Canadian, Québecesque, Rimouski-based electric bassist-composer (and the bandleader of the ensemble GGRIL luthier, and singer-songwriter) Éric Normand quotes on his website the famous saying of Greek poet Sophocles: “For those who are afraid, everything is noise” (but somehow Normand associates it with Greek philosopher Socrates). This saying captures the free spirit of Normand’s collaborative duo with fellow Québecesque, Montreal-based guitarist Louis Beaudoin de la Sablonnière (of avant-fusion bands Gisèle and Quinos), Brûlez les meubles (Burn the furniture, a word play on the French expression “Sauver les meubles”, which means preserve the essential). This duo has been mining
