Au nord de notre vie explained
Au nord de notre vie (In the North of Our Lives) is an album by CANO, released in 1977.[1] [2] It was the band's second album and its last with founding member André Paiement.
The album's centrepiece track was a suite of three poems by writer Robert Dickson, including the poem that gave the album its title.[2]
The 1980 National Film Board documentary, Cano - notes sur une expérience collective, documents the recording of this album and highlights each member in the studio.[3] [4]
Track listing
- "Che-Zeebe" (3:33) - (Rachel Paiement, Marcel Aymar)
- "Automne" (4:37) - (Aymar)
- "À la poursuite du nord (Suite)" (10:55)
(a) "Au nord de notre vie" - (Robert Dickson, Michel Kendel, A. Paiement, R. Paiement)
(b) "En mouvement" - (Robert Dickson, J. Doerr, R. Paiement)
(c) "Viens suivre" - (Dickson, David Burt)
- "La Première fois" (4:41) - (A. Paiement)
- "Mon pays" (12:10) - (A. Paiement, Burt, Kendel, John Doerr, Wasyl Kohut)
- "Frère Jacques" (3:22) - (trad. arr. Burt)
- "Spirit of the North" (5:59) - (Kohut)
Personnel
- Marcel Aymar - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- David C. Burt - electric guitar, vocals
- Michel Dasti - percussion
- John Doerr - electric bass, synthesizer
- Michel Kendel - piano, synthesizer, vocals
- Wasyl Kohut - violins
- Rachel Paiement - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- André Paiement vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass, percussion
- Kim Deschamps - dobro
- Monique Paiement - flute, vocals
- Matt Zimbel - percussion
- Alison Reynolds - cello
- Rick Francis - guitar
- Don Oriolo - producer
- Ed Stasium - recording engineer
Notes and References
- Web site: CANO. Au nord de notre vie. Discogs. 1977. 2022-02-18.
- Jacques Paquin, Nouveaux territoires de la poésie francophone au Canada 1970-2000.University of Ottawa Press, 2012. . p. 212.
- Web site: CANO, Notes on a Collective Experience. National Film Board of Canada. 1979. 2022-02-18.
- Ménard. Jacques. Sur film; Cano : notes sur une expérience collective. Liaison. 1979. 2022-02-18.