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TOUR DE BRAS TBD90013 - Dist. Métamkine
Éric Normand electric bass, snare drum // Philippe Lauzier bass clarinet & soprano saxophone
With their gentle noise and cracked linearity, the duo of Éric Normand & Philippe Lauzier enact a sound environment that is contemplative yet stands on the edge of the precipice; an environment in which the monsters of rough texture are tamed. Calling forth hidden lyricism from their instruments, Lauzier and Normand scrape their fingernails across the proverbial blackboard to exquisite effect.
Bruits doux et linéarité rompue, le duo de P et E propose un environnement sonore contemplatif, mais toujours au bord du gouffre, domptant les monstres de la rugosité. Ils explorent les chants cachés de leurs instruments et font glisser les ongles sur un tableau d’ardoise sans faire frotter les dents.
Concerts à venir . forthcoming concerts
20.11.2019 7º Festival Música Estranha (Sao Paolo, Brasil)
20.11.2019 Relincha festival (Valdivia, Chile)
Concerts passés . Past concerts
18.05.2019 FIMAV (Victoriaville)
24.03.2019 Avatar (Québec)
29.04.2018 The Music Gallery (Toronto) w/ Joe McPhee
27.04.2018 General Assembly (Ottawa) w/ John Butcher
26.04.2018 Gallerie B-312 (Montréal) w/ John Butcher
25.04.2018 Maison pour la danse (Québec) w/ John Butcher
21.01.2017 Librairie St-Jean Baptiste (Québec)
07.10.2017 Gesù (Montréal)
24.04.2017 / 08.05.2017 Euro Tour - Trondheim (Free Form), Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Helsinki, Prague, Ostrava, Budapest, Ljubljana (Kud Mreza), Zagreb, Vienna (Brut Wien Theater) - 11 concerts
12.01.15 St-John's Memorial University - St-John's (TN)
10.01.15 Open Water - Halifax (N-E)
09.01.15 Maison d'André Cormier - Série LE HUM - Moncton (NB)
26.11.14 La Passe - Montréal (Qc)
15.06.14 Festival Suoni Per il Popolo - Montréal (Qc)
02.03.14 REflux Festival > Centre culturel Aberdeen - Moncton (NB)
27.01.12 Soundout Festival - Canberra (Aus)
20.01.12 NOW now Festival - Sydney (Aus)
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN ?
ALBUM WITH GUESS MUSICIAN JOHN BUTCHER :
« Philippe Lauzier and Rimouski's Éric Normand really earned respect in their improvised set. [...] the duo pressed themselves into the effervescence to bask in the light and heat. »
— Exclaim (Canada)
« The latter Québécois duo took home the honors, offering a mesmerizing audio and visual display in the smaller of Colisée’s two
stages. »
— The New York Jazz Record's (USA)
« The sound of what seems a 1000 violins being scraped simultaneously, but this duo also knows how to pull back, slow down and space out, such as in the second part. Tour de Bras? Tour de force is more like it. Excellent stuff. »
— Vital (Pays-Bas)
« Normand et Lauzier font les fiers à (tour de) bras. Et leur «non-musique» a de quoi l’être aussi.»
— Le son du grisli (France)
« Nous pouvons dire que ce disque est réussi.»
— Revue & Corrigée (France)
