On March 5, 2009, as part of the Jeudis tout ouïe, Galerie B-312 presents Martin Tétreault and his Turntable Quartet (featuring Magali Babin, David Lafrance, Alex MacSween and Nancy Tobin) as well as the group Mineminemine, with Magali Babin, Éric Létourneau and Alexandre St-Onge.

Magali Babin will present Onion Router (audio interactive performance with projection) on March 20, 2008 as part of the Studio XX’s Salon Femmes br@nchées at Galerie B-312 in Montréal, whereas Tara Rodgers will present Butterfy Effects (multichannel sound performance).

Magali Babin, artist whose sonorous performances are characterized by a minimalistic approach, is in residence at Studio XX (Montréal) from mid-November 2007 until January 31, 2008. During the residence, she will create a game interface for an interactive performance inspired by Tor (decentralized network that allows anonymous connexion on the Internet); a project to experimenting techniques of surveillance, concepts of simulation and technological hoaxes.

This is the schedule for the 3 next Mercredimusics:

• November 21, 2007: with Jean Derome (saxophone, flute, objects), Michel F Côté (amplified percussion), Rainer Wiens (électric guitar, kalimba)
• November 28, 2007: with Magali Babin (objects, electronics), Joane Hétu (alto sax, vocals), Pierre Tanguay (percussion)
• December 5, 2007: with Jean Derome (saxophone, flute, objects), Diane Labrosse (sampler), Jean René (viola)

The next Mercredimusics will host Joane Hétu and her guests Magali Babin and Esther Bourdages, on March 14, 2007 at Casa Obscura in Montréal. Listen to her work on the very last album Nouvelle musique d’hiver.

Katharine Norman’s book [ash_0754604268] (242 pages + 1 CD) is now available on electrocd.com. The book describes various aspects of sound art, and presents the work of many artists such as Magali Babin, Luc Ferrari, Barry Truax, Francisco López, Hildegard Westerkamp, Francis Dhomont, Merzbow, John Oswald, and Martin Tétreault.