Papa Boa

A Montreal avant-rock group with ties to the Ambiances Magnétiques collective, Papa Boa is one of many projects involving Bernard Falaise and Rémi Leclerc. The group writes complex songs out of studio improvisation sessions, including a lot of sampling and oddities, and is driven by Falaise's highly original guitar work. They have one album out. In 1991, Falaise, drummer Rémi Leclerc (of Miriodor and various projects by André Duchesne), and bassist Frédéric Roverselli struck a friendship. Out of it came Papa Boa, at first a loose studio collective to which reedist Pierre Labb...