The Ratchet Orchestra has a powerful sound but it is not meant to be a demonstration of force. We do not resemble a sports team or an army, we do not march in perfect formation. We are lore like pirates than the navy. This album is a selection of unrealeased material recorded in 1996, 2007, 2008 and 2009 We are: Jean Derome - Bass Flute & Piccolo Craig Dionne - Flute Lori Freedman - Clarinet Gordon Krieger - Bass clarinet, Bryan Highbloom - Soprano sax Louisa Sage - Alto sax Phillipe Lauzier - Alto Sax Damian Nisenson - Tenor sax Pierre Labbe - Tenor Sax Ida Toninato - Baritone sax Jason Sharp - Bass sax Gordon Allen - Trumpet Phillipe Battikha -Trumpet Thea Pratt - Eb horn Eric Lewis - Euphonium Tom Walsh - Trombone Jacques Gravel - Trombone Noah Countability - Sousaphone Cathy Inouye - Sousaphone Joshua Zubot - Violin Brigitte Dajczer - Violin Guido Del Fabro - Violin Jean René - Viola Gen Heistek -Viola Norsola Johnson - Cello Nicolas Caloia - Bass Guillame Dostaler - Piano Ken Doolittle - Percussion Michel Bonneau - Conga Robert Kraft - Drums Chris Burns - Guitar Sam Shalabi - Guitar John Heward - Drums Sonya Dusquette - Flutes Peter Buddle - Sax, Synth Marlowe Bork - Trumpet The Ratchet Orchestra’s includes some of Canada’s most visible improvising musicians and members of Montreal’s famous avant guard rock/noise scene. The Orchestra is multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-generational, a microcosm of Montreal.