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Catherine Jauniaux

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CATHERINE JAUNIAUX is a unique French born vocalist and composer who's contributed to numerous R.I.O. projects and has stood at the forefront of vocal improvisation of the downtown NYC scene for many years. Her vocals exhibit a vast platter of sounds, encompassing invented languages to schizophrenic meanderings and everything in-between. Some of the projects she has participated in include: The Hat Shoes, Aksak Maboul (vocals on a select tracks), Des Airs, The Work, Third Person and collaborative work with the likes of Erik M and Ikue Mori. She also was the wife of late cello player Tom Cora.

Her first (and only) solo album 'Fluvial' was recorded in 1983, teaming up with formed Henry Cow member Tim Hodgkinson (production), along with copious amounts of guest musicians. 'Fluvial' is a delightful collection of compositions ranging from folk-esque song, childish bantering, tribal drumming, to distinct Henry Cow-isms. Her unique vocals, which are often likened to Dagmar Krause and Haco, are complimented cohesively by a varied array of instrumentation: Viola, bassoon, guitar, piano, drums, clarient, cello et cetera.

CATHERINE JAUNIAUX is a sorely forgotten musician in the Avant-prog realms, who will appeal to lovers of female fronted Avant-pop collectives like Art Bears, Non Credo and Lindsay Cooper (solo). Source: Adam

Ned Rothenberg / Catherine Jauniaux / Barre Phillips: While You Were Out

Read "While You Were Out" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
February 17, 2010

One of the most consistently intriguing things about freely improvised music is the degree to which it can transcend the moment. While on the surface of it that moment might be something the free improviser has only to reach an accommodation with, on a deeper level such practitioners are arguably more subject to its vagaries than musicians who work in more deliberate and preconceived areas.

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Ned Rothenberg / Catherine Jauniaux / Barre Phillips: While You Were Out

Read "While You Were Out" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk
January 11, 2010

Belgian vocalist Catherine Jauniaux is one the most underappreciated of a generation of free improv vocalists. Less a storyteller than Shelley Hirsch, more overtly musical than Phil Minton or Jaap Blonk, she falls somewhere between their spontaneous explorations and the avant art songs of Joan La Barbara. She has released only a handful of records with bands still loved by the few who recall (The Hat Shoes, Aksak Maboul and Vibraslaps, her duo with Ikue Mori) and is, perhaps, best ...