[sdiy] CCEMC

[Colin Hinz]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 DWa2898572 at aol.com wrote:

> Does anyone one know anything about this group? They released an LP in 1977,
> I believe it was on the Sackville Records label. They were a Canadian
> Electronic Improvising group, who used EMS Synthesizers exclusively!
>
> Dr. Synth

You've likely munged together two group's names -- CCMC and CEE. The
former is an improvising group which presently consists of John Oswald
(sax), Paul Dutton (voice) and Michael Snow (synth/piano); though all
three sometimes play other instruments instead. But all-electronic?
I wonder.... (And for what it's worth, CCMC once meant "Canadian
Creative Music Collective" but they haven't used that expansion in
years -- at one point they were making up new expansions for every
performance.)

The CEE (Canadian Electronic Ensemble) consists of (at this time) six
members, and has been in existence since 1971. Their discography doesn't
list anything on Sackville, though. When I saw them in concert some
12 years ago, they were using a Synthi 'A'. A couple of years ago I
was in their studio and spotted *two* of these fine instruments. They
haven't used them in any of the recent (past 5 years) concerts that
I've attended, though.

CEE is here, though:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/larry_lake/cee.htm

CCMC doesn't have a web presence, as far as I can tell.

Hmmm, Sackville? I thought (from looking at on-line catalogues from
their retailers) they were fairly traditional with the jazz. An
all-synthesizer project doesn't seem like their cup of tea.

Ask me a question, and you'll get *more* questions back, heh heh.

- Colin Hinz
  Toronto, Canada