Le fruit vert

Electronic poly-melismatic duo from Montreal / Maine. 

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Premier concert en trois ans

Nous jouons à la Cinémathèque québécoise le 3 novembre 2022, avec Id m theft able. 19:30. Info ici : https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/fr/evenements/le-fruit-vert/

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10 years ago we were making our first sounds as an unnamed project. Baden Powell & Vinícius de Moraes’s Canto de Iemanjá provided a starting point from which to emanate and explore and Sabrina Ratté crafted video projections, transcribing our sounds in vibrant hues, shapes and lines. Had we considered our project would persist beyond the first performance? We cannot recall, but wish it to continue serving as a tie that binds us. 

Photo : December 15 2011 at Casa del popolo, opening for Preterite

Poster by James Hamilton

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Contributing to Ô was an absolute honor. Available today. Tribute album to Geneviève Castrée (1981-2016) who recorded albums as Woelv and Ô Paon. She is loved and missed. 

https://opaon.bandcamp.com/album/-

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Le fruit vert - live ateliers claus, by Le fruit vert

5 track album

A cutting performance from 2017 has been released by les ateliers claus & cafe oto .🔪

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We are very excited to announce a new release ! Both a digital album and artist book, Le fruit vert and Delphine Dora’s À La Becque is a distillation of sketches and experimentations recorded in our practice studio at La Becque , an artist residency in La Tour-de-Peilz (Switzerland). The publication comprises 12 pages printed on a risograph, and includes a hyperlink to download seven improvisations (keyboards, voice, synthesizers and objects; 38 minutes). Limited edition of 150 copies. 

Delphine Dora : voice, keyboard Andrea-Jane Cornell (Le fruit vert) : objects, synthesizer Marie-Douce St-Jacques (Le fruit vert) : voice, keyboard, synthesizer

Mastered by: Sean McCann  Design and printing: Marie-Douce St-Jacques Saddle stitch binding and cut: Atelier universel  All photos are taken at La Becque by Andrea-Jane and Marie-Douce

https://lefruitvertetdelphinedora.bandcamp.com/

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MD made a mixtape of mostly 70's and 80's electronic instrumentals from Quebec province, in Canada (with a few traditional and chansons glimpses). Enjoy!

1. Louise Beaudoin, Le port, 19?? 2. Paul Baillargeon & Dean Morgan, Y’a plus de trou à Percée, 1970 3. Compagnie canadienne de l’exposition universelle de 1967, L’homme dans la cité (extrait), 1967 4. Tony Romandini, Animagerie, 196 ? 5. Compagnie canadienne de l’exposition universelle de 1967, L’homme dans la cité (extrait), 1967 6. Patrick Zabé, Je bois de l’eau dans mon lit d’eau, 1975 7. Micheline Coulombe-Marcoux, Constellation (extrait), 1982( ?) 8. Serge Locat, Le crieur, 1978 9. Luc et Lise Cousineau, La chanson à boire, 1971 10. Traditionnel 11. Michel Pagliaro, Sky Jack, 1972 12. Serge Perron, Fusion (extrait), 1982( ?) 13. Suzanne Jacob, Monsieur, 1980 14. Michel Madore, La marche de la mariée, 1979 15. Compagnie canadienne de l’exposition universelle de 1967, L’homme dans la cité (extrait), 1967 16. François Dompierre, Saute-mouton, 1975 17. Ginette Bellavance, Mister Canada, 197 ? 18. Paul Baillargeon & Dean Morgan, Le corbillard mauve, 1971 19. Joseph Allard, Danse écossaise, 194 ? 20. Bernard Bonnier, Métaphore pour un nouveau monde (extrait), 1983 21. Cham-pang, Presqu’heureuse, 1981 ou 1982 22. Paul Dolden, The Melting Voice Through Mazes Running (extrait), 1983 23. Roger Gravel, Le temps, 1978 24. Edith Butler, Le mascaret, 1974 25. Traditionnel 26. Paul Baillargeon & Dean Morgan, Gaspé adieu, 1970 27. Stéphane Venne, Attention la vie est courte, 1973 28. François Dompierre, Danse, 1970

Merci aux chercheurs de trésors / thanks to record diggers : Simon Leclerc, Eric Fillion, Félix Morel, Alex Moskos et Sébastien Desrosiers (et j'en oublie), qui m'ont fait découvrir la majorité de ces pièces au fil des années / who helped me discover most of these gems within the past years.

Handmade collage : Marie-Douce St-Jacques

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Delphine Dora, avec Gayle Brogan et Le fruit vert. 

