Les Poules / Prairie Orange
Album: Prairie Orange   Collection:General
Artist:Les Poules   Added:Jun 2003
Label:Ambiances Magnetique  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-06-16 Pull Date: 2003-08-18 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Aug 17 Jul 27 Jul 13 Jun 29
Airplays: 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 05, 2003: Memory Select
Les Glaneuses [excerpt]
4. Jul 23, 2003: press and release
Les Glaneuses
2. Aug 15, 2003: Memory Select
Chaud - Froid
5. Jul 11, 2003: Memory Select
Chaud - Froid
3. Aug 14, 2003: Civil Society
Porte (Ouverte)
6. Jun 26, 2003: Umami Jazz Program
Tempete Bleue

Album Review
Gabe
Reviewed 2003-06-09
(Say "lay pool".) Improv voice, sax, electronics, and percussion from three vets of the Quebec scene. (Yes, there's a big improv scene in Quebec - and was even before Godspeed You Longwinded Name came along). The sounds here are reluctantly parceled out - this is no out jazz - with small gestures the order of the day. Sometimes a bit creepy, other times farcical, always unusual. The synth especially is often on the farty, low-frequency burble setting. Vox are reminiscent of Jaap Blonk in gurgle mode, but without the urgency and extroversion. The standout tracks are:

4. Notable for its atypical "loudness" - an ominous rumble with sax
6. Two-note foundation is almost musical
8. Somewhat simian in sound
9. Slight metals-rubbing effect at beginning, then vocal and insectoid section, and back to metals

Track Listing
1. Ou Est L'est?   6. Porte (Ouverte)
2. Les Glaneuses   7. Chaud - Froid
3. Pluie Sur Les Fougeres   8. L'appel De La Marmotte
4. Tempete Bleue   9. Prairie Orange
5. L'etroit Moustiquaire   .