Francois Émond R.I.P.
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Topic: Francois Émond R.I.P.
Posted By: rdtprog
Subject: Francois Émond R.I.P.
Date Posted: February 13 2016 at 11:01
François Émond co-founder of Miriodor passed away, here's the message from his old friend and member of Miriodor, Pascal Globensky :
On February 10th, 2016, my old friend (and co-founder of Miriodor in
1980) François Émond passed away. He wasn't old at all, a year or two
past his 50s. Way too young to die, everyone will agree.
We had been making music together since 1978, recording pieces on two
cassettes, first one titled «Amalgame», and the second one, titled
«Miriodor», announcing the birth of the band, which still exists 36
years later.
François was most probably the sweetest person I had the pleasure to
befriend. He had a very high level of sensitivity, a great sense of
humour and a wide array of talents, especially in music but also in
other spheres of creation; he was surely one of a kind.
His truly original personality very much stamped what would be required
in the band later on, in terms of authenticity, purity and attitude
towards music. The lyrical aspect of Miriodor's music, so very important
in our style, comes directly from him. He traced the way for us, no
doubt about that. And, when he left the band, we were so very lucky that
the torch could be passed to other members, namely Sabin Hudon for
about 15 years and then to Bernard Falaise, up to the present day.
He had a very poetic approach of life, which impressed me a lot, and
that I tried to import in my own life. I remember us walking the streets
of our very suburban neighbourhood and upon looking at a high-rise
building being built, him saying: ‘another piece of blue-less-sky’.
Even though François left Miriodor in 1988, one thing for certain is
that I owe him tons for being there when I got the very, very bold
ambition of taking the guitar off my brother and getting into composing
music, even if not as a main occupation but rather as a monstrously
time-consuming hobby. François would improvise delightfully over my
ideas on flute, violin, sax, clarinet, piano, his notes flying all
around and spiraling in the air like swallows, making my head swirl,
while I was painstakingly trying to keep on with my clumsy arpeggios on
guitar or while hammering chords in a not so subtle way.
He had a wonderful ear and he was the one who had to tune my 12-string
guitar, mind you! Because of his great talent and musical gift, he ‘made
me believe’ - I can not stress that enough- that what I was doing was
on the right track to eventually (with the support of precious acolytes)
be of interest one day, which was really not the case at the time.
Living in two different cities for the last 25 years, we were much less
in contact. But François was a great, great friend at a very important
stage of my life, the end of my teens and beginning of adulthood. We had
tons of fun together, reinvented a better world (our motto at the time
was ‘you live, you create’), played soccer, biked, went out camping
together with friends (I remember one occasion where he brought a guitar
and played something so wonderful, with notes sparkling in the air
along with the campfire that I could only ask myself, "How might I come
up with something as beautiful and as natural as that one moment??"). We
also shared flats along with other friends when we moved from Quebec
City to Montreal and were supportive of one another in harsh times. I
owe him much more than words can repay. And it’s damn tough!
A few times, during the last 5 years, we emailed each other about the
possibility of exchanging music files, so that we could work again at
distance. But that regretfully never materialized.
I extend my deepest sympathies to his mother and sister Marie-Dominique in these very difficult times.
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Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
Emile M. Cioran
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 13 2016 at 15:41
I'm really sorry to hear this, my absolute favourite Miriodor album is the debut which of course Francois played on.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 13 2016 at 19:29
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Sad to read. RIP
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 13 2016 at 20:15
Very sad RIP
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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