morceaux_de_ machines
(Montreal)
Aime Dontigny & Érick d’Orion
“I was warned - the music of Montreal duo morceaux_de_ machines would be loud. What I wasn’t told was just how unbearably surprising it could be. The duo, made up of longtime radio collaborators on Québec’s CKIA, Aimé Dontigny and Érick D’Orion, obviously enjoy their noise with a side of the twitchings. Ever-shifting landscapes permeate their music from beginning of the disc to its closing 75 minutes later. Turntables, prepared CDs, live electronics, computers, samplers, drum machines - it’s all here in its most primal glory.
I don’t think the word noise does this duo proper justice. After all, what one person defines as noise is not necessarily noise to others. I found many of the pieces calming in their own bizarre way. The drones and high-pitched squeaks are in some strange way oddly appealing. Weird structure actually exists in this madness if you’re willing to listen. Feedback and earpiercing sounds need not be your enemy. These can actually be your friends. The question remains, are you willing to take the fi rst step towards cementing this relationship”
- Tom Sekowski in The WholeNote (Canada), June 1, 2005
www.electrocd.com/bio.e/morceaux_de_machines_.html
Festival Club, PICA Bar
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 51 James St, Perth Cultural Centre
10pm, Friday 7th October
Inaugural Conference
WA Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford St Mt Lawley
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th October
Club Zho
Llama Bar, Rokeby Rd, Subiaco (opposite Regal Theatre)
8pm, Monday 10th October
