Seidl): Habitat (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock An organized sound work paying homage to German cartographer Karl Ortmann; and a piece built around the video installation "MSTM Wall" by British media artist Ian W. Coel. |
Quatuor Bozzini / Gyula Csapo: Deja? Koja? (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The Canadian Council for the Arts commissioned this work by Hungarian composer Gyula Csapo, a student of Morton Feldman amd John Cage, realized by Montreal's Quatuor Bozzini quartet, "Deja? Koja?" meaning "Already? Where to?" is a three-part work with two intermissions, an epic work that references the same basic materials in a variety of perspectives. |
Escargot (Quost / Emaille / Malmendier / Fertin / Freres): Dart Love (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The Canadian free improvising electroacoustic quintet Escargot of Timothee Quost on trumpet and no-input mixer, Camille Emaille on percussion, Tom Malmednier on snare drums, Xavier Fertin on clarinets, and Louis Freres on bass, in a playful and oft-times bizarre set of collective improvisations, wonderfully eccentric work of strong technical skill and unusual techniques. |
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock A series of musical "mobiles" from European composer Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, sonic transformations of the visual experiences of Alexander Calder's dynamic sculptures. |
Niggenkemper, Pascal Vision 7: Lucky Prime (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock NY based German-French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper in a European septet with reedist Frank Gratkowski, pianist Eve Risser, violist Frantz Loriot, vibraophonist Els Vandeweyer, voicals Emilie Lesbros, and drummer Christian Lillinger recording at the Loft, Cologne. |
Beaudoin-de-la-Sablonniere, Louis / Eric Normand / Louis-Vincent Hamel: Brulez les Meubles (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Seeking to extend the guitar trio into new and unique territory, the Quebec trio of Eric Normand on electric bass, Louis Beaudoin-de-la-Sablonniere on electric guitar, and Louis-Vincent Hamel on drums, reference performers like Jim Hall, Sonny Sharrock, John Abercrombie, & Bill Frisell while focusing on harmolodic force and unusual melodic lines. |
Bonneau, Michel / John Heward / Scott Thomson : 4x3 (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An unusual mix of instruments from the Montreal trio of percussionist Michel Bonneau on congas & balafon, John Heward on drums, and Scott Thomson on trombone, all members of Ratchet Orchestra and Heward's Murray Street Band, in an album of active and uniquely layered confident rhythmic floors over which Thomson freely plays with remarkable technique. |
Rose, Simon / Philippe Lemoine: Seance (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Tenor and baritone saxophones in an exchange of spectral interactions that emphasize harmonic overtones and intersections, unusual emanations from both instruments in a perfectly paced improvisations, each of the 12 dialogs named aptly for locations and crossing in Englad and France, adding a sense of journey to these mysterious and wonderful expeditions. |
Miller, Cassandra / Quatuor Bozzini: Just So (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A disc of extraordinary string works by Canadian composer Cassandra Miller, presenting four string quartets superbly played by the Quatuor Bozzini quartet of Clemens Merkel on violin, Alissa Cheung on violin, Stephanie Bozzini on viola, and Isabelle Bozzini on cello, including the large work "About Bach", awarded the Jules Leger Prize for New Chamber Music. |
Lussier, Rene : Quintette (Circum-Disc -- France ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Canadian guitarist Rene Lussier formed this quintette in 2016, with Julie Houle on tuba & euphonium, Luzio Altobelli on accordion, and drummers Marton Maderspach & Robbie Kuster, to play the intricate and lyrical pieces he developed, where up to five parts are overlaid at any given time, though the listener only hears the wonderful interplay and exultation of the resulting music. |
Surruralists, Les (Bull / Normand / Grossman / Jacques / Berirau): La Way Qu'a Do (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Slyly crossing modern improv and EAI approaches in a surreal take on early bottleneck, banjo and slide blues styles from the Quebec quintet of Arthur Bull on harmonica, voice, guitar & electronics, Eric Normand on banjo, voice & bass, Ben Grossman on "old wheel", Anne-Francoise Jacques on engines, and Gabriel Rochette on trombone; sincere and eccentric. |
Plant (Jim Denley / Eric Normand): II (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Separated by 1,000 KMs and speaking a different language, the collaboration of Quebec bassist Eric Normand and Australian saxophonist Jim Denley, both dedicated experimenters, share a common aesthetic in free improvisation as they release their third album: five dialogs using reeds, electric bass, drums, objects and tools to create unusual sonic conversations. |
HMMH (Hetu / Martel / Mouchous / Hubsch): Fleur de chaos (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A quartet of creative improvisers from Montreal--Joane Hetu (sax and voice), Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba, harmonica), Emilie Mouchous (synth)--and from Germany--Carl Ludwig Hubsch (tuba)--blend conventional instruments with objects and profound techniques to create detailed and carefully controlled aural environments, enveloping the listener in rich, imaginative environments. |