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Here’s the concert that we gave, at the bottom of the Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain, at the end of our month-long residency in Banff, in the Fall of 2018. We presented an overview of the compositions and recordings made during our stay at an elevation of 1383 m, as well as several small « acoustic objects » such as rocks and branches that we had collected in the forest. Around 10:30 pm, other residents, to whom we served a green liquor (chartreuse), squeezed into our studio. Collectively we experienced a powerful moment, as if time was suspended for an instant.

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“Happy to start the new year with this lovely, introspective sound collage by Xenakiss aka Marie-Douce St-Jacques, half of Le fruit vert and multimedia artist from Montreal.”

Tracklist: 1. Nuno Canavarro – [Untitled] 2. Christian Fennesz – Shisheido 3. Igor Wakhevitch – Initiation 1e partie 4. Bernard Estardy – Tic tac nocturne 5. Egisto Macchi – Automaticita 6. Paul de Marinis - Fonetica Francese 7. Tara Cross – City limit 8. Jean-Michel Jarre – Eros Machine 9. John Carpenter – Talk on the couch 10. Laurie Spiegel - Modal Pieces (1983): III. A Myth 11. Robert Ashley - South (Campo Dei Fiori, Rome) (Sc. 22) 12. Yoshimi & Yuka – KoRoKoKoRo 'N Insects 13. Stéphane Laporte - Walkins 14. Clara Mondshine – Amazonenharfe 15. Roedelius – Goldregen 16. Terry Riley – In the summer 17. (Anonymous) - Child Play songs of Okinawa 18. Suzanne Cianni - Clean Room ITT TV Spot 19. György Ligeti (interprété par Pierre Charial, Françoise Terrioux, Jürgen Hocker)- Musica Ricercata - 7. Cantabile, Molto Legato 20. Jon Hassell - Dream Theory 21. Meredith Monk – Nota 22. Alain Peters – Maya 23. Quiet Sun - R.F.D.

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Une grande influence pour nous, le groupe Księżyc.  Agata Harz et Kasia Smoluk, sur cette image (1993).

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SLEEPY KING RADIO 70 : Piano Piano 14/08/19

Le calme avant la rentrée : piano, piano et puis beaucoup d'eau sur les rives d'Ingram Marshall. Piano sur vinyles avec Paul Bley, Piano Red, Mustapha Skandrani, Chris McGreggor, Joseph Racaille… La pluie tombe en percussion dans une fournaise, des chants parlent de noyade, tout coule, tout coule de source. Je lis trois poèmes de Michel Garneau tirés de son anthologie «Poèmes choisis (pas trop longs)» à paraître chez L'Oie de Cravan cet automne. Ana Orozco chante son poème «Je détruis la laine», Delphine Dora chante Ingeborg Bachman. Sleepy King, avec Benoît Chaput, 70e émission. Musique et poésie. Soon it'll be work, trouble, september, but for now we have the floating waters of Ingram Marshall, pianos of Skandrani, McGreggor, Racaille, Bley and relaxing songs about drowning… What more to ask? Sleepy King with Benoît Chaput, 70th show. Music & poetry. Photo : Sheila Gallagher, 1953

The Sleepy King, c’est l’une de nos émissions de radio préférées. Alors quand nous faisons partie de la programmation, nous jubilons. 

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Nous avons eu le plaisir de monter sur scène avec Delphine Dora, dans le cadre du Festival de la cité à Lausanne. Merci au label Three:four pour sa fine programmation ainsi qu’aux résidences d’artistes La Becque pour l’accueil idyllique. We had the great pleasure to collaborate with Delphine Dora for a concert at Festival de la cité in Lausanne. Thank you three:four for programming us, and Le Becque for the beautiful studio. Photos : Marie-Douce St-Jacques

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Le fruit vert with Anika and Ben Shemie, at La Vitrola, June 9

Poster by Niccolo Debole

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La Xenakiss 5 : Les pigments synthétiques

An hour of music

MD made a mixtape.

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At Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Rita Evans, Bair Visual Artist in Residence, Fall 2018 with Musicians-in-Residence Le fruit vert. This instrument and sculpture is based on the structure of coral, a porous body for multiple players. In a shared air chamber, the sounds of breath and liquid clash, collide and/or accumulate. This improvisation is an attempt to sonically shift the object from animal to plant to mineral in collective breathing waves, its inner chamber amplified into the space, with tectonic bass, beats and static tubular feedback. Special thanks to Banff Digital Media Practicum Mat Lindenberg. Audience footage by Rachel Yezbick and Tyler Burton. Video and editing, Rita Evans.

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Tea, coffee, synths, pianos (2x), a huge harmonium, a tiny wind organ... and more. We are ready to hibernate until mid October. 

Banff Center for the Arts, music residency until Oct 13th