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aurelien besnard

free lance musician

About Me

NEWS : My noise-jazz-rock band TWITS will record its first album in august 2008... listen some trakcs on our myspace .
NEWS : my minimal trio Sap(e) released its second album 14th April 2007NEWS : The French-Danish band Contrabande released its second album mid september 2007.

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French clarinet player. Plays all type of clarinet from short Eb to Contrabass. Plays contemporary jazz and improvised music. Leader or co-leader of several bands ( Contrabande , Sap(e) , TWITS , Figurines , A distance ) plays also regularly with many European, US or Canadian musicians in many different styles on stage and for recordings ( Sylvain Chauveau , les Acrobates, INfused, Absinthe provisoire , duet with Patrice Soletti ). Plays with Louis Sclavis, Barre Phillips, Mike Ladd, Bernhard Günter, Pierre Tanguay, Martin Tetreault, Denis Fournier, Jean-Pierre Jullian, Jean Moriere, Lionel Garcin, Eric Chalan, Remi Charmasson, Paul Kikuchi, Steven Hess, Francis Rossignol, HIATUS...). Release 7 albums as a leader or co-leader and about 20 as a sideman. Also composes and improvises for contemporary dance (Mitia Fedotenko, Julyen Hamilton) and theater (Alain Béhar). Manager of the independent Montpellier based label : rude awakening presente ...

Biography info Born in 1975, began clarinet at National Conservatory around 12 years old. Learn classical and contemporary music, also Jazz at conservatory.
twits at Rockstore

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2006
Band Website: rude-awakening.org/aurelien
Band Members:

Sap(e) with
Christophe Devaux - guitar
Guillaume Contré - laptop

TWITS with
Jonathan Fenez - turntables
Marc Siffert - bass
Julien Mauri - drums

Contrabande with
Kristoffer J. ROsing-Schow - saxs
Patrice Soletti - guitar
Eric Chalan - doublebass
Peter Bruun - drums

Des traces de pneu with
Patrice Soletti - guitar
Nicolas Claveau - visuals

SPOT with
Francis Rossignol - electronic
Patrice Soletti - guitar
Christophe Papadimitriou - doublebass
Philippe Lauzier - sax/clar
Eric Chalan - doublebass
L'oeil de Verre - visuals
Nicolas claveau - visuals
and others...

My albums :

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CONTRABANDE - Décomposé - CD 2007
French/Danish Contemporary Jazz with :
- Aurélien Besnard : clarinets
- Kristoffer J. Rosing-Schow : sax/flute
- Patrice Soletti : guitar
- Peter Bruun : drum
- Eric Chalan : doublebass

CONTRABANDE - CD 2005

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DUET SOLETTI/ BESNARD - Nocturne - CD 2005
Improvised Music with :
- Aurélien Besnard : clarinets
- Patrice Soletti - guitar/utensils

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FIGURINES - Les Fourmies Meurent Aussi - CD 2005
Free-Rock Trio with :
- Aurélien Besnard : clarinets
- Benoist Bouvot : guitar
- Julien Mauri - drums

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SAP(E) - 2 - CD-R 2005
Drone, Experimental & Improvised Music with :
- Aurélien Besnard : clarinets
- Christophe Devaux : guitar
- Guillaume Contr&eacute : laptop

SAP(E) - CD 2007

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CA DEPEND DES MOUETTES - LIVE AU Baloard - CD 2005
Free-Electro-Jazz with :
- Aurélien Besnard : clarinets
- Jonathan Fenez - turntables
- Vincent Ferrand - doublebass
- Patrick Fenez - drums


Influences: Tim Berne, Marc Ducret, Louis Sclavis, Ellery Eskelin, Tom Rainey, Andrea Parkins, Eric Dolphy, Jimmy Guiffre, Marc Ribot, Noel Akchote, Barre Phillips, Tom Waits, Arvo Part, John Zorn, Derek Bailey, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Steve Reich, Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton, Franck Zappa, Chris Speed, Jim Black, Drew Gress...
Record Label: rude awakening presente
Type of Label: Indie