Saturday, June 18, 2016, 2 pm

AGH Design Annex

118 James St. N., Hamilton
FREE (donations welcome)

NOUS PERÇONS LES OREILLES

(Montreal)

 

JOANE HÉTU voice, alto saxophone, objects
JEAN DEROME  alto saxophone, flutes, small keyboard, objects, voice

 

Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeek, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming music into a secular incantation and a banquet of sound. This magnificent duo will perform a potent set of music for their attentive audience, followed by / peppered with general discussion on improvisation along with sharing of some technical details, depending on the audience interest, curiosity and desire.

Nous perçons les oreiles is a rather peculiar duo, down to its very instrumentation. There is a certain symmetry at its core: two alto saxophones improvising together, but the sax players also sing, one relaying the other to a point where, in some places, there is no way of knowing who plays what. A hall of mirrors, symbiotic work. A duality blending into one, just like two ears sending different and complementary signals to the same brain.