Diane Labrosse takes pleasure in absurdity, harmony, dissonance, structure and improvisation. Her fascination with unconventional sounds has led her to digital sampling, to which she brings a hard-core approach. For the last fifteen years she has regularly appeared on contemporary, improvised and avant-garde music stages both in Canada and in Europe. Some of her projects are done with Ile bizarre, Ikue Mori & Martin T‚treault, L'Oreille … Vincent with Christof Migone, Michel F. C“t‚, Martin T‚treault and sound sculptor Jean-Pierre Gauthier. A self-taught composer, Aim‚ Dontigny is one of the founding members of the "free-noise" collective Napalm Jazz and of the electronic duo morceaux_de_machines. Dontigny has been working for empreintes DIGITALes and Ambiances Magn‚tiques. He devotes himself eagerly to the challenges of improvised music and is particularly interested in the development of new electronic music in Canada. His compositions are full of subtle quotes and his sonic palette adapts itself to many aesthetics, as reflected in his recent collaborations with Diane Labrosse This collaboration is found on "telepathie" a new release by No-Type records. It is an intense listen, with a loud blend of sounds, movement and ambience. Recorded live on April 20 2002, this release captures the direct approach of their unique improvisations. "Telepathie" is a must for fans of noise, collage, explosions and just plain weird stuff. It Definitely pushes the boundaries in music, composition, writing methods and approaches.

By anne sulikowski
Jul 16, 2003