Recommended Weekend Listening:
This excellent broadcast by Alarico Mantovani Alarico Mantovani for Fango Radio in Italy, featuring 'Pt II Mercury Looms' from FYEAR's self-titled album for Constellation.
mixcloud.com/alarico-mantov…

'Experimentalist Erika Angell has a deep track record of producing intriguing music, but here, under her own name, it feels like she’s created her masterwork.'
Nick Soulsby PopMatters reviews Erika Angell's solo record The Obsession With Her Voice.
popmatters.com/erika-angell-o…

Lovely FYEAR review by Backseat Mafia:
'What emerges (...) is the completeness of FYEAR’s vision and execution, a dramatic synergy between word and sound as imposing as some of Moor Mother’s work and as emotionally draining as Kae Tempest’s stark realism.'
backseatmafia.com/album-review-f…

Jessica Moss is heading out to Europe this coming May. She will be performing shows in Belgium (Dunk! Fest in Ghent), France (Les Embellies Fest in Rennes), The Netherlands, Poland, Berlin (as part of a residency at Morphine Raum), Spain and Portugal.
cstrecords.com/pages/jessica-…

Today we release Montréal supergroup FYEAR’s fantastic debut record, complete with a new video for track 'Pt VII Pure Pursuit' by graphic artist Kevin Yuen Kit Lo.
fyear.bandcamp.com/album/fyear
Those of you who preordered the album can now download it in full in your format of choice.

Electronic musician Steve Bates has announced an evening of solo, duo, trio, and quartet performances with Elizabeth Anka Vajagic (guitar, voice), Timothy Herzog (drums), and Mark Molnar (cello). Happening Monday 29 April at Casa del Popolo in Montreal.
casadelpopolo.com/en/events/2024…

Just announced: Delights Of My Life, Eric Chenaux's 1st album with the newly-minted Eric Chenaux Trio. For this project, Eric is joined by Ryan Driver (Wurlitzer) & Philippe Melanson (percussion).
180gLP edition is available at an earlybird preorder price: cstrecords.com/cst179

'I think the form of a song is so flexible, it can be bent and reshaped in so many ways. But there’s something in it that always remains familiar, and I’m curious about that contrast.' Excellent Kee Avil interview courtesy of Polish music magazine Anxious. anxiousmagazine.pl/wywiady/kee-av…

Last week we announced Delights Of My Life, Eric Chenaux's 1st album with the newly-minted Eric Chenaux Trio. For this project, Eric is joined by Ryan Driver (Wurlitzer) & Philippe Melanson (percussion).
Currently available at an earlybird preorder price: cstrecords.com/cst179

Loving this review of Erika Angell's excellent solo album The Obsession With Her Voice, published by Italian newspaper il manifesto last week.
ilmanifesto.it/edizioni/il-ma…
act·art·mgt Lauren Barley

Kaie Kellough and Jason Sharp, the two musicians behind Montreal jazz supergroup FYEAR, sat down for an enlightening nichemtl interview with Ryan Diduck.
nichemtl.com/2024/03/31/fea…

Here's another excerpt from FYEAR’s debut record: 'Pt VI Precipice' is streaming on the album's Bandcamp page, along with a new video by Kevin Yuen Kit Lo & Sarah Auches.
fyear.bandcamp.com/album/fyear
Those of you who preordered the album can now download 'Precipice' in any format.

'Felt is an unnerving blend of brittle synth textures, aching vocals, twangy strings and erratic beats from Kee Avil (...) The way in which she expertly fuses gritty and gentle elements into her music always impresses me.' - Kate Crudgington Get In Her Ears.
getinherears.com/2024/03/27/pla…

'It is raw, skeletal, and strangely strange in a most compelling sort of way (...) It manages that difficult dichotomy of sounding as if it is a thousand miles away whilst still remaining up close and personal.' godisinthetv zine on Kee Avil's 'do this again'.
godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2024/03/25/tra…

Steve Bates has announced an evening of solo, duo, trio, and quartet performances with Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Timothy Herzog, and Mark Molnar.
Monday 29 April 2024 at Casa del Popolo in Montreal.

Matana Roberts Matana Roberts Qu Junktions did an interview with RTE RTÉ in Ireland and they've made two shows out of it. Listen to the first one below.
rte.ie/radio/podcasts…

Kee Avil & BIG|BRAVE featured in BBC Radio 6 Music's New Music Fix broadcast: the Montreal artists chat about their city's experimental music scene, with new tracks from their forthcoming albums Spine and A Chaos Of Flowers, respectively. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Lauren Barley act·art·mgt

Today we announced Eric Chenaux's first album with the newly-minted Eric Chenaux Trio, where he is joined by Ryan Driver & Philippe Melanson.
Head over to our YouTube channel to watch the video for album single 'This Ain’t Life', directed by Eric Cazdyn.
youtu.be/NqE9E21sOPE

Delights Of My Life by Eric Chenaux Trio is Constellation's next release of 2024.
This is a new chapter in Eric Chenaux’s trajectory of iconoclastic and virtuosic music, one where he is joined by Philippe Melanson and longtime collaborator Ryan Driver.
lnk.to/cst179

Erika Angell
The Obsession With Her Voice
CST176