A composer who is definitely worth knowing is Franck Bedrossian, a couple of videos
Franck Bedrossian : de l'excès du son.
Franck Bedrossian ... L'usage de la parole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRF0BtiFpxA
If I am not mistaken, the piece is from 1999; whoever feels like it can take a nice little trip on YouTube
