24 octobre 2002: Lee Pui Ming, Ikue Mori et Martin Tétreault en Colombie-Britannique
La percussionniste Ikue Mori et le
La percussionniste Ikue Mori et le
Ikue Mori (percussion électronique), Martin Tétreault (tourne-disques) et Diane Labrosse (échantillonneur) seront du festival Archipel, musiques d’aujourd’hui (Genève, Suisse) pour une réunion du trio explosif Île bizarre, le
Promotional material for this album described it as “cinema for the ear”, and that is a pretty accurate description. This is “sound as art” in the truest sense of the term. Grinding, whirs, buzzes, snaps and bangs are all brought together to create a suggestive sonic soundscape. Diane Labrosse (samples), Ikue Mori (electronic percussion) and Martin Tétreault (turntables) have created a work which achieves an almost organic quality from the most inorganic resources. if you are looking for something that is daring and goes nowhere near the mainstream, then this is for you. Most of the moods captured on this disc are stark and hollow, giving the listener a true taste of coldmetal machinemusic. One could almost subtitle this “Symposium for Junkyards”. If you enjoy the true industrial approach (ie Einsturzende Neubauten), then you will undoubtedly love the challenge of this work. One suggestion
A very weird mix of various sampled and looped craziness… mice squeak and transmute into rusted chair castors, with soundscapes that are so surreal that they took me to many realms
Desiludam-se os que encontraram em La face cachée des choses (1995) um dos melhores discos do ano. Mais, ainda, se o anterior Duo déconstructiviste (1994), com
Vous ne trouverez pas musique plus bruitiste que celle qui est gravée sur ce disque, Île bizarre. Diane Labrosse, membre d’Ambiances magnétiques, échantillonne depuis des années et a participé aux formations Wondeur Brass et Justine, en plus de ses collaborations avec Michel F. Coté (Bruire, Duo déconstructiviste). Ikue Mori n’a plus besoin de présentation