No Hay Discos

10/11/2023

"Egoyan plays a standard piano as well as an augmented one that uses physical modeling synthesis to control sampled material with the instrument’s standard interface; Pauly uses live sampling, real-time processing, and a “dekeyed chromaharp”—a repurposed autoharp—to build sonic explorations that are mesmerizing, joyfully discombobulating, and architecturally unpredictable."

We're absolutely thrilled to see Eve Egoyan + Mauricio Pauly's album HOPEFUL MONSTER on the latest edition of Peter Margasak's Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp!

You can catch Egoyan + Pauly at The Music Gallery in Toronto on November 11 and at La Sala Rossa in Montreal on November 13 for NO HAY BANDA: Eve Egoyan & Mauricio Pauly + Splendide abysse!

Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.

21/10/2023

"The album is a project from the depths: crashing and banging, scurrying sounds of things trying to get out, and also eerie, disquieting sounds of things diving in deep."

Catch Eve Egoyan & Mauricio Pauly in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto and finally Montreal on November 13 at NO HAY BANDA: Eve Egoyan & Mauricio Pauly + Splendide abysse!

The pianist and the composer's collab began pre-pandemic

09/10/2023

"C’est néanmoins, pour nous tous qui aimons plonger dans un tourbillon de surprises et d’étonnement déroutant, un réel chef-d’œuvre!" / "for all of us who love to plunge into a whirlwind of surprises and bewilderment, this is a real masterpiece!"

A glowing review of Eve Egoyan + Mauricio Pauly's new album, thank you Frédéric Cardin + PAN M 360!

Pays : Canada Label : No Hay Discos Genres et styles : avant-garde / électroacoustique / électronique / expérimental / expérimental / contemporain Année : 2023 Eve Egoyan / Mauricio Pauly – Hopeful Monster Eve Egoyan / Mauricio Pauly – Hopeful Monster · par Frédéric Cardin Hopeful Monste...

06/10/2023

It’s Bandcamp Friday, and HOPEFUL MONSTER by Eve Egoyan + Mauricio Pauly is out now!

10 track album

05/10/2023

https://eveegoyanmauriciopauly.bandcamp.com/album/hopeful-monster

From the album Hopeful Monster: Eve Egoyan + Mauricio PaulyNo Hay Discos: NHD 004 (Montreal)Released October 6, 2023EVE EGOYAN: acoustic and augmented piano ...

27/09/2023

La première critique de Hopeful Monster de Eve Egoyan + Mauricio Pauly est sortie, et elle est belle et détaillée!

Out October 6, preorder here: https://eveegoyanmauriciopauly.bandcamp.com/album/hopeful-monster

Je connais la pianiste canadienne Eve Egoyan depuis ses interprétations du cycle Inner Cities d'Alvin Curran et de la musique de sa compatriote Ann Southam. Je sais qu'elle n'a peur d'aucune audace, d'aucune aventure. Et en voici une belle, risquée, avec...

20/09/2023

We are absolutely thrilled to announce Eve Egoyan + Mauricio Pauly's forthcoming release Hopeful Monster, out October 6 on CD/digital via No Hay Discos! Born from an informal improv session in 2018, the album showcases the artists' close-knit collaboration developed since then, featuring with Egoyan on acoustic & augmented piano (manipulation of a modelled piano + acoustic samples) and Pauly on live samplers, live processing, dekeyed chromaharp & drum bundle.

Pre-orders available via Bandcamp, and stay tuned for news about their release tour that includes a stop in Montreal on November 13 at NO HAY BANDA !

10 track album

11/08/2023

OUT NOW!

Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum, from their installation of the same name, features six original songs composed from a series of letters written by a fictional artist to deceased Ukrainian-born, Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector. Described as auto-fiction, the letters seek worldly advice and reveal Lum and Lispector's shared experience of living with chronic pain. The songs were created in close collaboration with vocalist Sarah Albu, who is featured on all tracks alongside a slew of local musicians including Émilie Fortin, Etienne Lebel, Martin D'aigle & Joao Catalao.

6 track album

10/08/2023

The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum by Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau releases tomorrow, and the reviews are rolling in!

Listen/watch/order via Bandcamp (link in comments), and there will be copies available at NO HAY BANDA: Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos - Ensamble de Camará on August 15 @ La Sala Rossa!

The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum is first and foremost an immersive exhibition by the artistic duo of Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau. The two visual arts explorers are also musicians (AIDS Wolf!), which led them to compose the soundtrack for a video integrated into the exhibition. This ...

07/07/2023

07/07/2023

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming release: The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum by Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau! The album releases on August 11, but there's no better day to preorder your copy than today, Bandcamp Friday!

The CD features a 16-page booklet with lyrics and stills from Lum & Desranleau’s original video work and art installation of the same name, for which they wrote and composed the soundtrack. The songs were created in close collaboration with vocalist Sarah Albu, who is featured on all tracks alongside a slew of local musicians.

6 track album

03/02/2023

Today is Bandcamp Friday, which means it's a great day to head over to Bandcamp and buy those albums you've been saving in your wishlist!

4 track album

01/02/2023

"I can’t help but admire a group that goes all in, and Montreal’s No Hay Banda, key figures in the city’s new music scene since forming in 2016, commit big time on this knockout double CD. All four pieces—works by Anthony Tan, Sabrina Schroeder, Andrea Young, and Mauricio Pauly—are all unabashedly abstract, but the music is riveting in its power and the ensemble’s devotion to slow development is dazzling."

Thank you to Peter Margasak for including 'I had a dream about this place' in his forty favourite albums of 2022! Check out the full list and make sure to subscribe to Peter's Nowhere Street newsletter!

Unranked, because what is the best?

01/02/2023

Congrats Anthony Tan on The JUNO Awards nomination!!

We're super happy to see that An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-Being by Anthony Tan has been nominated for a JUNO Award - congrats Anthony!!

The work is featured on our recent album 'I had a dream about this place', check it out here: https://nohaybandamtl.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-a-dream-about-this-place

and psst, it's Bandcamp Friday on Friday!

17/01/2023

Check out Textura's great review of NO HAY BANDA's recent album!

Many a debut album presents an ensemble as a work-in-progress and using the recording process as a catalyzing step towards forging an identity. The auspicious debut release from Montréal's No Hay Banda, on the other hand, finds the experimental chamber outfit arriving with its identity fully formed...

15/12/2022

We're absolutely thrilled to see NO HAY BANDA's album 'I had a dream about this place' featured on Peter Margasak's Best Contemporary Classical of 2022 on Bandcamp, in truly incredible company!!

Montreal friends, come celebrate at the album release party on December 19 at La Sala Rossa!

NO HAY BANDA: I had a dream about this place | ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

Embracing the big picture of musical diversity that these 10 albums have delivered all year long has provided excitement, asked questions, and explored disparate sorts of beauty.

02/12/2022

NO HAY BANDA's 'I had a dream about this place' is featured on November's Best on Bandcamp alongside some great company!

Read Peter Margasak's wonderful words and then head to our Bandcamp page to order your copy!

New work from Tyondai Braxton, No Hay Banda, thingNY, and more.

01/12/2022

Thank you A Closer Listen for this detailed review of NO HAY BANDA's new album 'I had a dream about this place'!

Just in time for Bandcamp Friday tomorrow, head to the link in the comments below to get your copy!

The logic of dreams turns the unfamiliar familiar. When dreaming about strange scenes and places, they often seem strangely mundane, as if you’d experienced them before during waking hours. B…

30/11/2022

Head over to Bandcamp this Friday to order NO HAY BANDA's new album 'I had a dream about this place'!

https://nohaydiscos.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-a-dream-about-this-place

04/11/2022

NO HAY BANDA's debut double album 'I had a dream about this place' is out today! The album brings together four long-form works for chamber ensemble and electronics by four fascinating composers. NO HAY BANDA has developed deep collaborative relationships with all four composers over the years, and is thrilled to feature their work on this special release.

