Malcolm Goldstein & Ellwood Epps: Solos at articule, December 12

Malcolm Goldstein (violon) et Ellwood Epps (trompette)
solo performances @ articule
730 doors, music at 8pm sharp

262 Fairmount West (@ Jeanne-Mance)
$10

(English version below)

Une soirée notable avec deux performances solo et acoustique par deux des improvisateurs montréalais le plus créatif et actif. Les performances seront presenté au articule, une gallerie intime et charmant dans le Mile End. À ne pas manquer!

Malcolm Goldstein travaille depuis le début des années 1960 à New York City dans le domaine de la musique nouvelle et de la danse, en tant que compositeur et violoniste, co-fondateur et l’un des directeurs du Tone Roads Ensemble (avec Philip Corner et James Tenney), ainsi qu’en tant que participant au Judson Dance Theater, au Festival de l’Avant-Garde de New York et à la Experimental Intermedia Foundation. Depuis cette époque, il a fait de nombreuses tournées à travers l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe, donnant des concerts de violon solo et se produisant avec de nombreux ensembles de musique nouvelle et de danse. Sa musique fut jouée entre autres aux festivals : New Music America, Inventionen (Berlin), Prix Ars Acustica de la radio Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Pro Musica Nova (Brême), TonArt (Berne) et Sound Culture (Tokyo). En outre, il travaille entre autres avec l’Ensemble für Neue Musik de la radio Hessischer Rundfunk, L’art pour l’art, Essential Music, le New Performance Group (Cornish Institute). Goldstein a travaillé à plusieurs reprises avec John Cage et la Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Il dirigea le Festival de Musique Nouvelle de la radio Hessischer Rundfunk et participa en 1992 au festival de Francfort : ‘’John Cage Anarchic Harmony’’. Ces dernières années, Goldstein a collaboré avecLiu Fang sur l'improvisation en duo, et sort un nouvel album sous le titre "Along the Way" en 2010.

Ellwood Epps (Montréal/New York City) est un trompettiste-improvisateur, et il est un des musiciens le plus actif et plus bien connue dans le monde de la musique créative au Canada. Il a joué avec Steve Lacy, William Parker, Josh Zubot, Henry Grimes, Le Quan Ninh, Joe McPhee, et Marshall Allen, et il se trouve sur plus que 50 enregistrements. Ellwood est actif à Montréal comme présentateur; en 2008 il a co-fondé l’espace L’envers, ou il est directeur artistique, en plus d’avoir co-fondé et d’être co-directeur de la serie hebdomadaire Mardi Spaghetti. Collectivement, ces deux organismes presentment entre 150 et 200 concerts par année. Il enseigne aussi les cours de trompette privé, et au Studio d’Improvisation de Montréal.

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A special night of acoustic solo performances by two of Montreal's most creative and prolific improvising musicians, presented in the lovely and intimate articule gallery space in Mile End. Not to be missed!

Malcolm Goldstein (b. Brooklyn, New York, United States, March 27, 1936) is a composer, violinist and improviser who has been active in the presentation of new music and dance since the early 1960s. He received an M.A. in music composition from Columbia University in 1960, having studied with Otto Luening. In the 1960s in New York City, he was a co-founder with James Tenney and Philip Corner of the Tone Roads Ensemble and was a participant in the Judson Dance Theater, the New York Festival of the Avant-Garde and the Experimental Intermedia Foundation. Since then, he has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, with solo concerts as well as with new music and dance ensembles.
His "Soundings" improvisations have received international acclaim for having "reinvented violin playing", extending the range of tonal/sound-texture possibilities of the instrument and revealing new dimensions of expressivity.
Since the mid-1960s he has integrated structured improvisation aspects into his compositions, exploring the rich sound textures of new performance techniques within a variety of instrumental and vocal frameworks. Numerous ensembles such as Essential Music, Relâche, Musical Elements, The New Performance Group of Cornish Institute, L'Art pour l'art, Quatuor Bozzini and Klangforum Wien have performed his music, as well as the Ensemble for New Music/Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, of which he was the director in the 1990s. His music has been performed at several New Music America festivals, Meet the Moderns/Brooklyn Philharmonic, Pro Musica Nova Bremen, Acustica International/WDR Cologne, Invention '89 Berlin, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, De Ijsbreker Amsterdam, Maerz Music Berlin, Cologne Triennale, Sound Culture Tokyo, Neue Horizonte and Ton Art Bern, and Musique Action Nancy.
He has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts/Inter-Arts (USA), the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the Canada Council for the Arts, and Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, as well as numerous commissions from Studio Akustische Kunst/WDR Cologne. In 1994 he received the Prix International award for his acoustic art/radio work "between (two) spaces".
He has written extensively on improvisation as in his book Sounding the Full Circle. His critical edition of Charles Ives's "Second String Quartet", which was commissioned by the Charles Ives Society, is now being prepared for publication.
He now resides in Sheffield, Vermont, USA and Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Ellwood Epps (Montreal/New York City) is an improvising trumpet player, and one of the leading lights of Canada’s creative music scene. He has performed with Steve Lacy, William Parker, Josh Zubot, Henry Grimes, Le Quan Ninh, Joe McPhee, Butch Morris, John Butcher, and Marshall Allen, and appears on more than 50 recordings. He has appeared internationally at the Stone, CBGB’s, The Jazz Gallery, the Guelph, Vancouver, Halifax, and Toronto Jazz Festivals, FIMAV, Festival of New Trumpet (NYC), Earshot (Seattle), Suoni Per Il Popolo, and the Off Festival de Jazz (Montreal). Ellwood currently focuses his energy on two groups: the longstanding Pink Saliva (an electric band with Michel F Côté and Alexandre St-Onge) and the acoustic Land of Marigold, with violinist Josh Zubot; Land of Marigold has just completed a 10-concert coast-to-coast tour of Canada.
Ellwood is active in Montreal as a concert presenter; in 2008 he co-founded the space L’envers, where he is artistic director, as well as co-founding and co-directing the weekly Mardi Spaghetti series. Collectively these two organizations present 150-200 concerts each year. He also teaches privately and at the Studio d’Improvisation de Montreal.

http://www.philmultic.com/artists/goldstein/
www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com
www.articule.org

23 novembre: Joe Morris/Fausto Sierakowski/Nigel Taylor + Land of Marigold Tour Finale!

Bug Incision Records and l'Envers present

Joe Morris ::: guitar
Fausto Sierakowski ::: saxophone
Nigel Taylor ::: trumpet
Launching their debut CD, 'Part and Parcel' (Bug Incision)

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Land of Marigold
Josh Zubot ::: violin
Ellwood Epps ::: trumpet
Final stop on coast-to-coast Canadian tour

5334 de Gaspé (enter through small door)
l'Oeuf 425 is on the 4th floor.
Doors open at 9, music starts at 930
The trio will play 2 sets following LOM.
$12 admission, no advance tickets. 

