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Title:  Labo MTL Artist:  Kaffe Mathews, Martin Tetreault, Leon Lo - Various Artists Label:  Oral Format:  CD Price:  € 14.20   Mp3 samples:   1   2

Title Description:
Labo MTL has been produced by three astonishing performers, 2 from Ontreal, one from UK, while in residency at Radio Canada. Labo MTL is a project curated by Helene Prevost for Narvine Night. Final edit by Martin Tetreault and Erik Mattson.

The recordings on this CD were made at Radio Canada, under the guidance of Helene Prevost who curates the Labo MTL program. Two of the three musicians may be well-known: turntablist Martin Tetreault and Kaffe Matthews (electronics) are both renowned players in the world of improvisation. Leon Lo is the unknown one. He plays violin and effects here. As you can imagine this is music from the department of 'careful crackling': the stylus of Tetreault hitting the surface, Matthews static sounds and gliding tones and the electronical treatments of Lo's violin, it fits perfectly the traditions of new improvisation, where electronica and acoustica meet up. In that respect this is nothing new under the sun, but this trio of excellent, skilled improvisers perform their work with great care (...) (FdW)

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