Antoine Chessex (1980 in

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) is a

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artist and researcher who works with sound. Selected instrumental works include Les Abîmes Hallucinés (for Ensemble Proton in Bern), La Résonance des Ruines (for

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in Brussels), Plastic Concrete (For

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in London), The Experience of Limit, and Echo/cide. Antoine Chessex is the recipient of a Swiss Music Prize from the

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in 2020, as well as an Artist Prize "Werkjahr" from the City of Zurich in 2018. Chessex is also a founding member of the noise band Monno with whom he toured extensively. Collaborations with musicians

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, Jérôme Noetinger,

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, Valerio Tricoli, Dave Phillips, architect Christian Waldvogel and media artist

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(Flow, 2002).

Discography

chamber music: *''Echo/cide & The Experience of Limit (Tochnit-Aleph, 2020)'' *''Chessex, Noetinger & Apartment House (Bocian, 2016)'' *''Furia played by Werktag (A Tree in A Field, 2015)'' *''Selected Chamber Music Works (Tochnit-Aleph, 2014)'' *''Dust for 3 violins, backtape and electronics (Cave12/Metamkine, 2011)'' solo works: *''Subjectivation (Rekem/Fragment Factory, 2018)'' *''Multiple (Musica Moderna, 2014)'' *''Errances (Under Platform, 2013)'' *''Fools (Tourette, 2010)'' *''Le Point Immobile (Mnoad, 2010)'' *''Terra Incognita (Absurd, 2009)'' *''Power, stupidity & ignorance (Petit mignon, 2009)'' *''Untitled acoustic (Naivsuper, 2008)'' *''Lost in destruction (Editions Zero, 2008)'' *''Silences (Tanzprocesz, 2007)'' *''No (Imvated, 2004)'' with Monno: *''Cheval Ouvert (2xLP, Staalplaat/Petit Mignon, 2015)'' *''Cheval Ouvert (Idiosyncratics, 2013)'' *''Ghosts (Conspiracy, 2009)'' *''Error (Conspiracy, 2007)'' *''Untitled (Soundimplant, 2004)'' *''Candlelight technology (Subdeviant, 2003)'' collaborations: *''Coi Tormenti with Valerio Tricoli (Dilemma, 2010)'' *''Calcination (Utech, 2009)'' *''With Dave Phillips (Tochnit aleph compilation, 2005)'' *''Swiftmachine (Creative sources, 2004)'' *''Kainkwatett (Schraum, 2003)''

External links

Antoine Chessex website
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