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Le galarneau

by Genticorum

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Cyclone 06:09
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La Chasse 03:39
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Genticorum 03:43
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La 51 05:16
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Le 25 de mai 05:07
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Rond-point 05:39
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Les loups 05:24
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La brunante 04:35

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Le Galarneau est le tout premier album du groupe Genticorum. Enregistré à Chelsea en banlieu d'Ottawa en 2001 par l'ingénieur de son James Stephens et masterisé par Carl Talbot à Montréal.

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Le Galarneau is the very first album from Genticorum. It was recorded in Chelsea, Qc, near Ottawa in 2001 by sound engineer James Stephens and mastered in Montreal by Carl Talbot.

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Quelques extraits de presse de l'époque:

Yves Bernard, magasine «Québec Audio et Vidéo», avril-mai 2003:

«...Dans le cas de Genticorum, nous avons affaire à trois excellents instrumentistes (...) qui composent à partir de la tradition ou exécutent des pièces collectées chez les porteurs de tradition. (...) Les trois s'abreuvent auprès de ces rockeurs folkloriques qu'était la Famille Soucy et des trésors nationaux comme le violoneux Yvon Mimeault ou le chanteur Jean-Paul Guimond. Ils chantent à l'unisson, en harmonie, se répondent, organisent des pots-pourris instrumentaux et sont capables d'airs plus lents interprétés tout en finesse. Vraiment très bon!

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Albert Reguant, magazine WOM (world of music), 2003:

«...De entre los grupos más jóvenes y que más me gustaron destacan especialmente Genticorum, tres chicos que interpretaban un folk tradicional del Quebec con alegría, frescor y elevado virtuosismo.»

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Here are a few reviews from the archives:

sing out fall 2004 (R. Weir)

The debut release from the Quebecois trio Genticorum is the most traditional of the three (Perdu l’Nord, Glengarry Bhoys), though on tunes like «Cyclone» ti’s only the background clogging and Jews’ harp that grounds us in La Belle Province rather than Ireland. The combination of fiddle (Pascal Gemme), guitar (Yann Falquet), and flute (Alexandre de Grosbois Garand) departs from a lot of Quebecois lineups (no accordion or piano) and it requires that each of the three put forth a lot of energy to fill out their sound. They do so with great aplomb, just as they attack vocals with lusty zest. Mirthful zipper songs like «Les Parties de Grégoire» and the name-sake «Genticorum» will leave you smiling, while house-dance cloggers like «La Brunante» and raw-edged Cajunesque songs like «Le 25 de mai» will get your feet moving.

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Penguin Eggs - Summer 2005 - Tony Montague

«Montreal-based trio Genticorum has a penchant for music with a twist. The band delights in «airs croches» (crooked tunes) - instrumental pieces with unexpected shifts of time-signature, little rhythmic hiccups that have come to be regarded by Celtic jammers from Sligo to Sydney as a hallmark of Quebecois jugs and reels (…)

Genticorum’s instrumental material reflects a diversity of influences. Broadly speaking it’s all Quebecois or in the Quebecois vein but can entail French, Breton, Scots, English or Irish origins, and there are elements from other traditions. The occasional droning sounds of Gemme’s fiddle, and the shift to the unusual Lydian mode in the second part of his composition «nombreel» indicate a Scandinavian connection (…)

If the inspirations behind Genticorum’s tunes span the North Atlantic the trio’s songs belong resolutely to downhome Quebec. Gemme learned the fascinating and spicy song that provides Genticorum with its unusual name from his grandfather André Billette. The chorus is a turlutte in dog-Latin, a kind of nonsense rhyme that combines religious and sexual allusions in a uniquely Quebecois manner (…)

The excellent «Le Galarneau» is rich in sauce and spice in a less risqué sense. The penultimate track «Les parties de Grégoire», a cumulative song in the pattern of «The twelve Days of Christmas», celebrates the culinary highlights of good old garçon Grégoire’s party (…)

While the songs are traditional, many of the instrumental tunes on «Le Galarneau» are of more recent vintage(…)

The importance the musicians of Genticorum attach to a live sound reflects their special interest in performing for dancers.»

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released January 1, 2002

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Genticorum Waterville, Québec

Salut à vous! On est très heureux de vous voir ici à explorer une partie de notre répertoire. Santé!!

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