Two years after Puce à l’oreille, Mélanie Auclair is back with a new album, Décor sonore. Joined by Lori Freedman, Antoine Berthiaume, Simon Meilleur, Jean-Sébastion Cyr, Martin Léon, and Luc Sicard, {nbio:auclair_me} delivers an intimist album, revealing a continuously changing stage of delicate noises.

Saxophonist/vocalist Joane Hétu’s latest work — Filature, a “sound theatre” in three acts — will be presented at Usine C (Montréal) on March 16, 17, and 18, 2006. Filature is a musical allegory on the materials weavers use: warp, weft and pattern. {nbio:hetu_jo} unveils creative fabrics of sound and visuals, where music, dance, video art and lighting intertwine.

Filature will be interpreted by the Ensemble SuperMusique (Joane Hétu, musical direction, saxophone alto, vocals; Mélanie Auclair, cello; Guido Del Fabbro, violin, electronics; Jean Derome, saxophones, flutes, vocals; Claire Gignac, saxophones, flutes, vocals; Normand Guilbeault, double bass; Diane Labrosse, digital sampler, vocals; Danielle Palardy Roger, percussions; Pierre Tanguay, percussions, vocals; Némo Venba, trumpet).

Young cellist Mélanie Auclair will launch her very first album, Puce à l’oreille, ,May 19, 2004, at Montréal’s La Sala Rossa. On this occasion she will be joined by Charles Papasoff (saxophone), Bernard Falaise (electric guitar), Joane Hétu (voice) and many others.