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Playing with Martin Tétreault for instance, directed
me away from low frequency drones and on to explore other
frequencies.
I8U has had an interesting musical
journey to say the least. Pursuing various styles of music from
early classical training to blues, it was a chance meeting with
David Kristian that would prove to be the inspiration for her move
to experimental music.
Excerpt from a feature article from
Incursion Publishing May 2001 Interviewed by Richard Di Santo.
"David suggested I try something different considering the
equipment I owned at the time, so we planned for a jam session.
What I discovered during these sessions was very simple,
this music flowed effortlessly, I didn’t have to think, just play, I
thought "This is what I’m supposed to do!". David was instrumental
in my move away from "traditional music" in the sense that he
introduced me to the art of creating sounds, and listening to what
he was doing simply made me realize that this is where I would be
most happy because the possibilities are endless and only defined by
one’s own limitations.
So, I embarked on a journey of
learning and un-learning, learning about sound art and the precision
in programming sounds, learning to listen to what I don’t want to
hear, un-learning years of traditional music structures, acceptable
melodies , chords and rhythms, therefore pushing my own limitations
of what I expected to hear, and listen for the unexpected.
This quest for learning I guess is what brought me here,
once I learn something, I want to move on to the next thing, not
knowing necessarily what that will be, but pushing my own
boundaries, I never know what the trigger will be, but I recognize
it when it manifests itself. Playing with Martin Tétreault for
instance, directed me away from low frequency drones and on to
explore other frequencies.
IDM in a funny way has had me
explore beats, not as in 4/4 kind of thing but as how they can occur
within sound itself and how they can be layered in such a way that
you will feel a pulse but you won’t be "cutting the rug" so to
speak.
What I fear most is stagnation, one must never get so
comfortable in one’s abilities."
I8U has participated in
various new music/new technology festivals and events, Studioxx web
jam (Montreal/Tasmania Feb 2002), VoltAA (Montreal 2001),
Silophone(Montreal 2000) The Opera House (Toronto 2000).
She
has cd’s released on Canadian and European labels including a
collaboration with Goem (Gast, Netherlands 2002).
She
performs regularly and collaborates as well with Martin Tétreault
(Mutek 2001) David Kristian, Guylaine Bédard (photographer).
A new release is planned for May 2002 with Piehead records.
She will be performing at the Festival de Musique Actuelle de
Victoriaville in May 2002 alonside gigimatique (Ælab) who will be
providing visuals for this project entitled "Obstacle Phase 2" and
is planning a small tour in Europe in June 2002.
(special
thanks to Richard Di Santo and incursion.org for their kind
permission to reprint the above text.)
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