Albums

I have been immersed with the music of Hugues Dufourt for almost two decades now and more so since 2021 as the idea of a triple album marking the composer’s 80th birthday began to take shape. My role in this was to curate and record Dufourt’s electric guitar catalogue ranging from 1986 to 2022 – a rewarding task that summoned numerous one on one hours with the composer and great sessions with some of my favorite musicians and engineers. On Jan. 26th, 2024 Bastille Musique label published the result in a 3 cd box set featuring world premiere recordings by ensemble recherche, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Nikel, Remix Ensemble, Nicolas Hodges (piano) & myself. Produced by the WDR, the box set includes an 80-page trilingual booklet (EN, FR, DE) with articles by Martin Kaltenecker, Harry Vogt and an interview with the composer, several autograph pages as well as two concertina-fold inserts featuring photos of the composer and the performers during the recordings.