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Martel, Pierre-Yves: Engagement & Confrontation (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A solo session of Pierre-Yves Martel on prepared double bass with no over-dubs or post-processing. |
Martin, Jean / Colin Fisher: Little Man on the Boat (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Drummer and loopster Jean Martin with multi-instrumentalist Colin Fisher in a veritable orchestra of sound resources, inspired and imaginative studio work. |
Martin, Jean / Evan Shaw: Piano Music (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Much more than a simple duo, with overdubbed saxophone Martin & Shaw make large and complex environments & orchestral sections over which they nimbly improvise. |
Martin, Jean: At the Farm (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock After touring Canada extensively for 3 years the trio of Jean Martin, Justin Haynes and Kevin Turcotte released this CD of wide-ranging and excellent recordings. |
Mecha Fixes Clock: Beau Comme un Aeroport (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Percussionist Michel F Cote takes his Mecha Fixes Clocks ensemble (Philippe Lauzier-sax, Elwood Epps-trumpet, Jean Rene-sax, Pierre-Yves Martel-feedback, Bernard Falaise-guitar, Guillaume Dostaler-piano) on a compelling audio tour of air travel. |
Normand 5, Eric: Sur Un Fil (Setola Di Maiale -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Bassist Eric Normand's compositions showcase the incredibly talented quintet of James Darling (cello), Antoine Letourneau-Berger (vibes), Michel F. Cote (drums/feedback) and Jean Derome (flute, sax, birdcall). |
Normand, Eric & Bent Spoon Duo: Circuitry (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $11.95 In Stock The Bent Spoon Duo of Chris Dadge and Scott Munro met bassist Eric Normand (Tour De Bras, Ambiances Magnetiques) while Normand was on tour to record these ragged electro-acoustic improvisations. |
P.O.W.E.R.: Tomahawk Territory (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Trio improvisations with guitar, violin, and an assortment of noise elements, thoughtful pieces that use space wisely as they prepare for vicious attacks of sound. |
Papa Boa; Falaise, Labbe, Leclerc, Roversell: Tete a Queue (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An eclectic collection of mostly improvisational songs that use sampling and other electronic processing on raw instrumental material, that is then combined with new improvisation to reshape the material even further. |
Parker, Evan & GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Vivaces (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Le Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee (GGRIL) of the St. Lawrence region is conducted by British saxophonist Evan Parker in this live concert held in Rimouski after a workshop hosted by Evan Parker. |
Pink Saliva (Allen / Cote / St-Onge): Hardcore: La Brique (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A live recording from the improvising trio of Gordon Allen, Michel F. Cote and Alexandre St-Onge, rendering acoustics and electronics in dark and unconventional techniques. |
Ratchet Orchestra: Hemlock (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Ratchet Orchestra is a large ensemble of 30 fringe musicians from Montreal headed by director Nicolas Caloia whose compositions allow for improvised chamber jazz and showcase the talents of the orchestra's most passionate players. |
Robert, Jocelyn: Pandore (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $39.95 In Stock Jocelyn Robert's first release on Ambiances Magnetiques in a four-disc set that shows off his solo work and highlights the contributions from other artists who have worked with him through the years. |
Roger, Danielle Palardy: L'Oreille Enflee (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Percussionist Danielle Palardy Roger's first major solo composition in 13 pieces which is performed by Claude Beaugrand, Jean Derome, André Duchesne, Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, and Martin Ouellet. |
Sabatini, Mirko; MK Orchestrin: -28+Alieni (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Italian drummer Mirko Sabatini on a solo album that explores different aspects of his instrument's sound and mechanics through interesting improvisation. |
Snell, Jerry: Life in the Suicide Riots (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Vocalist and guitarist Jerry Snell in his first album of twelve songs that are based on a text he wrote about social and political conflicts around the world. |
Subtle Lip Can: Reflective Drime (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The 2nd release from the Montreal free improvising trio Joshua Zubot (violin), Bernard Falaise (guitar) and Isaiah Ceccarelli (drums/percussion) is a magnificent example of open-minded improvisation using unusual and sparkling approaches to sound and discourse. |
