Reissue of the side originally released on a split album published by Oxalis a few years ago. Solo recording made at Instants chavirés. In 9 tracks, Noël Akchoté goes from pure noise to guitar hero solo worthy of Woodstock.
Iconoclastic guitarist at the avant-garde of jazz, Noël Akchoté (born 1968 in Paris) is a major figure in the experimental and improvised music scene. Exploring since the 1990s the experimental frontiers of jazz, using the guitar in all its forms (acoustic, electric, without strings and for all kinds of music), founder of the Astrolab with
Thierry Madiot, of the group
The Recyclers with Benoît Delbecq, of the label
Rectangle with
Quentin Rollet, he has played and recorded with Tal Farlow, Barney Wilen, Chet Baker, Philip Catherine, John Abercrombie, Henri Texier, Louis Sclavis, Jacques Thollot, Sam Rivers,
Derek Bailey, Marc Ribot,
Fred Frith,
Evan Parker,
Lol Coxhill, Tim Berne, George Lewis,
David Grubbs,
Luc Ferrari, David Sylvian, Steven Bernstein, Brad Jones, Joey Baron,
Blixa Bargeld,
Otomo Yoshihide, Linda Sharrock, Tom Cora,
Christian Fennesz, Philip Catherine,
Eugene Chadbourne,
Daunik Lazro...
