Released as part of empreintes DIGITALes’ “bargain” range of electroacoustic CDs, Titakti provides a good opportunity to get your metaphorical feet wet in the less immediately musical aspects of electroacoustic composition. These four sonic studies address the experiences, moods and cultural differences of the artist during his time spent in the Canadian Arctic among the Inuit peoples. With the exception of occasional string instruments and various natural percussion, the disc is “built” primarily of Inuit conversations, mouth-sounds and environmental noises (including wind, animals, birds and the sounds made by humans going about their lives). The listener immediately discovers that Inuit language is very different, an extremely economical form of communication that is also far more varied in the range of sounds it employs.