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François Houle's clarinet playing reflects his ongoing interest in jazz experimentalism, contemporary classical vocabularies and instrumental extended techniques. His improvisational style draws from Evan Parker
and William O. Smith's multi-layered sonic explorations and Anthony Braxton's catalogue of linear sound formings to create a highly personalized language synthesis. He has worked and performed with Marilyn Crispell, Evan Parker, Georg Graewe, Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Mark Dresser, Phil Haynes, Joelle Leandre, Tony Wilson, Vancouver New Music Ensemble and Standing Wave. Houle has toured Europe, the USA and Canada extensively in the spheres of new music and improvised music. His recordings have received enthusiastic reviews from the international press and have been nominated for Juno Awards and Pacific Music Industry Awards.

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Au Coeur Du Litige
   François Houle (clarinets, voice, piano,
                       prepared piano, flutes, electronics)
   Dylan van der Schyff (percussion, electronics)
   Chris Tarry (bass, electronics)
   Ron Samworth (guitar, electronics)
   with guests
   Tony Wilson (electric guitar)
   Dan Gagnon (turntable sampling)
   John Korsrud (trumpet)
   Catriona Strang & Nancy Shaw (readers)

"Au Coeur du Litige is a radiophonic work consisting at its core of a series of solo clarinet improvisations. Subsequently stripped of their innocence and simplicity through digital manipulations these solos become a dense web within which there is a multiplicity of threads to explore. The project, inspired by the ice storm that ravaged large parts of Quebec and Ontario, makes use of an innovative live interactive electroacoustic set-up inspired by current works in the field of audio research. Technically speaking, the work aims to free the instrumentalist from the electroacoustic domain's usual constraints, and to generate a sound world more akin to improvisation-based environment, in which the performer plays a decision making role." -- François Houle, from the liner notes

"Au coeur du litige is a masterpiece, a bomb and a revelation... With this work, Houle delivers one of his most important and meaningful accomplishments. There is no doubt in my mind that this album will be one of the most significant ones in 2000. This is worth my strongest recommendation." -- François Couture, Unheard

CD 1:  12 tracks, 56:10
CD 2:  10 tracks, 60:48

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