LaConnor
LaConnor
1. Low, So Like
2. Circle
3. The French Connection
4. Short Moment
5. Mr. Panhuysen
6. Interlude #2
7. Errol the Chinless Blither
8. Short & Sad
9. C’est des Cerises
10. Donkey Song
11. Orkestra for Small People
12. Spin the Lazy Susan
13. Nebula
14. Redial
Francois Houle (clarinets, laptop) and Jesse Zubot (violin, electronics) have been performing together on the west coast for several years. Strong from their respective projects (Au Coeur du Litige, Francois Houle 5, Zubot & Dawson, Great Uncles of the Revolution) the two have joined forces with Toronto percussionist/turntablist extraordinare Jean Martin (Barnyard Drama) to form 'LaConnor'. This album includes highly engaging and intricate works that incorporate electro-acoustics, improvisations, folk-inspired chamber-like melodies, samples and humourous dialogue. The result is a fascinating web of intriguing, relentless textural soundscapes, that stay clear of the usual pitfalls of musique actuelle.
The members of 'LaConnor' have performed with jazz/improv greats such as Evan Parker, Dave Douglas, Nels Cline, Marilyn Crispell, Joelle Leandre, Eugene Chadbourne, John Oswald, Henry Kaiser, Dylan van der Schyff, Peggy Lee, Benoit Delbecq, Torsten Muller Gerry Hemingway, Water Prati and many others.
PERSONNEL:
François Houle - clarinet
Jean Martin - drums
Jesse Zubot - violin
LaConnor - electronic manipulation, samples
Press
"...one of the more distinctive ensembles to emerge in Canada this decade." - Point Of Departure
"...brims over with creative music making, intriguing production values, and an adventurous zeitgeist." - Exclaim!
"...a collection of sonic landscapes that range from the sweet to the sinister." - The Georgia Straight
"..the music this trio creates is quite singular; one of a kind really." - CODA Magazine
"The key to LaConnor lies scattered about: natural disasters, film projectors, front-end loaders, kids and clocks." - Down Beat
"...pushes the edge - hard." - Victoria Times-Colonist
Album Review: Coda Magazine
Interview: The Georgia Straight
Album Review: Exclaim!