An audio and acousmatic documentary of the sounds along the St. Lawrence River, above and below water, and the voices of the people living around the shore.
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Sebastien Cirotteau-field recordings, sound diffusion, digital processing
Brigitte Lacasse-piano, accordion
Catherine S. Massicotte-violin, motors
Eric Normand-bass, loudspeaker, percussion, voice
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UPC: 771028118328
Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Catalog ID: AM_183
Squidco Product Code: 11027
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2008
Country: Canada
Packaging: Cardstock 3 page foldover
"During a ten days residence in Rimouski (Quebec), the artists made documentary sounds recordings: interviews and soundscapes. They listen to the sounds heard along the St Lawrence River, underwater, and to the voices of peoples living around. Based on a synamic use of these recordings, Face a la derive is a cycle of improvised performances using both musical intruments and acousmatic sounds."-Ambiances Magnetiques
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• Show Bio for Catherine S. Massicotte "After several years of studies in classical violin and literature, Catherine S Massicotte turned her musical practice upside down, switching from performer to improviser and sound artist. Cutting codes open, she favours the communicational aspect, the meeting, and the exchange. She aims for a less rational understanding of the instrument and its functions. She is involved in several projects and ensembles, including Tutu Combo, Minus 3, P.O.W.E.R., and Grand groupe régional d'improvisation libérée (GGRIL)." ^ Hide Bio for Catherine S. Massicotte • Show Bio for Eric Normand "Eric Normand is an improviser, bassist, instrument designer, composer, songwriter, singer and record and concert producer. He defines himself as an epidisciplinary musician, a free electron driven by its yearning for meetings. As an improviser, he develop a personal and radical playing on a homemade electric bass equipped with mics and objects feedbacking and vibrating in small electronic devices, creating electric flux interrupted by the instrumental gesture. With this set, he prefer to play duets, with Jim Denley (flute and sax), Philippe Lauzier (bass clarinet and sax), Sébastien Cirotteau (trumpet), Pierre-Yves Martel (viola de gamba and electronic), Jean-Luc Guionnet (saxophone), in addition of several spontaneous encounters. He also play in bands involved in a more specific musical genre as danced poetry with BABABA, instrumental theatre with Le Veau/ The Veal, songs with Les Pitounes and Éric Normand Chante and folk music with The Surruralits and RRRRoyal Canadian Free Form Folk Experience. Interested in collective creation and orchestral improvisation, he lead for seven years the GGRIL, a 15 pieces band that have worked with composers such as Evan Parker, Jean Derome, Robert Marcel Lepage and Michael Fischer. His music has been programmed by or performed in several festivals in Canada , Australia and Europe. It have also been broadcasted by Radio-Canada, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, Radio-Grenouille, and several college radio stations." ^ Hide Bio for Eric Normand
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Track Listing:
1. Partie Un 23:34
2. Partie Deux 19:37
Ambiances Magnetiques
Improvised Music
Musique Actuelle
Electro-Acoustic
Electro-Acoustic Improv
Field Recordings
Unusual Vocal Forms
Quartet Recordings
Canadian Composition & Improvisation
Acoustmatic Electronic Composition
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