★Les Disques Victo
LIVE au FIMAV
*2026 stock* This concert recording is something of a miracle. Nothing suggested that this album or even the performance it documents—pro- duced in extremis, in the middle of a global pandemic, with ever-chan- ging public health orders—would see the …
Live @ Victo
*2026 stock* "The quartet sounded like they had been working together for many years. Everyone got to solo and stretch out at some point and all four members shined at different times. This was a near-perfect set and one of the highlights of this fes…
Fatrasies
*2026 stock* A Fatrasie (jumble) is a poem in which meaning cedes the initiative to sound, notably using syllable repetition systems. This accumulation of sentences with particular sounds sometimes hides criticisms or pamphlets of those in power.
Rare
*2026 stock* “The interaction between the two musicians was quicksilver incisive, with not a false step.” Chamberlain, Mike. « All About Jazz », May 27, 2024
“[...] performance by veterans Sophie Agnel and John Butcher set a high bar for attention to…
Cuts Cut
"As expected, the set began with some brain-blasting brutal noise [...] Although Merzbow is known for his extreme electronics, he is much more diverse and creative than most give him credit for. The best part of the set was when both Merzbow and Mats…
Moment Précieux (LP)
Original 1987 LP on Les Disques Victo of electric guitar and soprano/alto saxophone duets by these amazing musicians recorded live at the 1986 Victoriaville Festival.
The Sea Between
1993 release ** "In October 1987, keyboardist/computer wiz Richard Teitelbaum and violinist Carlos Zingaro performed at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville. The next year the label Disques Victo released The Sea Between, c…
Firestorm
1992 release ** "When it came out in 1992, Firestorm went quite unnoticed. Many missed this very strong, very untypical string-only free jazz date. Cellist Diedre Murray and bassist Fred Hopkins developed a profound musical relationship in the Henry …
All At Once At Any Time
1994 release ** "Recorded live in May 1994 at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, All at Once at Any Time features two members of the Dense Band, drummer David Moss and guitarist John King, and an experimental DJ largely …
Live
1991 release ** "Jon Rose, Peter Hollinger, Johannes Bauer & Dietmar Diesner live in Victoriaville in 1990."
Ptow!!
2024 Stock. Minor signs of wear from long-time storage. ** The West Coast Rova Saxophone quartet in a 7 track studio album from 1995, from Jon Raskin on alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone, Steve Adams on alto saxophone, sopranino…
Mars Song
2024 Stock. Minor signs of wear from long-time storage. ** "This duet performance between improvisational soprano saxophone wizard Evan Parker and Tuvan jazz and new music vocalist Sainkho Namtchylak was recorded live in 1996 at the Toronto Music Gal…
Envoi
*2022 stock* 'American trumpeter Bill Dixon began composing his moody, darkly abstract music in the mid-60s, fusing free jazz with modernist chamber music elements touching on Stravinsky and Schoenberg. Envoi is the last of these works, recorded at t…
Birds Abide
*2022 stock* Recorded at the 26th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, May 22, 2010. “This set was my favorite one of the entire Festival. It was most magical and flowed organically. For me, this was the perfect trio, with Mal…
Eviyan Live
*2022 stock* 3 unique composer/performers merging into a singular sound, an intimate, acoustic blend of world roots, post-minimalism, jazz, rock, and cabaret.
Echo Echo Mirror House
*2022 stock* Live recording of Anthony Braxton's Echo Echo Mirror House Music, where all the musicians use iPods in addition to their instruments, which took place during 2011 Tri-Centric Festival at Roulette.
In Echo Echo Mirror House musical system…
Victoriaville Mai 2011
*2022 stock* A collaboration of the legendary Richard Pinhas (of Heldon fame) and Japanese noise artist Merzbow would be worthy of note. Add in Wolf Eyes, the trio of Mike Connelly, John Olson, and Nathan Young, and you have the potential for a truly…
Solo + Trio Roma
*2022 stock* "The rhythm section is thunderous in general with Nilssen-Love providing polyrhythmic barrage fire to Brötzmann’s assaults. It is a vortex of sounds – some shrieking, others almost torn, spat, even puked – owing credits both to hardcore …
The Victoriaville Tape
'Both bassists had made regular appearances in Victo over the past two decades, but no one in the audience could have guessed that it would be Kowald's last. The German improviser died in New York City four months later. The French-Canadian radio was…
Withdrawe, This Sable Disclosure Ere Devot'd
'If you are a Fushitsusha or Keiji Haino fan, you already know to just forget what the title of this CD means -- you are never going to know unless you have a lot of familiarity with the early decades of the English language. If you aren't a fan, the…