Joe Morris is one of the greatest guitarists and improvisors of our times. His musical output during his now more than four decade long career is so prolific that it is beyond description. His importance to creative music is perhaps best summed up by Gary Giddins article in The Village Voice, "if Ornette Coleman were Jim Hall, he would be Joe Morris". Throughout his 40-year career Morris has created a startlingly original style on the guitar, and in more recent years also performs on the double bass. The list of his collaborators is long, and includes William Parker, Billy Bang, Andrew Cyrille, Peter Kowald, Joe McPhee, Malcolm Goldstein, Samm Bennett, Lawrence "Butch" Morris and Thurman Barker.


Fausto Sierakowski studied composition and improvisation at New England Conservatory with Anthony Coleman, Joe Morris, and Frank Carlberg. Fascinated by the music of Turkey and the Balkans and has met masters such as Manos Achalinotopoulos, Peter Ralchev and Adam Stinga. Played with Joe Morris, Frank London, Ted Reichman, Asan Rashid, Luther Gray and Slavic Soul Party across the US, Canada, Italy, Germany and Portugal. Released “Buck Hammerstein Clear River Chapaukee” with Nigel Taylor in 2012. Appears on Tzadik as a member of Anthony Coleman’s Survivors Breakfast Ensemble “The End of Summer” (2013).

Nigel Taylor is a trumpet player, improvisor, and composer based in Montreal. Formerly assistant principal trumpet of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, he resigned his position in 2009 to pursue studies in improvisation and contemporary composition at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He has released recordings with Joe Morris, Anthony Coleman, Fausto Sierakowski, Chris Cretella, and Nick Neuberg.

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Land of Marigold is the mysterious convergence of two of Montreal’s busiest improvisers, Josh Zubot and Ellwood Epps. Originating in rural Saskatchewan and Toronto respectively, the two have played together in Nicolas Caloia’s Ratchet Orchestra, Michel F. Côté's Mecha Fixes Clocks, Matana Roberts’ Coin Coin, Sam Shalabi’s Land of Kush, and with Marshall Allen, John Butcher, Malcolm Goldstein, William Parker, and Myra Melford. They are also two of the founders of the weekly Mardi Spaghetti series, a mainstay in Montreal’s improvised music scene since 2008.

Josh and Ellwood are making an 11-stop tour of Canada, going from Halfiax to Vancouver, and then back to Montreal for this, the final show of the tour. You can bet that they will be in high-flying form.

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www.joe-morris.com/
www.faustosierakowski.tumblr.com/
www.nigeltaylor.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/bugincision3/joe-morris-fausto-sierakowski
www.bugincision.com
www.landofmarigold.blogspot.ca
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com

Joe Morris photo by Peter Gannushkin. Check out his amazing work at www.downtownmusic.net !

24 septembre: Derome/Epps/Lumley/Tanguay joue Ornette Coleman

mardi le 24 septembre

Résonance Café  5175A Ave du Parc (coin Fairmount)

2sets starting at 9pm   $8

Jean Derome.....sax alto
Ellwood Epps.....trompette
Aaron Lumley.....contrebasse
Pierre Tanguay.....batterie

After succesful shows at L'envers and La Brique, four of Montreal's hottest improvisers are back playing more music they love, by Ornette Coleman. The band got its start several years ago in the city's underground loft scene playing at a celebration of Coleman's birthday.The on-stage chemistry of the four players has brought three generations of musicians together to explore the huge body of work that American master-musician Ornette Coleman is still building now, 55 years after his first released recordings.

http://www.actuellecd.com/fr/bio/derome_je/
www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com
www.aaronlumley.ca
http://www.actuellecd.com/fr/bio/tanguay_pi/

www.resonancecafe.com

18 août: Frenette/Gadoua + Malatesta

Mathieu Frenette saxophones alto et sopraninoIsael Gadoua trompette

venez voir pour le première fois le duo de free jazz mouche à free...

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Enrico Malatesta (Italia) percussions



Enrico Malatesta (*1985, Cesena ­ Italy ) is a percussionist active in the field of contemporary music; he studied classical percussion instruments at the "Bruno Maderna" Conservatory in Cesena, and his personal activity and research is aimed to extend the sonic and multi­material possibilities of percussion instruments through simple gestural techniques, able to realize complex polyrhythmic thicknesses and multiple information that exist between performer, space and instrument. Besides his ongoing solo and ensemble projects he is also active performing works from the soloist repertoire of the 20th Century, including graphic scores by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown among others.

He regularly works as a duo with percussionists Christian Wolfarth and Seijiro Murayama and he is a founder member of the percussion ensemble Glück in wich is involved together with Burkhard Beins, Michael Vorfeld, Christian Wolfarth and Ingar Zach.; also works regularly, in different combination, with the sound artists Giuseppe Ielasi, Luciano Maggiore, Riccardo Baruzzi, Nicola Ratti, Attila Faravelli and Renato Rinaldi; for the development of his projects and collaborations he has taken part in residency programs in international spaces like Q­o2 workspace for experimental music, Bruxelles (BE), Hotel Pupik artists in residence, Schrattenberg (A), A.I.R. Krems Krems and der Donau (A), Careof/Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (IT), La Chambre Blanche Ville de Quèbec, (CAN); he played concerts throughout Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea and his work is released by the labels Presto!? Records, Second Sleep, Senufo Editionsl, Entr'acte, Alku, Balloon and Neddle.

Between 2007 and 2013 he worked for Teatro Valdoca and Mariangela Gualtieri as sound director and stage musician. He is interested in teaching and he developed a theoretical/practical workshop on sonic detail set up in various locations, in Italy and abroad; he frequently organizes events and lectures with the purpose to improve the diffusion of contemporary and traditional music in his area.

Current projects:
solo
duo with_ Giuseppe Ielasi, Christian Wolfarth, Riccardo Baruzzi, Luciano Maggiore, Renato Rinaldi
Glück (Burkhard Beins, Enrico Malatesta, Michael Vorfeld, Christian Wolfarth and Ingar Zach)
~ tilde (Attila Faravelli,Nicola Ratti,Enrico Malatesta)





dimanche le 18 août à 21h $8 BYOB

La Brique 6545 Durocher #402
http://soundcloud.com/enricomalatesta
http://enricomalatesta.com/

4 août: Black Givre, Gauthier/Pelchat/Burton/Beebe

Dimanche le 4 août ||| Sunday August 4th
La Brique <> 9PM <> 8$ <> 6545 Durocher #402 <>

|||Black Givre|||Black Givre, c'est une expression brutale, explosive, une stimulation cardiaque, une défonce toute en contrôle. À mi-chemin entre les influences électroniques de FourTet et l'expérimentation démentielle de Hella ou de Boredoms, Black Givre propose des improvisations en freakout d'énergie, entre la performance et l'interprétation. Il manipule les effets sonores échantillonnés en temps réel, jette de la couleur sonore, texturise, solarise, c'est le projet d'un drummeur solo, avec ses machines et son drum.

