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Martin Tetreault - Dur Noyau Dur

Martin Tetreault

Dur Noyau Dur


This is not guitarist René Lussier and turntablist Martin Tétreault's first collaboration. They both appeared on Des Pas et des Mois, at a time when the latter worked with prepared LPs. When Dur Noyau Dur was recorded, Tétreault was becoming more and more interested in using the turntable without its usual apparatus, as an instrument in its own right. Lussier's artistic path also forayed into more abstract music, moving toward free form, sound event-based improvisation. This album shows both musicians grasping for a new vocabulary, while occasionally reverting to their old one (Tétreault with his sped-up death metal record on "Nervure"). Results are interesting, but not totally convincing. T...

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