Antoine Chessex
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Antoine Chessex is a swiss composer
, saxophone
player and experimental
musician born in 1980 in Vevey
(CH).
His sonic researches include compositions for ensembles, solo works, transdisciplinary collaborations and sound installations. Chessex´s works are based on the exploration of the physicality of sounds and spaces and deal with acoustic as much as electronic and electroacoustic mediums.
His solo works feature dense layers of sustained pitches reacting with the architecture of the space or massive clouds of amplified sax resulting in intense live actions in total immersion in the sound.
He presents his works worldwide and appears at numerous international venues and festivals in the United States, Japan, China, Russia and all around Europe.
Recent compositional works include "DUST" for 3 violins and electronics (commissioned by Pro Helvetia), "Resonant Water" a site specific piece for acoustic ensemble, "Metakatharsis" commissioned by the Phoenix Ensemble in Basel, "CHUTE" for the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
as well as numerous electronic music pieces.
Collaborations with musicians like Lasse Marhaug
, Zbigniew Karkowski
, Jérôme Noetinger, Chris Corsano
, Maja Ratkje
, Ilios, Didi Bruckmayr, Thomas Ankersmit
, Valerio Tricoli, C. Spencer Yeh, Axel Dörner, Hans Koch, Robin Hayward, Lucio Capece, Dave Phillips, Kasper Toeplitz, Monno, architect Christian Waldvogel and media artist Ulrike Gabriel.
solo works:
with Monno:
collaborations:
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
player and experimental
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
musician born in 1980 in Vevey
Vevey
Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...
(CH).
His sonic researches include compositions for ensembles, solo works, transdisciplinary collaborations and sound installations. Chessex´s works are based on the exploration of the physicality of sounds and spaces and deal with acoustic as much as electronic and electroacoustic mediums.
His solo works feature dense layers of sustained pitches reacting with the architecture of the space or massive clouds of amplified sax resulting in intense live actions in total immersion in the sound.
He presents his works worldwide and appears at numerous international venues and festivals in the United States, Japan, China, Russia and all around Europe.
Recent compositional works include "DUST" for 3 violins and electronics (commissioned by Pro Helvetia), "Resonant Water" a site specific piece for acoustic ensemble, "Metakatharsis" commissioned by the Phoenix Ensemble in Basel, "CHUTE" for the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, also known as KNM Berlin, is a music ensemble for contemporary music based in Berlin, Germany.The ensemble was founded in 1988 in then East Berlin by students of the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"...
as well as numerous electronic music pieces.
Collaborations with musicians like Lasse Marhaug
Lasse Marhaug
Lasse Marhaug is a Norwegian musician who primarily works in the field of noise music but frequently drifts into other areas such as improvisation, jazz, rock and extreme metal. Marhaug has also been involved in creating music for theatre, dance, art installations and video art...
, Zbigniew Karkowski
Zbigniew Karkowski
Zbigniew Karkowski was born in 1958 in Krakow, Poland. He studied composition at the State College of Music in Gothenburg, Sweden, aesthetics of modern music at the University of Gothenburg's Department of Musicology, and computer music at the Chalmers University of Technology...
, Jérôme Noetinger, Chris Corsano
Chris Corsano
Chris Corsano is a drummer from New England, USA. He often performs in an improvisation duo with saxophonist Paul Flaherty. He has also recorded material with artists such as Evan Parker, Dredd Foole, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Matt Valentine,...
, Maja Ratkje
Maja Ratkje
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, born 29 December 1973 in Trondheim, is a Norwegian vocalist and composer. She performs and releases music for concerts, recordings, films, installations, theatre, dance and other performances. Maja is a member of SPUNK, a Norwegian improv group, and Agrare, a...
, Ilios, Didi Bruckmayr, Thomas Ankersmit
Thomas Ankersmit
Thomas Ankersmit is a musician and installation artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam. Initially an improvising saxophonist, his activities expanded to include live electronic music and installation pieces based on architectural acoustics and infrasound...
, Valerio Tricoli, C. Spencer Yeh, Axel Dörner, Hans Koch, Robin Hayward, Lucio Capece, Dave Phillips, Kasper Toeplitz, Monno, architect Christian Waldvogel and media artist Ulrike Gabriel.
Discography
composition:- Dust for 3 violins, backtape and electronics (Cave12/Metamkine 2011)
solo works:
- Fools (Tourette 2010)
- Le Point Immobile (Mnoad 2010)
- Terra Incognita (Absurd 2009)
- Power, stupidity & ignorance (Petit mignon 2009)
- Untitled acoustic (Naivsuper 2008)
- Lost in destruction (Editions Zero 2008)
- Silences (Tanzprocesz 2007)
- No (Imvated 2004)
with Monno:
- Ghosts (conspiracy 2009)
- Error (conspiracy 2007)
- Untitled (soundimplant 2004)
- Candlelight technology (subdeviant 2003)
collaborations:
- Coi Tormenti with Valerio Tricoli (Dilemma 2010)
- Calcination (utech 2009)
- With Dave Phillips (tochnit aleph compilation 2005)
- Swiftmachine (creative sources 2004)
- Kainkwatett (schraum 2003)