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 "Lebanon", the feature film by Samuel Moaz (dist. MK2) has been awarded the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice film Festival. The film has been invited to festivals in Toronto, Vancouver... and many others. It will be distributed in the United States by Sony Classics. Original music by Nicolas Becker and Benoît Delbecq. Sound designer: Alex Claude. The film was released in France on the 3rd of february  2010.

Le chant des particules, a film by Benoît Bourreau produced by Philippe Avril/Les films de l'étranger, script and voices by Olivier Cadiot, music by Manasonics (Argüelles-Becker-Delbecq) was mixed by Jean-Paul Hurier, soundtrack by Nicolas Becker edited by Loïc Priand. A co-production Les Films de l'Etranger - Unlimited / Arcadi. Music recordings by  Djengo Hartlap.

Day for Night, a performance by Manasonics (Argüelles-Becker-Delbecq) and  Marcelline Delbecq was created at the Chelles theater (77) on the 3rd of april 2010 on the occasion of  the Residence de Stratégies Obliques (D' de Kabal, Franco Mannara, B. Delbecq). Soundguy Djengo Hartlap.

Steve Argüelles has recently produced Billows, a record by Carol Robinson, thirteenth reference of his Plush label. He is presently finalizing a recording of french composer Frédéric Pattard, also for Plush. He continues to tour with french icon Christophe and has started a collaboration with Micky Green under Renaud Letang's artistic direction.

During their North-American winter tour, Benoît Delbecq and fellow pianist pianist Andy Milne taught last february at the California Institute for the Arts, at the Humber College of  Toronto as well as in the New York University. They also gave a performance at the Yamaha Salon in NY  where Avant Grand, the brand new  digital piano  was on show-- quite amazing, but very pricy.

Circles and Calligrams, the new piano solo disc by Benoît Delbecq, was mixed by Etienne Bultingaire last September at PlushSpace. It will be available at Songlines in september 2010 along with The sixth jump of the Benoît Delbecq 3 (also recorded and mixed by Etienne Bultingaire) with JJ Avenel playing double bass and Emile Biayenda on drums. Etienne Bultingaire has also mixed at PlushSpace: The Silencers (Kim Myhr, Delbecq, Nils Ostendorf, Toma Gouband - recorded by Amandine Pras at la Muse en Circuit - Alfortville) and the Ö trio of Toma Gouband (with Nelson Veras and Benoît Delbecq, recording E. Bultingaire).

Nicolas Becker has finished working on Roman Polanski's last film and is presently preparing several collaborations with the artist Philippe Parreno, including one for the MOMA in New-York, and another for the Serpentine Gallery in London.The trio Manasonics (Argüelles, Becker, Delbecq) recorded at MidiLive and PlushSpace for the pilot project of a film by Philippe Parreno with the engineer Bruce Keen. The canadian viola de gambe player Pierre-Yves Martel as well as guitarist  Noël Akchoté also joined in.

Pianists Andy Milne and Benoît Delbecq gave a lecture on the recording and mixing of their multichannel CD/SACD record Where is Pannonica? (Songlines, 2009) at the CIRMMT of Montréal (accoustic musical division at Mc Gill University).

Nicolas Becker is preparing a microphone stand inflated with helium.