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Houle / Gentile / Hawkins: Fatrasies
Houle / Gentile / Hawkins:
Fatrasies

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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The transatlantic trio of UK pianist Alexander Hawkins, NY drummer Kate Gentile and Canadian reedist Francois Houle are heard in four masterful spontaneous improvisations in their live performance at the 39th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Houle performing on clarinets (sometimes two at a time) including the early, deep-note basset clarinet.

Void Patrol (Sharp / Stetson / Martin / MacDonald): Live @ Victo
Void Patrol (Sharp / Stetson / Martin / MacDonald):
Live @ Victo

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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A wild and adventurous concert and one of the highlights of the 39th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville from the electric improvising quartet of Elliott Sharp on electric guitar & electronics, Colin Stetson on bass, alto & tenor saxophones, Billy Martin on drums & percussion and Payton Macdonald on marimba, vibraphone & African xylophone.

Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV <i>[Used Item]</i>
Growlers Choir:
LIVE au FIMAV [Used Item]

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV
Growlers Choir:
LIVE au FIMAV

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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A unique concert even by the standards of Victoriaville from The Growlers, a vocal ensemble who interpret heavy metal, known for their epic work "Hate.Machine" and "The Dayking" with participation from poet Fortner Anderson, performed here along with a comprovisation backed by an electronic track originated from electric guitar recordings.

Lussier / D'Orion / Kuster / Tetreault : Printemps 2021
Lussier / D'Orion / Kuster / Tetreault :
Printemps 2021

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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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.

Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Ensemble (w/ Sainkho Namtchylak): Fixing the Fluctuating Idea
Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Ensemble (w/ Sainkho Namtchylak):
Fixing the Fluctuating Idea

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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Evan Parker's Electroacoustic Ensemble, merging reeds, strings and percussion with live signal processing to create something indescribably transformative is further amplified with the addition of free improvising vocalist and Tuvan throat singer Sainkho Namtchylak, adding an unearthly layer of interaction and transmogrification to this incredible 1996 FIMAV performance.

Phillips, Barre: Thirty Years In Between [2 CDs]
Phillips, Barre:
Thirty Years In Between [2 CDs]

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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The title to be taken literally, these two solo concerts recorded in Canada by French-based US bassist Barre Phillips, the first recorded at Vancouver Western Front in 1989, the 2nd from the 35th International Festival Music Festival of Victoriaville in 2019, both exemplary concerts showing his masterful skills and ability to captivate then and now.

Rova Saxophone Quartet: In Transverse Time
Rova Saxophone Quartet:
In Transverse Time

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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Celebrating 40 years as a performing ensemble, the West Coast saxophone quartet ROVA of Bruce Ackley on soprano saxophone, Steve Adams on alto & sopranino saxophones, Jon Raskin on baritone saxophone, and Larry Ochs on tenor saxophone, reworked compositions from all members transversing their past 34 years, in an absolutely impressive and diverse album.

Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Braxton, Anthony :
Solo (Victoriaville) 2017

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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On the 30th anniversary of the Victo Festival Anthony Braxton took to the stage for a magnificent solo performance on the alto sax, performing 8 spontaneous compositions and an 8+ minute version of "Body and Soul", seamlessly crossing lyrical and complex approaches to the horn using his unique intervallic, trimbral and diagrammatic language, a stunning and embraceable accomplishment.

Breschand, Helene  / Jean-Francois Pauvros: Sombre
Breschand, Helene / Jean-Francois Pauvros:
Sombre

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Sombre is an unlikely pairing yielding unexpected results. The classically trained harpist Helene Breschand meets the maverick avant rock guitarist Jean-Francois Pauvros. She plays an electro-acoustic harp, which -- unlike Zeena Parkin...

Derome, Jean / Louis Sclavis Quartet: Un Moment De Bonheur
Derome, Jean / Louis Sclavis Quartet:
Un Moment De Bonheur

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"The album title, Moment de Bonheur, is rather trite, but the concert was marvelous and the recording preserves all of its intensity and charm. This was a first meeting between Jean Derome (flutes, alto sax) and Louis Sclavis (clarinets...

Cram, Paul Orchestra  : Campin Out
Cram, Paul Orchestra :
Campin Out

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Even though Canadian saxophonist Paul Cram has led his orchestra for years, first in Toronto and then Halifax, Campin Out is the first recording by this ensemble since the 1987 LP Beyond Benghazi. One cannot accuse Cram of being too pr...

