Electric guitarist Bernard Falaise, a veteran of many avant groups, filled in with a solo. With an array of pedal-activated devices, he sounded like a small ensemble — ringing bells and going from high tones to bass sounds as he plucked his guitar sitting flat over his knees. He plucked and scraped, extracting a cornacopia of sounds from his axe before ending in a flurry of notes.

Falaise then joined up with Jean Martin (drums and electronics) and Pierre-Yves Martel (electric bass, steel lap guitar, electronics) for an engaging and varied improv session, starting minimally, then deepening and broadening, with a dreamscape evolving into a wall of sound, then fading out, and devolving into something less dense, with scattered single notes. Martel added melodic content when he switched to the steel lap guitar, the music propelled at one point by strong rhythm and counter-rhythms, a balanced and well-developed program of sonic explorations.

Sylvain Fortier presents the group Klaxon Gueule with selected excerpts from his cd Infininiment. Part two of two.

Sylvain Fortier presents the group Klaxon Gueule with selected excerpts from his cd Infininiment. Part one of two.

&records invites you to the launching of our balls are like dead suns, the brand new cd by La Part maudite, March 23, 2010, 9:30pm, at Cheval Blanc (Montréal). You can also hear the group Pang & Tong composed by Michel F Côté, {nbio:lauzier_ph} and Bernard Falaise.

Nozen, Damián Nisenson’s quartet featuring Bernard Falaise, Jean Félix Mailloux and Isaiah Ceccarelli, will be in concert at Dièze Onze in Montréal on March 13, 2010.

On March 7, 2010, Bernard Falaise, along with Mirko Sabatini and Luc Bonin, will be performing at Cheval blanc in Montréal.