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The original soundtrack recording from Patrick Bokanowski’s movie L’Ange (“The Angel”) is now available on CD. Composed almost 30 years ago by Michèle Bokanowski, the music links together American minimalism, classic contrapuntal writing, and “musique concrète” while keeping a curious feeling of “archaic pre-sampler.”

An excerpt of the work Beneath The Forest Floor by Hildegard Westerkamp is included in the soundtrack of the film Elephant, by American filmmaker Gus Van Sant, winner of both the Palme d’Or and Best Director prizes of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. The music from and inspired by the motion picture is now available on French label MK2.

After a surprising performance in Montréal for the Rien à voir (14) concert series held October 2003, iconoclasts activists behind Front, Max Haiven (Halifax) and Jon Vaughn (Saskatoon), are now disseminating their irrevencial work across Canada. Contrarily to many contemporary works, Front is a 73-minute composition which cause nothing less than a confrontation between your perception of the world and the world itself! When is the last time you truly experienced art?

Italians Maurizio Martusciello and Filippo Paolini form the duo Meta_xu. Their latest release on No Type in a remarkable reflexion about war. Made of samples, tapes and digital processing, Rumors of War presents 12 tracks, each representing a conflict of the 20th century. Also included on the disc, a video excerpt by Mattia Casalegno based on the album music.

Recent releases by c74, a CD label run by American software company Cycling ’74, is now available throught electrocd.com! Discover fascinating works by Sarah Peebles, Kim Cascone, Inoue Tetsu and Amnon Wolman.