Allison Cameron & Scott Thomson
Platanus

out: April 17th, 2026 on Ambiances Magnétiques (CD/DL)
genres: Free Improvisation/ Experimental


ALLISON CAMERON — allisoncameron.com
SCOTT THOMSON — scottthomson.ca
AMBIANCES MAGNÉTIQUES — ambiancesmagnetiques.com | ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com
DAME —  actuellecd.com

Platanus presents textural duo exchanges between noted Toronto-based composer-improviser Allison Cameron (Crackle Synthesizer, keyboards, tapes) and Montréal’s Scott Thomson (on trombone). Consisting of three 15-minutes-plus tracks, their surreal, bleary-eyed music wafts into a place that might suggest a slightly disheveled Polwechsel, the softer passages of Kagel’s Der Schall, or the furthest reaches of the Obscure Records catalogue. It’s gently disorienting, alost to the point of inscrutability, uet what they produce collectively is deeply compelling; Cameron’s unusual instrumentation melts effortlessly into Thomson’s detailed timbral landscape. In fact the elusive, peculiarity of this collection is what draws the ear deeper—it feels perched on the border between mundane life and a strange dreamworld. Platanus celebrates the memory of Nobuo Kubota, the extraordinary Canadian improviser and intermedia artist who passed away at 93 in September of 2025. This duo first came about as a trio with Kubota, who also gifted Cameron the rare, aforementioned Crackle Synthesizer that gives this record so much of its odd beauty. 

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