Marielle Groven
Acadian violin improviser with electronic-edge chamber music
Solo violin pieces that move between bowed folk fragments, brittle harmonics and rough, unstable textures. Her album notes point to traditional East Coast Canadian fiddle material, but the music is reframed through long-form improvisation and analog-electronic thinking rather than straight folk playing.
More about Marielle Groven
Her debut solo record, Sur l'bord, comes out on Klankhaven and is framed as a turn toward the traditional folk, Celtic and old-time fiddle music of her Acadian roots. The festival bio's point about modular synths, no-input mixers and radio static lines up with the release notes' focus on experimental reworking rather than preservation.
A story
She says the record was inspired in part by Henry Flynt's work on experimental hillbilly, folk and blues.
Playing
- 2026-11-08 2026-11-08T17:30:00 · Marielle Groven · TivoliVredenburg
Labels
Start here
- Sur l'bord (2026) · Klankhaven
Debut solo album; best entry point
For fans of
Matana Roberts, Susan Alcorn, Alasdair RobertsOfficial links
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