la belle et la bete

Viviane Houle & Stefan Smulovitz

Featuring:
Stefan Smulovitz, Laptop & Viola
Viviane Houle, Voice

Released January, 2008
Recorded September, 2007

  $ 6.99 Download

  $ 9.99 CD

Vancouver's Viviane Houle and Stefan Smulovitz continue their ground-breaking collaboration by combining free improvisation,improvised song and unearthly electro-acoustic soundscapes toexplore the boundaries of beauty and chaos.

In performance, Smulovitz unleashes the full potential of the laptop as a musical instrument, exposing unimagined terrains of sonic expression. Houles extreme vocals and unforgettable versatility defy categorization; the intelligence of her singing blends with deep emotion tomake music that is at once sweet and fierce.

Houle and Smulovitz released their first CD as duet on the NOW Orchestra record label.

Track Listing Disc 1:

 $ 1.50 - 1: Tout Le Brise - 3:04

 $ 1.50 - 2: Pton - 4:04

 $ 1.50 - 3: I Stumble - 3:40

 $ 1.50 - 4: Creek Life - 7:46

 $ 1.50 - 5: Claire - 3:10

 $ 1.50 - 6: Beaute Obscene - 3:15

 $ 1.50 - 7: Paix - 2:21

 $ 1.50 - 8: My Heart - 1:16

 $ 1.50 - 9: La Belle - 4:20

 $ 1.50 - 10: La Bete - 4:00

 $ 1.50 - 11: The Whirling Mind - 1:54

 $ 1.50 - 12: Crackle - 2:13

 $ 1.50 - 13: Beautiful Gesture - 3:03

 $ 1.50 - 14: Inch - 4:19

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