Noël Akchoté
Noël Akchoté (born December 7, 1968 in Paris ) is a French guitarist .
Live and act
Akchoté has been playing the guitar since he was eight. He originally started with jazz and played with musicians such as Henri Texier , Marc Ribot , Jacques Thollot , Jean Méreu , Phil Minton , Max Nagl , Jean-Marc Foussat and Steven Bernstein ( Big Four Live , 2005). His current style can only be roughly outlined with avant-garde and free improvisation . Among other things, he published experimental electronica ( Rien ), homages to Sonny Sharrock ( Sonny II ) and Kylie Minogue ( So Lucky ) as well as Machaut , Gesualdo or Xenakis interpretations. At his main label, Winter & Winter , he also acted as musical director of themed projects, the so-called audio films. Akchoté also works as a producer and label operator ( Rectangle ) and writes for various online music publications, including the All Music Guide . His brother is the French electro musician SebastiAn .
Discography (selection)
title | year | Label |
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Soundpage (s) | 1993 | Deux Z |
Lust Corner (with Eugene Chadbourne and Marc Ribot ) | 1998 | Winter & winter |
J'En Doute Encore | 1999 | Stuper & Trumpet! |
Noël Akchoté and Bruno Meillier (with Bruno Meillier) | 1999 | SMI |
Rien | 2000 | Winter & winter |
Alike Joseph | 2000 | Rectangle |
Simple Joseph | 2001 | Rectangle |
Perpetual Joseph | 2002 | Rectangle |
Impro-Micro-Acoustique (with Roland Auzet and Luc Ferrari ) | 2004 | Blue chopsticks |
Adult Guitar | 2004 | Blue chopsticks |
Sonny II | 2004 | Winter & winter |
So lucky | 2007 | Winter & winter |
Black album | 2013 | (Noël Akchoté Downloads) |
Sarah Murcia & Noël Akchoté | 2016 | SMNA-002 (Noël Akchoté Downloads) |
KCS (Kansas City Sessions; with Mary Halvorson , Han Bennink , Brad Jones , Joachim Badenhorst ) | 2017 | KCS-003 (Noël Akchoté Downloads) |
Complete Recordings (Plays Anthony Braxton) | 2017 | Solo Series |
As musical director for Winter & Winter audio films | ||
Au Bordel | 1999 | Winter & winter |
Cabaret Modern | 2003 | |
The Chestnut Ball (DoCD) | 2005 |
Web links
- Overall discography
- Interview 1
- Interview 2 (both in English)
- Noël Akchoté at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Akchoté, Noël |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French guitarist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 7th December 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |