Michel Delville (born 1969) is a Belgian musician, writer and critic. Delville teaches literature at the
University of Liège
The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...
. He is the author of books about comparative poetics and interdisciplinary studies. He was awarded the 1998 SAMLA Book Award, the Choice Outstanding Book Award, the Léon Guérin Prize, the 2001 Alumni Award of the Belgian American Educational Foundation, the rank of Officer of the
Order of Leopold I (2009), and the 2009 Prix Wernaers pour la recherche et la diffusion des connaissances.
Delville has been performing and composing alternative music since the mid-1980s. His bands include
The Wrong Object, douBt, Machine Mass feat.
Dave Liebman
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In June 2010, he received a N ...
, Alex Maguire's Electric 6tet, the New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship (under the direction of Stanley Jason Zappa), the Ed Mann Project, and the Moving Tones. He has worked with Dave Liebman,
Elton Dean
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,
Annie Whitehead
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Career
Whitehead learned the trombone in high school and participated in rock and jazz bands. When she was 16, she left school to become ...
,
Harry Beckett
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Biography
Born in Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados, Harry Beckett learned to play music in a Salvation Army ...
,
Richard Sinclair
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Biography
Born in Canterbury, England, both his father (Dick Sinclair) ...
,
Ed Mann
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, Alex Maguire,
Dagmar Krause
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,
Benoît Moerlen,
Tony Bianco,
Karen Mantler
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Career
Her musical debut consisted of contri ...
,
Geoff Leigh
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, Markus Stauss, Guy Segers, Klaus Blasquiz,
Gilad Atzmon
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, and Dirk Wachtelear.
In 2009 he created the trio douBt with Alex Maguire and Tony Bianco. Their debut album, ''Never Pet a Burning Dog'', included ex-Camel, Caravan and Hatfield and the North member Richard Sinclair on guest vocals and bass. In 2010 he was invited to join and coordinate
Comicoperando, a tribute to the music of
Robert Wyatt
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whose line-up includes Dagmar Krause, Richard Sinclair, Annie Whitehead, Gilad Atzmon, Alex Maguire,
Chris Cutler
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, John Edwards, and Cristiano Calcagnile. In 2011 the band toured Europe and Canada as a sextet in 2011. In 2012, Delville collaborated with the international collective
48 Cameras 48 Cameras, often referred simply as 48C, is a musical and international collective in a format that varies according to circumstances. It was created in 1984 by both musicians and non-musicians (the line-up varies greatly), some currently living i ...
and
Robin Rimbaud
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. In 2018 he was voted one of the 3 best electric guitarists of the year by Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Annual Jazz Station Poll.
Selected bibliography
;As author
*''Tutto quello che non-avreste mai voluto leggere—o rileggere—sul fotoromanzo. Una passeggiata'' (w. Luciano Curreri and Giuseppe Palumbo; Bologna: Comma22, 2021)
*''Jim Hendrix: Are Your Experienced'' (Paris/Rouen: Editions Densité, 2019)
*''The Politics and Aesthetics of Hunger and Disgust'' (w. Andrew Norris; New York/London: Routledge, 2017)
*''Undoing Art'' (w. Mary Ann Caws; Roma/Macerata: Quodlibet, 2017)
*''Ali e t o lo ss'' (w. Elisabeth Waltregny; Stockholm: Trolltrumma, 2017)
*''Anything & Everything'' (trans. Gian Lombardo; Niantic, CT: Quale Press, 2016)
*''Radiohead: OK Computer'' (Paris/Rouen: Editions Densité, 2015)
*''Crossroads Poetics: Text, Image, Music, Film & Beyond'' (Prague: Litteraria Pragensia/Charles University Prague, 2013)
*''Entre la poire et le fromage'' (Lyon/Marseille: Editions Kirographaires, 2013)
*''Eating the
Avant-Garde
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'' (Routledge, 2008)
*''
Frank Zappa
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,
Captain Beefheart
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and the Secret History of Maximalism'' (cowritten with Andrew Norris; Salt Publishing, 2005)
*''Le Troisième corps'' (Le Fram, 2004) (poetry collection). Translated into English by Gian Lombardo as ''Third Body'' (Florence, MA: Quale Press, 2009)
*''Hamlet & Co'' (w. Pierre Michel; Editions de l'ULg, 2003)
*''The American Prose Poem'' (The University of Florida Press, 1998)
*''J.G. Ballard'' (Northcote House/The British Council, 1998)
;As editor or co-editor
*''The Edinburgh Companion to the Prose Poem'' (w. Mary Ann Caws; Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021)
*''Early Prose Poems from All Over'' (w. Mary Ann Caws; New York: Manifold/CUNY – Boston, Black Widow
Press, 2021)
*''About the French Prose Poem'' (w. Mary Ann Caws; New York: New York Review Books, 2021)
*''Poe: Eureka'' (w. Jean-Pierre Bertrand; Paris: Gallimard, 2019)
*''Literature Now: Key Terms and Methods for Literary History'' (w. Sascha Bru and Ben de Bruyn; Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015)
*''Il grande incubo che mi son scelto: prove di avvicinamento a Profondo Rosso'' (w. Luciano Curreri; Piombino: Edizioni Il Foglio, 2015)
*''Le thriller métaphysique'' (w. Antoine Dechêne; Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2015)
*''Marc Atkins'' (Liège: Collections artistiques de l'Université de Liège, 2015)
*''Le dégoût: Histoire, politique et esthétique d'une émotion plurielle'' (w. Andrew Norris and Viktoria von Hoffmann; Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2015)
*''Boucle et répétition: musique, littérature, arts visuels'' (w. Livio Belloï, Christophe Levaux and Christophe Pirenne; Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2014)
*''L’œuvre en morceaux : Esthétiques de la mosaïque'' (w. Livio Belloï; Paris : Les Impressions Nouvelles, 2006)
*''Le Rossignol instrumental : Poésie, musique, modernité.'' (w. Jean-Pierre Bertrand and Christine Pagnoulle; Leuven, Paris, Dudley, MA : Peeters/Vrin, 2004)
*''Sound as Sense: US Poetry &/In Music'' (w. Christine Pagnoulle; Brussels, Bern, Frankfurt, New York : Presses Interuniversitaires Européennes-Peter Lang, 2003)
*''Postwar American Poetry: The Mechanics of the Mirage'' (w. Christine Pagnoulle; Liège: L3, 2000)
Selected discography
* The Wrong Object, ''The Wrong Object feat.
