empreintes DIGITALes won’t be turning 20 before January 2010. This won’t stop us in starting to celebrate right now with our 100th disc! The trans_canada festival at the ZKM in 2005 was centered around 8 new works by as many Canadian composers: Nicolas Bernier, Darren Copeland, Francis Dhomont, Louis Dufort, Gilles Gobeil, Robert Normandeau, Barry Truax, and Hildegard Westerkamp. The trans_canada DVD-Audio finally brings these works together in 24-bit high definition sound in both stereo and Surround 5.1.

empreintes DIGITALes won’t be turning 20 before January 2010. This won’t stop us in starting to celebrate right now with our 100th disc!

The trans_canada festival at the ZKM in 2005 was centered around 8 new works by as many Canadian composers: Nicolas Bernier, Darren Copeland, Francis Dhomont, Louis Dufort, Gilles Gobeil, Robert Normandeau, Barry Truax, and Hildegard Westerkamp. The trans_canada DVD-Audio finally brings these works together in 24-bit high definition sound in both stereo and Surround 5.1.

The CEC and PeP are taking part in this 100th good news by including a free copy of the recent Cache 2008 CD with the online purchase of our 100th disc (but for a very limited time). The item is automatically added to your shopping cart. [Finished on November 22, 2009.]

Canadian Electroacoustics is prominently featured at Musicacoustica Beijing 2009 festival, October 25 - 31, 2009. Amongst the selected works — most of which are available on empreintes DIGITALes — are StrinGDberg and Palimpseste by Robert Normandeau; Castalie and Les lointains noirs et rouges by Gilles Gobeil; Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard; Für Dich — For You by Hildegard Westerkamp; Artifacts (I) by Nick Storring; à la cire perdu by Laurie Radford; On a Strange Road by Darren Copeland; and Chalice Well by Barry Truax.

Ai-maako, the 9th Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Santiago de Chile, will take place on October 1 - 10, 2009 in Santiago (Chile). Amongst the selected works: Sisyphe by Francis Dhomont, Yegl by Elsa Justel, Murmures by Robert Normandeau, and Still Voices by Pete Stollery. Annette Vande Gorne will present a concert “carte blanche” on October 1 with amongst other, her works Figures d’espace, and Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Est. Elsa Justel will also present a “carte blanche” concert on October 8.

Robert Normandeau will be in Lisbon (Portugal) to participate to the Música Viva 2009 Festival. He will premiere his new work Jeu de langues during a concert on the theme of eroticism (for 18-year old and older!) on September 19, 2009 at the Eduardo Prado Coelho.

On August 20, 2009, Robert Normandeau will present Francis Dhomont’s work Premières traces du Choucas selected for ICMC 2009 (International Computer Music Conference) to be held in Montréal on August 16 - 21, 2009. Also on the programme of the 18 concerts, listening sessions and installations: Bastet by Elsa Justel, Kuppel by Robert Normandeau, Winternacht by Hans Tutschku, Dédales by Todor Todoroff, and many others.