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Torche​ ​!

by Torche !

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1.
CADÉPAN 06:40
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2.
IADABOR 06:12
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3.
ALAPLASSE 03:27
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4.
BOUDBOI 05:51
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5.
OUBIEN 06:01
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6.
APRESSA 04:28
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7.
IZATRAPE 08:06
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8.
LAFNAITRE 02:21
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Torche ! is Xavier Charles, Michel F Côté, Franz Hautzinger, Philippe Lauzier & Éric Normand.
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"This meeting of these five distinct improvisers — all are committed to an uncompromising search and research of pure sounds and the timbres of their respective instruments, all in their own personal manners and with their own sense of invention — proves that the language of free-improvisation is truly universal. You just need to have an attentive ears — elephantine ears — trust your comrades and your instincts, and then all sounds — raw, dissonant, distorted, acoustic or electric, melodic, breathy or noisy — find their place in the mysterious great scheme.
The eight improvisations tell different, strange, cryptic stories, with no apparent meanings, clear narratives or comforting conclusions. But all manage to draw the listener immediately into their rich, poetic universes, despite their contemplative, sometimes even austere tones. Nothing sounds radical in these improvisations, even though these musicians do produce some pretty weird sounds. Together, as a collective, they sound much larger, somehow more sensible than apart. You can hear that in the playful ALAPLASSE, where imaginative bird calls collide gently with noisy, electric sounds, in the almost psychedelic texture of multiphonics on BOUDBOI and in the extraterrestrial, minimalist-techno pulse of IZATRAPE. Brilliant." - Eyal Hareuveni, Free Jazz

"Individual instrumental voices disappear into the collective whole, so that one is less aware of personalities, more involved in the movement of sound. The music feels orchestral rather than like a collection of individual voices, collective purpose creating work that is as profoundly selfless as it is involving. It’s a highly evolved art, with the five musicians here shaping eight taut improvisations that are remarkably free of meanderings or those empty moments of merely getting acquainted." - Stuart Broomer, The WholeNote

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released October 31, 2017

Xavier Charles :: clarinette
Michel F Côté :: percussion
Franz Hautzinger :: trumpet
Philippe Lauzier :: clarinette basse
Éric Normand :: basse électrique
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Enregistrement en concert au Café Côté-Cour, Jonquière, Festival de Musique de Création, 27 mai 2016.
Mixage et matriçage :: Michel F Côté
Illustration :: Kim Gagné
Graphisme :: Marie-Pierre Morin
Production :: Éric Normand pour Tour de Bras

Paru sur le label Tour de Bras, TDB9024cd

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Michel F Côté Montreal, Québec

A ubiquitous artist, Michel F Côté works a great deal for theatre and dance projects, making him a prolific musical designer. He his the co-artistic director of the dance company Et Marianne et Simon. We can find him backing up these acts: Mecha Fixes Clocks, Klaxon Gueule, Pink Saliva, Jane & the magick bananas, and Tiari Kese – a duo with himself. ... more

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