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Mayas, Magda / Pierre-Yves Martel / Eric Normand: Boule-spiel

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 25256
Catalog Code: TDB9025cd
Country: France

Price: $14.95

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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.

Charles, Xavier / Michel F Cote / Franz Hautzinger / Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand: Torche!

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 25238
Catalog Code: TB90002cd
Country: France

Price: $14.95

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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.

Charuest, Yves / Agusti Fernandez / Nicolas Caloia / Peter Valsamis : Stir

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 24527
Catalog Code: TB89021cd
Country: France

Price: $14.95

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The Montreal free improvising trio Still of Nicolas Caloia on bass, Peter Valsamis on drums, and Yves Charuest on saxophone is joined in the studio by visiting Spanish pianist Agusti Fernandez for a superb set of detailed and energetic free jazz, 6 pieces titled "(un fold)" I - VI, making an album of first rate and exciting collective music.

d' Orion, Erick / Martin Tetreault : Avant

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 24526
Catalog Code: TD89021cd
Country: France

Price: $14.95

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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.

Hubsch, Carl Ludwig: Rowetor 04 | Rowetor 03

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 24074
Catalog Code: TDB9020cd
Country: Canada

Price: $17.95

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Ensemble leader and tuba player Carl Ludwig Hubsch created this musical concept inspired by the guitar player Keith Rowe, exploring one static sound in the ensemble, maintaining it and in the same time interacting with utmost care and openness for any necessary change, in a 22-piece ensemble of exceptional players.

Lussier, Rene / Robert Marcel Lepage / Quatuor Bozzini: Chants et danses ...with strings (Vol. III)

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 24073
Catalog Code: TDB9019cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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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!

HMZ (Hubsch / Martel / Zoubek): Drought

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 23230
Catalog Code: TDB9017cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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A live performance at the Loft in Cologne, Germany, 2015 from the recording and performing trio of Carl Ludwig Hubsch on tuba & objects, Pierre Yves Martel on viola da Gamba & harmonica, and Philip Zoubek on the prepared piano, restrained yet highly active playing.

Blouin, Hugo / Claude Bourque / Paul Gregoire: L' Ossuaire [2 CDs]

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 22595
Catalog Code: TDB-173cd
Country: Canada

Price: $17.95

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Recordings of an installation piece built in Iles-de-la-Madeleine in the summer of 2013, a large sculpture made of resonant metal pipes with propane torches and whale bones, used as a huge musical instrument allowing three people to play simultaneously from different sides.

Normand, Eric: Mattempa

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 22594
Catalog Code: TD890118cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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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).

GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Geste

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 22024
Catalog Code: 90015
Country: Canada

Price: $13.95

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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.

Eguiluz, Geraldine / Stephane Diamantakiou: Paso Doble

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 21955
Catalog Code: TDB9013cd
Country: Canada

Price: $12.95

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Since 2012 the free improvising duo of vocalist Geraldine Eguiluz and double bassist Stephane Diamantakiou have worked together, taking themes from the jazz songbook as a starting point for free form improvisations of a fragile and unpredictable nature.

Lauzier, Philippe / Eric Normand: Not the Music / do

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 20297
Catalog Code: TBD90022cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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The Canadian duo of reedist Philippe Lauzier and bassist Eric Normand freely improvise in sound environments that are both introspective and precarious, using subtle and aberrant approaches to playing that evoke unusual aspects of their instruments in oddly refined dialog.

Earnear: earNear

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 20296
Catalog Code: TDB0912cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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Intricate interactions in free improv from the Portugese trio of violist Joao Camoes, cellist Miguel Mira (Open Field String Trio, Nuovo Camerata), and pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro (Red Trio), focused on the balance between contrasting counterpoint, polyrhythms and fluid soundscapes.

Martel, Pierre-Yves: Continuum

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 20004
Catalog Code: TDB9011cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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A solo work from Pierre-Yves Martel performing two works for the viola da gamba, bringing this fretted renaissance-era ancestor to the violin into the 21st century through two slowly evolving and sonically fascinating pieces.

Surruralist(e)s, The/Le: Sortablue

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 19956
Catalog Code: None
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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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.

Prevost, Helene: A La Plage

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 19723
Catalog Code: TDB0009cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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A mix of sound art and improvisation from Quebec/Actuelle musician Helene Prevost, 10 minimal "Plages", or luminous surfaces, created with Eric Normand, Stephae Claude, and Mario Gauthier.

Chenard, Sylvie / Alexandre Dubuc / Cathy Heyden / Remi Leclerc: Allochtone

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 19722
Catalog Code: TDB9010cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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Montreal/Actuelle players Sylvie Chenard on guitar and voice, Alexander Dubuc on bass, Cathy Heyden on sax, and Miriodor's Remi Leclerc on drums, with all providing electronics, in an encompassing ea-improv journey that balances acoustics with sonic environments and wonderfully controlled chaos.

Mecha Fixes Clock: Beau Comme un Aeroport

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 18237
Catalog Code: TDB90006cd
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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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.

GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Combines [VINYL]

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 18236
Catalog Code: TDB 990001LP
Country: Canada

Price: $19.95

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The GGRIL is a Canadian ensemble of musicians who experiment with various forms of interactions possible in an orchestra without a conductor, bringing together a dozen musicians from different backgrounds.

Parker, Evan & GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Vivaces

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 16279
Catalog Code: TDB 9006
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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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.

Denley / Lauzier / Martel / Myhr / Normand: Transition de Phase

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 14201
Catalog Code: TDB9005
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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Intense and understated electro-acoustic improvisation from saxophonists Jim Denley and Philippe Lauzier, electronic artist Pierre-Yves Martel, guitaris Kim Myhr and bassis Eric Normand.

Derome, Jean / Le Quan Ninh: Flechettes

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 14200
Catalog Code: TDB9004
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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Part of Rencontres de musiques spontanees 2009, Jean Derome on bird calls, flute & sax met percussionist Le Quan Ninh playing objects over bass drum for a long work of unusual improvisation.

Freedman / Darling / Labrosse / Dionne: Dix Situations Precaires

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 12980
Catalog Code: TDB89002
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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Bringing together players from Rimouski and Montreal, contemporary classical and musique actuelle meet in an improvising setting to create an album of distinctive four-way interplay.

P.O.W.E.R.: Tomahawk Territory

Label: Tour de Bras
Product Code: 06209
Catalog Code: TDB CD9003
Country: Canada

Price: $14.95

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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.

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