...press on my new improv duets album "Treize":
"Houle warbles and scats like some demented cross between Yma Sumac and Slim Gaillard, but also does the Phil Minton thing of squeezing non-musical grunts and sighs from a closed larynx." - The Sound Projector
"...an auspicious debut recording from an attention-riveting artist." - Exclaim!
"A great set, well worth checking out." - Paris Transatlantic Magazine
"The Vancouver avant-jazz singer plays hide and seek with a few phrases and a lot of fragmentary vocal sounds..." - The Globe and Mail
"Seldom does a debut release display such self-assured artistic confidence and solid breadth of vision;... A spellbinding listening experience." - Exclaim!
"throwing dictionaries out of windows, the sound of a trombone digging up a grave, ripping out everybody's larynx with your bare hands...a genius example of this audacious approach to music...one of the year’s best albums." - CokeMachineGlow
"...one of those rare gems of total improvisation that works on every level... the kind of album you could play at a Halloween haunted house to terrify or in a concert hall to mesmerize." - The Province
"...free improvisations that transcend the ordinary and provide sonic experiences unlike anything else." - Sequenza 21
"...a bold recording that's equally mesmerizing and riveting." - Textura
"...Ms. Houle finds a way to challenge herself and her partners... on this spontaneous gem" - Downtown Music Gallery
"...a very original, multifaced and fulfilling statement." - Vital Weekly (Dolf Mulder)
For more album details and online reviews, visit Viviane's Treize page on Drip Audio!
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In the Press: Print
TOP 12 SHOWS for 2007 | Georgia Straight | December 27, 2007
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Click to view link ARTICLE | Georgia Straight | May 31, 2007
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REVIEW | Canadian New Music Review | June 24, 2006
Click to view website REVIEW | VancouverJazz.com | June 27, 2004
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