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his various current NYC based ensemble lineups including K-Mod and
Ghost Factor. Any and all info you may possibly need is posted here.
Thanks again for checking in and Hope to see you at a show soon.
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FOR OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED INFO ON and TO BOOK STEN HOSTFALT !
please simply visit the artist website www.STENHOSTFALT.com or
call ( 1 ) 347-546-0092 (NEW YORK CITY) / email: [email protected]
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RECOMMENDED WAYS TO ORDER/PURCHASE CD RECORDINGS & DOWNLOADS
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OFFICIAL STEN HOSTFALT WORLDWIDE CD RELEASES AS A LEADER/CO-LEADER
STEN HOSTFALT MACROSCOPE
[sonus rex 0624-5] 2006
sten hostfalt - guitar, electronics/composer
STEN HOSTFALT
29 PIECES FOR THE MICROTONAL GUITAR
LIVE AT KNITTING FACTORY NEW YORK
[g-wOw 1215] 2003
sten hostfalt - guitar, electronics/composer
allaboutjazz REVIEW
JazzReview.com REVIEW
JazzNow REVIEW
Guitar Player FEATURE
STEN HOSTFALT ETERNITY CHECK
[g-wOw 1214] 2002
Matthew Garrison bass
Takuya Nakamura trumpet,
Blake Lindberg drums
Lise-Lotte Norelius drums
Magnus Lind accordion
Sten Hostfalt guitar
jazzReview.com REVIEW
SEKVENS feat. STEN HOSTFALT
Drömmar i Faksimile / Modernes Pop 1982
compilation cassette release featuring ;
Union Flags, Streber, Hangar S, UUU+
Besserwisser, Agenterna, Intimate,
Hur man förklarar tavlor för en död hare,
snaaphunter ensemble, Sekvens, Miljonmysteriet
scandinavian 1982 limited edition release
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Selected OFFICIAL RELEASES WORLDWIDE AS A SIDEMAN and FEATURED SOLOIST
* Appearing as a sideman on releases by Candid, Beat/Pentaflowers, Four Leaf Clover and Sittel.
GUILLERMO KLEIN / EL MINOTAURO
[Beat CDJ507] 1995 Italy
[Candid 79706] 1997 UK/US
[Teichiku 20574] 1997 Japan
feat. Chris Cheek , Mark Turner
Diego Urcola, Aaron Goldberg
Matt Hong, Sten Hostfalt
JazzTimes REVIEW
allmusicguide REVIEW
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OFFICIAL STEN HOSTFALT BIOGRAPHY and MEDIA / PRESS KIT
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STEN HOSTFALT
composer, guitarist, bassist, live electronics
"Highly Exceptional" - Jimmy Giuffre
"A lot of personality" - George Russell
"Virtuosic Sten Hostfalt's gift shines" - Joe Maneri
One of today's most innovative and original voices on The Guitar, Internationally Acclaimed,
Award-Winning New York Phenom Guitarist & Composer Sten Hostfalt is critically labeled Groundbreaking, Genuinely innovative, Virtuosic and a GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE Editor's Pick for his live recorded landmark solo concert CD release with original, self-invented techniques and interpretations of visionary composer Joe Maneri's 72-note ET virtual pitch continuum.
As well as currently as a New York City bandleader, described as inimitable - there are few musicians like Sten Hostfalt, impressive and intense according to leading and visionary media outlets TIME OUT NY and PM NYC/PAPER MAGAZINE. Following nearly two decades of creative work as a sideman alongside leading names in modern music, in pioneering and genre-defining circuits.
Initially self-taught and shaped by an active involvement in the 80's independent new wave and metal/progressive scene. First featured on National Radio at age 15 and dubbed a "Guitar Phenom" in the press as an 18 year-old. The International recognition followed a subsequent move from his native Sweden to the U.S. in 1989, on an Achievement Scholarship from Berklee College of Music.
He then quickly established an international activity through membership in esteemed traditional American orchestras and institutions like Herb Pomeroy's legendary Berklee Recording Band, Phil Wilson's Rainbow Band. As well as as a New England Conservatory scholarship and honors award recipient, with The NEC Big Band directed by Jazz Masters Clare Fischer and George Russell.
Before notably becoming as an original member of and featured soloist in the first edition of celebrated Argentine composer Guillermo Klein's (a key musician of his time - Encyclopedia of Popular Music) pioneering (Eugene Holley, amazon.com) ensemble. A band that as part of a highly innovative NYC circuit, through contributing to establishing the scene and sound of Mitch Borden's Small's, has been referred to as influential to mid-90's to present era improvised music and Jazz.