Derome, Jean : Sudoku pour Pygmees (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The meticulous and magnificently creative mind of wind player and composer Jean Derome used a 2010 Sudoko puzzle as a guide for his "Sudoko Pour Pygmees", presented alongside "7 Dances (for 15)" and "5 Thoughts (for hard rubber)", performed by an octet of Montreal mainstays including Pierre Tanguay, Pierre Cartier, Guido Del Fabbro, Bernard Falaise, &c. |
Whim Ensemble (Ofer Pelz / Preston Beebe): Pre-Fall (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Prepared piano and percussion from Ofer Pelz and Preston Beebe, the percussionist using a diverse set of approaches to drums, cymbals and devices, blurring the sonic distinctions with Israeli-born Montreal-based pianist Ofer Pelz, whose preparations transform the piano in remarkable ways as the two focus on time, texture, space, and ambiance through seven fascinating improvisations. |
Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A fun, odd and eccentric album constructed from extracts of hours of tape reels and audio cassettes by Montreal turntablist Martin Tetrault, a mix of plunderphonic sources, unusual turntable technique, and experimental audio collage drawn from an insanely diverse set of sources, in this sequel to his 1992 "Snipettes!" cassette, here with 31 new fascinating miniatures. |
Monicker (Scott Thomson / Arthur Bull / Roger Turner): Spine (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Legendary UK drummer Roger Turner and Canadian guitarist Arthur Bull, seasoned improvisers since the 70s and already working as a duo, joined with Montreal trombonist Scott Thomson during Thomson's 2017 residency in Halifax through suddenlyListen, touring and recording this album of propulsive and dynamic creative improvisation during their 2018 tour of Eastern Canada. |
Freedman, Lori: Excess (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Using voice, kick drum, electronics with immersive spatialization, and bass clarinet, Lori Freedman presents an exhilarating and impressive live performance at Montreal's Studio 270, exploring the beauty of extremes, her playing and incredible sense of timing the culmination of her 11-city North American tour titled "The Virtuosity of Excess"; absolutely impressive. |
Brady, Tim : Music for Large Ensemble (Starkland -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Premiere recordings of two major works from Canadian guitarist Tim Brady: "Desir" in 3 movements, a concerto for electric guitar and large chamber ensemble that showcases Brady's playing; and "Eight Songs about: Symphony # 7" where each song is a character in a fictional, subtle and ironic commentary about Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 premiered on August 9th, 1942. |
GGRIL [feat John Butcher / Isaiah Ceccarelli / Xavier Charles]: Facon [2 CDs] (Circum-Disc -- France ) Price: $17.95 In Stock The Quebec ensemble GGRIL of eclectic instrumentation, acoustic and electronic, with an open-minded approach to developing large-scale works bringing together approaches to improvisation and contemporary composition, here presenting three works from residencies with John Butcher, Isaiah Ceccarelli and Xavier Charles recorded from 2016 through 2018. |
Olive, Tim / Martin Tetreault: Faune (845 Audio -- Japan ) Price: $10.95 In Stock Fellow Canadians, Montreal's Ambiances Magnetiques collective member, turntablist and electronics artist Martin Tetrault meets Japan-based electronic explorer Tim Olive performing on magnetic pickups, in their first album despite having performed sporadically across three decades: 4 rich improvisations minimally edited, shaping sound in compelling ways. |
Le Quatuor De Jazz Libre Du Quebec : Musique-Politique Anthologie 1971/1974 [4 CDS] (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $64.95 Out of Stock Le Quatuor de Jazz Libre Du Quebec was a collective of jazz musicians in the 1960s & 70s, bringing together free jazz musicians in Quebec who rejected commercialism while exploring modern improvisation, performers including Tristan Honsinger, Jean Martineau, Yves Charbonneau, Jean Prefontaine, &c, documented here in a 4-CD set with a 24 page book of images & text in French. |
Thomson, Scott: Murray - Trombone Solos (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Trombonist Scott Murray (Monicker, AIMToronto) performed this installment of his "Trombone Solos at Odd Hours" series by paying homage after the passing of his friend, painter and drummer John Heward, recording this concert at Heward's studio in his home on Murray Street in Montreal, in a far-ranging and emotional solo performance of fascinating technique and expression. |
Dharmoo, Gabriel : Quelques fictions (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Stunningly unusual vocal music from composer, music researcher and vocalist based in Montreal, Gabriel Dharmoo, collecting works from 2012 to 2019, performed with small and large ensembles using almost completely wordless voice, utterance, guttural sound, swoops and, melodic flights, augmented with physical percussion like stamping and clamping; brilliant and enthralling. |
Denley, Jim / Eric Normand: Plant 3 [VINYL] (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $23.95 In Stock The collaboration of Quebec bassist Eric Normand and Australian saxophonist Jim Denley, both dedicated experimenters, in their third duo album under the Plant name, here recording live at the 2019 Syndey, Australia NowNow Festival, with Denley also playing bass flute, fruits and objects, and Normand using objects and playing the bass amp itself. |
