“Cent ans de jazz” (A hundred years of jazz), an original concept by Xavier Charles (clarinet), will be performed live at Le Va-et-vient (Montréal) Tuesday May 6, 2003. Featuring Martin Tétreault (turntables), Jean Derome (saxophone) and Pierre Tanguay (drums).

An initial studio encounter, recorded live, makes up CD 1. Then both artists went to work to reprocess the raw material left out. Tétreault used obsolete tape recorders to create a analogue remix (analogique, CD 2). Otomo used an ultramodern computer to generate a digital reconstruction (numérique, CD 3).

Grand Europe tour for Yoshihide Otomo and Martin Tétreault from April 15 to 30, 2003. Two turntablist, one from Japan, one from Québec, two universes and one electro-mechanic meeting. Do not miss them, they’ll tour eleven French cities, Belgium, The Netherlands and Switzerland! Moreover, a new 3 mini-CD boxset is coming out in May, Studio — Analogique — Numérique to finish in beauty!

You are invited at Casa del Popolo (Montréal) Saturday March 8, 2003 for an aural event of epic proportions: the head on meeting of parasites (the duet of turntablist Martin Tétreault and samplist Diane Labrosse) and morceaux_de_machines (Érick Dorion and A_dontigny, computers) in a sonic clash of beautiful patterns, uncompromising noise, surprising acousmatic movements and — yes! — even beats, scratches and pop samples! Although they have worked together before, it is the first time the four of them actually play as a quartet. Érick Dorion and Martin Tétreault are currently collaborating together on a forthcoming album, Diane Labrosse and A_dontigny will release theirs on No Type in april 2003, Télépathie, recorded live last year.

Exhibit, album launch and concert for the unrepentant Squint Fucker Press label. Cal Crawford will present his latest opus “sitting on theories on the frontier of extension” and Jonathan Parent will present his first CD, “Littérature,” Thursday February 20, 2003 at Casa del Popolo (Montréal). Moreover, Christof Migone, Alexandre St-Onge and Martin Tétreault will exhibit works from the serie “cover without a record.”

A 4th edition for the Tentacules concert series, bringing together actuelles, contemporary and electroacoustic musics. Be there February 27, 2003 at La Sala Rossa (Montréal) to hear performances by Lori Freedman, Martin Tétreault, Magali Babin, Bernard Falaise and Adrian Moore.