Ed Mann
Ed Mann is a musician who has been "a drummer and piano dabbler since childhood." He is best known for his mallet percussion performances onstage with Frank Zappa's ensemble from 1977 to 1988, and his appearances on over 30 of Zappa's albums ...
– Zappanale 2004'' (Maximalist Records, promo CD, 2004)
* ''
The Wrong Object feat.
Ed Mann
Ed Mann is a musician who has been "a drummer and piano dabbler since childhood." He is best known for his mallet percussion performances onstage with Frank Zappa's ensemble from 1977 to 1988, and his appearances on over 30 of Zappa's albums ...
Live at Zappanale'' (Arf Records, 2005)
* The Wrong Object, ''The Unbelievable Truth'' (
Moonjune, 2006) featuring
Elton Dean
Elton Dean (28 October 1945 – 8 February 2006) was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello (a variant of the soprano saxophone) and occasionally keyboards. Part of the Canterbury scene, he featured in, among oth ...
* The Wrong Object, ''Platform One'' (Voiceprint, 2007) feat.
Harry Beckett
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Biography
Born in Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados, Harry Beckett learned to play music in a Salvation Army ...
and
Annie Whitehead
Lena Annie Whitehead (born 16 July 1955 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English jazz trombone player.
Career
Whitehead learned the trombone in high school and participated in rock and jazz bands. When she was 16, she left school to become ...
* Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse, ''More Light'' (Fazzul Music, 2007)
* PaNoPTiCoN, ''Live at L'An Vert'' (After-Z Productions, 2008)
* The Wrong Object, ''Stories from the Shed'' (studio release; Moonjune, January 2008)
* Alex Maguire Sextet, ''Brewed in Belgium'' (Moonjune, 2008)
* Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse, ''TZGIV Play
Zappa'' (Fazzul, 2009)
* PaNoPTiCoN, ''Dawn of the New World'' (After-Z, 2009)
* PaNoPTiCoN, ''Dusk of the New World'' (After-Z, 2009)
* The Wrong Object feat. Stanley Jason Zappa and Nick Shrowaczewski, ''Live at Zappanale 2008'' (Fazzul, 2009)
*
douBt
Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, unable to be certain of any of them.
Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief. It may involve uncertainty, ...
(Alex Maguire/Michel Delville/
Tony Bianco), ''Never Pet a Burning Dog'' (Moonjune, 2010)
* PaNoPTiCoN, ''Live @ El Negocito'' (After-Z, 2011)
*
Machine Mass Trio (Tony Bianco/Michel Delville/Jordi Grognard), ''As Real as Thinking'' (Moonjune, 2011)
*
48 Cameras 48 Cameras, often referred simply as 48C, is a musical and international collective in a format that varies according to circumstances. It was created in 1984 by both musicians and non-musicians (the line-up varies greatly), some currently living i ...
, ''Right North, she said ...'' (Interzone, 2012)
*
douBt
Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, unable to be certain of any of them.
Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief. It may involve uncertainty, ...
(Alex Maguire/Michel Delville/
Tony Bianco), ''Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love'' (Moonjune, 2012)
*
Comicoperando, ''Live at the Bimhuis'' (promo CD)
* NichelOdeon, ''Bath Salts'' (Lizard Rec/Den Rec, 2013)
*
Robin Rimbaud
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/48Cameras, ''We Could Bring You Silk in May'' (Interzone, 2013)
*
The Wrong Object, ''After the Exhibition'' (Moonjune, 2013)
* Machine Mass feat.
Dave Liebman
David Liebman (born September 4, 1946) is an American saxophonist, flautist and jazz educator. He is known for his innovative lines and use of atonality. He was a frequent collaborator with pianist Richie Beirach.
In June 2010, he received a N ...
, ''Inti'' (Moonjune, 2014)
* Machine Mass, ''Plays Hendrix'' (Moonjune, 2017)
* Eclectic Maybe Band (Joe Higham, Michel Delville, Catherine Smet, Guy Segers, Dirk Wachterlaer) (Discus, 2018)
* The Wrong Object, ''Zappa Jawaka'' (Off, 2018)
* Dominique Vantomme w. Tony Levin/Michel Delville/Maxime Lenssens, Vegir (MoonJune, 2018)
* Eclectic Maybe Band, ''Reflection in a Moebius Ring Mirror'' (Discus, 2019)
* The Gödel Codex, ''Oak'' (Off/MoonJune, 2019)
* The Wrong Object, ''Into the Herd'' (Off/MoonJune, 2019)
* Machine Mass Sextet, ''Intrusion'' (Off/MoonJune, 2020)
References
External links
Official website for Michel DelvilleMyspace for Michel Delville*
CIPAMichel Delville: Portrait
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1969 births
Living people
Musicians from Liège
Belgian composers
Male composers
Belgian male musicians
Belgian male poets
Belgian jazz guitarists
Belgian music critics
Belgian writers in French