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Sept 14 - Toronto - Marc "Akufen" Leclair &
StoreTags: x avant festiva, toronto, live music
Author: naw on September 10 2007
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--> Sept 14 - Vague Terrain and the Music Gallery presents Marc "Akufen" Leclair & Pauline Oliveros

After a lengthy hiatus Vague Terrain is back with another collaboration with
the Music Gallery. For this event we are very excited to present a lineup which
will blur the distinction between 20th century classical and minimalism in
techno.

5mm feat. Marc Leclair aka Akufen + video artist Gabriel Coutu-Dumont (CAN)
Ambient set by Canadas techno-glitch innovator, with live video on three
screens 11:30pm

Des Cailloux et du Carbone (CAN) Up-and-coming Montreal experimental laptop
artist / live video by Patricia Rodriguez & Noir 10:30pm

Pauline Oliveros & Anne Bourne perform One Long Peace (US/CAN) Improvisations
by the American drone music pioneer on accordion, in collaboration with Toronto
cellist/vocalist 9pm

CONTACT Contemporary Music performs "Electronica Unplugged" (CAN)
Acoustic chamber versions of classic electronica by Aphex Twin, Eno and more /
live video by Patricia Rodriguez & Noir 8pm

More info about the artists involved: link or
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This event is part of the Music Gallery's X Avant new music festival.

Time:
Doors 7pm, concert 8pm

Venue: The Music Gallery 197 John St. (South entrance to Grange Park)

Tickets:
* $15 advance/$20 door ($15 member/$10 student, door only)
* Advance tickets on sale online via Ticketweb or in person at Penguin Music (2
McCaul St.), Rotate This (620 Queen W.) and Soundscapes (572 College St.) in
Toronto.

We recommend purchasing tickets in advance to ensure entry. The Music Gallery
hosts events in St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church, an unconventional
performance space with incredible acoustics and and limited seating.

* Concert hosted by Laurie Brown, host of CBC Radio 2's The Signal.
* CBC Radio 2 will be recording these concerts for future broadcast on The
Signal, heard 7 days a week from 10pm to 1am.

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Comments

hey we may not be electronic, but our cd features tiger beat 6 artist dwayne sodabherk, and electronic shizzle by yours truly. we're playing on the sunday of the festival with special guests owen "final fantasy" pallet and evan "rockets red glare" clark. and by we i mean picastro. :-)

there's also the rad show by eugene chadbourne!

yup its all great music at the festival but other then this showcase none of it is really electronic hense why I didnt post about it


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