Preston Beebe, Peter Burton, Geneviève Gauthier,Alex Pelchat 

Le quatuor Beebe/Burton/Gauthier/Pelchat propose un son bien ancré dans le free jazz, inspiré autant par la musique du New Thing que par la scène expérimentale du Downtown New York. Beebe et Burton bâtissent ensemble des grooves surprenants et heavy tandis que Gauthier et Pelchat créent un intense mélange de chaos bruyant et de beauté fragile.
Preston Beebe : Batterie/Percussion
Peter Burton : Contrebasse
Geneviève Gauthier : Sax Alto
Alex Pelchat : Guitare

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Black Givre is a brutal expression, an explosive cardiac stimulation, a thunder in control. Halfway between FourTet's electronic influences and the insane experimentation from Hella or Boredoms, Black Givre offers improvisation in bursts of energy freakouts between performance and interpretation. He manipulates sound effects sampled in real time, throws coloured sounds, texturise, solarise, this is the solo project of a drummer, with his machinery and drum.

Preston Beebe & Peter Burton & Geneviève Gauthier & Alex Pelchat
The Beebe/Burton/Gauthier/Pelchat 4tet creates music in the "tradition" of free jazz, inspired equally by "The New Thing" and the Downtown NYC experimental scene. Beebe and Burton work together on some seriously heavy grooves while Gauthier and Pelchat go for a mix of noisy chaos and fragile beauty.
Preston Beebe : Drums
Peter Burton : Bass
Geneviève Gauthier : Alto sax
Alex Pelchat : Guitar

Darren Williams (solo) + Taylor-Epps duo, Friday July 26

Note that this show is at La Poêle

*ENTRANCE AT 5334 DE GASPÉ...Entrée au 5334 De Gaspé

Le soxophoniste Darren Williams va performer en solo le matériel de son album Reed, une collection de ses propres compositions : “solo de saxophone ténor avec clin d’œil à Evan Parker et Colin Stetson. Cependant, Willians a pris l’initiative de se lancer devant ses contemporains, créant des compositions excitantes et créatives qui forcent l’auditeur à oublier la richesse de la technique à la racine de la musique. ” -Kevin Romain, Bleating Hearts, The SSRIs

Darren Williams (www.airandbone.com)est un saxophoniste et bassoniste de Colombie-Britannique qui pousse les limites de l’improvisation et repousse la technique instrumentale dans des régions lyriques, terrifiantes, étranges et “plus amusantes qu’une vie pleine de rebondissement” (Georgia Straight). Appelé “un explorateur de vocal brut” , (Stuart Broomer) Darren a performé avec beaucoup de musiciens renommés incluant Eugene Chadbourne (US), Chad vanGaalen (Calgary), Myk Freedman (NYC), Mats Gustafsson (Suisse), Ig Henneman et Han Bennink (Pays-Bas). Il est impliqué dans de nombreux ensembles et projets, notamment co-directeur et compositeur pour le free jazz quintet Robots On Fire qui a performé au Festival international de jazz de Vancouver, édition 2013. Williams a reçu une bourse du Conseil du Canada pour aller faire une tournée nationale à l’été 2013 et promouvoir les solos de ses débuts, de l’album Reed, sur Bug Incision Records (www.bugincision.com). Darren détient un BFA en performance musicale de l’université de York et a étudié avec Casey Sokol, David Mott, George Lewis et Francois Houle.

Également sur le projet une première performance du duo avec le trompettiste Nigel Taylor et Ellwood Epps. Taylor est venu récemment à Montréal après quelques années d’étude et de performances à Boston au Nouveau Conservatoire anglais. Originaire de Saskatchewan, il combine une solide fondation classique européenne avec un esprit de l’aventure improvisée. Epps n’est pas un étranger à la scène musicale et créative de Montréal, performant, enseignant et organisant constamment, depuis son arrivée en 2005.

La tournée de Darren a été rendue possible en partie par le Circuit collectif de présentateurs de musique improvisée de différents lieux à travers le Canada.
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Saxophonist Darren Williams will be performing a solo set featuring works from his album Reed, a collection of his own compositions: “Solo tenor saxophone with nods to Evan Parker and Colin Stetson. However, Williams has taken the initiative to dash ahead of his contemporaries, creating exciting and beautiful compositions that force the listener to forget the wealth of technique at the root of the music.” -Kevin Romain, Bleating Hearts, The SSRIs

Darren Williams (www.airandbone.com) is a British Columbia based saxophonist and bassoonist who pushes the limits of improvisation and extended instrumental technique into regions that are lyrical, terrifying, uncanny, and “more fun than spiked punch live” (Georgia Straight). Called “a raw, vocal explorer,” (Stuart Broomer) Darren has performed with many renowned
musicians including Eugene Chadbourne (US), Chad vanGaalen (Calgary), Myk Freedman (NYC), Mats Gustafsson (Sweden), Ig Henneman and Han Bennink (Netherlands). He is involved in
numerous ensembles and projects, notably co-leading and composing for the free jazz quintet Robots On Fire which performed at the 2013 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Williams was awarded a Canada Council Grant to go on a national tour in the summer of 2013 in promotion of his debut solo album Reed, on Bug Incision Records (www.bugincision.com).
Darren holds a BFA in music performance from York University and has studied with Casey Sokol, David Mott, George Lewis, and Francois Houle.

Also on the bill is the first-time performance of the duet of trumpeters Nigel Taylor and Ellwood Epps. Taylor has recently come to Montreal after some years of study and performance in Boston at the New England Conservatory. Originally from Saskatchewan, he combines a solid european classical foundation with s wild spirit of adventure in improvisation. Epps is no stranger to Montreal's creative music scene, performing, teaching and organizing constantly since his arrival here in 2005.

Darren's tour is made possible in part by the CIRCUIT collective of improvised music presenters and venues across Canada.

La Poêle, 5334 de Gapé, #307
portes à 20h30, musique à 21h pile
$8

http://nigeltaylornickneuburg.bandcamp.com/
www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com
www.airandbone.com

21 juillet: Blister (NYC) + Ensemble Studio d'Improvisation de Montréal

Ensemble Studio d'Improvisation de Montréal:
Belinda Campbell, piano
Isabel Serra, sax alto
François Corbeil, trompette
Raphael Foisy-Couture, contrebasse
Tarek Burgan, guitare
Vincent Bergeron, voix
Nick McGrath, guitare
Sylvaine Arnaud, contrebasse
Elliot Claveau, trompette
Vicky Mettler, guitare
Chris Aitkens, trompette
Ari Cohen, batterie
sous la direction de Ellwood Epps, trompette

This mightly 12-piece band has been working and playing hard during the summer session of the Studio d'Improvisation de Montréal, and they sound great! The group is diverse: participants range in age from 20's to 60's, with players who are recent additions to the improvised scene as well as those who are new to improvising in a group setting.
Come hear what we have been up to, and check out some new sounds on the scene!

