Drum Machines
Martin Daigle / Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Sylvain Pohu
With the electronics brewing and steaming, the work has an additional layer which works great. — Vital, Netherlands
- Composer(s): Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Sylvain Pohu
- Performer(s): Martin Daigle
CD-R (RR 8088)
- 1La rage (Pierre Alexandre Tremblay) (2004-05), 49:00drum kit (free jazz musician), processing, interactive processing and fixed medium
- 1Les jeux sont faits [The Dice Are Cast], 19:00
- 1le squat [The Squat], 0:29
- 2exproprié [Expropriated], 3:56
- 3oiseaux de fer [Birds of Steel], 0:30
- 4boules [Pinball], 0:53
- 5statique contemplation [Static Contemplation], 1:18
- 6boules dures [Hard Pinball], 0:54
- 7bûcheron du jour [Lumberjack du jour], 1:40
- 8tentatives de vol [Attempted Flight], 4:57
- 9techno-sexe: amitié moderne [Techno-Sex: Modern-Day Friendship], 2:07
- 10la chasse [The Hunt], 0:52
- 11Brûlé [Burnt], 12:00
- 11amoureux par intérim [Interim Lover], 2:19
- 12pompeux roi de nulle part [Pompous King of Nowhere], 2:18
- 13le cheval mort [The Dead Horse], 2:41
- 14ivre: vivre! [Pissed Party], 2:21
- 15Œdipe en banlieue [Oedipus of the Suburbs], 1:26
- 16Incubation, 12:00
- 16la morsure [The Bite], 0:32
- 17échanges lourds [Heavy Words], 0:26
- 18techno-sexe: junky dans le parc [Techno-Sex: Junky in the Parc], 0:52
- 19échanges plus lourds [Heavier Words], 0:57
- 20joyeux Noël en famille — inceste [Merry Christmas With the Family — Incest], 0:40
- 21bouées de béton [Concrete Buoys], 1:30
- 22abdication: foi forcée [Abdication: Forced Faith], 1:54
- 23haine en Larsen [Hatred Feedback], 2:49
- 24moment-fusion tôle-béton: 160 km/h [Steel-Concrete Moment-Fusion: 100 MPH], 1:01
- 25échanges trop lourds [Heaviest Words], 0:32
- 26La rage [Raging Rabies; movement], 5:00
- 26renard fou [Crazy Fox], 1:06
- 27techno-sexe: vol d’aéroport [Techno-Sex: Airport Flight], 0:50
- 28entrevue avec le proprio [Meeting With the Landlord], 1:30
- 29prendre le contrôle de la tour [Taking Control of the Tower], 0:41
- 30épilogue: pas d’avenir [Epilogue: No Future], 0:51
- 31drum kit, system and fixed medium
- Label: Ravello Records
- RR 8088
- 2023
- Total duration: 59:30
- 126 mm × 126 mm × 5 mm
- 35 g
LP vinyl (RR 8088LP)
Side A
- 1La rage (Pierre Alexandre Tremblay) (2004-05), 49:00drum kit (free jazz musician), processing, interactive processing and fixed medium
- 1Les jeux sont faits [The Dice Are Cast], 19:00
- 1le squat [The Squat], 0:29
- 2exproprié [Expropriated], 3:56
- 3oiseaux de fer [Birds of Steel], 0:30
- 4boules [Pinball], 0:53
- 5statique contemplation [Static Contemplation], 1:18
- 6boules dures [Hard Pinball], 0:54
- 7bûcheron du jour [Lumberjack du jour], 1:40
- 8tentatives de vol [Attempted Flight], 4:57
- 9techno-sexe: amitié moderne [Techno-Sex: Modern-Day Friendship], 2:07
- 10la chasse [The Hunt], 0:52
- 11Brûlé (1/2), 4:35
- 11amoureux par intérim [Interim Lover], 2:19
- 12pompeux roi de nulle part [Pompous King of Nowhere], 2:18
Side B
- 1La rage (Pierre Alexandre Tremblay) (2004-05), 49:00drum kit (free jazz musician), processing, interactive processing and fixed medium
- 11Brûlé (2/2), 6:35
- 13le cheval mort [The Dead Horse], 2:41
- 14ivre: vivre! [Pissed Party], 2:21
- 15Œdipe en banlieue [Oedipus of the Suburbs], 1:26
- 16Incubation, 12:00
- 16la morsure [The Bite], 0:32
- 17échanges lourds [Heavy Words], 0:26
- 18techno-sexe: junky dans le parc [Techno-Sex: Junky in the Parc], 0:52
- 19échanges plus lourds [Heavier Words], 0:57
- 20joyeux Noël en famille — inceste [Merry Christmas With the Family — Incest], 0:40
- 21bouées de béton [Concrete Buoys], 1:30
- 22abdication: foi forcée [Abdication: Forced Faith], 1:54
- 23haine en Larsen [Hatred Feedback], 2:49
- 24moment-fusion tôle-béton: 160 km/h [Steel-Concrete Moment-Fusion: 100 MPH], 1:01
- 25échanges trop lourds [Heaviest Words], 0:32
- 26La rage [Raging Rabies; movement], 5:00
- 26renard fou [Crazy Fox], 1:06
- 27techno-sexe: vol d’aéroport [Techno-Sex: Airport Flight], 0:50
- 28entrevue avec le proprio [Meeting With the Landlord], 1:30
- 29prendre le contrôle de la tour [Taking Control of the Tower], 0:41
- 30épilogue: pas d’avenir [Epilogue: No Future], 0:51
- Label: Ravello Records
- RR 8088LP
- 2023
- Total duration: 49:00
- 315 mm × 315 mm × 5 mm
- 270 g
In the press
Review
This CD is not a trio disc of people playing together, but rather two composers, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay and Sylvain Pohu, who composed a piece of music which Martin Daigle performs. Tremblay’s La rage (The Rage) takes up forty-six minutes, and Beat , by Pohu, just over ten minutes. In both pieces, Daigle uses his drum kit and electronics. Sometimes these electronics are triggered by the drums (more in Beat than in La rage, it seems), but I think they are sometimes on a more stand-alone. I don’t know much about Pohu, but Tremblay is a composer of electroacoustic music, with a release on Empreintes Digitales and contemporary jazz.
Oddly enough, there isn’t much difference between both pieces. Both pieces sometimes sound like improvised music, especially in La rage. Both scores call for extended techniques and materials to play the drums. From both pieces, there are videos of Daigle’s playing on the website mentioned here, and these are great pieces to view. In case you are wondering, it may also clarify these techniques. Beat also uses trigged video material, creating a total experience. La rage is a wild piece, obviously with such a title, with the music going all wild and quiet in seconds. With the electronics brewing and steaming, the work has an additional layer which works great. It becomes more than some wildly improvised drum material. Beat comes across as a similar piece but more organized, seemingly calling for more control. Overall I found this an exciting release, supported by the electronic part. —— Addresses: https://www.martindrum.com/ https://www.ravellorecords.com/