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Radio ›› Friday, February 10, 2012
D’Harmo
Grand Theft Stutinki, 3m04s [excerpt]
Track 1 from D’Harmo
CD: D’Harmo (2011) DH 01

Blog ›› Friday, February 10, 2012

  • Envoi in Le son du grisli

    “Un mois avant de disparaître, Bill Dixon emmenait un nonette à Victoriaville, et donnait son dernier concert. À ses côtés, les musiciens déjà présents sur Tapestries for Small Orchestra: Taylor Ho Bynum, Stephan Haynes, Rob Mazurek, Graham Haynes et Michel Côté, Glynis Loman, Ken Filiano et Warren Smith. En deux temps, Envoi arrange des parallèles et provoque quelques perturbations qui…”

    February 7, 2012 ›› Press
  • 2011 Monsieur Délire Top 30

    Monsieur Délire announced the Top 30 of its Demanding Music list which includes Teoria dell’elasticità di Girolamo Papariello by Michel F Côté and Filature by Joane Hétu.

    February 1, 2012 ›› General
  • Year of the Boar in Monsieur Délire

    “Assembled for a visit of Anthony Braxton in Toronto, the Association of Improvising Musicians — Toronto’s AIMToronto Orchestra has continued to evolve and is now releasing its first studio album. The orchestra is a 17-piece of almost exclusively acoustic instruments. The album features seven compositions by some of its members: Justin Haynes, Kyle Brenders, Joe Sorbara, and Germaine Liu. Brenders…”

    February 1, 2012 ›› Press
  • Halcyon Science 130410 in Monsieur Délire

    “A strong free improvisation concert recorded in April 2010 in Toronto. Very fine interplay between Rampersaud’s trumpet and Evan Shaw’s saxophone — you could easily believe some of their lines were pre-written. The work of Polish percussionist Tomasz Krakowiak remains mysterious, his very subtle textures blending in with the other sounds. Serious music, though not scholar; demanding music that never…”

    February 1, 2012 ›› Press
  • At Somewhere There in Monsieur Délire

    “Evan Parker is very strong in one-shot free improvisation meetings. At Somewhere There features him live in Toronto with local musicians Wes Neal (bass) and Joe Sorbara (percussion). A 40-minute session displaying a fine intensity and a few surprises, like the short appearance of a daxophone if I’m not mistaken.”

    January 30, 2012 ›› Press