Xavier Charles
The work of clarinetist Xavier Charles ranges from noise to electro-acoustic
via sound poetry. He has played in numerous new music fesivals in France and
abroad. Charles collaborates with both Jacques Di Donato and Frederic Le Junter.
In his work with groups and collectives, he has also collaborated with Martin
Tetrault, The Ex, Peirre Berthet, Etage 34, Axel Dörner, Jérôme
Jeanmart, John Butcher, Jean Pallandre, Marc Pichelin, Chris Cutler, Martine
Altenburger, Camel Zékri, Emmanuelle Pellegrini, Michel Donédaand
Frédéric Blondy. The artist has composed for the theatre, most
notably with the Theatre François Lazaro.
Currently his musical research ranges from performance on the clarinet and bass
to the installation of vibrating speakers, at the edge of improvised music,
noisy rock and electro-acoustic sound. He's deeply involved in the music world
as an organizer of the fesival «Densités».
Xavier appears on the following SOFA-releases
- No Spaghetti Edition
«Real Time Satellite Data» (clarinet, harmonica) - No Spaghetti Edition
«Sketches of a fusion» (clarinet, harmonica) - Marc Pichelin / Xavier Charles / Ivar Grydeland
«North of the North» (clarinet, harmonica)