Squid in Chains / Adrianne Munden-Dixon & Raphaël Foisy

Attuned to the group sound, and informed by decades of practice as composers and improvising musicians, Squid in Chains takes the listener on a journey into the contemporary psyche and Zeitgeist.

Imagined Realities is the second in a series of four recordings by Squid in Chains that were developed at the Canadian Music Centre Creative Residency in Vancouver, Canada over three weeks in late 2023 to January 2024. The album is the result of recording hours of intense sessions of creative exploration, then sifting through to find the gems. The album features whimsical explorations of time, timbre, repetition, and space.

Opening the evening: Adrianne Munden-Dixon and Raphaël Foisy explore a music for violin and guitar in which the instruments merge mimetically and interrupt one another within a territory of textures, timbres, dynamics, contrasts, noises, reflexes, and accidents.

Artists

Squid in Chains

Squid in Chains is a Vancouver band featuring François Houle (basset clarinet and electronics), Douglas Schmidt (bandoneon), and John Oliver (synthesizers, samplers, sound processing). Informed by decades of practice as composers and improvising musicians, Squid in Chains takes the listener on a…

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electric guitar

Raphaël Foisy-Couture

Raphael Foisy-Couture is a touring musician from Montréal; he plays the bass and sometimes electronics. He’s also the founder of the cassette label Small Scale Music. As a member of the collective La Passe he organized hundreds of shows for musicians from all around the world. He frequently…

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violon

Adrianne Munden-Dixon

Adrianne Munden-Dixon is a violinist, improviser, and composer known for her “shapeshifting technical facility” (I Care If You Listen). Her work often explores the interaction of timbre, texture, and energy with a combination of playfulness and “white-knuckle energy” (Bandcamp Daily). She has given…

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