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Blister:
David Grollman, snare drum, balloons, et plus
Lucio Menegon, guitare

North American tour for these fearless improvising road warriors. Both have made music for L'envers several times in the past (Prehistoric Horses, etc), always causing a scene and making sparks fly with the music and everything surrounding it. A pleasure to have them back!

''Your savings account zeroes risk we will enjoy it and you will feel it and it will be painful Lucio on banjo eking out eerie high strung sounds like a wine glass being rubbed Dave running the smallest cymbal over the snare drum head Lucio now with a violin bow rubbing the strings beyond the bridge now it’s melodic a carousel organ with children riding up and down on the horses and it may be a fox hunt with trumpet over the country gardens now Lucio with his spanking black electric guitar and the sounds are strafed and echo Lucio in his straw pork pie hat and beige suit and tie is dashing Dave gets mosquito squeals out of the snare Lucio sly with pick in his mouth Dave getting buzzing alarm sounds out of a bow against the rim now low tones drones hums very quiet as echoes rise

Lucio stands up and strums what goes up must come down what goes down must come up so buy low sell high rocking out on electric strings both of them mad it’s a jungle or a country pond with the flora and wildlife waving in the wind Lucio takes rock star stance scritching and scratching sounds getting wilder rings on the strings clown balloon sounds at the circus wild and fun times balloon gets big it is clear gray and the guitar hums like an engine very quiet slight clicks of lips on bubble.''


(http://theflashboston.com/2013/07/15/dave-grollman-lucio-menegon-nyc/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObDNi7owBCY

dimanche, 21 juillet
doors at 830, musique à 21h pile
$8, BYOB
La Brique 6545 Durocher #402
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com
www.studioimpromontreal.blogspot.ca

La Nuit des Solos VI: dimanche le 14 juillet!

L'envers (en collaboration avec La Brique) est fière de présenter la sixième Nuit des Solos. Les cinq autres éditions ont permis de présenter 42 (!) improvisateurs montréalais en performance solo. Comme à l'habitude, divers improvisateurs montréalais de différents horizons musicaux présenteront de courts sets en solo. 

L'envers (in collaboration with La Brique) is proud to present the sixth Nuit des Solos. The five previous events allowed us to present over 42 (!) Montreal improvisers in a solo context. As usual, various improvisers from different "scenes" will present short solo sets. 

Musicians :
Ken Doolittle (percussion)
Geneviève Gauthier (saxophone)
Micah Langer (saxophone)
Ryan Packard (percussion)
Holger Schoorl (guitare)
Paul Serralheiro (trompette)
Sam Shalabi (guitare)
Scott Thomson (trombone)
Jean-Sébastien Truchy (electronics+voix+basse)

dimanche le 14 juillet
portes 20h30, musique 21h pile
8$   La Brique, 6545 Durocher #402
BYOB

7 juillet: The Moon (NYC) + St-Onge/Mouchous/Eizlini/Romary

"The music of THE MOON can surge like molten lava or flow like a quiet stream. It's a purist form of improvisation -- noise-attuned but rooted in jazz fundamentals, abstract but built on the unusually sturdy bond between guitarist Adam Caine and drummer Federico Ughi. These two play free, while operating like an old-school working band." Time Out New York's Hank Shteamer

THE MOON is an experimental duo from Brooklyn New York, featuring Adam Caine on electric guitar and Federico Ughi on drums.

THE MOON is proud to present their North American Tour 2013. The group will return for the third consecutive year on the road, touring Canada and the US. See Dates Below.

About the music: all the compositions they play are completely improvised. They have no pre-written lines, sections or forms, but they treat each of the songs as spontaneous compositions. Each piece is distinct from the others - THE MOON covers a lot of ground without sounding inauthentic. They cultivate a uniquely personal mixture of the improvisational fearlessness of jazz, the bombastic energy of rock, and the sonic exploration of 20th century classical and electronic music. These live performances have a strong large-scale formal structure from beginning to end. It's a complete listening experience, an improvised symphony. The idea has been to create music that is interesting at any given moment, but is constantly developing as if it has an structural life all its own.

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Alexandre St-Onge (circuits analogiques, ordinateur) , Emilie Mouchous (instruments électroniques) , Will Eizlini (ordinateur, synthétiseur), Aude Romary (violoncelle)

portes à 20h30, musique à 21h
$8, BYOB
La Brique 6545 Ave Durocher #402
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com
www.soundcloud.com/themoonmusic

Pink Saliva avec Sam Shalabi + Derome/Epps/Lumley/Tanguay (dimanche le 30 juin)

  Pink Saliva avec invité Sam Shalabi

Ellwood Epps   trompette et ampli

Michel F Côté   batterie et micros

Alexandre St-Onge   basse electrique et laptop

avec

Sam Shalabi   guitare électrique

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Musique d'Ornette Coleman

Jean Derome   sax alto

Ellwood Epps   trompette

Aaron Lumley   contrebasse

Pierre Tanguay   batterie

dimanche le 30 juin
portes à 20h30, musique à 21h pile
$8
La Brique 6545 Durocher #402
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqTW7zMTl24

Hodekestra + Charuest/Epps

Yves Charuest   saxophone alto

Ellwood Epps   trompette

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Hodekestra

[Ж] visual artists

Viviane Archambault

Roxanne Faucher

Kamissa Ma Koita

René Obregon-Ida 

Stéphanie Perrault

[Ж] musicians

Étienne Barry [aʞʞordeon]

Vincent Compagna [eleʞtriʞ bass]

Louis Rivest-Préfontaine [eleʞtriʞ bass]

Charles Roy [eleʞtriʞbass]

Julien Daoust [drums]

Charles Lebeau-Henry [drums]

Kevin Tougas [drums]

Eliott Durocher-Bundock [ʞeyboards]

Marion Henrie [ʞeyboards]

Jean-Simon Voghel-Robert [ʞeyboards]

Philippe Hode-Keyser [ʞonduʞtion]

David Martin [eleʞtroniʞs]

Simon Bouchard [eleʞtriʞ guitar, eleʞtroniʞs]

Vincent Lachambre [eleʞtriʞ guitar]

Gabriel Lapierre [eleʞtriʞ guitar, vocals]

Jean-Pierre Larouche [eletʞriʞ guitar]

Emeric Morin [eleʞtriʞ guitar]

Marc-André Provencher [eleʞtriʞ guitar]

Philippe Blanchette [ʞomputer, ʞeyboards]

Elyze Venne-Deshaies [saxophone]

Alexandre Beauregard [voʞals]

Le collectif HodeKestra, fondé en 2005 et dirigé par Philippe Hode-Keyser, s’est attribué comme

mandat original de favoriser une vision élargie de la musique improvisée et ordurière. Ce collectif
hétéroclite, composé de plus de vingt artistes, vous propose une intervention musicale et visuelle;
génératrice de pensées et de sensations nouvelles incitant une écoute active et profonde, permettant
l'éveil des sens dans un univers de timbres, de rythmes, de formes et d'harmonies insolites.