Subtle Lip Can: Subtle Lip Can (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal artists Isaiah Ceccarelli on percussion, Bernard Falaise on electric guitar and Josh Zubot on violon, impressive textural music from contemplative soundscapes to frantic climaxes. |
Surruralist(e)s, The/Le: Sortablue (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The duo of Arthur Bull on guitars & harmoia and Eric Normand on electric bass and tenor banjo, and both on voice, taking on American rural songs--delta blues, cajun music, and Quebecois laments, &c--with a modern eye and a good sense of humor. |
Tanguay, Pierre / Tom Walsh: Midi tapant (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The duo of Pierre Tanguay on drums and percussion and Tom Walsh on trombone in a release of minimalist construction that blends composition and improvisation. |
Tanguay, Pierre: La musique de mon disque (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The solo debut album from electronic artist and composer Pierre Tanguay is a collection of dark ambient background music that is minimalist in nature but also very impressive. |
Taylor, Rae: Black Grace (RD -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock |
Tilting: Holy Seven (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Bassist Nic Caloia (Ratchet Orchestra) with his Montreal based quartet of pianist Guillaume Dostaler, drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli and Jean Derome on baritone sax and bass flute, in an album of great compositional mood and creative playing. |
Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay7.10: Danse a L'Anvers (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal's great jazz trio of saxophonist Jean Derome, bassist Normand Guilbeault, & drummer Pierre Tanguay, in an album of original compositions and work by Dolphy, Ellington, Kirk, Mengelberg & Strayhorn. |
Trio Derome / Guilbeault / Tanguay: Etymologie: Live at L' Off Festival de Jazz de Montreal [DVD SURROUND SOUND] (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Various Artists: Ambiances Magneacutetiques Volume 3: Inedits (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An anthology of 24 unreleased works by various members of Ambiances Magnetiques: Michel F Cote, Jean Derome, Andre Duchesne, Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse, Robert Marcl Lepage, etc.. |
Various Artists: volume 2: Hourra pour la bastringue (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A compilation of seventeen tracks featuring artists such as Rene Lussier, Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay, Robert Marcel Lepage, Andre Duchesne, Joane Hetu, &tc. |
Vertical Squirrels (Fischlin, Heble, Melville, Warren): Time of the Sign (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An incredibly informed instant-composing ensemble drawing on free jazz and post rock sensibilities with nods to Indian ragas, jazz-inflected minimalism, Zappa-esque bouts of sonic anarchy, and German rock music from the 1970s, captured live at Toronto, Guelph and Hamilton, Canada in 2012. |
not the wind not the flag: Tintinabulum (Barnyard -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A beautifully building release of guitar and percussion, one long track that adds intensity from lovely minimalism to Fripp-ian chords and driving drum work. |
Ceccaldi, Theo Trio, Trio + Joelle Leandre: Carrousel -and- Can You Smile (Ayler -- France ) Price: $21.95 In Stock Two albums together. "Carrousel": The Paris based Theo Ceccaldi Trio crosses improv with chamber music in a string trio of lyrical, subtle and advanced improvisation. "Can You Smile": Ceccarelli expands his trio with bassist/free vocalist Joelle Leandre for rich, interactive improvisation. |
Lenoci, Gianni / Gianni Mimmo: Reciprocal Uncles (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The Italian duo of pianist Gianni Lenoci and soprano saxophonist Gianni Mimmo using extended and unusual techniques through eight improvisations mixing melody, timbre and tone. |
Roebke, Jason: Every Sunday (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The music of bassist Jason Roebke and his trio of guitarist Matthew Schneider and drummer Marcus Evan is rooted in the leader's solid bass work and the tasteful and informed lyrical freedom of his sidemen, as heard in this live performace Chicago's Hungry Brain. |
Berthiaume, Antoine: Small Tease (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Guitarist Berthiaume steps away from composition and jazz to record an album of intricate instrumental guitar songs with folk influences, playing solo and in small ensembles. |
