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Special Private Event - June 24th 2008 at the French Consulate
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“This was a completely magical and engaging set…” Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery Newsletter “…highly polished improvisers, responding to the unexpected as the vital current in their playing, yet maintaining extraordinary poise.” Julian Cowley, Wire Magazine “…a study in refined chamber improvisation.” Cadence Magazine |
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Houle and Delbecq's collaborative performances include pieces for piano or prepared piano and clarinets, solo improvisations. As the music unfolds, composition and improvisation seem to flow together into a continuum where jazz, new music and world music fuse. Delbecq and Houle extend the techniques of their instruments and create their own language of musical gestures through spontaneous musical composition. Delbecq's contemplative piano “fabrics” draw on Cage, Ligeti, and African timbres and polyrhythms, and are characterized by unexpected juxtapositions and patternings. Houle's approach has been inspired by Evan Parker and clarinetist William O. Smith’s multi-layered sonic explorations, and combines a thoroughgoing reinvention of the clarinet's expressive possibilities with an exceptional melodic lyricism. The duo’s rapport results in a highly ordered yet intuitive discourse, echoes and undercurrents of other music continually opening up new directions |
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| Benoit Delbecq (b. 1966, France) | ||
| Benoit Delbecq is a Paris-based French pianist and keyboardist who has created his own music using ideas and techniques from contemporary classical (Cage, Ligeti, Nancarrow), jazz, Pygmy polyphony, European improv and other sources. In his solo work, he prepares the piano with various materials such as eraser bits and carved wooden twigs, and improvises on short, overlapping vamps and patterns; the result is a complex, spacious sound that hardly seems to be emanating from a single instrument. Highly acclaimed in Europe, Benoit Delbecq leads or co-leads a number of bands and has releases on Songlines, Plush, Naive, Deux Z and other labels. About Delbecq 5 Pursuit, Popmatters.com said: "...in the best sense, the newest in the new. It manages to push boundaries, sound fresh and smart, and be thoroughly and thoughtfully entertaining." TReif - songlines.com » Back To Top |
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| François Houle (b. 1961, Canada) | ||
| Born in Quebec in 1961, Vancouver-based clarinetist/composer François Houle has built a body of work that, as Art Lange has written, “hovers unselfconsciously above categories and styles.” He leads the François Houle 5 and other jazz/creative music groups, co-leads the world music trio Safa, is a member of Delbecq 5, and has performed and/or recorded with Marilyn Crispell, Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Wayne Horvitz, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Graewe, Evan Parker, and the NOW Orchestra. He is intimately involved in the development of contemporary Canadian music as a member of Standing Wave, Turning Point and the Vancouver New Music Ensemble, and also performs classical chamber music regularly. He has appeared at festivals across Canada, the U.S., and Europe, and his recordings are on Songlines, Between the Lines, Spool, Red Toucan, and other labels. » Back To Top |
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