Leur solidarité appartient à cette prévalence du critère performatif dans le savoir. Leur puissance
pragmatique d’ensemble repose sur l’insertion de l’inconscience collective, l'éclosion d’un monde
onirique, l'excentricité de l’imaginaire et l’exploration de nouveaux thèmes d’inspiration. Avidité
insatiable à la découverte de nouvelles syntaxes musicales, au partage de leurs acquis, l'expression
par l'édiction de nouvelles normes voire l’essentiel de leur raison d'être.


The collective HodeKestra, founded in 2005 and directed by Philippe Hode-Keyser, has the original
mandate to promote a broader vision of garbage, improvised, lowest-fi music. This heterogeneous
group, consisting of more than twenty-five artists, offers a musical and visual intervention that is generator
of thoughts and new sensations; encouraging an active and deep listening to awaken the senses whithin
a world of new and unusual forms.

Their solidarity belongs to the prevalence of their performative criteria in knowledge. Their pragmatic
power is set based on the insertion of the collective unconscious, the birth of a dream world, the
eccentricity of the imagination and the exploration of new themes for inspiration. Insatiable greed to
explore new musical syntax, to share their acquired and to express throught the enactment of new
standards; the essence of their raison d'être.

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Yves Charuest est actif dans le milieu montréalais du jazz et de la nouvelle musique depuis les années 1980. Il a joué avec de nombreux musiciens canadiens dont Jean Beaudet, Nicolas Caloia, Jean Derome, Guillaume Dostaler, Lisle Ellis, John Heward, Michel Ratté, Sam Shalabi, Peter Valsamis, et sur la scène internationale, notamment avec Peter Kowald, Louis Moholo, William Parker et Mathias Schubert.

On a pu l’entendre en Amérique du Nord et en Europe au sein de divers ensembles : I Like Jazz, Peter Kowald Trio, Duo Charuest-Ratté, Yves Charuest-Mathias Schubert, Trio Michel Ratté, Wreck’s Progress, Murray Street Band, Ratchet Orchestra et Duo Charuest-Caloia. Il s’est également produit en solo au Québec et en Europe et a collaboré à des projets de musique mixte avec les compositeurs Jef Chippewa, Jean-François Denis et Jean Piché.

Saxophonist Yves Charuest has been part of the Montreal jazz and new music scene since the early 1980s, playing with canadian musicians such as Jean Beaudet, Nicolas Caloia, Jean Derome, Guillaume Dostaler, Lisle Ellis, John Heward, Michel Ratté, Sam Shalabi, Peter Valsamis, as well as international musicians such as Peter Kowald, Louis Moholo, William Parker, and Mathias Schubert.

He played in North America and Europe with several groups such as I Like Jazz, Duo Charuest-Ratté, Peter Kowald Trio, Yves Charuest-Mathias Schubert, Trio Michel Ratté, Wreck’s Progress, the Murray Street Band, the Ratchet Orchestra, Duo Charuest-Caloia. He performed solo music in Quebec and Europe, and collaborated with electroacoustic composers Jef Chippewa, Jean-François Denis, and Jean Piché.

http://www.nicolascaloia.net/charuest_caloia.html 

Ellwood Epps stays as busy as possible playing concerts of improvised music and jazz, teaching the trumpet, and leading the Studio d'Improvisation de Montréal. He is also a cofounder and artistic director of L'envers, cofounded and codirected the Mardi Spaghetti series from 2008 to 2012, and is live music coordinator for CHOQ.FM'S 'Spontanées' program. He has performed with Steve Lacy, William Parker, Lori Freedman, and Henry Grimes, and has played on nearly 50 recordings. He has just released recordings by Land of Marigold, Pink Saliva, Mecha Fixes Clocks and the Unrepeatable Quartet featuring Jack Wright. 

www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com

Land of Marigold CD Launch

samedi le 8 juin 21h (2 sets)

La Poêle 5334 de Gaspé #307   $10 avec cd, $7 show only

We are launching our first recording!

It's a self-titled CDR from Calgary's amazing Bug Incision label and we are VERY happy about the music and how well it was recorded.

Land of Marigold is Josh Zubot playing violin, and Ellwood Epps playing trumpet. We have been playing as a duet for about 5 years, and you might have heard us playing together with the Ratchet Orchestra, William Parker, Myra Melford, Marshall Allen, John Butcher, Mecha Fixes Clocks, and Matana Roberts' Coin Coin.

We're celebrating with 2 live sets on the 8th of June at the beautiful new dance studio La Poêle, where you may have had the chance to hear Josh along with Tristan Honsinger and Nicolas Caloia back in April.

We really hope to see you at this very special celebration of creative music!

On lance notre premier enregistrement!

C'est un CDR sur l’étiquette de Calgary 'Bug Incision', intitulé 'Land of Marigold'. On est TRÈS heureux de cette musique.

Land of Marigold est composé de Josh Zubot au violon et d’Ellwood Epps à la trompette. On a joué en duo pendant 5 années et également avec le Ratchet Orchestra, William Parker, Myra Melford, Marshall Allen, John Butcher, Mecha Fixes Clocks et Matana Roberts.

On jouera deux sets live le 8 juin à La Poêle, nouveau studio de danse où peut-être vous avez dejà entendu mssr. Z. en avril avec Tristan Honsinger et Nicolas Caloia.

On espère que vous serez là pour célébrer cette soirée et ce disque avec nous!

Entrance is at 5334 De Gaspé (small door).
Take the elevator and go to studio #307.
Doors open at 830, music starts at 9.
$10 included 2 sets of live music + the CD!
($7 show only)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Gc-inThB0 www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com www.joshzubot.ca www.bugincision.com http://lapoele307.wordpress.com/

Epps-Caloia-Bamford+Thomson:::2 juin

Dimanche le 2 juin à La Brique:

Ellwood Epps trompette
Nicolas Caloia contrebasse
Ivan Bamford batterie
avec invité Scott Thomson trombone

21h trio + 22h15 quartet
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In the tradition of Hot Jazz, Trance, and Improvisation, this trio makes its second appearance after a sweaty night at the Mardi Spaghetti series.

