“… a fresh mix of rock and improvisation” (Vital Weekly, The Netherlands) The Rouge ciel ensemble (Simon Lapointe, Antonin Provost and Némo Venba) will be part of the “Festival des musiques de création” Wednesday May 15, 2002 at Jonquière’s “Café-théâtre Côté-cour.” The group will also perform on June 8, 2002 at Le Va-et-vient, on June 10, 2002 at Alizé and also during the L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal on June 29, 2002.

Diane Labrosse is currently at the Centre for Contemporary Arts of Glasgow (UK) for an installation and a performance in collaboration with the Theatre Cryptic. The “Each and Every Inch” project starts May 9, 2002. Musical performances occurs May 14 to 18. By the end the month, she will join her Parasites companion, turntablist Martin Tétreault, for two concerts in France, May 30 in Limoges and June 1 at Saint-Étienne’s festival “Musiques Innovatrices.”

“… dancing delicately on the edge of chaos, clickety-clacking up a racket of rare beauty.” (Mirror, Canada) Five years after Automates Ki, Maxime de la Rochefoucauld and his automatons presents Collection somnambule, 9 tracks opening into a fabulous dreamworld of stunning polyrhythms.

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Martin Tétreault’s “Turntable Hell” project will tour the United Kingdom on May 14-24, 2002. This exceptional turntable orchestra features musicians Marina Rosenfeld, Otomo Yoshihide, Janek Schaefer, Steve Noble, Lepke B, Paul Hood, Martin Ng, and video artist Ben Drew.