Créature, by Oktopus

Créature

by Oktopus

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Chris Holt Listening to this album makes me feel happy.
Wish I could lip trill like those trombonists ;-) Favorite track: Jumpin' Jumpin'.

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1.	Oy Tate S'iz Gut 05:01	buy track
2.	Rhapsodie roumaine no 1 06:54	buy track
3.	Le grand cerf-volant 04:08	buy track
4.	Le Juif errant 03:36	buy track
5.	La chute de l'ange 03:16	buy track
6.	Bass Trombone Doina 02:47	buy track
7.	Andy's Ride 03:16	buy track
8.	Another Glass of Wine/Hora lui Emil Croitoru 06:50	buy track
9.	Kale Bazetsn 02:06	buy track
10.	Di Goldene Khasene 03:28	buy track
11.	Romanian Fantasy No. 1 05:57	buy track
12.	Jumpin' Jumpin' 03:26	buy track
13.	Firn di Mekhutonim Aheym 05:32	buy track
14.	Poulpe Fiction 01:42	buy track

about

L’octuor montréalais poursuit sa route dans la direction qui a fait sa renommée : une musique klezmer dont la profondeur des racines n’a d’égale que l’audace des ramifications de ses branches. Une musique klezmer autant ancrée dans une tradition millénaire qu’imprégnée du Montréal cosmopolite dans lequel baignent les musiciens du groupe. Dans Créature, les sonorités d’Europe de l’Est côtoient la musique classique, la chanson québécoise, le jazz et même la pop, à travers des compositions originales, des improvisations inspirées et des arrangements toujours aussi finement conçus. La fête et la danse sont au rendez-vous, mais aussi l’introspection, l’exploration, l’espoir et la lumière. Ce troisième album est une créature étonnante, multiple et attachante, façonnée par huit artistes virtuoses à l’imagination fertile.

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released May 28, 2021

Matthieu Bourget : trombone basse
Noémie Caron-Marcotte : flûte et piccolo
Madeleine Doyon : trombone
Guillaume Martineau : piano
Gabriel Paquin-Buki : clarinette, clarinette basse et saxophone
Maxime Philippe : batterie et percussion
Francis Pigeon : trompette et bugle
Veronica Ungureanu : violon et voix

Artistes invités
Sonia Johnson : voix (3)
Éric Breton : percussion (5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14)
Charles-André Labelle-Giroux : tuba (3, 6, 12)
Nicolas & Mila Pétrowski : voix complémentaires (11)

Direction musicale et arrangements : Gabriel Paquin-Buki
Réalisation : Gabriel Paquin-Buki & Maxime Philippe
Ingénieur de son, mixage et matriçage : Maxime Philippe
Ingénieur additionnel : Rob Heaney
Assistant ingénieur : Karl-André Rozankovich
Enregistré aux studios Mixart et Fast Forward à Montréal entre le 24 août 2020 et le 22 février 2021.

Designer graphique : Marie-Hélène Pelletier
Illustration de la pochette : Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), Ophiodea, 1904

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Oktopus Montreal, Québec

Oktopus is a major presence on the Canadian world music scene, with over 250 performances to its credit at home and abroad. The group is primarily devoted to klezmer, distinguished by a novel approach that incorporates various components of classical, Quebecois, and jazz repertoires.
The group’s eight virtuoso musicians offer festive, high-energy performances, at once melancholic and profound. ... more

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discography

Créature

May 2021
Hapax

Oct 2017
Lever l'encre

Aug 2014

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