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Plates-formes et Traquenards
CD: Victo (2009) VICTO 114
1 janvier 2010
Par Seth Watter in Signal to Noise #56 (ÉU), 1 janvier 2010

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1 décembre 2009
Par Bryon Hayes in Exclaim! (Canada), 1 décembre 2009

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«The disc is alive with positive energy, and surely the live performance that created it was even more high-spirited. Derome immerses himself in his music, and it shows.»

At the celebration for the 25th anniversary of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV), reedist Jean Derome and an expanded version of his ensemble performed the two pieces that make up this disc. Derome is a mainstay of Quebec’s musique actuelle scene, debuting the Dangereux Zhoms in 1992 at FIMAV’s tenth anniversary. Plates-Formes et Traquenards showcases Derome’s compositional skills, as well as his ability to let loose, rock out and spray some noise. The arranged passages are lyrically clever, as the various instruments have fun with the written melodies. Joane Hétu’s powerfully expressive voice and Martin Tétreault’s turntable work take the music in unique directions. The disc is alive with positive energy, and surely the live performance that created it was even more high-spirited. Derome immerses himself in his music, and it shows.

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4 novembre 2009
Par Kurt Gottschalk in The Squid’s Ear (ÉU), 4 novembre 2009

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«Within the eclectic arena of Montréal’s Ambiances Magnétiques collective, Jean Derome is one of the strongest and most consistent voices.»

Within the eclectic arena of Montréal’s Ambiances Magnétiques collective, Jean Derome is one of the strongest and most consistent voices. He is also one of the biggest jazz devotees in the group, making him — within the context of his adventurous cohorts — something of a traditionalist. He has a long-standing Monk tribute group. He plays saxophone, for the love of Pete. And, unlike the neo traditionalists, he reliably contributes to the tradition. Along with Évidence, his Monk project, Les Dangereux Zhoms is one of his longest-standing groups. The quintet been on hiatus for a while, but returned to the 2008 Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville more than doubled in size and with two of Derome’s most ambitious works to date; The pair of long suites made full use of his unusual jazz band plus viola, electric guitar and turntable, a big 12-tet that embarked on the Canadian festival circuit in the summer of 2009. And where Derome has an avowed love for Monk’s music, here he came off as a modern day Mingus. The big band is employed to sweeping, cinematic effect, with changes in mood and dynamic underlined by strong themes and, crucially, the rock solid foundation of Pierre Cartier on electric bass and Pierre Tanguay on drums. The tight adherence to structure allows Derome’s band, over the stretch of two 30-minute journeys, to go out while remaining in. Early in Plates-formes, an overtly lovely Guillaume Dostaler piano solo is interrupted by electrical buzzes and static. It’s not quite funny, but in that peculiar Ambiances Magnetiques way, it’s charming. And more importantly, within the structure Derome has built, it makes sense (or, at least, is made to make sense as the piece progresses). Likewise, a blistering electric guitar solo by Bernard Falaise or the outré vocalizations of Joane Hétu are force-fitted — without smugness or irony — into what remains a pair of works of jazz classicism. Victo’s reliably warm and present recording ensures that the breadth of the work is never lost. The performances captured on Plates-formes et Traquenards are dedicated to Productions Plateforme (FIMAV’s parent organization) and the Montréal production company Tranquen’Art, both of which celebrated their 25th anniversaries in 2008, as did Ambiances Magnetiques. Clearly something was in the Quebecois air in 1993. Derome has issued a fantastic, and fitting, response.

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1 septembre 2009
Par Ken Waxman in The WholeNote #15:1 (Canada), 1 septembre 2009

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1 septembre 2009
Par Félix-Antoine Hamel in La Scena Musicale #15:1 (Québec), 1 septembre 2009

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23 juillet 2009
Par Réjean Beaucage in Voir (Québec), 23 juillet 2009

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«Inspiré!»

Après avoir lancé son groupe Les Dangereux Zhoms au 10e Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville, le saxophoniste et compositeur Jean Derome revenait sur les lieux en mai 2008 pour célébrer le 25e anniversaire du festival avec les pièces Plates-formes (du nom de la boîte qui produit le FIMAV) et Traquenards (référence à Traquen’Art, un organisme montréalais très actif aussi en musique actuelle). Cela donne deux pièces à plusieurs volets, très variées. Ça va de la mélodie ensoleillée au néo-bruitisme, et il y a même un solo de batterie! Les 12 musiciens s’en donnent à cœur joie, certains y allant de solos endiablés (Bernard Falaise est particulièrement remarquable à la guitare). Inspiré!

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