Expedition 4 Canoe for Camping & Outdoor Adventures

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Product Description Canot-camping is a vast territory filled with "things to know" and "things to do," animals, birds, lakes and rivers, explored here by 11 skilled canoe-improvisers from the lively Montreal musique actuelle scene. This recording constitutes our fourth expedition. It was a pleasant trip since we did not suffer too much because of portages, insects, rain or wind and we visited deep, calm lakes under a sometimes partially cloudy sky. Review the evocative soundscape that's created by this paddle-carrying troupe is superb. -- Luke Martin, Splendid E-Zine, June 12, 2002une variété de climats sonores -- Alain Brunet, La Presse Quebec, March 13, 2002 About the Artist A recipient of the 1992 Freddie Stone Award, Derome has for many years been an innovator in the art of putting sounds together and of taking sounds apart. As an accomplished musician, composer, interpreter, instrumentalist (actually, a multi-instrumentalist) and improvisor, he has been working to enlarge the boundaries of music for more than thirty years. Derome can select from amongst his wide training (in the classical, ancient, baroque, contemporary, pop, folk, jazz, modal, tonal, atonal, twelve-tone, and cacophonous schools), mix together a vast range of elements and re-express them in an eclectic language that is completely contemporary. His experience and experiments with Montrealers René Lussier and Pierre Tanguay, his collaborations with evey musician of the Ambiances Magnétiques label as well Fred Frith and Lars Hollmer (both from Europe), his approach to improvisation, and his studies into tone and texture all point to his creative intensity. Similarly, his numerous projects with the theatre directors Denis Marleau, Claude Poissant, Lorraine Pintal; choreographers Louise Bédard, Ginette Laurin, Andrew L. Harwood; filmakers Jacques Leduc, Pierre Hébert, Micdka Saäl, Michelle Cournoyer, John Walker bear witness to his commitment to rediscovering the legitimate place and function of music in the theatre, the dance and the cinema. Derome is one of the contemporary musicians who know where music should be headed and who can take it there, and who are continually redefining what music means. In this Jean Derome is a leading figure who understands the challenge of ensuring that power is truly shared between the composer, the conductor and the players; and he is one of the rare composers who attaches such complete importance to the role of the interpreter and the instrumentalist. See more