Berthiaume, Antoine / Donato, Michel / Tanguay, Pierre: Ellen's Bar (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Guitarist Antoine Berthiaume leads the trio of Michel Donato (bass) and Pierre Tanguay (drums) in this lively album of eleven original compositions. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Bruit court-circuit (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Danielle Palardy Roger, Alexandre St-Onge and Martin Tetreault each composed works for this stellar group of nine Montreal-based musique actuelle players, a startling and wonderful release of style, approach and concept. |
Frith, Fred Guitar Quartet: Ayaya Moses (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Fred Frith's leads a quartet of electric guitars (Rene Lussier, Nick Didkovsky, Mark Stewart) through 10 different journeys that explores the dynamic potential of this unique group composition. |
Greenlee, Shawn: Nysa (Utech Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Klaxon Gueule (Cote, Falaise, St-Onge): Pour en finir (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal's electroacoustic trio of Michel F Cote (percussion), Bernard Falaise (guitars) and Alexandre St-Onge (bass), in their 6th release, 12 succinct tracks of sophisticated improv merging unorthodox approaches for peculiarly satisfying compositions. |
Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Quartetski Does Stravinsky with drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli, guitarist Bernard Falaise, reedist Phillipe Lauzier, viole de gamaba player Pierre-Yves Martel and violinist Joshua Zubot reinterpret Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in honor of its 100th anniversary. |
Disguises, The (Thomson / Caloia / Charuest / Hood / Tanguay): Songs 7 Dances from The Muted Note (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Eleven songs by Montreal trombonist Scott Thomson, settings of poems by P.K. Page (1916-2010), one of Canada's distinguished literary figures, in a band with Pierre Tanguay on drums, Yves Charuest on sax, Nicolas Caloia on double bass, and Susanna Hood on vocals. |
GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Geste (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Eric Normand's Quebec based 12-piece GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation) in an album of 5 improvisations and a piece by percussionist Danielle P. Roger; wonderfully creative music with eclectic instrumentation that's simultaneously challenging and fun. |
Martin, Simon (w/ Quasar, Bozzini Quartet, Trio de guitares contemporain): Hommage a Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composer Simon Martin pays hommage to Quebec painters Ozias Leduc, Paul-Emile Borduas, and Jean-Paul Riopelle in contemplative works for each artist, performed by the ensembles Quatuor Bozzini, Quasar quatuor de saxophons, and Trio de guitares contemporain. |
Quasar (quatuor de saxophones): Du souffle (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal saxophone quartet Quasar (Jean-Marc Bouchard, Marie-Chantal Leclair, Mathieu Leclair, & Andre Leroux) in their 3rd incredible album of contemporary saxophone compositions, presenting 14 rich and varied compositions, including commissioned and premier works. |
Thomson, Scott: Heures Indues (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Co-founder of the Association of Improvising Musicians in Toronto (AIMToronto) and a member of The Rent, Scott Thomson presents a solo trombone release of explorative approaches to the instrument, masterful work from one of Canada's leading improvisers. |
Normand, Eric: Mattempa (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Based on Canadian physician & author Jacques Ferron's book "Gaspe Mattempa", bassist Eric Normad leads a quintet into a mythological audio world with Raphael Arsenault (violin), Philippe Lauzier (bass clarinet), Alexandre Robichaud (trumpet) & Antoine Letourneau-Berger (percussion). |
Architek Percussion: Metatron (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Architek Percussion ensemble is a Montreal quartet performing works by Canadian composers, using percussion, drums, sampling, electronics and synth in wonderfully odd ways, here with two guest performers presenting works composed and mixed by Elliot Britton. |
Caloia, Nicolas : Les Bonnes Histoires (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Bridging contemporary and improvised music, Montreal double bassist Nicolas Caloia wrote these pieces for textured and impossible rhythms; blending pieces by Nancarrow and Grand Master Flash; and manipulating poems by Genevieve Letarte; with supporting improv from Jean Derome & Lori Freedman. |
