AMBIANCES MAGNÉTIQUES
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Canada

Although the name Ambiances Magnétiques is mostly known for (and perceived as) the Montreal experimental music record label, there is also a specific artists' collective which preceded it. This nucleus of musicians has built what is now known as the Montreal experimental music scene. It all started in 1982 when guitarist René Lussier and saxophonist/flutist Jean Derome presented a few duo concerts in Montreal under the name Ambiances Magnétiques (which translates to "Magnetic Atmospheres"). They teamed up with guitarist André Duchesne and clarinetist Robert Marcel Lepage and launched the label Ambiances Magnétiques in 1983, an entity managed by the members of the collective to release their records, with occasional guests always having some sort of connection to the nucleus (up until the late '90s, when the label started to broaden its horizons). In 1986, the group was extended to include Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, and Danielle P. Roger, three hard-working musicians read more...