Au Diable Vert
by René Lussier
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13e séance
05:40
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Western ô pode
03:42
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Le boeuf qui rit
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Barré
09:04
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Dindon assassin
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Les axes de la boussole
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Leçon de danse
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Danse tentaculaire
03:40
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about
For René Lussier, le diable vert is "a withdrawn place where Nature has kept or regained its rights; a place where you find yourself lost without really knowing when exactly you lost your bearings. I suppose this definition could also apply to my music. I would add a dimension of freedom: the joy of moving forward blindly and holding on until the end of the journey."
The project started with new compositions for the guitarist's quintet, with accordion, tuba, two drums and more, featuring Luzio Altobelli, Julie Houle, Robbie Kuster and Marton Maderspach. And then the pandemic struck and nothing went as planned.
Lussier says, "As the months of digital correspondence went by, the lineup changed to include new players: Guillaume Bourque and Alain Trudel. I also invited Koichi Makigami and Takashi Harada with whom the quintet had played in Tokyo, asked my friend Chris Cutler to read me one of his poems on the state of the world, recorded the musicians' voices the first time we met in the studio in 15 months, my therapist’s and my own voices at our 13th session, the purr of the wandering tomcat coming to ask for kibble, and the bewitching songs of frogs when spring finally this remote place I call home. »
Born in Montreal in 1957, guitarist René Lussier is one of the leading figures in innovative Quebec music. He divides his practice between composition, improvisation, soundtrack, songwriting, directing and producing. He has produced some sixty film scores, the extraordinary soundtrack for Robert Lepage's Moulin à Images (2008-2012) and some thirty recordings, including Le Trésor de la langue, Grand prix Paul Gilson in 1989, a fresco on speech and history described as a masterpiece by critics and re-released on the English label Recommended Records in 2021. In recent years, he has composed for the stage, sounded installations by filmmaker Pierre Hébert, written for the ensembles Hard Rubber (Vancouver) and Bang on a Can (New York), and released the albums Reza et moi (2020) and Complètement marteau (2021). Since 2003, he has been living and working in the country, where he has built a working laboratory. His activity is as effervescent as ever, in the relentless pursuit of an eclectic approach guided by experimentation.
The project started with new compositions for the guitarist's quintet, with accordion, tuba, two drums and more, featuring Luzio Altobelli, Julie Houle, Robbie Kuster and Marton Maderspach. And then the pandemic struck and nothing went as planned.
Lussier says, "As the months of digital correspondence went by, the lineup changed to include new players: Guillaume Bourque and Alain Trudel. I also invited Koichi Makigami and Takashi Harada with whom the quintet had played in Tokyo, asked my friend Chris Cutler to read me one of his poems on the state of the world, recorded the musicians' voices the first time we met in the studio in 15 months, my therapist’s and my own voices at our 13th session, the purr of the wandering tomcat coming to ask for kibble, and the bewitching songs of frogs when spring finally this remote place I call home. »
Born in Montreal in 1957, guitarist René Lussier is one of the leading figures in innovative Quebec music. He divides his practice between composition, improvisation, soundtrack, songwriting, directing and producing. He has produced some sixty film scores, the extraordinary soundtrack for Robert Lepage's Moulin à Images (2008-2012) and some thirty recordings, including Le Trésor de la langue, Grand prix Paul Gilson in 1989, a fresco on speech and history described as a masterpiece by critics and re-released on the English label Recommended Records in 2021. In recent years, he has composed for the stage, sounded installations by filmmaker Pierre Hébert, written for the ensembles Hard Rubber (Vancouver) and Bang on a Can (New York), and released the albums Reza et moi (2020) and Complètement marteau (2021). Since 2003, he has been living and working in the country, where he has built a working laboratory. His activity is as effervescent as ever, in the relentless pursuit of an eclectic approach guided by experimentation.
credits
released September 30, 2022
René Lussier: guitars, bass, percussions
Luzio Altobelli: accordion, marimba
Julie Houle: tuba, euphonium
Robbie Kuster: left drum kit, array Mbira, singing saw
Marton Maderspach: right drum kt
Guillaume Bourque: clarinets
Alain Trudel: trombone # 1, 2, 4
Koichi Makigami: voice # 4
Takashi Harada: ondes Martenot # 7
Chris Cutler: voice # 8
Compositions René Lussier 2022
Except Leçon de danse Robert M Lepage and René Lussier
Production, editing: René Lussier
Sound recording: Pierre Girard et René Lussier
Mixing: Pierre Girard
Mastering : Trillium sound
Graphic design: Julie Gauthier
Artwork: Louis-Pierre Bougie
Artwork photograph: Guy l’Heureux
Translation : François Couture
Produced by ReR Megacorp & Circum-Disc
René Lussier: guitars, bass, percussions
Luzio Altobelli: accordion, marimba
Julie Houle: tuba, euphonium
Robbie Kuster: left drum kit, array Mbira, singing saw
Marton Maderspach: right drum kt
Guillaume Bourque: clarinets
Alain Trudel: trombone # 1, 2, 4
Koichi Makigami: voice # 4
Takashi Harada: ondes Martenot # 7
Chris Cutler: voice # 8
Compositions René Lussier 2022
Except Leçon de danse Robert M Lepage and René Lussier
Production, editing: René Lussier
Sound recording: Pierre Girard et René Lussier
Mixing: Pierre Girard
Mastering : Trillium sound
Graphic design: Julie Gauthier
Artwork: Louis-Pierre Bougie
Artwork photograph: Guy l’Heureux
Translation : François Couture
Produced by ReR Megacorp & Circum-Disc
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