The albums from the 4-CD boxset Pandore by Jocelyn Robert are now available separately. You will be enchanted by {nbio:robert_jo}’s challenging sound art:

• 6 Drawers 4 Spoons, a duo with Éric Gagnon
• Slow Sparks from the Split-Voiced Buddha, an electroacoustic work based on sounds from Lhassa, Tibet
• Les scaphandres, a duo with Laetitia Sonami, with whom he worked in 1999
• 24 exercices de parallaxe, works for Disklavier, in collaboration with Louis 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.

Marie-Soleil Bélanger (violin, voice) and Normand Guilbeault (double bass) share their passion of salt, triggered by a moving visit at the salt ponds in Guérande, on their new album Les salines.

Ziya Tabassian is well known for his work with Constantinople. His new album, Tombak, is a solo immersion in the Persian percussion’s universe, filled with captivating compositions.

Composer and drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli arrives on the Ambiances Magnétiques label with the sound of the French Alps in his suitcase. {nbio:ceccarelli_is} is backed by four strong players (Jean Derome, saxophones and flutes; Frank Lozano, saxophones, clarinets and flutes; Steve Raegele, electric guitar; Clinton Ryder, double bass), and the result is a subtle weave of rich melodic colours.

Two years after Puce à l’oreille, Mélanie Auclair is back with a new album, Décor sonore. Joined by Lori Freedman, Antoine Berthiaume, Simon Meilleur, Jean-Sébastion Cyr, Martin Léon, and Luc Sicard, {nbio:auclair_me} delivers an intimist album, revealing a continuously changing stage of delicate noises.