Head to our Bandcamp page to listen and order, and bonus, it's Bandcamp Friday today!

4 track album

25/10/2022

NO HAY BANDA's debut album 'I had a dream about this place' releases on No Hay Discos on November 4!

This special album brings together four long-form works for chamber ensemble and electronics by four fascinating composers (Anthony Tan, Sabrina Schroeder, Mauricio Pauly, Andrea Young), brilliantly performed by a wonderful group of NO HAY BANDA musicians: Sarah Albu, Geneviève Liboiron, Joshua Hyde, Felix Del Tredici, Daniel Áñez, and Noam Bierstone.

The double CD features original artwork by Atelier Rosepink (Rose Adamson & Sylvain Coté - of La Sala Rossa tech fame!), creative liner notes by Françoise Major & Donato Mancini, and striking design by Juliette Duhé.

Pre-orders are live via Bandcamp, and NO HAY BANDA will have copies with them on their Sideshow tour over the next couple weeks!

Montreal friends, stay tuned for an album release party later this fall 🎉🎉🎉

4 track album

04/03/2022

It's Bandcamp Friday again, a perfect day to buy some albums, including our first release, Noam Bierstone's 'mountains move like clouds'!

3 track album

02/11/2021

"Nous en sommes à imaginer que des micros lilliputiens suivraient les faits et les gestes des escargots et autres poissons, donnant aux frottements que nous pensions silencieux, une consistance sonore qui pourrait nous faire croire à l’impossibilité du hasard. [...] Tectonique des sons."

Une belle critique de 'mountains move like clouds' de Noam Bierstone dans le webzine français A Decouvrir Absolument !

C’est après avoir écouté une émission dans laquelle Jean-Louis Murat a donné le meilleur de lui-même (son venin est hilarant) que je me suis attaqué à l’écoute (certaines d’entre elles sont des combats qu’il faut mener) du triptyque proposé par Noam Bierstone. Et je me suis posé l...

30/10/2021

Noam Bierstone's album release show is tomorrow at Resonance Café at 6pm, featuring Lori Freedman, Felix Del Tredici, and Eva Sulai Del Tredici!

Capacity is limited, so please buy your tickets in advance at the link below to reserve your spot! Tickets will only be available at the door if there are spots left.

ALBUM LAUNCH : Noam Bierstone / mountains move like clouds

Noam Bierstone - percussion // Lori Freedman - clarinets // Felix Del Tredici - trombone

29/10/2021

Noam Bierstone's debut album 'mountains move like clouds' is OUT NOW!!

Available on CD/digital through Bandcamp, as well as on most streaming platforms. CDs feature the most beautiful album artwork by Beth Frey - order your copy online or pick one up at the album release show on October 31 at 6pm at Resonance Café!

3 track album

19/10/2021

The first couple reviews of Noam Bierstone's 'mountains move like clouds' have come out this week on Vital Weekly and GROOVE-Magazin !

Check them out through the links in the comments, and don't forget that you can pre-order the album (releasing October 29) through our Bandcamp page: https://nohaydiscos.bandcamp.com

Aaaaand, we're having an album launch event on October 31 @ 6pm at Resonance Café! Details here: ALBUM LAUNCH : Noam Bierstone / mountains move like clouds

3 track album

30/09/2021

Wow!!! These beautiful albums arrived this week and we are so excited to start shipping them out soon!

Noam Bierstone's debut album 'mountains move like clouds' is out on October 29, pre-order your copy and receive it by the release date!

Bonus: it's Bandcamp Friday tomorrow!

15/09/2021

No Hay Discos' first release is now available for pre-order!

Noam Bierstone's 'mountains move like clouds' features three works for solo percussionist by composers Hanna Hartman, Pierluigi Billone, and Zeynep Toraman. Each work presents a unique and evocative environment built upon the rich sonic potential of unconventional playing techniques and instruments.

Out on October 29, mountains move like clouds is available on CD (featuring beautiful original artwork by Beth Frey) and digitally!

3 track album