L’oreille enflée
Danielle Palardy Roger
Les futurs mélomanes se doivent d’être formés a l’appréhension des nouvelles formes, plus innovatrices, de la musique. — Revue & Corrigée, France
… the music is an intricate through-composed tour de force… Very enjoyable. — Cadence, USA
L’oreille enflée is a musical tale whose libretto and music were written by Danielle Palardy Roger. A musician better known as percussionist of Justine, La légende de la pluie and Wondeur Brass, she here introduces her first major solo composition.
L’oreille enflée is a work of music and poetry for the (opened) ears and minds of children big or small. A musical tale on the art of listening, and the art of getting along. Poetic, tender and funny, a music that speaks wonders.
A truky actual tale in thirteen different tableaux in which we are introduce to Professeur Catastrophe, the commodore of Arès, the witch Éole, Her Majesty, the Spectacled Owl, and Tutu. As you can expect, the tone, presence, sensitivity, pleasure and humour are typical of Ambiances Magnétiques’ musicians. A musical tale for all.
- Composer(s): Danielle Palardy Roger
- Writer(s): Danielle Palardy Roger
- Performer(s): Jean Derome, André Duchesne, Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Marie Ouellet, Danielle Palardy Roger, Mercedes Roy
- Cover image: Danielle Palardy Roger
- Graphic design: Joane Hétu
CD (ARM 04)
- 1L’oreille enflée (1991-92), 44:50
- 1Dans ce conte, 3:04Marie Ouellet, narration; Danielle Palardy Roger, acoustic and electronic percussions, synthesizers; Jean Derome, flutes, voice
- 2Un peuple de fourmis, 4:20Marie Ouellet, narration; Danielle Palardy Roger, voice, acoustic and electronic percussions, synthesizers; Joane Hétu, alto saxophone; Jean Derome, tenor saxophone
- 3Neptune, 4:09Marie Ouellet, narration; Mercedes Roy, voice; Jean Derome, flute, alto saxophone, bottles; Danielle Palardy Roger, electronic percussions, bottles
- 4La rencontre d’Éole, 4:06Marie Ouellet, narration; Joane Hétu, voice, alto saxophone; Jean Derome, flute, alto saxophone; Danielle Palardy Roger, acoustic and electronic percussions, synthesizers
- 5Avertissements, 1:53Marie Ouellet, narration; André Duchesne, voice, electric guitars; Joane Hétu, voice, alto saxophone; Danielle Palardy Roger, acoustic and electronic percussions, synthesizers
- 6La muette, 2:15Marie Ouellet, voice, narration; Jean Derome, soprano saxophone; Danielle Palardy Roger, acoustic and electronic percussions
- 7L’Harmonispiralifère, 3:44Marie Ouellet, narration; Jean Derome, voice, flutes; Danielle Palardy Roger, voice, acoustic and electronic percussions, synthesizers
- 8Arès, 6:09Marie Ouellet, narration; André Duchesne, voice, electric guitars; Danielle Palardy Roger, electronic percussions, synthesizers; Diane Labrosse, voice
- 9Le limaçon malade, 4:18Marie Ouellet, narration, voice; Joane Hétu, voice, alto saxophone; Danielle Palardy Roger, acoustic and electronic percussions, synthesizers
- 10Sa Majesté, 4:27Marie Ouellet, narration; Mercedes Roy, voice; Jean Derome, flute, alto and tenor saxophones; Danielle Palardy Roger, electronic percussions, synthesizers
- 11
- 12Les preuves de Tutu, 1:33Marie Ouellet, narration; Danielle Palardy Roger, voice, flutes, electronic percussions, synthesizers
- 13Marie Ouellet, narration; Jean Derome, recorders, alto saxophone; Danielle Palardy Roger, electronic percussions, synthesizers
- Label: Ambiances Magnétiques
- ARM 04
- 1993
- Total duration: 44:50
- Jewel case
- 125 mm × 142 mm × 10 mm
- 95 g
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Critique
L’approche des musiques contemporaines, différentes, plus ou moins expérimentales reste encore trop l’apanage d’une minorité d’adultes. Cette attitude de refus du grand public, son manque d’ouverture et son absence de curiosité a certes plusieurs origines, mais trouvent aussi sa source dans l’éducation. Les futurs mélomanes se doivent d’être formés a l’appréhension des nouvelles formes, plus innovatrices, de la musique.
