René Lussier

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René Lussier (born April 15, 1957 in Montreal ) is a Canadian musician ( guitar , also bass guitar , bass clarinet ) and composer who has emerged primarily in the field of new improvisational music.

Live and act

Lussier began his musical career in 1973 in Chambly in the progressive rock band Arpège . Between 1976 and 1980 he belonged to the Montreal band Conventum , which interpreted traditional waltzes and reels , but at the same time turned to improvisational music and until 1985 played in groups from the Ensemble de Musique Improvisée de Montréal such as Quatour de l'Emmieux and les Reins , Nébu and GUM Between 1982 and 1984 Lussier also accompanied the singer Pauline Julien as a guitarist . Since 1984 he has concentrated on an improvisation duo with Jean Derome , with whom he also toured internationally and founded the label Ambiances Magnétiques . He was also part of Fred Frith's guitar quartet and toured worldwide between 1989 and 1991 with his band Keep the Dog . Later he presented several solo albums and worked in joint projects with Martin Tétreault on the history of musique concrète and electro-acoustic music . He also worked with Chris Cutler , Robert M. Lepage and Pierre Hébert.

Since 1979 he has been writing film music , initially with André Duchesne, then often with Jean Derome. In total, he has designed the soundtracks for more than 35 films, including the documentary Chronique d'un génocide annoncé about the genocide in Rwanda by Danièle Lacourse and Yvan Patry. For the flautist Lise Daoust he wrote the composition Zone grise .

Prizes and awards

For his album Le trésor de la langue (1989), which dealt with bilingualism in Québec , he received the Paul-Gilson Grand Prix that same year .

Discographic notes

  • Soyez Vigilants ... Restez Vivants! volume 1 (Les Granules), Ambiance Magnetiques, 1986
  • Nous Autres (with Fred Frith), Recommended, 1987
  • Le Retour des Granules (Les Granules), Ambiance Magnetiques, 1987
  • Le Trésor de la Langue , Ambiance Magnetiques, 1989
  • Au Royaume du Silencieux (Les Granules), Ambiance Magnetiques, 1992
  • La vie qui bat chèvre (with Pierre Tanguay ) (1997)
  • Major noyau major (with Martin Tétreault) (1998)
  • Qu'ouis-je (with Martin Tétreault) (2000)
  • Solos de guitar électrique (2000)
  • Le prix du bonheur (2005)

Filmography (selection)

  • 1989: Paul Strand, Photograph (Strand, Under the Dark Cloth)
  • 1989: Three apples on the edge of the dream (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil)
  • 1990: Klaus Fuchs - nuclear spy
  • 1991: JK - experience in dealing with oneself

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personal data
SURNAME Lussier, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal