MUSIC FOR TREES a Tribute to Garrett List
Ex-professor then colleague, Garrett List, who worked with Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Mev, Morton Feldman to name but a few, sadly passed away two years ago. In the eighties, he wrote a beautiful suite of 24 pieces dedicated to 24 trees. 
As a tribute to the big man, WCM and Vivo decided to perform for the first time the complete suite (4 hours of music, in 4 concerts) which goes from symphonic orchestra to electronic music pieces. Every piece is introduced with a text by Paul Pacquay, read by Stage director Denis Mpunga. Adrien Lambinet and myself are the happy artistic directors of the project, arrangers of the pieces never performed before and violinist therapists.  More info here

PART 1 – Small chamber works
Festival de Liège, Feb10 
PART 2 – Symphonic part 1
Salle Philarmonique, Mar30
PART 3 – Large Chamber Orchestra and Electronics
Théatre de Liège, Mithra Jazz Fest, May12
PART 4 – Symphonic part 2
Salle Philarmonique, Nov26

First release by Las vacaciones tristes de Héctor Arnau y Manu Louis

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My first mix for the great Bristol based Radio. 1 hour exploring the connections between Pudic Pop Songwriters, XXth century composers, free jazz saxophonists and sexy bpm producers. Here

After having been saved from Covid precarity with a composition grant, I considered I owe my native country (too often mocked by the French and by myself) something back. So, let’s bring to the fore the greatest Belgian instrument of all : The Saxophone. Here it is, babies, just for you : a Dixieland arrangement of my club music’s favorite in a rough & tumble 1-hour mixtape that swings a lot and hurts a bit, like in all good blues. That’s not all, on the way to reach the saxophone climax, we accidentally found the perfect brother for the fake brass when direct from Valencia City unexpectedly, Hector Arnau joined as the Karaoke Superstar of the party.

Check it here 

Newsletter#25 : 80’s aerobic, chamber vs bedroom music composers and wasser musik (here)

“Der Iannis Xenakis des Dancefloor”

Premiered and reviewed by Viennese Magazine SKUG

As part of the UI Pick (from the beloved Underground Institute), I did a 1hour mix/talk about Hi-fi vs Lo-fi on Miami’s Jolt Radio Using here the classic opposition Hi-fI – Lo-Fi to explore and put side by side two different kind of composers/worlds : Bedroom Music Composers (Lo-Fi) vs Chamber Music composers (Hi-Fi).