Noël Akchoté

Noël Akchoté (born 7 December 1968, Paris) is a French guitarist mainly active in the free improvisation, experimental music and free jazz.

Biography

Trained from the age of eight he debuted as a guitarist in 1990.^[1] He collaborated with a wide variety of musicians among which Henri Texier, Louis Sclavis, Daniel Humair, Jacques Thollot, Sam Rivers but mostly with Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Tim Berne and George Lewis.

Later in his carrier he began contributing on albums of David Grubbs, Luc Ferrari, David Sylvian, J. G. Thirlwell (for his band Steroid Maximus), Max Nagl, Andrew Sharpley, Jean-François Pauvros and the band Earth of Dylan Carlson.

He is the older brother of French electro artist, SebastiAn.

Solo

• 2007 - So Lucky (Winter & Winter)
• 2004 - Sonny II (Winter & Winter)
• 2004 - Adult Guitar (Blue Chopsticks)
• 2003 - Perpetual Joseph (Rectangle)
• 2001 - Simple Joseph (Rectangle)
• 1999 - Alike Joseph (Rectangle)
• 1999 - J’en doute encore (notes sur le travail) (Stupeur & trompette)
• 1996 - Picture(s) (Rectangle)
• 1994 - Soundpage(s) (Deux Z)

Contributions

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• 2007 - Social Hide and Seek (of Red, Universal)
• 2006 - BOF Les Invisibles of Thierry Jousse (with David Grubbs, Katerine, Matmos, Red & Andrew Sharpley, Universal)
• 2005 - Le Chronatoscaphe
• 2005 - Der Kastanienball (AudioFilm with Jean-Louis Costes, Jim Thirlwell, Steve Beresford, Ernst Reijseger, etc., Winter & Winter)
• 2004 - Cabaret Modern (AudioFilm with Red, Giovanna Cacciola, John Greaves, Jean-Louis Costes, etc., Winter & Winter)
• 2004 - Ecume ou bave (with Jean-François Pauvros and Red, Signature)
• 2003 - Impro-Micro-Acoustique (with Luc Ferrari and Roland Auzet, Blue Chopsticks)
• 2002 - ¿lennyk.co.uk? (Featureless Electronic Soundscape #261) (with Erik Minkkinen, Andy Bolus and Andrew Sharpley, Signature)
• 2002 - Nom de Code : Sacha (with Katerine, Margot Abascal, Charlie O and Erick Borelva, Rectangle)
• 2002 - 33 (de Red, Universal)
• 2002 - Duets 2 (of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Leo Records)
• 2001 - Mondo-What ? (with Régïs Boulard, Boxpock)
• 2000 - Rien (with Erik Minkkinen and Andrew Sharpley, Winter & Winter)
• 2000 - Love your smile (of AE, with Andrew Sharpley and Emiko Ota, Fresh Air)
• 2000 - Quelque part (of Mendelson, Lithium)
• 2000 - Bande Original (of Luigee Trademarq, Rectangle)
• 2000 - Translucide (of Vincent Courtois, Enja Records)
• 2000 - Hardfiskur (with Régïs Boulard and Régis Huby, Boxpock)
• 1999 - Au Bordel - Souvenirs de Paris (AudioFilm with Sasha Andres, Lol Coxhill, Dom Farkas, Charlie O, Christophe Minck, etc., Winter & Winter)
• 1999 - Goodbye Gary Cooper (of Corin Curschellas, RecRec)
• 1999 - Noël Akchoté et Bruno Meillier (SMI)
• 1998 - Lust Corner (with Marc Ribot and Eugene Chadbourne, Winter & Winter)
• 1998 - Live at Les Instants Chavirés (of Evan Parker with Lawrence Cassereley and Joel Ryan, Leo Records)
• 1998 - Beautiful Contradiction (of Aki Onda, with Blixa Bargeld, Simon Fisher-Turner, Linda Sharrock, Steven Bernstein, Bernard Vitet, etc., All Access)
• 1998 - Le sentiment des brutes (of Régis Huby, Transes européennes)
• 1998 - Xmas Songs (7" with Phil Minton and Lol Coxhill, Rectangle)
• 1997 - Somewhere Bi-Lingual (with Evan Parker, Paul Rogers and Mark Sanders, Siesta)
• 1997 - My Chelsea (with Phil Minton and Lol Coxhill, Rectangle)
• 1997 - Sexe, amour, poésie... (7" of Raymond Chanté, with Dom Farkas and Jean-Louis Pégorier, Rectangle)
• 1997 - Buenaventura Durruti (V/A, Nato)
• 1997 - ICIS (of Guillaume Orti, In Situ)
• 1997 - Voices of Rumantsch (of Corin Curschellas, MGB)
• 1996 - Réel (with Fred Frith, Rectangle)
• 1996 - Close To The Kitchen (with Derek Bailey, Rectangle, rééd. CD Blue Chopsticks 2003)
• 1996 - Configurations (of Sam Rivers, with Jacques Thollot, Tony Hymas and Paul Rogers, Nato)
• 1996 - Vivre encore (7" of Jean-Louis Costes, with Didier Petit, Rectangle)
• 1996 - Island songs (of Mike Cooper, Nato)
• 1996 - The Story of Ball Paul (with Anna Luif, Amanita)
• 1995 - Remake of the American Dream (of Tony Hymas & Barney Bush, Nato)
• 1995 - Machination (of Hélène Labarrière, Deux Z)
• 1995 - Les Films de ma Ville (V/A, Nato)
• 1995 - Rapa nomada (de Corin Curschellas, MGB)
• 1995 - Red Boot (of Noël Akchoté/M.A.O., with Dom Farkas, Hélène Labarrière and Erik Borelva, Deux Z)
• 1995 - Tenga Nina (of Jacques Thollot, Nato)
• 1995 - Racines Radicales (Rectangle)
• 1995 - Mad Nomad(s) (of Henri Texier, Label Bleu)
• 1994 - L'Amour (V/A, Deux Z)

