Article: Album Review

Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert: iO

by Mark Corroto
June 26, 2015

Listening to the nine improvised duets on saxophonist François Carrier and Michel Lambert's latest release iO, one gets the sense the creative process comes not from friction, but from friendship. The music isn't forged from a skirmish, like, say a Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink record might be. It has more in common with Charles Lloyd's duo with ...

Album

The Russian Concerts Vol. 1

By Fran?ois Carrier

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2014

Album

The Russian Concerts Vol. 2

By Fran?ois Carrier

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2014

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2014

by Mike Chamberlain
May 28, 2014

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 15-19, 2014 Victoriaville, Quebec is a town of some 40,000 two hours east of Montreal, a regional center known for the sober pursuits of dairy and wood production. For the past three decades (beginning in 1983), the town has also hosted ...

Album

Overground To The Vortex

By Fran?ois Carrier

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2013

Album

All Out

By Fran?ois Carrier

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2013

Video

ESG-21 (six)

Featuring the music of Francois Carrier
Duration: 7:26
June 18, 2013

Live recording at the ESG-21 (experimental sound gallery) in St-Petersburg Russia on April 29th 2013 with Fran?ois Carrier alto saxophone, Michel Lambert drums and Alexey Lapin piano. This improvisation is the 6th of 8 pieces played that night in front of a very warm audience. A 3 CD Box Set of the four russian concerts should be released in early 2014. ? 2013 ColyaKooMusic/SOCAN. Sound recording by Alexey Lapin, Film by Valera Godzhalo.

Article: Album Review

Fran?ois Carrier/ Michel Lambert/ John Edwards/ Steve Beresford: Overground To The Vortex

by Mark Corroto
June 15, 2013

The adventures of François Carrier continue with Overground To The Vortex. The well-traveled Canadian saxophonist has recorded in Nepal--KATHMANDU (FMR, 2008), St. Petersburg, Russia with All Out (FMR, 2011) and In Motion (Leo, 2011), of course Canada Entrance 3 (Ayler, 2011), and this release in Great Britain, where he made his Shores and Ditches (FMR Records,2012).

Article: Multiple Reviews

Shoreditch, London, December 2011: One great gig, two fine albums

by John Eyles
January 18, 2013

In December 2011, French-Canadian alto saxophonist François Carrier was approaching the end of a six-month sabbatical visit to London, sponsored by Conseil des arts et des lettres Qu��bec. On December 6, Carrier played a gig at The Vortex to launch his album Inner Spire (Leo, 2011) recorded the previous year in Russia with his long-time drummer ...

Album

Shores and Ditches

By Fran?ois Carrier

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2012