Ratchet Orchestra

Ratchet Orchestra
Origin Montreal, Canada
Genres Jazz, avant garde
Years active 1990s-present
Labels Drip Audio Records, Fontana North
Associated acts Thierry Amar
Website Home website
Members Nicolas Caloia, etc.
Past members Brigitte Dajczer

The Ratchet Orchestra is an avant garde jazz musical group based in Montreal, Canada. The band was started in the early 1990s, when musical director Nicolas Caloia began experimenting with improvised chamber jazz. Members such as Tom Walsh, Jean Derome, Lori Freedman, Sam Shalabi, and Christopher Cauley soon joined.[1] Four members played on their 1994 eponymous debut.[2]

Their third album Hemlock brought in a large number of musicians, with 31 members counted on the back of the CD.[3] Among them was violinist Brigitte Dajczer, and it was produced by Godspeed You! Black Emperor bassist Thierry Amar, released on Drip Audio Records in Vancouver.[1] It was nominated for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2013.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2013 Juno Awards of 2013 Hemlock - Ratchet Orchestra Instrumental Album of the Year Nominated

Discography

Albums

Incomplete list of albums by Ratchet Orchestra
Year Release title Label and date
1994 Ratchet Orchestra
2007 Ratchet Orchestra Live at Sala Rosa (Nov 28, 2007)
2010 Bundled Nicolas Caloia
2012 Hemlock Fontana North / Drip Audio (digital on Oct 9, 2012)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ratchet Orchestra". CBC. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Ratchet Orchestra Discography and Lineups". nicolascaloia.net. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  3. ↑ Garratt, John (January 17, 2013). "Ratchet Orchestra: Hemlock". PopMatters. Retrieved 2015-03-19.

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