Recorded live at the Festival des musiques de création in Jonquière (Québec) and at La Sala Rossa in Montréal, Danielle Palardy Roger and Fred Frith release Pas de deux, one of Ambiances Magnétiques’ latest titles. A first encounter between two master improvisers, Pas de deux faithfully communicates the energy and telepathy experienced by these two musicians.

MaryClare Brzytwa, Fred Frith, Sudhu Tewari, and Misa Shimomura will be in concert on July 26, 2008 at Estavayer-le-Lac (Switzerland) as part of the Laboratoire Village Nomade presented by jourparjour.

This was the 25th Anniversary of the Victoriaville International New Music Festival and it was indeed a wonderful event! This was also my 20th Victo Fest and it was one of the best Victo’s that I can remember. Michel Levasseur promised something special for this year and he and his crew delivered the goods. Composer, musician, bandleaders & label-heads, Fred Frith and John Zorn, two of the most influential and popular of those icons who return to Victo time and again, were involved in two sets a piece and attracted bigger crowds than usual. Fred Frith unveiled his new rock band, Cosa Brava on day 2 and closed the fest with the much-anticipated return of the Art Bears (Songbook). The Victo played on day one with The Dreamers project and unveiled the explosive Moonchild, a North American debut that still hasn’t been performed in NY. And that’s just 4 of the 24 mostly incredible shows that Victo featured this year. More passports (a festival pass for all of the concerts) were sold than any other year. Hence, the Art Bears, Frith’s debut band and both Zorn projects, as well as a wealth of other challenging sets, seems to inspire some folks to come out of the woodwork. Friends that haven’t been to Victo in many years, as well as lots of newcomers showed up for this special event. […]

On 16 mai 2008 at Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville:

• Tim Brady, Martin Messier, Bradyworks: Switch at Cinéma Laurier, 1 pm;
• Fred Frith: Cosa Brava at Cinéma Laurier, 8pm.

Daniel Heïkalo will play with Fred Frith and Pierre Tanguay on June 22, 2007 during the Sonic Courage International Festival (SCIF) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Earlier this spring, on May 27, you can meet the Duo Arthur Bull-Daniel Heikalo in concert at ARTsPLACE gallery in Annapolis Royal. Audio clips of Concentrés et amalgames are online waiting for you.

Fred Frith and Malcolm Goldstein will be part of the 2007 Open Ears Festival. Go see these 2 master improvisors on April 21, 2007 at Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Kitchener (Ontario). Visit our pages for Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 and Speaking in Tongues in order to listen to audio clips.