With David Grubbs

• 2002 - Rickets & Scurvy (Drag City)
• 2001 - Thirty-Minute Raven (Rectangle)
• 2000 - Aux Noctambules (Rectangle)
• 2000 - The Spectrum between (Drag City)
• 1999 - The Coxcomb (Rectangle)

With The recyclers

• 1997 - Morceaux Choisis (avec Sasha Andres, Ignatus, Katerine & Irène Jacob, Rectangle)
• 1997 - Visit (Deux Z)
• 1996 - The Recyclers (Rectangle)
• 1994 - Rhymes (Deux Z)

With Max Nagl

• 2007 - Big Four Live (avec Max Nagl, Steven Bernstein et Bradley Jones, Hatology)
• 2002 - Big Four (avec Max Nagl, Steven Bernstein et Bradley Jones, Hatology)
• 2001 - Ramasuri (de Max Nagl Ensemble, Hatology)
• 2001 - The Evil Garden (de Max Nagl, avec Lol Coxhill, Patrice Heral, Josef Novotny et Julie Tippetts, November Music)

Filmography

• 2004 - Les Invisibles (de Thierry Jousse with Laurent Lucas, Lio, Michael Lonsdale, Margot Abascal)
• 2002 - XYZ (de John B. Root, with Ovidie, Ksandra, Elodie Cherie)
• 2001 - Nom de Code : Sacha (court métrage de Thierry Jousse with Katerine, Margot Abascal, Anna Karina)
• 1999 - Exhibitions (de John B. Root, with Dolly Golden, Coralie, Karen Lancaume, Elodie Cherie)
• 1998 - Le jour de Noël (court métrage de Thierry Jousse with Jacky Berroyer, Claire Denis, Antoine Chappey, Zinedine Soualem)

• Producer of the album Entretiens avec Jean-Marie Straub, Danielle Huillet et Thierry Jousse (3LP/2CD, Rectangle, 1997)

Bibliographie

Philippe Robert, Musiques expérimentales. Une anthologie transversale d’enregistrements emblématiques. Le Mot et le Reste/GRIM. 2007.

References

1. ^ Philippe Carles, André Clergeat et Jean-Louis Comolli, Dictionnaire du jazz, Ed. Robert Laffont, Coll. Bouquins, Paris, 1994, ISBN 2-221-07822-5, p.13

• overview of Akchoté's works on allmusic

External links

• La revue Skug
• Le label Winter & Winter

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Name	Akchote, Noel
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Date of birth	7 December 1968
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