NEWS

 

New Releases

Triocular+ — music of Linda Bouchard — AfterdayAudio2318 — Digital Album — BANDCAMP

 

François Houle & Charlotte Hug — Voci Volante — AfterdayAudio2317 — Digital Album — BANDCAMP

 

François Houle & Benoît Delbecq — Poise — on AfterdayAudio2316 — Digital Album — BANDCAMP

 

GENERA Sextet In Memoriam — CLEAN FEED — Digital Album — BANDCAMP Physical copies — HERE

“This is the record that many inventive musicians would like to have under their belt, as the ideas circulating there are so innovative.”
— Mario Borroni, Citizen Jazz 09/23

Emad Armoush’s Duos — Electritradition (with François Houle, Jesse Zubot, JP Carter, Kenton Loewen, Marina Hasselberg) — Drip Audio DA02392

Coastlines — The music of Steve Lacy, with Jorrit Dijkstra, Karlis Silins and Kenton Loewen

SAFA, with Amir Koushkani and Hamin Honari

HUSH, by SoHo (Joe Sorbara & François Houle)

May Song, by Itamar Erez Quartet (François Houle/Itamar Erez, Jeff Gammon, Kevin Romain)

Make That Flight, with Swiss cornetist Marco von Orelli

Sleep Inertia, by Matt Choboter’s Hypnopompia

Crystalline, with pianist Daniel Janke

Constellations, with Chimera Trio (with Norman Adams and Tim Crofts)

Gordon Grdina’s HARAM, featuring Marc Ribot - Night’s Quietest Hour • Vancouver Juggernaut band with guitar legend Ribot kills it on this record

Isolation Journal 3 - Restless • Composer John Oliver’s amazing electroacoustic creations on clarinet improvisations by yours truly!

Squid in Chains - The Persistence of Memory • François Houle, basset clarinet and electronics, John Oliver, electronics, Doug Schmidt, Bandoneon

Squid in Chains - Sirens of Kiev • François Houle, basset clarinet and electronics, John Oliver, electronics, Doug Schmidt, Bandoneon

UPCOMING RELEASES

Working on a few new recordings to be released in the coming months:

Live in Victoriaville — François Houle, Alexander Hawkins and Kate Gentile - Les Disques VICTO (release date TBA)

The Secret Lives of Color — Rimouski (10072023) — Tour de bras (release date TBA)

The Secret Lives of Color — Vancouver (11042022), with Alexander Hawkins, Joëlle Léandre, Kate Gentile, Hamin Honari and Gordon Grdina (release date: TBA)

The Secret Lives of Color — Berlin (11052021), with Myra Melford, Joëlle Léandre, Hamid Drake and Gordon Grdina (release date: TBA)

François Houle RECODER Quartet — The New York Session, with Gordon Grdina, Mark Helias and Gerry Hemingway (release date TBA)

Several albums were recently recorded in Europe, with the following artists. Keep an eye out for new announcements in the coming months!:

Georg Graewe • Joëlle Léandre and Mark Saunders • Houle solo basset clarinet

RECENT RECORDINGS

New Artist Page on Spotify

I recently added a profile page on Spotify, where you can find some info on my discography, listen to complete albums, and more!