C’est dans cette optique qu’il faut saluer deux initiatives, qui dépassent le simple enregistrement d’œuvres pour enfants, telle la collection «Zéro de Conduite» chez Audivis (Un DMI, Pied de Poule… ) ou la production de L’oreille enflée de Danielle Palardy Roger.
Review
Review
Crossing the Atlantic, we arrive in French-speaking Canada and the usually interesting Montréal based label Ambiances Magnétiques. Their most recent release (on the subsidiary Archives Magnétiques 04) is L’oreille enflée by Danielle Palardy Roger, Roger is the drummer for the band Justine and here she is joined by fellow members Joane Hétu (rds, vcl) and Diane Labrosse (vcl), as well as other luminaries from the Montréal creative community: Jean Derome (rds, flts), André Duchesne, Marie Ouellette, Mercedes Roy. This appears to be a radio play and it’s performed entirely in French so it’s a little difficult for a monolinguist such as myself to get a key in on the action. But the music is an intricate through-composed tour-de-force relying heavily on Hétu and Derome’s reeds and live and sampled sounds/percussion. A comparison might be marde to some of Henry Cow’s more scored moments but this is music with its own unique character. Very enjoyable, if a bit obscure.
Critique
Tiens! Après les musiciens du Drame, de Pied de Poule et de l’Arfi, voici nos amis québécois d’Ambiances Magnétiques qui s’adressent à notre progéniture… Et c’est Danielle Palardy Roger (ci-devant Wonder Brass, Justine…) qui s’y colle… - Papa, c’est quoi ce disque? Autour d’elle, on trouve certains des autres musiciens de la scène de Montréal, André Duchesne, Jean Derome, Joane Hétu et quelques autres, qui allient instruments et voix (chacun interprète, comme dans Pierre et le Loup ou Arthur et les Robots, un des personnages du conte). - Papa, c’est quoi ce disque? Les sons restent très feutrés, les instruments soulignent les narrations des divers personnages, avec juste un brin de dramatisation là où l’histoire le permet. Il ne s’agit pas d’effaroucher nos chères têtes blondes. Mis à contribution également, quelques sons naturels captés par Claude Beaugrand… - Papa, comment on fait les bébés?. Eh bien, vois-tu, c’est un conte un peu curieux, les aventures d’une dame (la narratrice) surnommée L’oreille enflée parce que dans sa jeunesse elle se faisait tirer l’oreille, et des personnages qui l’entourent: le limaçon malade, le professeur Catastrophe (qui vient de la planète des Tendres Géants), le méchant Commodore d’Arès (il veut que tout le monde marche au pas), la sorcière Eole… Un conte qui ne se termine jamais: Tutu la Grenouille s’endort toujours avant la fin et… ronflements.
Review
Released on Archives Magnétiques, Montréal label Ambiances Magnétiques’ line of archival recordings, L’oreille enflée (The Swollen Ear) is a tale for children and generally young at heart avant-garde lovers. Narrated by Marie Ouellet, this story features a young girl with a vivid imagination and a host of characters played by Ambiances Magnétiques musicians such as Jean Derome, André Duchesne, and Joane Hétu. An allegory on the necessity to break the mold of conformity, this tale is accompanied by untypical music for a children album. Composer Danielle Palardy Roger was a member of the seminal avant-garde all-female bands Wondeur Brass and Justine: her writing calls for angular rock structures, staccato melodies, acoustic instruments such as saxophones and flutes, and disquieting atmospheric settings. These musicians have all released much better performances elsewhere, but the whole thing is very cheerful and provides a perfect occasion to introduce pre-teens to something else than radio-friendly pop music. There is one big obstacle though: the tale is narrated in French.
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