Archives des pop instrumentale - PAN M 360

Ping Pong Go – Smash Combat

Frédéric Cardin — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:00:48 +0000

Ah well, here’s a release that feels good. As soon as the first notes begin, if you don’t smile and nod your head, then you have no business being there. For others, listening to Smash Combat led by the duo Ping Pong Go (pianist Vincent Gagnon and drummer Pierre-Emmanuel (PE) Beaudoin) will be an uninterrupted […]

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Flore laurentienne – Volume III

Frédéric Cardin — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:43:45 +0000

For a long time, I had been dreaming of music that would dare to mix the sounds of modern keyboards (old-school synths, B-3 organ) with the sonic richness of a classical orchestra, in refined, serious compositions. Until Mathieu David Gagnon offered me (but not just me, of course) exactly that with his first iteration of […]

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Velvet Snow and Flaming Snowflakes: Tribute to André Gagnon by The OM

Frédéric Cardin — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 01:56:34 +0000

The Orchestre métropolitain’s tribute to André Gagnon’s album Neiges proves to be a successful endeavor, despite a few shortcomings. There were indeed a few pitfalls along the way, but although not all of them were overcome, the performance as a whole produced some moving moments. In this type of project, we always start by asking […]

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Léa Moisan-Perrier: In The Shoes and With the Baton of André Gagnon

Frédéric Cardin — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:08:38 +0000

Conducting a tribute to an album released before she was even born, and doing so three times in the same weekend (December 13 and 14, 2025) at Maison symphonique, with the Orchestre Métropolitain, is the challenge that young conductor Léa Moisan-Perrier, trained under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, among others, is about to take on. In the interview […]

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Behind the Scenes of André Gagnon’s Neiges, 50 Years Ago, with Percussionist Robert Leroux

Frédéric Cardin — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:19:00 +0000

Fifty years ago, an iconic album of Quebec, and indeed international, pop was released. André Gagnon’s Neiges shattered sales records and remained in the Billboard top 10 for six months! Twenty-five musicians were in the studio (including Jean Carignan), in addition to the backing vocalists, including Renée Claude. As the Orchestre Métropolitain prepares to pay […]

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Satosphère / Francos | Jacques Hurtubise Immersive, Visual and Sonic with Hippie Hourrah

Alain Brunet — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:06:39 +0000

Inspired by the late Quebec painter Jacques Hurtubise (1939-2004), Hippie Hourrah has produced a lot of music since 2023: first the more pop-oriented, song-based album Exposition individuelle, and then the instrumental album Il y eut un rythme, released in June 2025 on the Simone Records label, whose music magnifies the six cycles of the creative […]

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Viviane Audet – Le piano et le torrent

Marilyn Bouchard — Wed, 14 May 2025 22:06:50 +0000

We’re all familiar with singer-songwriter Viviane Audet, who appeared in 2006 with her debut album Le long jeu. She returned in 2014 with her pianistic folk on Le couloir des ouragans, directed by Philippe Brault and deeply intimate, and more recently, with Les nuits avancent comme des camions blindés sur les filles en 2023, for […]

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Esca’s New Album: A String Quartet’s Pop Challenge

Alain Brunet — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:33:26 +0000

Very active on Quebec stages as accompanists, but also classically trained musicians working in the more serious spheres of music, four instrumentalists have chosen to take up the challenge of pop melody by becoming the “singers” of their new album. Homonymous, their third studio album is aimed at a wider audience, with an eye on […]

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Quatuor Esca – Esca

Frédéric Cardin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:23:26 +0000

While many pop artists have embraced neoclassicism, essentially to do post-Satie or neo-Glass, classical artists have decided to do pop instrumentation. The Esca Quartet is made up of Amélie Lamontagne and Edith Fitzgerald on violins, Sarah Martineau on viola and Julie Dessureault on cello. Kaven Girouard’s guitar, Julie Lamontagne’s piano and Anthony Albino’s drums also […]

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Tommy Crane – Dance Music for All Occasions

Frédéric Cardin — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:55:58 +0000

Montreal drummer/percussionist Tommy Crane has built Dance Music for All Occasions (DMFAO) on a dance music framework, but with additional, layered and almost contrapuntal add-ons that are a little jazz, a little ambient, a little dreamy electronica. Rhythmically, Crane respects the beat, but has fun as he knows how, with inflections and textures. When you […]

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