Flore Laurentienne, the experimental electronic classical project by Mathieu David Gagnon, proudly announces an expanded edition of the outfit’s 2024 album, 8 tableaux, out September 13th. Flore Laurentienne also shares a brand-new track entitled “Les oies III”, which premiered last Sunday on KEXP’s show “Pacific Notions”. The release date coincides with the kick-off of a string of fall tour dates supporting the legendary avant-garde composer William Basinski as well as one special date with saxophonist and composer Colin Stetson at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles. For more information, see all of the tour dates below.
The digital deluxe edition of 8 tableaux features four new songs, each expanding on Gagnon’s method of transmuting visual art into musical form, inspired by Quebecois painter and sculptor, Jean Paul Riopelle. By creating a repeated cycle of melodies and sounds, he creates what he calls a “musical freeze-frame,” a state where the music possesses seemingly no beginning or end. Like Basinski, the work demands close attention to detail. The result is contemplative, soothing music whose beauty grows as the patient listener begins to detect the various pieces at play in Gagnon’s work.
For the first US tour, Flore Laurentienne consists of a quintet, with Gagnon on synths accompanied by string players. The quintet sharpened their chops last fall with a number of special performances, including a KEXP session as well as a residency at the Montreal Museum of Art, becoming the first musical act to do so. Fans can catch the quintet on tour for a string of West Coast dates as well as a performance in New York City.
Flore Laurentienne Live Dates:
9/13/2024 – Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA *
9/14/2024 – El Rey, Los Angeles, CA ^
9/20/2024 – Seattle First Baptist, Seattle, WA *
9/21/2024 – First Congregational UCC, Portland, OR *
11/1/2024 – Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, NY *
11/3/2024 – Nine Orchard, New York, NY
11/8/2024 – Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
*w/ William Basinski
^w/ Colin Stetson
