Recording at Studio CCAM Scene Nationale de Vandaeuvre-les-Nancy in France, the freely improvising duo of contemporary saxophonist Violaine Gestalder and double bassist Louis-Michel Marion approach the five improvisations on Marges with an ear to patient sonic interaction through extended and unusual techniques on their instruments.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2021 Country: Portugal Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded at Studio CCAM Scene Nationale de Vandaeuvre-les-Nancy, in nancy, France, on March 3rd, 2020, by Nils de Deyne.
Violaine Gestalder (saxophone) Member of the Ultim'asonata ensemble, she is involved in contemporary musical creation through work in conjunction with composers and the solicitation of commissions. First prize for generative improvisation from the CNSMDP, she places this discipline at the heart of her artistic (Archipel Nocturne & Françoise Toullec, 2015) and educational (Camel Zekri 2008, Marie Cambois 2010, PFL Traject 2012, Hélène Breschand 2013, Isabelle Duthoit 2014, Barre Philips and Laurent Charles 2015/2016).
Louis-Michel Marion (double bass) After starting out as a rock/blues bassist, he studied double bass with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Pierre Hellouin and played alongside Jacques Di Donato, Vinko Globokar, Joe McPhee, Steve Potts, Paul Rogers, Annick Nozati, Keith Rowe, Malcolm Goldstein, Le Quan Ninh...
He approaches his instrument without a priori, simply as a sound generator. His improvisation work is nourished by listening to musicians such as Joëlle Léandre, G. Scelsi, Barre Phillips, Daunik Lazro, I. Xenakis, S. Sciarrino, Morton Feldman...