André Duchesne
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A core member of the late-'70s avant-folk collective Conventum and co-founder of the "musique actuelle" collective and record label Ambiances Magnétiques in the early '80s, André Duchesne has been both quieter and louder than his acolytes. Quieter because he released albums at the rate of a trickle; louder because his guitar riffs take him closer to the essence of rock than any other AM musician. His recorded output shows interests in avant-prog, rock & roll, film music, symphonic extravaganzas, free improv, and solo classical guitar.
Duchesne is a son of Montreal. He learned the acoustic guitar like most of his teen buddies in the 1970s. But unlike them he was not satisfied with Harmonium and Creedence Clearwater Revival's strum-along songs. Teaming up with René Lussier, Jean-Pierre Bouchard, Jacques Laurin, Bernard Cormier, and poet Alain-Arthur Painchaud, he formed Conventum, an influential underground unit that blended Quebec's folk roots with absurd poetry and progressive arrangements. The group recorded two LPs (À L'affût D'un Complot, 1977; and Le Bureau Central Des Utopies, 1979).
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Duchesne is a son of Montreal. He learned the acoustic guitar like most of his teen buddies in the 1970s. But unlike them he was not satisfied with Harmonium and Creedence Clearwater Revival's strum-along songs. Teaming up with René Lussier, Jean-Pierre Bouchard, Jacques Laurin, Bernard Cormier, and poet Alain-Arthur Painchaud, he formed Conventum, an influential underground unit that blended Quebec's folk roots with absurd poetry and progressive arrangements. The group recorded two LPs (À L'affût D'un Complot, 1977; and Le Bureau Central Des Utopies, 1979).
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