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Saturday December 2nd Doors 7:30pm $20 Suggested, PWYC, NOTAFLOF 135 rue Eddy in Hull (Gatineau), the “public” entrance is through a side door. Shhhhh
Xavier Charles (FR) – clarinet
Ivar Grydeland (N) – guitar
Christian Wallumrød (N) – piano
Ingar Zach (N) – percussion
Dans les arbres is an improvising ensemble comprising French clarinettist Xavier Charles and the three Norwegians pianist Christian Wallumrød, guitarist Ivar Grydeland, and percussionist Ingar Zach.
“This unique improvising quartet (…) continues to fine-tune its artistic concept with a rare sense of accord, and shared responsibilities.” (ECM Records)
The group’s idiosyncratic inhabitants form unusual combinations of airy, wooden, metallic sounds, prepared strings and tampered drum heads. Their world of sounds and the fine sense of communication, lead to collective playing and spontaneous group- composing named to be in a “class of its own”. Their music moves gently but steadily ahead on broad planes of sound. The dynamic textural sceneries evolve as Dans les arbres harnesses its wealth of unorthodox extended techniques.
Since the recording of their first album in 2006, Dans les arbres has performed more than 150 concerts around the globe. The two releases on ECM Records and one on Hubro – the self-titled debut “Dans Les Arbres” (2008), “Canopée” (2012) and “Phosphorescence” (2017) have received praise from reviewers and audiences alike. In October 2019 the group’s fourth album “Volatil” was released on the label SOFA, and in November 2019 they launched “Mausoleum” – their first download-only-album on Bandcamp. Dans les arbres was nominated for the prestigious Nordic Music Prize 2015.
Dans les arbres have performed with guest musicians such as Yumiko Tanaka, Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O ́Rourke, Alexander Ruck Santos, Australian Speak Percussion, the Norwegian duo Vilde & Inga and The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Together with singers and Oslo Sinfonietta they performed the piece “About Nature” by Henrik Hellstenius at the Oslo Opera House in 2015.
“There’s no end to the delights of this quite magical disc. The finest composition, like improvisation, ultimately relies on intuition, and these players seem to have an innate grasp of the right combination of sounds and textures. Dans les arbres must be one of the finest ECM Improv releases – indeed, releases from any label – in recent years.” (The Wire)
More infomation on the musicians can be found here:
Français :
AC//CC est une formation poético-musicale composée de Sarah Albu à la voix et objets,
Belinda Campbell au piano et électroniques, Marilou Craft à la poésie, textes ou manipulations
de toutes sortes et Eric Craven aux percussions. Le rencontre est née lors du lancement de
l’album CUCH-187 60X44 de l’étiquette de disque Cuchabata Records en juin 2022. Depuis lors
le groupe a participé à une des éditions du Mardi Spaghetti à la Casa Del Popolo en obtobre
2022, au Festival Metropolis Bleu en avril 2023 et finalement au Suoni Per Il Popolo en juin
Jusqu’à présent, leurs performances totalement improvisées surgissent de l’amalgame
entre les choix de textes de Craft et la musique de Albu, Campbell et Craven.
Nos performances sont totalement improvisées. Marilou Craft décide quelques instants avant ce
qu’elle lira, s’adaptant à la musique qui se crée au moment même. Cela peut prendre la forme
de collage de ses textes, de recueils en entier ou de piger dans la culture populaire des
inspirations ponctuelles comme par exemple de lire des réponses d’entrevues de Céline Dion.
Les musiciens sur scène se nourrissent les uns les autres dans un mélange spontané de mots,
de sons, de textures, de rythme ou de mélodie.
AC/CC
AC//CC is a poetic-musical formation composed of Sarah Albu on voice and objects, Belinda
Campbell on piano and electronics, Marilou Craft on poetry, texts or manipulations of all kindsand Eric Craven on percussion. The meeting was born during the launch of the album CUCH-
187 60X44 from the Cuchabata Records record label in June 2022. Since then the group has
participated in one of the editions of Mardi Spaghetti at Casa Del Popolo in October 2022, at the
Blue Metropolis Festival in April 2023 and finally at Suoni Per Il Popolo in June 2023. So far,
their totally improvised performances arise from the amalgam between Craft’s text choices and
the music of Albu, Campbell and Craven.
Our performances are completely improvised. Marilou Craft decides a few moments before what
she will read, adapting to the music that is being created at the same time. This can take the
form of collages of his texts, entire collections or drawing from popular culture for specific
inspirations such as reading answers to interviews with Celine Dion. The musicians on stage
feed each other in a spontaneous mixture of words, sounds, textures, rhythm or melody.
tunu
is a free improvised music duo. guitar and effects, drums, jazz and kraut oriented, open to possibilities.
Dana Wiesbrock – guitar and effects
Jamie Charbonneau – drums