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abstr/cncr

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1.	Desert Flowers 05:37	buy track
2.	Maxime (mon juge) 07:18	buy track
3.	Le boeuf et la grenouille 03:43	buy track
4.	Strato [rmks] 06:37	buy track
5.	Hitchcock 07:57	buy track
6.	Deux vies (une rencontre) 06:33	buy track
7.	Mégots 01:39	buy track
8.	Cloches rose-catholique 09:51	buy track
9.	La question 07:26	buy track
10.	While Heaven Fell 05:09	buy track
11.	Glas synthétique 06:01	buy track
12.	Déplaçant mers et monts [rmks] 07:56	buy track
13.	La carcasse [rmks] 02:57	buy track
14.	Slide... [rmks] 08:22	buy track
15.	Carte postale [rmks] 02:39	buy track
16.	Le chat [rm(l)ks 1] 05:19	buy track
17.	Deux vies (une rencontre) [rmks] 02:44	buy track
18.	Cortège [rmks] 06:32	buy track
19.	La poursuite - survie, lot quotidien [rmks] 00:33	buy track
20.	La nécropole violée 03:26	buy track
21.	Les tournesols 04:55	buy track
22.	Le chat [rm(l)ks 2] 03:06	buy track
23.	Boléro (vague) 09:24	buy track

credits

released June 1, 2003

Composers:
[iks] (8, 9, 11)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (2, 4, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
Sylvain Pohu (6, 7, 17)
DJ P-Love + [iks] (5)
Sienna Dahlen + [iks] (14)
Keith Douglas + Sienna Dahlen + [iks] (1)
Robert Marcel Lepage + [iks] (3)
All music published by Punctum Publishing (SOCAN/SODRAC)

Personnel

Stefan Schneider - drums and percussions
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - artistic direction, bass and real-time processing
Nicolas Boucher - piano, B3, sampler and real-time processing
Sylvain Pohu - guitar
Sean Craig - tenor saxophone

Collaborations
Sienna Dahlen - vocals (1, 14, 17)
Robert Marcel Lepage - clarinet (3, 12, 16)
DJ P-Love - turntables (5, 18)

Thanks to Nathalie Bonin, Élyse Lavoie, Stéphanie Bozzini and James Darling for the string quartet preliminary session.

executive producer - Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, pour Ora
producer - Pierre Alexandre Tremblay
co-producer - Sylvain Pohu

Recorded at Studio Victor, Montréal, Québec, April 14-20, 2003.
sound recording - Daniel Ste-Marie
assisted by - François-Régis Pagé

Mixed at Studio Insomniac (Groupe Victor), Montréal, Québec, by Daniel Ste-Marie

Mastered at Studio SNB, Montréal, Québec by Marcus Paquin

photography and graphic design - Étienne Deslières

[iks] dedicates this album to everyone whose devotion, support, and talent has contributed to the ensemble's evolution

This recording was produced with the help of the SODEC, the Musicaction Foundation and the Canadian Arts Council.

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[iks] Montreal, Québec

discography

Éclats

Apr 2011
Inner Whatever

Jul 2005
abstr/cncr

Jun 2003
Le journal de sable

Mar 2002
Le fil

Oct 2000
Une heure volée au Temps

May 1999
Punctum

Nov 1997

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