Unison Rituals gathers five highly original chamber works for saxophone and ensemble, bridging the gap between musique actuelle and contemporary chamber works. Second release by Tim Brady on the Ambiances Magnétiques, this time featuring the Quasar, Bradyworks and Kappa ensembles.

Conversations with two masters of modern guitar. Soshin is both an exploration of the full range of guitar and improvisation but also a pilgrimage towards two innovators (Derek Bailey and Fred Frith), in the course of which young guitarist Antoine Berthiaume uncovers his many assets.

An alcoholic journalist escapes death after his appartement building burned down. He finds his old instincts returning and decides to research his dead neighbors’ pasts to understand what occurred, but also to give meaning to this terrible event. An original soundtrack of luscious lyricism by Robert Marcel Lepage, dominated by low-end strings, whereby voices, foleys, original and prerecorded music form an unbreakable whole.

Inspired by Normand Guilbeault’s Riel, Plaidoyer musical / Musical Plea, filmmaker Sylvie van Brabant has directed the documentary Sur les traces de Riel. Normand Guilbeault and Rose Fleury (a 75-year old Metis) travel to Batoche in Saskatchewan in swearch of the genuine history of a people and of Louis Riel. A true “Road Movie” orchestrated around {nbio:guilbeault_no}’s music whith concert excerpts and interviews. The further celebrate these productions both film (VHS) and the 2CD set have their price reduced by 15%.

One of the most fundamental trio of Québec’s new music, Les Poules are musicians and producers Joane Hétu, Danielle Palardy Roger and Diane Labrosse. More than 15 years after Les contes de l’amère loi they have a new full-lenght for us, the intriguing Prairie orange full of brand new tracks which paints a landscape of electronic and acoustic sounds, cracklings and rustles.