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Musique Rayonnante & Interzone Editions present: Pond Leap A live recording session featuring John Edwards (London, UK), Mark Sanders (London, UK) & Yves Charuest (Montréal, QC) May 15th at La Sotterenea (4848 bd. Saint-Laurent) JOHN EDWARDS (Café OTO) John Edwards grew up in London and started experimenting with the bass guitar before he switched in his twenties to play double bass. He is deeply rooted in the creative free jazz and improvisation genre. Since the 80ties he is as soloist and in many groups and ensembles in Europe active and became one of the most renowned bass players. He played/plays regular for example with Peter Brötzmann, Joe Mc Phee, Phil Minton, Maggie Nichols, Evan Parker, Roscoe Michtell, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Mark Sanders, Caroline Kraabel, John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Irène Schweizer, Hans Koch, Florian Stoffner, Gabriele Mitelli, John Dikeman. Doors at 8:00PM ~ 20$ online (link in bio) ~ 30$ at the door Artwork by Eva Miette Giard @eva.miette Video by Helen Petts Avec le soutien du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

Musique Rayonnante & Interzone Editions present: Pond Leap A live recording session featuring John Edwards (London, UK), Mark Sanders (London, UK) & Yves Charuest (Montréal, QC) May 15th at La Sotterenea (4848 bd. Saint-Laurent) Doors at 8:00PM ~ 20$ online (link in bio) ~ 30$ at the door Artwork by Eva Miette Giard @eva.miette Avec le soutien du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec __________________ JOHN EDWARDS (Café OTO) John Edwards grew up in London and started experimenting with the bass guitar before he switched in his twenties to play double bass. He is deeply rooted in the creative free jazz and improvisation genre. Since the 80ties he is as soloist and in many groups and ensembles in Europe active and became one of the most renowned bass players. He played/plays regular for example with Peter Brötzmann, Joe Mc Phee, Phil Minton, Maggie Nichols, Evan Parker, Roscoe Michtell, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Mark Sanders, Caroline Kraabel, John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Irène Schweizer, Hans Koch, Florian Stoffner, Gabriele Mitelli, John Dikeman. MARK SANDERS (Café OTO) Mark has worked with many greats of the British, European and American free jazz improvised music scene including Roscoe Mitchell, Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker, John Butcher, Henry Grimes, Elaine Mitchener, Wadada Leo Smith, Myra Melford, Charles Gayle, Sirone and William Parker. He has also played with Jah Wobble, Harold Budd, Bill Laswell, Christian Marclay, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ilan Volkov and The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. As an educator he has taught improvisation at many universities around the country as a lecturer and guest tutor. Mark was a recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists 2024. YVES CHARUEST (Musique Rayonnante) Canadian saxophonist Yves Charuest has been active since the 1980s on the Canadian jazz and improvised music scene, played alongside many of the world’s leading improvisers, including Peter Kowald (as part of the Peter Kowald Trio, 1985-1990), Louis Moholo, William Parker, Agustí Fernández, Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Noble, Benedict Taylor and Audrey Chen.

Staff Pick: Meesh Sara Fradkin / @0.nj_bl4z3 + @cymbalizer + Elias Stemeseder + Meesh Sara Fradkin – Bunny's apartment, the beach Double album of playful computer music. Check out the release on Nina. #musiqueconcrete #electroacoustic #freeimprovisation

Interzone: Season Fundraiser A concert featuring Emna Mâaref, Nahash, fdg., Ema Pope, Yves Charuest, Miette + Physis – on January 23rd at Kawalees @kawalees.mtl ~ 5175A Avenue du Parc, H2V 4G3 (ex-Resonance Café) ~ Doors at 7:30PM ~ 10$ / 15$ suggested (ticket link in bio) The funds raised through this concert will go toward the projects, releases, and events we have planned for 2026 — including a 12-inch by the great Emna Mâaref (her first full-length solo oud album), an album by Richard Scott, Audrey Chen and Yves Charuest, and two upcoming concerts this spring. Come support Interzone’s continuation… 🌀 Artwork by Eva Miette @eva.miette

Dessin réalisé en direct par Lucie Robert lors du concert d'Andrew Cyrille le 4 octobre 2025 au Théâtre La Chapelle à Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. Live concert drawing by Lucie Robert of Andrew Cyrille on October 4, 2025 at Théâtre La Chapelle in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal.

Introducing, MRMD041 Hob - Young Snares (2016-2018) Young snares by a young witness Dedicated to Karl O’Connor Young Snares (2016-2018) is available now on Bandcamp & SoundCloud

Interzone Editions & Flux Festival present: Andrew Cyrille and 5ilience Saturday, October 4th at La Chapelle (3700 rue Saint-Dominique, Montréal, Québec H2X 2X7)  Doors at 7:00PM ~ $25 (regular) ~ $15 (reduced) (Link in bio) Artwork by Eva Miette @eva.miette Co-presented with Canadian New Music Network, daphne, EAF, Innovations en Concert, International Institute for the Critical Studies in Improvisation, Interzone, Le Vivier, Mardi Spaghetti, McGill University’s Laboratory of Urban Culture and Québec Musiques Parallèles.