Ivan Bamford is one of the most intensely rhythmic improvisers in Montreal. He operates in many musical worlds (Gadji Gadjo, Gypsy Kumbia Orcehstra), always bringing a drive and sense of purpose to the music. He has been working a lot recently with Epps, developing a way of using rhythm as a deeply improvisational material.

Nicolas Caloia is a veteran of Montreal's improvised music scene, having played with a who's who of local and international players, including Jean Derome, Marshall Allen, John Butcher, and Tristan Honsinger. Nicolas' Juno-nominated Ratcher Orchestra will perform the music of Malcolm Goldstein June 12 as part of the Suoni per il Popolo Festival. Nicolas never sacrifices depth and integrity for anything superficially impressive.

Ellwood Epps has played across Canada and the US with Josh Zubot, William Parker, Steve Lacy, Mat Maneri and more. His playing includes a certain concern for sound, inspired by Rex Stewart, Lester Bowie, and Bill Dixon. He leads the Studio d'Improvisation, and ensemble-based workshop for teaching improvisation.

One could say that Scott Thomson's work is meticulous while his trombone playing is buoyant and jaunty. He has worked with the compositions of Steve Lacy, through thorough research and in performance with his group The Rent, giving continued life to the music. Scott works with the Ratchet Orchestra, and has recorded a CD of duets wtih Lori Freedman called 'Plumb'. Scott works in Montreal and Toronto and is the founder of the Somewhere There venue which has presented hundreds of nights of improvised music.

www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com
www.nicolascaloia.net
http://www.myspace.com/ivanbamford
www.scottthomson.ca

portes à 20h30, musique à 21h pile
$8
BYOB
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com
80 bus to Parc/Beaubien

Sharing Solos: Heikalo et Epps, 26 mai

2 improvised solo performances. Daniel makes his return to Montreal after quite a spell, sharing the stage with a younger musician of kindred spirit!

Daniel Heikalo: guitares, guitares préparées, cistre préparée, flûtes-à bec, voix et textea

Ellwood Epps: trompette
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Né à Montréal, Daniel Heikalo est musicien professionel depuis 1976 et a reçu une formation en guitare classique et ses goûts musicaux sont éclectiques, combinant sur une solide base folk et classique, musiques du monde, blues et improvisation libre en une palette originale conservant une grande accessibilité. Sa spécialité est la guitare sous toutes ses formes: classique, acoustique, électrique et préparée. En concert, Daniel ajoute aussi le cistre, qui est une sorte de luth, le banjo, des flûtes à bec et des percussion trouvées.

Born in Montreal Daniel Heikalo is a wizard on stringed instruments: guitars, cittern, banjo, lap-steel slide, recorders and percussion. His music demonstrates a multi-faceted knowledge and range of styles that qualifies as eclectic. He has performed in festivals across Canada (Winnipeg Folk, Guelph Jazz, Victo,, Guitarévolution) and internationally. He has released many CDs, two of them, in duet with guitarist Arthur Bull, have been released on the Montreal label Ambiances Magnétiques.

Ellwood Epps is one of Montreal and Canada's busiest and most dedicated improvising musicians. He performs regularly with Pink Saliva (with Michel F Côté and Alexandre St-Onge), Land of Marigold (with Josh Zubot), and Nicolas Caloia's 30-piece Juno-nominated Ratchet Orchestra. Epps has also made music on stage and in the recording studio with Joe McPhee, Steve Lacy, Mat Maneri, Henry Grimes, William Parker, Axel Dorner, and Roger Turner. He is cofounder and artistic Dircector of L'envers, and works as a private trumpet instructor and teacher of improvisation.

Ellwood Epps est un des musicien-improvisateurs le plus actif et dedié à Montréal et au Canada. Il joue regulièrement avec Pink Saliva (avec Michel F Côté et Alexandre St-Onge), Land of Marigold (avec Josh Zubot), et avec le Ratchet Orchestra de Nicolas Caloia, un orchestre nommé pour un Juno. Epps à aussi fait la musique avec Joe McPhee, Steve Lacy, Mat Maneri, Henry Grimes, William Parker, Axel Dorner, and Roger Turner, sur la scène et dans le studio. Il est cofondateur et directeur artistique de L'envers et travail comme professeur de trompette et d'improvisation.


www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQNcnpy334

portes à 20h30, musique à 21h pile

doors at 830, music at 9 sharp
$8
BYOB. apportez votre propre alcool.

Spin the Bottle Jam Session! Sunday May 19

The Spin the Bottle Jam Session with host Ellwood Epps on trumpet.

The first edition was the final event to happen at the old L'envers space, and it was a warm success. We are happy to keep things going at La Brique with this third edition of Spin the Bottle.

Come this Sunday night, May 19th to hear new sounds, meet new friends, and to hear what's new on the scene. (Editors note: I ended up playing 2 performances with a guitarist I met at the first Spin the Bottle) All listeners and musicians of any and all backgrounds are welcome. As the title suggests, we will start the night by randomly select musicians to play together in small groups. After the introductions are made, we'll improvise, of course!

Ellwood Epps is one of the city's busiest improvisers and has also taught improvisation workshops across Canada, as well as founding the Studio d'Improvisation de Montreal, an ensemble-based workshop which will be back this summer.

Piano will be provided. Interested drummers/amp users please email lenvers185@gmail.com to coordinate gear and ride shares.

Doors open at 830pm and music will go from 9pm to midnight. We are asking for a $3 donation to help with the room rental.
Please bring something to drink if you might get thirsty!

La Brique 6545 Durocher #402

Murray Street 5 + Ninja Simone

Dimanche le 12 mai / Sunday May 12th Doors @ 8:30PM Music @ 9:00PM sharp After a rowdy set in February with a large line-up that included many (most?) of Montreal's ace improvisers, the Murray Street Band is back at la Brique as the Murray Street Five, a more compact version of John Heward's legendary improv band. Après un set endiablé en février avec un grand nombre de musicien (incluant bien des as de l'impro de Montréal!), le Murray Street Band, dirigé par John Heward, est de retour à la Brique dans une version réduite mais toujours aussi efficace. Yves Charuest (sax alto), Eric Lewis (trompette), Peter Burton (contrebasse), John Heward (batterie), Michel Bonneau (percussions) Newcomers Ninja Simone have been active in the Montreal improv scene since Fall 2012, presenting fierce music influenced by both the punk rock energy of the Ex and the fire music of Pharoah Sanders. They make a lot of noise, but in a pretty way. Nouvellement arrivé sur la scène d'improvisation montréalaise à la fin de 2012, le quintet Ninja Simone présente une musique féroce, inspirée autant par le côté punk rock cru de the Ex que la fire music de Pharoah Sanders. Ils font du bruit mais c'est beau. Alex Pelchat (guitar), Alexandre Corbeil (guitar), Felix-Antoine Hamel (sax), Felix Lachance (drums), Raphael Foisy (bass) 8$ BYOB La Brique   6545 Durocher #402 (Parc-Beaubien)

Bamford/Diamantakiou/Pelchat/Serralheiro + EF'T (Epps, Freedman, Thomson) 5 mai

Paul Serralheiro (trompette), Alex Pelchat (guitare electrique), Stéphane Diamantakiou (contrebasse), Ivan Bamford (batterie)

Bamford/Diamantakiou/Pelchat/Serralheiro are musicians with varied interests and backgrounds who come together for the sheer thrill of the improvising experience. Leaping into the moment with panache and fearless abandon, the group values the serendipity of the spontaneous--a happening worth its weight in gold…if it had a weight and if it could be measured in gold.