GGRIL: Plays Laubrock (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The GGRIL (Grand groupe régional d'improvisation libérée) improviser ensemble based in Quebec invited German saxophonist living in NYC, Ingrid Laubrock, to compose three works, taking the band on adventerous journeys of texture, abstraction and melody, harnessing the power of the band's unique orchestration of electric guitars, percussion, and strings. |
Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $11.66 Out of Stock A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth). |
Bascaille: Quelque chose (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Insanely inventive and obsessive, the Bascaille trio of Antoine Letourneau-Berger, Olivier Tremblay-Noel and Tom Jacques use a mix of traditional and world percussive devices, homemade instruments, objects and amplification to create works of contemporary art and percussion, using equal temperament, microtonality, noise music, improvisation, unison, and polyrhythms. |
Monicker (Scott Thomson / Arthur Bull / Roger Turner): Libr'aerie (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $11.95 In Stock The second release from the trio of legendary London improvising drummer Roger Turner, Montreal trombonist Scott Thomson and guitarist Arthur Bull, aka Moniker, after their 2018 Ambiances Magnetiques album "Spine", in three improvisations about "Books", quick witted active improvisation with a carefree and bright approach to exceptionally detailed interaction. |
GGRIL + Jean-Luc Guionnet: Tatouages Miroir (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Jean-Luc Guionnet composes for the Le Grand Groupe Régional d'Improvisation Libérée (GGRIL) directed by bassist Éric Normand, with an 11-piece ensemble recording in the studio for a work of tension and release through fitful sections that explores contrast and unison, space and contraction, guided by a wonderful sense of mystery and surprise. |
Klaxon Gueule: Entierement Unamies (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Perhaps one of the quirkiest releases from the Klaxon Gueule trio of Michel F Côté, Bernard Falaise and Alexandre St-Onge, performing respectively on drums, guitar and bass, and all on synthesizers and computer, recalling early electronic albums while adding a whimsical and alluring edge to their often darker and more experimental prior releases. |
Quatuor Bozzini: Alvin Lucier: Navigations (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Performing four of avant composer Alvin Lucier's works composed between 1991 and 2004, the Montreal-based Quatuor Bozzini (Clemens Merkel on violin, Alissa Cheung on violin, Stephanie Bozzini on viola, and Isabelle Bozzini on cello) focus on Lucier's works of sonic exploration, including the intensely harmonic interactions of the album's title work. |
Charuest, Yves / Benedict Taylor: Knotted Threads (Inexhaustible Editions/Tour De Bras -- Slovenia ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Canadian saxophonist Yves Charuest and London-based violist Benedict Taylor found common ground in their first meetings in London in 2017, improvising together and performing at Mopomoso, Charuest then inviting Taylor to Montreal in the winter of 2019 for duo performances, leading to this excellent album of confidently fragile interaction and agile attention. |
Le GGRIL: Sommes [3 CDs] (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Price: $24.95 In Stock A magnificent triple-CD set from the Quebec creative ensemble GGRIL performing the works of Frederic Blondy, Robert Marcel Lepage, Lisa Cay Miller, Malcolm Goldstein, Caroline Kraabel, Allison Cameron, Martin Arnold, Lori Freedman, Michel F. Cote, Jean Derome and Gus Garside, a significant and beautifully packaged release from one of Canada's most important new music groups. |
Le Trio Expansible: L'Atelier de musique experimentale [CD w/ BOOK] (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $23.95 In Stock Exploring the history of improvisation in Montreal, Tour de Bras issues this unreleased 1973 recording from Le Trio Expansible of Yves Bouliane (Ensemble Supermusique) on double bass, Bernard Gagnon on guitar and Robert Marcel Lepage (Ambiances Magnetiques) on clarinet, including archival documents from the Experimental Music Workshop with texts by co-founder Raymond Gervais. |
Garcia, Violeta / Emilie Girard-Charest: Impermanence (Inexhaustible Editions/Tour De Bras -- Slovenia ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Slippery confluence to taut string friction in the duo of Argentinian cellist & improviser Violeta Garcia and Quebec cellist Emilie Girard-Charest, both bringing impressive improvisational resumes and classical grounding to their uniquely informed dialogs, heard in a five part album exploring a remarkable range of technical skill and expression. |
Lussier / D'Orion / Kuster / Tetreault : Printemps 2021 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock This mercurial and impressive 2021 Victoriaville Festival concert brought together improvisers from three duos as a quartet: guitarist Rene Lussier, who has a long running duo with turntablist Martin Tetreault; Erick d'Orion on computer and electronics, who also has a experimental sound duo with Tetrault; and frequently collaborator with Lussier, drummer Robbie Kuster. |
