Three new Ambiances Magnétiques releases ranked well on Guelph’s CFRU charts. The new Self Made by Ganesh Anandan and Hans Reichel, and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Rainer Wiens make the top two places. And finally, My 20th Century, by Tim Brady, ranked 7th.

Get 10% off on this five new albums that have been issued on Ambiances Magnétiques label: Self Made by Ganesh Anandan and Hans Reichel, My 20th Century by Tim Brady, Manivelle by Pierre Labbé, Live • 33 • 45 • 78 by Ignaz Schick and Martin Tétreault, and finally Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Rainer Wiens.

In 1991, Rainer Wiens found himself inside Burma as the Karen Rebel Army were fighting to overthrow the military dictatorship, which still rules the country today. Free Burma is an idiosyncratic mix of rhythmic complexity and textural variety, old and new, north and south. The album is dedicated to the people of Burma and all proceeds will go towards helping that cause.

After several solo concerts, residencies and collaborations in Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and Germany, percussionist, improviser, instrument builder Ganesh Anandan is back in Montréal until mid-June. He is presently mixing a CD he did in Wuppertal (Germany) with daxophonist Hans Reichel. The CD entitled Self Made focuses on two instruments builders and their respective instrument, namely the Daxophone and Shruti Stick. Afterwards, Ganesh Anandan will return to Prague, his home base in Europe for the summer, with concerts and collaborations in various places.

MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) presents inspiring East-West meetings on March 11 and 12, 2005 by bringing together talented musicians with an unusual variety of instruments in a never-before-experienced improvisational combo. Ganesh Anandan (percussions and voice), Ziya Tabassian (percussions), Martin Tétreault (turntables), Rainer Wiens (prepared guitar) and Kiya Tabassian (setar) each will draw from the strong tradition of musical improvisation within their culture to create a new and unusual sound.

MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) presents inspiring East-West meetings on December 10 — 11, 2004, by bringing together talented musicians with an unusual variety of instruments in a never-before-experienced improvisational combo. Ganesh Anandan, Ziya Tabassian, Martin Tétreault, Malcolm Goldstein, Rainer Wiens, Kiya Tabassian and [masoumi_ba], each will draw from the strong tradition of musical improvisation within their culture to create a new and unusual sound.