Quatre musiciens en quête de musique doré et inoubliable, Bamford/Diamantakiou/Pelchat/ Serralheiro n’ont pas peur de plonger dans les creux les plus profonds, ou bien de vaguez au-delà de l’horizon. Leur voyage mythique sera aussi le votre.

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EF’T: Ellwood Epps (trompette), Lori Freedman (clarinettes), Scott Thomson (trombone)

Epps, Freedman and Thomson are constantly busy improvising their ways through the musicverse. This will be a first-time meeting of the trio, who have performed together in the Ratchet Orchestra, Murray Street Band, and more. We can expect a direct energy, some crackling, some tension, some flames. The rest will depend on the weather, the people, and which dreams the musicians have the night before the show.

www.scottthomson.ca
www.lorifreedman.com
www.ellwoodepps.blogspot.com

Visitors, elders, a fresh spark! April 28 at La Brique!

de Toronto, Halifax, Montreal:
Rainer Wiens - Guitar and Thumb Piano
John Heward - Percussion
Arthur Bull - Guitar and Chromatic Harmonica
Bob Vespaziani - WAVEDRUM and Electronics
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Paralune:
Guillaume Dostaller - piano
Olivier Prudhomme-Richard - guitare
Philippe Roy - contrebasse
Mathieu Frenette - saxophone alto et sopranino


Wiens, Heward, Bull & Vespaziani is an electro-acoustic quartet uniting improvisors from Montreal, Halifax, and Toronto. These four players present some very original approaches to their instruments and a highly imaginative feel for improvisation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyfMFjpblYE


Paralune est une réunion momentanée au su et vu de la lune, une rencontre rapprochée entre des objets sonores improvisés. Un mouvement à quatre songes décelable par les lueurs de la lumière qu'il réfléchi.

At the outskirts of the moon, a brief intimate meeting between objects of sonic nature. A quartet of dreams defining a movement detectable by the unique glittering of the light it reflects.

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L'envers présente la musique improvisée chaque dimanche soir à:
La Brique 6545 Durocher #402
portes à 20h, musique à 21h30
$8
BYOB/apportez votre propre alcool
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com

Three is Free! 2 New Trios....

dimanche le 21 avril:Félix-Antoine Hamel (saxophone ténor), Stéphane Diamantakiou (contrebasse), Kai Basanta (batterie)
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Nigel Taylor (trompette), Aaron Lumley (contrebasse), Jamie Thompson (batterie)
This night brings you two new trios representing some of the most active and energetic players on Montreal's free music scene.

Félix-Antoine Hamel has been increasingly present of late, putting the brave sound of his tenor into acoustic and electric settings, seemingly unafraid of each new situation. Stephane Diamantakiou has also been heard very often lately, bringing a solid technique and empathetic ears to the music. Kai Basanta balances a mature sense of restraint with a joyful swing.

“C'est un trio nouveau. Pour l'anniversaire de Mardi Spaghetti, j'ai invité un vieux ami—Jamie Thompson, batterie—et un nouveau ami—Nigel Taylor, trompette—à me rejoindre pour un set des improvisations. Ces rencontres musicales dépendent sur la chimie musicale et dans ce cas, les bons ingrédients étaient présent: Tout au long, la musique maintenait l'équilibre entre intensité et sensibilité; on engage une idée complètement mais aussi être ouvert aux changements soudains dans la direction; d'être conscient de la forme, même dans une tempête de bruit ... Donc, je pense que ce serait une bonne chose que nous faisons de la musique encore.” -- Aaron Lumley, double bass

“This is a new trio. For the recent Mardi Spaghetti Anniversary, I invited an old friend—Jamie Thompson, drums—and a new one—Nigel Taylor, trumpet—to join me for a set of free improvisations. These kinds of musical meetings hinge almost completely on musical chemistry and in this case, the right ingredients seemed to be there: Throughout the set, the music maintained balance between intensity and sensitivity; staying committed to an idea while remaining open to a sudden, inspired change in direction; an awareness of form even deep within a maelstrom of noise... So I think it would be a good thing for us to make music together again.” -- Aaron Lumley, double bass

Nigel Taylor is new to Montreal, and he has already upped the standard of creative trumpet playing. He quit a symphony job in his native Saskatchewan to pursue studies of improvised music at the New England Conservatory, and now we are lucky to have him in our midst. This trio had its premiere at the recent Mardi Spahgetti 5th anniversary Marathon, where they laid down a solid performance noted for its consistency of intensity and lack of dull moments.


L'envers presents improvised music every Sunday at:
La Brique 6545 Durocher #402
doors at 830, music at 9 sharp
$8
BYOB/apportez votre propre alcool
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com

T-SHIRTS available through mail order

Ok, folks are asking ''how can i get one of those tshirts?''. $20 will get you one, including shipping to anywhere in the solar system. sizes are small, medium and large in both women's and men's styles, and also an XL size in men's. email lenvers185@gmail.com to order.

The tshirts are designed by Seripop, who are a wonderful team of creative spirits. Can't thank them enough for their generous and badass work (seen above, and printed on a white tshirt)

Also, a proper L'envers website might soon become a reality. Better 5 years late than never!!!

(Free?) Jazz! 14 avril...

Géraldine Eguiluz (voix)
Stéphane Diamantakiou (contrebasse)
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Karoline Leblanc (piano)
Paulo J. Ferreira Lopes (batterie)
Ivan Bamford (batterie)
Ellwood Epps (trompette)

Géraldine Eguiluz et Stéphane Diamantakiou sont un duo de Montréal. Ils nous offrent  un concert  de voix et contrebasse tout en intimité et dénuement,  aussi fragile que puissant. Des pièces que vous reconnaitrez  _ou peut-être pas,_ sous forme de voyages colorés, fugues et  contrepoints signées Monk, Mingus, Bach, Ellington…

Vocalist Géraldine Eguiluz and bassist Stéphane Diamantakiou are a Jazz duo, based in Montréal. They will offer an intimate concert, as fragile as powerful in their freely and singular approach. Pieces that you might recognize (or not) as coloured travels, fugues and counterpoint signed by Monk, Mingus, Bach, Ellington, Pascoal and many more…

dimanche le 14 avril, 21h

$8

La Brique, 6545 DuRocher #402

www.geraldineeguiluz.com

www.lappelduvidemtl.bandcamp.com

SPIN THE BOTTLE JAM SESSION March 31

The Spin the Bottle Jam Session is back! 