Derome, Jean And The Dangereux Zhoms + 7: Plates-Formes Et Traquenards (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Jean Derome's extended Dangereux Zhomes opened the 25th Victo Festival in 2008, adding Joane Hetu, Lori Freedman, Bernard Falaise, &c. for an incredible and expressive orchestra. |
Lussier / Tetreault / Yoshihide: Elektrik Toboggan (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock This amazing trio performed at the 25th Victoriaville Festival of Musique Actuelle in 2008 with 2 guitars, 3 turntables, one spy-microphone, and 201 spectators. |
My Cat Is An Alien: Il Suono Venuto Dallo Spazio (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Each album or performance by My Cat Is an Alien is an invitation to leave on a cosmic journey, without resorting to the numerous cliche's of the space music genre. Think instead of a synth-less Ash Ra Tempel coming across the quiet impr... |
Tetreault, Martin / Kid Koala: Phon-O-Victo (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetrault meets with radical hip-hop DJ Kid Koala at the 22nd Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in energetic duos filled with humor and instrumental acrobatics. |
Quatuor Bozzini: Tom Johnson: Combinations (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The Montreal string quartet Quatuor Bozzini (Alissa Cheung-violin, Clemens Merkel-violin, Stephanie Bozzini-viola, Isabelle Bozzini-cello) continue their investigation of avant composers, focusing on American composer Tom Johnson through three works or minimalist precision: "Combinations for String Quartet"; "Tilework" and "Four-Note Chords in Four Voices". |
Belanger, Marie-Soleil / Normand Guilbeault: Les Salines (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock |
Cote, Michel F.: Compil Zouave (Exercice De Phonometrie Populaire) (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $9.00 In Stock |
Del Fabbro, Guido: Carré de sable (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 Out of Stock |
Denzler, Bertrand / Koch, Hans: Asymetrie (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $11.50 Out of Stock The duo of Swiss improvisers Bertran Deznier (saxophone) and Hans Koch (clarinet, saxophone) in an outstanding release of instantaneous composition. |
Derome, Jean et les Dangereux Zhoms: Torticolis (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock This is the third release from Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms, which, like the two preceding it, was created from Derome's personal travel journal. |
Derome, Nathalie: Les 4 Ronds Sont Allumes / Chansons Parodisiaques (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Ensemble en pièces: Jardin d'exil (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock |
Falaise / Guilbeault / Lepage: Joue Free (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock |
Frith, Fred Guitar Quartet (w/ Didkovsky / Lussier / Stewart): Upbeat (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Lepage, Robert M. / Martin Tetreault: Callas: La diva et le vinyle (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Lepage, Robert Marcel: Adieu Leonardo! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock |
Letarte, Genevieve: Vous Seriez Un Ange (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Lussier, Rene / Martin Tetreault: Dur Noyau Dur (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Experimental electronic studio recording from the duo of Rene Lussier on acoustic and electric guitar and Martin Tetreault on turntables that sits outside all norms. |
Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: The Feeling of Jazz (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock |
Various Artists: Ambiances Magnetiques Volume 1: La Bastringue Migratoire (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Various Artists: Ambiances Magnetiques Volume 4: Mystere (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $10.00 In Stock |
Various Artists: Magnetiques Volume 5: Chante! 1985-2000 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $5.30 In Stock |
Ceccarelli, Isaiah: Toute Clarte m'est Obscure (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A profound contemporary work integrating improvisation into composed forms from Montreal composer and percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli and performed by an ensemble of 16 Musique Actuelle improvisers and performers, beautifully balanced between diverse instrumental passages and texts inspired by different poetical and musical forms of the past; sublime. |
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Taylor, Mike: Trio, Quartet & Composer, Revisited
Marteau Rouge / Keiji Haino: Concert 2009
Honsinger, Tristan / Nicolas Calioa / Joshua Zubot: In The Sea
Frith, Fred / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody
Kjaer, Julie 3 (Kjaer / Edwards / Noble): Dobbeltgaenger
Kowald, Peter / Kent Kessler / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Flats Fixed
FEN (Otomo Yoshihide / Ryu Hankil / Yan Jun / Yuen Chee Wai): No One's Island
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare
Quatuor Bozzini: Alvin Lucier: Navigations
Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!!
Monicker (Scott Thomson / Arthur Bull / Roger Turner): Libr'aerie
Leandre, Joelle : A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET]
Lussier / D'Orion / Kuster / Tetreault : Printemps 2021
GGRIL [feat John Butcher / Isaiah Ceccarelli / Xavier Charles]: Facon [2 CDs]
Insub Meta Orchestra: 13 & 27
Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
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