Through studies and performances with legendary American modern music giants and pioneers Jimmy Giuffre and and Joe Maneri. As well as through recordings produced and/or initiated by legendary Jazz masters Gary Burton and Paul Bley. Notably with his CD releases of microtonal solo live performances gaining recognition for an expansion of the sonic resources and vocabulary of the recent to present era's most popular, most played instrument without actually modifying it.
Also active as a musical educator since the mid-80's, and a veteran teacher with numerous students admitted to top music schools and active as professional musicians and educators themselves. A faculty member of K.M.H. The Royal Conservatory of Music, Kungliga Musikhogskolan in Stockholm since 2001. As well as an invited and featured clinican/artist at alma maters New England Conservatory ('92) and Berklee College of Music ('06) Sten Hostfalt currently teaches guitar, electric bass, mandolin, improvisation, composition, live electronica improvisation, microtonal music and related topics at various New York locations including his own Midtown Manhattan facility NYC Guitar studio, notably one of very few institutions worldwide offering systematic studies of microtonal music
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P R E S S C L I P S & R E V I E W S
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There are few musicians brave enough to combine live poetry with the toy piano and the
trombone on-stage but then there are few musicians like Sten Hostfalt. He takes even
more risks with his band GHOST FACTOR, incorporating guest improvisation into each inimitable performance - Xiyin Tang, PAPER MAGAZINE March '07
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Me gusta experimentar libremente y a veces en terminos muy abstractos, como he hecho
recientemente con mi colega Sten Hostfalt, que esta desarrollando un concepto de guitarra
microtonal. El es uno que viene de la escuela tradicional y sabe tocar muy "inside" Eso para
mi es algo natural y no exagerado pero es muy abstracto y poca gente escucharia algo asi
Heos tocado ahora en Nueva York en los clubes "sub-underground" - interview with
Jimmy Weinstein by Jesus Moreno, TOMAJAZZ (Spain) Feb. '07 read online
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" Rants & Raves ! Editor's Pick"
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE, Feb. 2005 read online
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" We're Impressed With His Fast Fingers and Intense Focus" - TIME OUT NY, JAN '08 Read Online
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As opposed to those who utilizes specially refretted guitars, instead using
conventional instruments and obtaining microtones through various other means
In and out of the aural palette in an attractive complexity, Sten Hostfalt
gives you another angle on exploring that you will not want to miss
- Grego Applegate Edwards, CADENCE, Oct. '05 read online
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Intriguing, For those with ears broad enough to allow for the possibility that music
can extend beyond the expected and expand the potent boundaries of experience,
Sten Hostfalt takes you on a journey to a place where anything is possible
- John Kelman, ALL ABOUT JAZZ & JAZZ VIEWS (U.K.) 2004 read online
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"Sten Hostfalt has developed his own repertoire incorporating microtones.
Tuning his guitar in intervals of a quarter tone and smaller he pays tribute to the
equally tradition-shattering Giuffre, removing the audience's comfort zone, as he challenges it's combined expectations with a genuinely innovative approach for guitar. In the
future 29 Pieces for Microtonal Guitar Live at Knitting Factory NY may be considered a
groundbreaking work that expands the sonic continuum available to the guitar."
- Don Williamson, JAZZ REVIEW, Jan. 2005 read online *
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" Not for the faint of heart High Density, Highly Logical In
A Completely Different Way, and Highly Recommended"
- Kenneth Egbert, JAZZ NOW, June 2005 read online
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Without reservation & mannerisms,complex never too abstract.
creating beautiful moments. An optimal result - Alekos Pandelis,
ALTRISUONI (Italy) Sept. 2005
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" Sten Hostfalt presents a clever,
innovative improvisation that is matchless"
Natasha Washington, JAZZ REVIEW, Dec 2004 read online
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" A Progressive Guitarist who Mixes Bebop with a Modern Approach ,
Great Facility, Lovely Touch and Sound * * * * Highly Recommended "
- JAZZ GUITAR INTERNATIONAL U.K. 1999
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" . . . A Band Led By Guitar Phenom Sten Hostfalt "
VLT, Vestmanlands Lans Tidning, Sweden July 7 1981
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PRESS AS A FEATURED SOLOIST / COLLABORATIONS
"Unlike Any Other In Town ..
One Of The Better Continuing Experiments in New York"
- Peter Watrous, The New York Times, June 1995
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" Energetic, Frenzied, Passionate, Interesting and Finely Executed"
- Marcela Breton, JAZZ TIMES, Feb. 1998 read online
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Brilliant Soloist - David Adler ALL MUSIC GUIDE '98 read online
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