Minafra, Pino : Canto Libero
Minafra, Pino :
Canto Libero

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Since the release of Sudori with his Sud Ensemble in 1995, Italian trumpeter Pino Minafra remained discreet as a leader, preferring to blend his voice among others in large-scale groups like the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Gianluigi T...

Kimura, Mari / Roberto Morales Manzanares : Leyendas
Kimura, Mari / Roberto Morales Manzanares :
Leyendas

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Prior to the release of this CD, Mexican flutist/pianist Roberto Morales Manzanares was virtually unknown in North America. He met Japan-born violinist Mari Kimura when she played at Callejon del Ruido, a new music festival Manzanares ...

Plimley, Paul Trio: Safe-Crackers
Plimley, Paul Trio:
Safe-Crackers

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Vancouver pianist Paul Plimley and his comrades, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Scott Amendola, have issued a tough little gem of a recording in Safe-Crackers. Plimley's pianism ranges in voice from fierce avant-garde improvisation to...

Doppelmoppel : Aventure Quebecoise
Doppelmoppel :
Aventure Quebecoise

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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1. Aventure Quebecoise I 13:13

2. Aventure Quebecoise II 8:35

3. Aventure Quebecoise III 9:37

4. Aventure Quebecoise IV 10:23

5. Aventure Quebecoise V 15:39

Palinckx : It's Frontal Dog
Palinckx :
It's Frontal Dog

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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Hard Rubber Orchestra: Cruel Yet Fair
Hard Rubber Orchestra:
Cruel Yet Fair

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"The Hard Rubber Orchestra is a funkier incarnation of the NOW Orchestra. Led by trumpeter John Korsrud, it uses a similar pool of Vancouver musicians, although the instrumentation here focuses on brass and a rhythm section. Cruel Yet Fa...

Goldberg, Ben (Goldberg / Ellis / Dunn / Sarin / Schott / Ochs): Eight Phrases For Jefferson Rubin
Goldberg, Ben (Goldberg / Ellis / Dunn / Sarin / Schott / Ochs):
Eight Phrases For Jefferson Rubin

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Recorded in studio in November 1996, Ben Goldberg's project Eight Phrases for Jefferson Rubin was his second composition for sextet (after Twelve Minor, released by Avant in 1998). Rubin, who died tragically at the age of 35, was one o...

Doneda, Michel / Benat Achiary / Kazue Sawai : Temps Couche
Doneda, Michel / Benat Achiary / Kazue Sawai :
Temps Couche

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Three traditions, three musics? Hardly. This trio of improvisers -- Michel Doneda, soprano saxophone; Benat Achary, vocals, percussion; Kazue Sawai, koto -- forgoes all pretenses of speaking a universal language or separate ones, but i...

Dick, Robert / John Wolf Brennan / Daniele Patumi : Aurealis
Dick, Robert / John Wolf Brennan / Daniele Patumi :
Aurealis

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"This trio allies the spirited lightness of the Italian scene with the pastoral feel of the Swiss. Italian bassist Daniele Patumi and Swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan already played together in Pago Libre, an ensemble sharing a lot of af...

Gebbia, Gianni / Terra Arsa: Il Libro Degli Eroi
Gebbia, Gianni / Terra Arsa:
Il Libro Degli Eroi

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"When Gianni Gebbia performed with his trio Terra Arsa at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in May 1997, he was already well-established in the Italian new jazz scene. His style draws from Coltranian jazz, ...

Burn, Chris: Music For Three Rivers
Burn, Chris:
Music For Three Rivers

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Music for Three Rivers presents four improvisations (totaling 45 minutes) from British pianist Chris Burn's performance at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in May 1996, as well as five studio recordings f...

Roelofs', Annemarie Waste Watchers: Music From The Land Of Milk And Honey
Roelofs', Annemarie Waste Watchers:
Music From The Land Of Milk And Honey

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Recorded live at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in May 1996, In the Land of Milk and Honey features trombonist Anne-Marie Roelofs' Waste Watchers trio, which also features Johannes Krämer (electric ...