The first edition was the final event to happen at the old L'envers space, and it was a warm success.  We are happy to keep things going at La Brique.

Come this Sunday night, March 31st to hear new sounds, meet new friends, and to hear what's new on the scene. (Editors note: I ended up playing 2 performances with a guitarist I met at the last Spin the Bottle) All  listeners and musicians of any and all backgrounds are welcome. As the title suggests, we will start the night by randomly select musicians to play together in small groups. After the introductions are made, we'll improvise, of course!

Piano will be provided. Interested drummers/amp users please email lenvers185@gmail.com to coordinate gear and ride shares.

Doors open at 830pm and music will go from 9pm to midnight. We are asking for a $3 donation to help with the room rental.
Please bring something to drink if you might get thirsty!

La Brique   6545 Durocher   #402

L'Appel du Vide + 4eyes

L'envers presents : L'Appel du Vide et 4eyes - Live à la Brique Sunday March 10th <<>> Dimanche le 10 mars Doors : 8:30PM <<>> Musique : 9PM 8$ <<>> BYOB <<>> 6545 Durocher #402 L'Appel du Vide is an experimental music quartet from Montreal featuring Fred Bazil (sax), Philippe Bernier (guitar), Stéphane Diamantakiou (bass), and Farley Miller (drums). The four musicians set out to explore new sonic territories through improvisation and experimentation. 4eyes is making its long-awaited return to the stage on March 10th. For those of you who have yet to see the band, you're in for quite a treat. Preston Beebe and Ryan Packard are two percussionists with a great chemistry and a LOT of imagination and energy. You've seen them before? Well... each 4eyes gig is completely different and that's the way we like it! L'Appel du Vide est un quartet de musique expérimentale de Montréal avec Fred Bazil (sax), Philippe Bernier (guitare), Stéphane Diamantakiou (contrebasse) et Farley Miller (batterie). Les quatre musiciens explorent de nouveaux territoires sonores grâce à une bonne dose d'exploration et à de l'improvisation sans filet. 4eyes fait son grand retour sur scène le 10 mars. Pour ceux d'entre vous qui ne les avez jamais vu, vous serez sous le choc! Preston Beebe et Ryan Packard sont deux percussionistes avec une belle chimie et BEAUCOUP d'énergie et d'imagination. Vous les avez déjà vu? Et bien sachez que chaque concert de 4eyes est complètement différent et qu'on aime ça comme ça. http://lappelduvidemtl.bandcamp.com/ http://www.prestonbeebe.com/projects/4eyes/

dimanche soir: Sagriche Ensemble avec invité Ellwood Epps

After a strong hookup very recently at L'escalier, these four are ready to burn it again and keep it burning. A hot mix of intense rhythmic  jousting, mysterious blues, and fast moves!

Mathieu Frenette    alto + sopranino saxes

Olivier Prudhomme     guitare electrique

Ivan Bamford    batterie

+ invité special Ellwood Epps   trompette

2 sets

BYOB

Dangereux Zhoms!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jean Derome et les Dangereux ZHOMS 

débarquent à l'Artère!
15 février - 21h00
Feb. 15 - 9PM

8$ Le prix d’entrée inclut un repas léger (pas besoin d'acheter à manger si vous souhaitez boire).

Groupe légendaire de la scène de musique actuelle québécoise, actif depuis 1992, 

Jean Derome et les Dangereux ZHOMS est composé de : 

Derome au saxophone alto, Guillaume Dostaler au piano, Pierre Cartier à la basse électrique, ainsi que Pierre Tanguay à la batterie. 

Compositions abracadabrantes et énergie contagieuse sont au rendez-vous!

   

Jean Derome et les Dangereux ZHOMS are coming to l'Artère!

Feb. 15 - 9PM

Café l'Artère - 7000 avenue du Parc
8$  includes a small meal (no need to buy food if you want to drink)

 

A legendary musique actuelle quartet, 

Jean Derome et les Dnagereux ZHOMS includes 

Derome on alto sax, Guillaume Dostaler on piano, Pierre Cartier on electric bass, as well as Pierre Tanguay on drums. 

Expect  crazy compositions and a lot of energy from these four ace players!
  

http://www.actuellecd.com/fr/cat/am_172/

http://www.actuellecd.com/fr/cat/am_172/videos/

Les dimanches a L'envers

Starting in February L'envers is pleased to present performances every Sunday night at La Brique. The shows will start a little earlier than usual, at 9pm. You're welcome to bring something to drink. A friendly reminder that smoking will be permitted only after the show.

We kick things off on the 3rd of February with John Heward and the Murray Street Band. The MSB has a long tradition of playing La Brique, dating back to about 5 or 6 years ago when they recorded the live double CD ''L'une et l'autre''. The band itself is always evolving, ranging from about 8 to 15 players, centered around the completely original drum sound and Griffintown loft of John Heward. It's a band in which the rowdy and the spiritual meet in a very friendly way. Stay tuned for complete lineup of the band.

February 3rd
John Heward and the
MURRAY STREET BAND
John Heward (drums)
Guillaume Dostaler (piano)
Michel Bonneau (percussion)
Peter Burton (bass)
Jonah Fortune (bass)
Chris Burns (guitar)
Nicolas Caloia (synth)
Yves Charuest (alto sax)
Jean Derome (saxophones, flute)
Lori Freedman (clarinets)
Jason Sharp (baritone sax)
Eric Lewis (trumpet)
Ellwood Epps (trumpet)
Josh Zubot (violin)

doors at 830, music at 9   $8
6545 ave Durocher #402

Bonne année! New concerts announced!

(Check the calendar on this page for complete listings)

vendredi le 18 janvier:

Ellwood Epps Trio: Aaron Lumley (contrebasse), Ivan Bamford (batterie), Ellwood Epps (trompette)
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Ninja Simone: Félix-Antoine Hamel (sax), Preston Beebe (percussion, electronics), Alexandre Corbeil (guitar, electronics), Alex Pelchat (guitar), Raphael Foisy (electric bass)

La Brique, 6545 Durocher, #402 (80 Parc bus to Beaubien)

$8 suggested.

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samedi le 19 janvier:

Nicolas Caloia’s Tilting + Land of Marigold

Tilting: Jean Derome (sax alto, flutes), Guillaume Dostaler (piano), Isaiah Ceccarelli (batterie), Nicolas Caloia (contrebasse)
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Land of Marigold: Ellwood Epps (trumpet), Josh Zubot (violin)

La Plante,

21h, $8

http://www.nicolascaloia.net/tilting.html