The Synthèse festival that takes place in Bourges (France) from June 1 to 10, 2007 promises us a great edition. Amongst guest artists, we can find Jon Appleton, Francis Dhomont, Louis Dufort, Denis Dufour, Beatriz Ferreyra, Max Mathews, Barry Truax, and Hans Tutschku. Francis Dhomont will notably present his work Premières traces du Choucas on June 4th and a lecture entitled Hypothèses sur un parcours personnel, the day after, on June 5th.

The new “Portraits-polychromes” book is devoted to American inventor Max Mathews. The book exists in two versions: French (PP11) and English (PP12)!

A cycle of meetings, titled Les Co-Incidences (The Co-Incidentals), will be held during the Synthèse festival, from June 4 — 12, 2005. Max Mathews, John Chowning and Jean-Claude Risset will talk about the history of computer music on June 6, 7 and 8, 2005. Barry Truax will tackle the sounding space and text-based composition on June 9, 2005.