Homler, Anna / Geert Waegeman / Pavel Fajt / Koen Van Roy : Corne De Vache
Homler, Anna / Geert Waegeman / Pavel Fajt / Koen Van Roy :
Corne De Vache

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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Moore, Thurston / Tom Surgal / William Winant : Piece For Jetsun Dolma
Moore, Thurston / Tom Surgal / William Winant :
Piece For Jetsun Dolma

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"In 1996, Thurston Moore was still mostly known for his work with the rock group Sonic Youth. In 1996, the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville was an established institution in the realm of serious experimental, ...

Sharp, Elliott / Zeena Parkins : >Blackburst<
Sharp, Elliott / Zeena Parkins :
>Blackburst<

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Psycho-Acoustic is guitarist Elliott Sharp and harpist Zeena Parkins, and Blackburst is their first album together under that name (their first album was titled Psycho-Acoustic and simply credited to Sharp and Parkins). As with their f...

Schiano, Mario (Schiano / Guy / Lovens / Parker / Tramontana): Social Security
Schiano, Mario (Schiano / Guy / Lovens / Parker / Tramontana):
Social Security

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Recorded live at the Victoriaville Festival in 1996, this disc features the Italian saxophone and improvisation master surrounded by a band from heaven -- or hell, depending on your view of modern free jazz -- ensuring his own "social s...

Rova: Ptow!!
Rova:
Ptow!!

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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The West Coast Rova Saxophone quartet in a 7 track studio album from 1995, from Jon Raskin on alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone, Steve Adams on alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, Bruce Ackley on soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone and Larry Ochs on tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone.

Kovac, Boris: Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries
Kovac, Boris:
Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Anamnesis: Ecumenical Mysteries was Yugoslavian saxophonist/composer Boris Kovac's first release out of Europe (on the Canadian label Disques Victo). It was also his first work recorded in Yugoslavia following the war that forced him t...

Papasoff, Charles: International Baritone Conspiracy
Papasoff, Charles:
International Baritone Conspiracy

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Canadian baritone saxophonist Charles Papasoff has, with this recording, pulled off the heretofore unimaginable: pulled together a sextet comprised strictly of baritone players from Europe and North America and commissioned each member...

Far East Side Band, the: Urban Archeology
Far East Side Band, the:
Urban Archeology

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Even for the avant-garde fan acquainted with the Far East Side Band's first CD, Caverns, Urban Archaeology cannot fail to surprise. The group's blend of Oriental and Occidental instruments and music forms provides quite a change of sce...

Deane, J.A.: Nomad
Deane, J.A.:
Nomad

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Even though J.A. Deane has collaborated with many American avant-garde musicians, his solo albums are few. Sadly, his most accessible is also one of his less interesting. Nomad is an untypical release in the catalog of the label Disques...

Minafra, Pino Sud Ensemble : Sudori
Minafra, Pino Sud Ensemble :
Sudori

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Sudori is, simply put, an avant-jazz rollercoaster with blues, Dixieland, circus music, and free improvisation all tumbling in your stomach with strong Italian herbs and spices. Trumpeter Pino Minafra is accompanied by his Sud Ensemble...

Non Credo: Happy Wretched Family
Non Credo:
Happy Wretched Family

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Superb, simply superb, but also disorienting and disquieting: that's Happy Wretched Family, Non Credo's second album, seven years after Reluctant Hosts. The avant-pop format found on the first LP has evolved into twisted shards of pop ...

Gayle, Charles: Unto I Am
Gayle, Charles:
Unto I Am

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"The first completely solo Charles Gayle recording was recorded during a break in the Victoriaville Festival in 1994. Gayle went into a Montreal studio and played tenor on three tracks and bass clarinet on one, and preached while accomp...

Rieu, Yannick: Sweet Geom
Rieu, Yannick:
Sweet Geom

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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A live concert at the 11Th Festival International De Musique Actuelle De Victoriaville on May 19th, 1994, from the free improvising trio of Frederik Alarie on contrabass, Paul Leger on drum, Yannick Rieu on tenor saxophone.

Ellis, Lisle / Cauley / Robinson / Ruthier / Ochs / McPhee / Spearman: Elevations
Ellis, Lisle / Cauley / Robinson / Ruthier / Ochs / McPhee / Spearman:
Elevations

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Elevations is one of the very rare albums on which bassist Lisle Ellis assumes leadership. It was recorded in a San Francisco studio in June 1993. At the core of the instrumentation is Ellis' quartet, which includes Christopher Cauley a...

