Musiques Émeraude
Ensemble SuperMusique (ESM)
Musiques Émeraude is derived from a project created for the 40th anniversary of Productions SuperMusique. The tracks that make up the album are extracted from 8 videos created in tribute to the founders: Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, and Danielle Palardy Roger. We hear arrangements of some of their compositions created between 1985 and 2010.
Composers Magali Babin, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Lori Freedman, Émilie Girard-Charest, Pierre-Yves Martel, Terri Hron, Vergil Sharkya’, and Scott Thomson have revisited songs or instrumental music played by Wondeur Brass, Les Poules, Justine, and various other groups. They boldly propose 8 new and transformed versions of repertoire pieces. The interpretation of this music involved 40 instrumentalists gravitating around the Ensemble SuperMusique. Grouped in 8 small groups of 3 to 8 instrumentalists, these formations are emblematic of the practice of new and improvised music.
— Danielle Palardy Roger(translation: Léa Derome)
- Composer(s): Magali Babin, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Lori Freedman, Émilie Girard-Charest, Joane Hétu, Terri Hron, Diane Labrosse, Pierre-Yves Martel, Zeena Parkins, Danielle Palardy Roger, Vergil Sharkya’, Martin Tétreault, Scott Thomson, Marie Trudeau
- Writer(s): Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Danielle Palardy Roger
- Performer(s): Sarah Albu, Daniel Áñez, Magali Babin, Preston Beebe, Nicolas Caloia, Pierre Cartier, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Katelyn Clark, Michel F Côté, David Cronkite, Guido Del Fabbro, Jean Derome, Gabriel Dharmoo, Géraldine Eguiluz, Bernard Falaise, Émilie Fortin, Lori Freedman, Émilie Girard-Charest, Susanna Hood, Julie Houle, Terri Hron, Anne-F Jacques, Eugénie Jobin Tremblay, Maya Kuroki, Philippe Lauzier, Geneviève Liboiron, Elizabeth Lima, Pierre-Yves Martel, Émilie Mouchous, Cléo Palacio-Quintin, Émilie Payeur, Craig Pedersen, Steve Reagele, Corinne René, Jean René, Vergil Sharkya’, Martin Tétreault, Jennifer Thiessen, Scott Thomson, Ida Toninato
- Graphic design: Frédérique Laliberté
- SODEC
CD (AM 273)
- 1Arr. Lori Freedman, 2020 [original work]Émilie Payeur, electronic, percussion, voice; Julie Houle, tuba, percussion; Lori Freedman, bass clarinet, percussion, voice; Elizabeth Lima, voice, percussion
- 2Arr. Émilie Girard-Charest, 2020 [original work]
- 3Le monstre (Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Zeena Parkins, Danielle Palardy Roger, Marie Trudeau / Danielle Palardy Roger) (1990), 4:49Arr. Terri Hron, 2021 [original work]Terri Hron, electronics; David Cronkite, voice; Daniel Áñez, synthesizer; Nicolas Caloia, electric bass; Maya Kuroki, voice; Jennifer Thiessen, viola
- 4Cléo Palacio-Quintin, flute; Émilie Fortin, trumpet; Jean Derome, alto saxophone, piccolo; Corinne René, percussion; Katelyn Clark, organetto; Isaiah Ceccarelli, drum kit; Pierre Cartier, bass, voice; Steve Reagele, electric guitar
- 5puces savantes / two fleas (or not two fleas) + paradis pour parasites / parasite’s paradise (Diane Labrosse, Martin Tétreault) (2001), 5:06Eugénie Jobin Tremblay, vibraphone; Anne-F Jacques, mechanical objects; Vergil Sharkya’, synthesizers, electronics; Geneviève Liboiron, violin; Sarah Albu, voice, electronics
- 6Arr. Pierre-Yves Martel, 2021 [original work]Susanna Hood, voice; Philippe Lauzier, bass clarinet; Pierre-Yves Martel, drum kit; Bernard Falaise, electric guitar; Michel F Côté, drum kit; Émilie Mouchous, synthesizer; Craig Pedersen, trumpet
- 7Arr. Scott Thomson, 2021 [original work]Ida Toninato, baritone saxophone, voice; Géraldine Eguiluz, trumpet, voice; Scott Thomson, trombone, voice
- 8Arr. Magali Babin, 2021 [original work]Magali Babin, electronics, objects; Gabriel Dharmoo, voice, object; Martin Tétreault, turntable, electronics
- Label: Ambiances Magnétiques
- AM 273
- 2022
- UCC 771028127320
- Total duration: 40:51
- Sympathique case
- 126 mm × 126 mm × 5 mm
- 35 g
Download (AM 273_NUM)
- 1Arr. Lori Freedman, 2020 [original work]Émilie Payeur, electronic, percussion, voice; Julie Houle, tuba, percussion; Lori Freedman, bass clarinet, percussion, voice; Elizabeth Lima, voice, percussion
- 2Arr. Émilie Girard-Charest, 2020 [original work]
- 3Le monstre (Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Zeena Parkins, Danielle Palardy Roger, Marie Trudeau / Danielle Palardy Roger) (1990), 4:49Arr. Terri Hron, 2021 [original work]Terri Hron, electronics; David Cronkite, voice; Daniel Áñez, synthesizer; Nicolas Caloia, electric bass; Maya Kuroki, voice; Jennifer Thiessen, viola
- 4Cléo Palacio-Quintin, flute; Émilie Fortin, trumpet; Jean Derome, alto saxophone, piccolo; Corinne René, percussion; Katelyn Clark, organetto; Isaiah Ceccarelli, drum kit; Pierre Cartier, bass, voice; Steve Reagele, electric guitar
- 5puces savantes / two fleas (or not two fleas) + paradis pour parasites / parasite’s paradise (Diane Labrosse, Martin Tétreault) (2001), 5:06Eugénie Jobin Tremblay, vibraphone; Anne-F Jacques, mechanical objects; Vergil Sharkya’, synthesizers, electronics; Geneviève Liboiron, violin; Sarah Albu, voice, electronics
- 6Arr. Pierre-Yves Martel, 2021 [original work]Susanna Hood, voice; Philippe Lauzier, bass clarinet; Pierre-Yves Martel, drum kit; Bernard Falaise, electric guitar; Michel F Côté, drum kit; Émilie Mouchous, synthesizer; Craig Pedersen, trumpet
- 7Arr. Scott Thomson, 2021 [original work]Ida Toninato, baritone saxophone, voice; Géraldine Eguiluz, trumpet, voice; Scott Thomson, trombone, voice
- 8Arr. Magali Babin, 2021 [original work]Magali Babin, electronics, objects; Gabriel Dharmoo, voice, object; Martin Tétreault, turntable, electronics
- Label: Ambiances Magnétiques
- AM 273_NUM
- 2022
- UCC 771028127382
- Total duration: 40:51