ⓟ ⓞ ⓡ ⓣ ⓡ ⓐ ⓘ ⓣ Quoi de mieux pour présenter un grand artiste qu'un extrait de sa pensée, dans ces propres mots (traduction en dessous!): “All of us come together because there is a certain kind of life-giving ingredient that goes into the music that we make. Even the source of it, it’s what the American situation is concerned, it has been African and the suffering that we’ve had… But what has happened as a result of what we have learned how to do is that we have provided people around the world another methodology to express themselves, to forgive.” « Nous sommes tous réunis parce qu'il y a une certaine forme d'énergie vitale qui imprègne la musique que nous créons. Même sa source, en ce qui concerne la situation américaine, est africaine et liée aux souffrances que nous avons endurées... Mais ce qui s'est produit grâce à ce que nous avons appris à faire, c'est que nous avons fourni aux gens du monde entier une autre méthode pour s'exprimer, pour pardonner. » —Andrew Cyrille, “The Discipline of Freedom, the Beauty of Creation and it’s Real” (2015)

RADWAN GHAZI MOUMNEH + EMNA MAÂREF (FIRST DUO PERFORMANCE) Radwan Ghazi Moumneh is a Lebanese-Canadian producer/musician based in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal. He melds Arabic song traditions with modern deployments of electronics and synthesis, while utilizing the traditional folkloric disciplines – the buzuk (Lebanese luth) and Arabic modal singing. In the early 2010s, he founded the audiovisual duo Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH). As a prolific producer and co-owner of the Hotel2Tango studio, he has recorded and produced a long list of albums, by Mashrou’ Leila, Silver Mt Zion, Big Brave, Marie Davidson, Tim Hecker to name just a few. Overall, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh has created a body of work that challenges and re-imagines Arabic contemporary music. Emna Maâref is a Montreal-based, Tunisian multidisciplinary musician and composer whose genre-fluid sound blends experimental, ambient, bass music, and deconstructed electronics. ⁠In her solo performances, she fuses the tones of her oud playing with electronic textures to guide listeners through open-ended journeys—transforming madness, love, and memory into deeply personal sound.⁠ As a film score composer, she created the soundtracks for I’ve Known Rivers, an experimental documentary that received a Special Mention at the Gabès Cinéma Fen Festival in 2023, and The Color of Phosphate that won Best Tunisian Documentary at the Carthage Film Festival in 2024.⁠ Live set Saturday, September 20th at Église Saint-Denis (454A avenue Laurier E) Link in bio ~

Bunny’s apartment, the beach by Meesh Sara Fradkin / Jon Elbaz + Lamy Istrefi + Elias Stemeseder + Meesh Sara Fradkin Cassette and digital versions out on September 20th, 2025 Now available for pre-order at interzoneeditions.bandcamp.com (link in bio). ‘Bunny’s apartment, the beach’ is a rare, one might say “Wonderful” kind of double-album: on the first side, electronic artist Meesh Sara Fradkin’s first full-length solo release; on the second, six spontaneous compositions by a quartet featuring Fradkin on computer, Jon Elbaz on piano and keyboard, Lamy Istrefi on drums and percussion, and Elias Stemeseder on synthesizers. The cassette comes with graphic score transcriptions by Phoenix Reign Herring, one for each of the thirteen compositions, small, intricate maps for forking sound paths. …room to room, mirror to mirror, a door opens a door opens a door… until, maybe, a precarious, fragmented, colorful image of the whole can appear. And the whole is a whole world. __________________ Meesh Sara Fradkin – computer (tracks 1 to 7) Jon Elbaz – keyboard (tracks 1 + 6) Adrianna Jasmine Svitak – violin (track 4) Quartet recordings (tracks 8 to 13): Jon Elbaz – keyboard, piano Lamy Istrefi – drums, percussion Elias Stemeseder – synths Meesh Sara Fradkin – computer Tracks 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 recorded at Livingrooms Tracks 1 to 7 mixed by Meesh Sara Fradkin 8 to 13 mixed by Meesh Sara Fradkin and Jon Elbaz Mastered by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier Design and layout by Jules Galbraith Clear cassette with light blue leader tape. Limited edition of 50 Each copy includes graphic score transcriptions by Phoenix Reign Herring, housed in 4.25” × 5.25” glassine envelopes All scores will be published on the (upcoming) Interzone Editions website on September 20, 2025. Special thanks to Yining Chi, Lia Stratopoulos, Andrew Yoon Photo documentation by fdg. Interzone Editions © 2025

⁠DUMB CHAMBER Better known as one of the Salon Privé members, Dumb Chamber’s project is at the intersection of neo-classical, new age, ambient and leftfield music. His production retains influences from 80’s neo-classical greatests (Nyman, Mertens, Cunningham) and Coil. Free of the fidelity and realistic pretenses of sampling, his sequenced and revamped sampling techniques carry an air of avant-garde and a flair of elegance; Dumb Chamber breathes in much-needed novelty in the New Age sonic landscape. Live set Saturday, September 20th at Église Saint-Denis (454A avenue Laurier E) Link in bio ~ Photo: Shane Hoy

Interzone Editions presents: 'Bunny’s apartment, the beach', the album launch A concert featuring Radwan Ghazi Moumneh + Emna Maâref, Meesh Sara Fradkin + Stuart W. Jackson, Dumb Chamber, Bénédicte September 20th at Église Saint-Denis (454A avenue Laurier E) Doors at 7:30PM ~ 22$ online (link in bio) ~ 27$ at the door Artwork by Juliette Dupont Duchesne @julietteklodl