Bauer, Konrad Trio (Bauer / Sommer / Kowald): Three Wheels - Four Directions
Bauer, Konrad Trio (Bauer / Sommer / Kowald):
Three Wheels - Four Directions

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Recorded (and released) one year after Konrad Bauer's Disques Victo debut Toronto Tone, a solo-trombone-with-electronics affair, Three Wheels: Four Directions features his favorite trio at the time. Bauer, bassist Peter Kowald, and dru...

Plimley, Paul / Lisle Ellis / Gregg Bendian : Noir
Plimley, Paul / Lisle Ellis / Gregg Bendian :
Noir

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Noir is one of Canadian pianist Paul Plimley's best trio sessions. It was recorded in a Montreal studio over two days in October 1992. Longtime partner Lisle Ellis is on bass, more recent encounter Gregg Bendian on drums, and saxophoni...

Murray, Diedre / Fred Hopkins: Firestorm
Murray, Diedre / Fred Hopkins:
Firestorm

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1. Jolly Ollie 6:03

2. Never To Return 7:08

3. Firestorm 9:26

4. Dedicated To Ronnie Boykins 5:28

5. Almost Unison 6:13

6. Systems 5:25

7. Eureka 9:23

8. Dedicated To Wilbur Little 7:42

Bauer, Konrad: Toronto Tone
Bauer, Konrad:
Toronto Tone

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"When it was released in 1992, Toronto Töne was one of the first albums by trombonist Konrad Bauer to see the light of day outside Germany (West and/or East). This solo set was recorded live in Toronto in October 1991. Bauer's tromb...

Burrell, Dave / David Murray: In Concert
Burrell, Dave / David Murray:
In Concert

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"This set by longtime collaborators Dave Burrell and David Murray (playing exclusively tenor sax here) was recorded at the Victoriaville Festival in Quebec in 1991. The live sound is good, the performances exceptional (even by their sta...

Mitchell, Roscoe: Songs In The Wind
Mitchell, Roscoe:
Songs In The Wind

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"One of the greatest records to come out of Victo's (the record label of the Victoriaville Festival in Quebec) catalog is this 13-selection set by the Art Ensemble of Chicago multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell. Issued ion 1991, it co...

Various Artists (Reichel / Williams / Smith / Ellis / Plimley / Rothenberg / &c): Dix Improvisations
Various Artists (Reichel / Williams / Smith / Ellis / Plimley / Rothenberg / &c):
Dix Improvisations - Victoriaville 1989

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"To document the 1989 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, the label Disques Victo released a compilation album -- a one-time project. Dix Improvisations Victoriaville 1989 culls short to medium-len...

Crispell, Marilynn: Labyrinths
Crispell, Marilynn:
Labyrinths

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"Taken from a 1987 solo date at Quebec's venerable Festival Musique Actuelle, Labyrinths finds avant garde jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell balancing Cecil Taylor's cataclysmic and staunchly free piano style with her own melodic and spacio...

Teitelbaum, Richard / Carlos Zingaro: The Sea Between
Teitelbaum, Richard / Carlos Zingaro:
The Sea Between

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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"In October 1987, keyboardist/computer wiz Richard Teitelbaum and violinist Carlos Zingaro performed at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville. The next year the label Disques Victo released The Sea Between, comp...

Musica Elettronica Viva: Symphony No 106
Musica Elettronica Viva:
Symphony No 106

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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Documenting a reunion of Musica Elettronica Viva's founders Frederic Rzewski (piano and vocals), Richard Teitelbaum (keyboards and computer) and Alvin Curran (keyboards, computer and shofar) at the 32nd International Festival Of Current Music in Victoriaville, Canada in 2016.

Frith, Fred / Evan Parker: Hello, I Must Be Going
Frith, Fred / Evan Parker:
Hello, I Must Be Going

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Two masters who rarely play together--guitarist Fred Frith and saxophonist Evan Parker--performing together as a duo at the 30th Musique Actuelle Festival in Victoriaville, Canada for an amazing exchange of ideas and intensely subtle dialog.

Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Septet: Seven
Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Septet:
Seven

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UK multi-reed master Evan Parker brings an all-star electroacoustic septet to the 2014 Victoriaville Festival for the massive and wonderfully detailed two part composition "Seven", performed with Peter Evans, Okkyung Lee, George Lewis, Ikue Mori, Sam Pluta, and Ned Rothenberg.

 

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