The music of Walter Boudreau (1947-)
| A big influence on the music of l'Infonie was the minimalist music of Terry Riley. Although it was "In C" that figured more prominently in their work, since we are more or less covering that in 20 minutes anyway, we'll start with the "other" big work by Riley, A Rainbow in Curved Air. The heavy use of electric organ foreshadows a lot of the electronic music that I tend to play anyway... |
| A Rainbow in Curved Air Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air - CBS |
| Here we have the second album by l'Infonie, which was reissued as a bonus track (!) on the Organ of Corti reissue of Terry Riley's "Reed Streams". On this album they did a rock based cover of "In C" ... Boudreau is one of the saxophonists, Raoul Duguay is on trumpet (among many others). They play the first 48 parts of the composition before they ran out of tape... there's also a rambunctious, drugged-out, and let's say charmingly amateurish aspect to what Boudreau termed a "big band" take on the piece. |
| Mantra l'Infonie - Vol. 33 - Mantra - Organ of Corti 
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| Mantra (suite) l'Infonie - Vol. 33 - Mantra - Organ of Corti
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| Now we get to the modern classical piece Golgot(h)a, based around the stations of the cross (although Boudreau himself is not religious). Sadly I'm a bit short on time to fully stretch this one out, but it is a modern classical piece featuring vocals from Duguay and musicians on brass instruments, organ, and percussion. |
| Pré-prélude Walter Boudreau - Golgot(h)a - iMédia
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| Prélude Walter Boudreau - Golgot(h)a - iMédia
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| Station 1 Walter Boudreau - Golgot(h)a - iMédia
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| Station 2 Walter Boudreau - Golgot(h)a - iMédia
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| Station 3 Walter Boudreau - Golgot(h)a - iMédia
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| Station 4 Walter Boudreau - Golgot(h)a - iMédia
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