Girard-Charest, Emilie: Emilie Prefere Le Chant (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Emilie Girard-Charest is a Montreal cellist, composer and improviser, here presenting 5 works, one of her own and 4 from Fredrik Gran, Sergio Castrillon, Maxime Corbeil-Perron and Joane Hetu, using extreme techniques and electroacoustic accompaniment in both joyful and terrifying ways. |
Quartetski: Quartetski Does Bartok - Mikrokosmos, Sz 107 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composed between 1926 and 1939, "Mikrokosmos" was Bela Bartok's attempt to solve certain technical problems in the art of piano playing, here adapted by the 5-piece Quartetski into a fascinating series of progressive exercises and etudes, oddly enough presented without a piano. |
Lussier, Rene / Robert Marcel Lepage / Quatuor Bozzini: Chants et danses ...with strings (Vol. III) (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Taking two of Montreal's most vital musicians, guitarist Rene Lussier and clarinetist Robert Lepage, and joining them with the far-ranging string quartet Le Quatuor Bozzini for a stunning album that merges chamber music, noise music, and improvisation without leaving behind melody, intention and direction; magnificent! |
Honsinger, Tristan / Nicolas Calioa / Joshua Zubot: In The Sea (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The transatlantic string trio of Amsterdam-based cellist Tristan Honsinger (also on voice) with Montreal free improvisers violinist Joshua Zubot and double bassist Nicolas Caloia in an album of informed improvisation that bring an upbeat approach to authoritative dialog which is both sharp-witted and irreverent, but never less than engaging. |
Brady, Tim: Unison Rituals (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Five original chamber works for saxophone and ensemble by composer and saxophonist Tim Brady for his second release on Ambiances Magnetiques. |
Cote / Ceccarelli: Vulgarites (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A plethora of objects being struck and stroked from the meeting of drummers Cote (Bruire, Klaxon Gueule) and Ceccarelli, complex interactions of percussion, feedback and electronics. |
Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu: Shaman - Nous percons les oreilles (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeak, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming music into a secular incantation and a banquet of sound. |
Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu; Nous percons les oreilles: La vie, c'est simple (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Using saxophones and their voices, Jean Derome and Joane Hetu create songs of improvisation that invoke their primal human nature in creative and beautiful ways. |
Labbe, Pierre: Manivelle (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Saxophonist Pierre's Labbe's 1st release in 6 years, performing original compositions in a quartet with guitarist Bernard Falaise, drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli & bassist Clinton Ryder. |
Les Poules: Hetu, Labrosse, Roger: Phenix (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 24 miniature works from the fantastic and intense improvising trio of Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse and Danielle Palardy Roger, inspired by the eternal revival of the legendary Phoenix. |
Martel, Frank / L'Ouest Celeste: Ye - Yi - You - Ya (Monsieur Fauteux -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Nozen (Nisenson / Tanguay / Falaise / Mailloux): Live au Upstairs (Malasartes -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Nozen is a crossroads of contemporary jazz, musique actuelle and the musical traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, contrasting styles giving birth to a deep and spontaneous music. |
Roger, Danielle Palardy: Bruiducoeur, prieres des infideles (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composer Danielle Palardy Roger presents a work for a 13-voice mixed choir, two speakers, two soloists, and two percussionists in a satirical elegy that is an account of a man's last agonizing moments. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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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
Quatuor Bozzini: Alvin Lucier: Navigations
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare
Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!!
Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
Lussier / D'Orion / Kuster / Tetreault : Printemps 2021
Leandre, Joelle : A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET]
Insub Meta Orchestra: 13 & 27
GGRIL [feat John Butcher / Isaiah Ceccarelli / Xavier Charles]: Facon [2 CDs]
Quatuor Bozzini / Gyula Csapo: Deja? Koja?
Quartetski: Quartetski Does Bartok - Mikrokosmos, Sz 107
Roebke, Jason: Every Sunday
Evidence: Cartier, Derome, Monk, Tanguay: Musique de Thelonious Monk
Testa, Carl : Sway Prototypes - Volume 3