Le Silence des hommes whispers silence, whispers love: the one that leaves traces; the one that pearces, changes, hurts us; the one that we will never forget. Meet performer and poet artist D. Kimm, guitarist Bernard Falaise, singer Michel Faubert, and the musicians Frédéric Boudreault, Alexis Martin, Alex McMahon at La Sala Rossa in Montréal on May 16, 2007. Excerpts of the album Le Silence des hommes are online.

Frank Martel et l’Ouest céleste (Michel F Côté, Éloi Deit, Bernard Falaise, Frank Martel) and Peter Paul will be at Divan orange in Montréal on May 15, 2007. Listen to some online audio clips of Yé-Yi-You-Ya by Frank Martel.

Meet up with Espaces sonores illimités (ESI), Jean Derome, Bernard Falaise, Lori Freedman, Pierre Labbé, Diane Labrosse, Pierre Tanguay, and light designer Eric Belley in a musical improvised work entitled Spatio lumino. This performance will take place on Saturday February 24, 2007 at the Société des arts technologiques, in Montréal, as part of the opening show of the 3rd Montréal/Nouvelles musiques (MNM) festival.

The Pointe-à-Callière museum asked André Duchesne to compose the 13th Symphonies portuaires (harbour symphonies). Their website tells us that the “author-composer-performer and guitarist André Duchesne will have the honour of presenting an original work to be played on the horns of ships overwintering in the Old Port. The score will include some other unusual urban instruments, from tugboat horns to bells and train whistles.” The event will take place on March 4 and 11, 2007 near place Royale and Pointe-à-Callière, and it’s free. Want to know more about his work? Go listen to some extracts of his recent album Cordes à danser… suite saguenayenne.

Many DAME artists will participate to the third Rencontres de musiques spontanées (RMS3), held in Rimouski (Québec) from December 1 — 3, 2006. On December 1, Catherine S Massicotte, Brigitte Lacasse and Éric Normand will present their project Minus 3 followed by Érick d’Orion and his latest audio creation Téléphonie cellulaire. On December 2 a second double feature will be presented, this time with Les gars trans (a band featuring Frank Martel, Robin Servant and Éric Normand) and Cabina obscura featuring John Blouin and Bernard Falaise. Sunday, December 3 will see the launch of a new CD, 10 situations précaires, by James Darling, Lori Freedman, Gabriel Dionne, and Diane Labrosse. The CD launch will be followed by a presentation of Khôra, a work by Jean-François Laporte interpreted by Martin Ouellet.

Le Silence des hommes [The Silence of Men] sees the poet and performer D. Kimm paired up with musician Bernard Falaise for a journey through their love of words and emotions. Moreover, three love songs are interpreted by special guests Pierre Cartier, André Duchesne, and Michel Faubert.