Alexandre Navarro
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Alexandre Navarro | |
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 Navarro in his home studio | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | AN, Navarro |
| Born | 27 August 1974 |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Genres | Ambient, Shoegaze, Electronic |
| Instruments | Guitar, Sampler, Modular synthesizer, Synthesizer |
| Labels | Facade Electronics, DISQAN, Archipel, Sem label, Constellation Tatsu, Dronarivm, Laverna, |
| Website | alexandrenavarro |
Alexandre Navarro is a french guitarist from Bordeaux living in Paris, sound experimenter, composer & underground producer.
Career
[edit]Navarro is considered as a "French master minimalist composer"[1] He studied electroacoustic music, concrete music and electronic music at Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Bordeaux under the guidance of composer Christian Eloy and Octandre French association.[2] He started an official career with the release of his first album on the swiss Creative Commons label Realaudio. After 7 years of running labels, Alexandre Navarro decided in 2014 to concentrate on his own works.[3] Alexandre Navarro has launched a new label in 2019 called "Les disques imaginations",[4] and then he relaunched "DISQAN" in 2025[5]
Logo
[edit]Alexandre Navarro has collaborated with German designer Markus Schäfer since 2008, both on his artworks and on his logo, which was created in 2011 and redesigned in 2023.
Recordings
[edit]- 2004 – Please, Sit Down (Realaudio)
- 2005 – Future Nature (Realaudio)
- 2005 – Medium (Archipel)
- 2006 – Eko Std. (Standard Klik Music)
- 2006 – Dimension (Standard Klik Music)
- 2006 – Ame (Archipel)
- 2007 – 1001 (Mandorla)
- 2008 – Arcane (SEM label) nomination Qwartz Awards 2009[6] "Search" section[7]
- 2011 – Loka (SEM label)
- 2012 – Elements (SEM label)
- 2012 – Cycles (Laverna)
- 2012 – Sketches (Constellation Tatsu)
- 2013 – Hozho (SEM label)
- 2013 – Lost Cities (Dronarivm)
- 2013 – Redfish (SEM label)
- 2014 – La Danse Des Substances (DISQAN)
- 2015 – Daimon (DISQAN)
- 2016 – Routes (DISQAN)
- 2017 – Anti-matière (Archipel)
- 2018 – Imaginations (self-released)
- 2019 – Pneuma (DISQAN)
- 2019 – Le liens magnétiques (DISQAN])
- 2020 – Distil (Microrama)
- 2020 - 26 impressions de l’âme (DISQAN)
- 2022 - Onde salée (DISQAN)
- 2023 - Phases (Handstitched)
- 2023 - NETLABELS WORKS 2004 — 2008 (self-released)
- 2023 - Sun-Bolein (Facade Electronics)
- 2025 - Les Toiles de nuits (Facade Electronics)
Filmography
[edit]Documentaries
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2016 | Mariannes Noires | Mame-Fatou Niang & Kaytie Nielsen |
Short Films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2016 | Traveller | James Latter | |
| 2018 | Everything is upstream | Martin Ponferrada | |
| 2021 | Home | James Latter | |
Collaborations
[edit]- 2000, Music for Futura, festival international d'art acousmatique et des arts de support[8]
- 2001, 2002, 2003 – Exhibition " Less and More " Frédéric Druot Architecte – Ministère de la Culture[9]
- 2004, Arborescence Exhibition " Creative Commons project " w/ Baptiste Houssin[10]
- 2014, Mutant Area Exhibition[11]
- 2016, Additional score of the short movie "Traveller" directed by James Latter[12]
- 2018, Score of the short movie "Everything is Upstream" directed by Martin Ponferrada[13]
Remixes
[edit]- 2006, My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, Original track by Brian Eno + David Byrne[14]
- 2016, Midi Sans Frontieres, Original track by Squarepusher[15]
Awards
[edit]- 2018, Music Award of Excellence "Southern Shorts" Awards – 2017 – Score for short movie Everything is Upstream by Martin Ponferrada[16]
References
[edit]- ↑ KMMY GBBLR, Tiny Mixtape review Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Christian Eloy, Octandre Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ PH Paradis, Archipel Interview Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Radio France, France Musique, Bruno Letort, Tapage Nocturne France Musique interview
- ↑ Bandcamp disqan
- ↑ Bruno Letort, RFi – France Musique Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, France Musique
- ↑ Qwartz 5: Découverte/Qwartz Discovery Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Qwartz Awards
- ↑ "Futura". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Frederic Druot Architecture". druot.net. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Arborescence – Navarro Alexandre et Baptiste Houssin". arborescence.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "The Drone". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "James Latter – Creative". jameslatterfilms.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ↑ "Everything is Upstream (2018)". IMDb.
- ↑ "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts". Brian Eno + David Byrne. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006.
- ↑ "Midi Sans Frontieres". Warp.
- ↑ "Everything is Upstream". IMDb.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Discography, discogs.com
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