Composer Allan Gordon Bell grew up and still lives in Alberta, Canada. It's a part of Canada where the Canadian prairie rises up to meet the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Bell writes deeply personal music about this part of Canada that he knows so well.

Written from sketches and music for friends, Kulesha describes The Devil's Dictionary as "a droll, acerbic compilation of humourous definitions."

The four works in the third volume of Nouveaux Territoires by the Ensemble Contemporain De Montreal are representative of the century in which we live, with its blending of pop and highbrow culture, tradition and new technology.