Dionée is a Québecoise experimental trio that describes its music as “somewhere between Black Sabbath and Morton Feldman”. The trio features musicians associated with the Rimouski-based experimental ensemble Grand Groupe Régional d’Improvisation Libérée ( Le GGRIL) – oboist and double bass player Clarisse Bériault, bassist (and luthier) Éric Normand, who also employs beatbox and oscillators, and Robin Servant on diatonic accordion and synthesizers. Dionée’s debut album was recorded at Coop Paradis in Rimouski in January 2025.
Mille-feuilles features two surreal yet cinematic pieces with a rich, orchestral sound where the oboe, accordion, and electric bass engage in an enigmatic dialogue with a wide array of effects and synths. These cryptic, dramatic pieces stress the tension between the lyricism of intimate, chamber music with the noisy rawness and heavy pulses of metal textures, the simplicity of the drone and post-rock textures, and the minimalist abstraction and fragmentation of electroacoustic music.
Dionée attrape-mouche is a carnivorous plant, so the pieces are accompanied by a surreal text of actress Lysane Picker Paquin that tells about the possible way of living with such a hungry plant. The first piece, “TOUTES DES FOLLES” (All Crazy), claims that the plant is indeed a carnivore but is not crazy, and the second piece adds that it is sensitive, but not crazy. This text decodes some of the hidden nuances of these mysterious, evocative pieces.
Dionée – Mille-feuilles (Tour de bras, 2026)
