Aubry, Gilles

 

 

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Gilles Aubry is a swiss musician based in Berlin since 2002. His eclectic activites range from sound installations to rock concerts over radio performances, with a big weight on improvised music of every kind.

As a computer musician and saxophone player, Gilles Aubry has been touring and recording widely troughout Europe and Russia during the last decade. Over the years, he has developed a unique style of realtime improvisation with computer.

Among his current working bands one can mention � MONNO �, a powerfull experimental-rock combo produced by belgian indie-label Conspiracy, �The Same Girl �, with british drummer Nicolas Field (the duo toured Russia and the balkan states in spring 2004), � Swift Machine � a berlin based electro-acoustic trio ( CD to come on portugese label Creative Sources in 2005) and finaly, Gilles Aubry�s computer solo project � Almost Still �.

Beside that, Gilles Aubry was involved in numerous collaborations with musicians such as Axel Doerner (DE), John Hegre (Jazzkammer, NO), Klaus Filip (AT), Jaime Fenely (USA), Le Qua Ninh (FR), Seiji Murayama (JP), Vladislaw Makarov (RU), Steve Buchannan (USA), Bertrand Denzler (CH), Dirk Bruinsma (NL), Tao Samalec (SLO), Tom Tlalim (ISR) and Eric Cordier (FR).

As a sound artist, Gilles Aubry has been commissioned to write pieces for ensemble, cinema, dance and theater.

His most recent works include � MD Project � (2002) for computer, ensemble & electronic tap dancing, �Paranovela Normal� (2004), a computer composition for cinema performance, � FLOW � (2002-03), an information art performance together with artist Ulrike Gabriel, � SILICONATA � (2003) a generative score for improvisation, � TRAFIC � (2003), a site specific sound installation and � LA MATIERE ET L'ECHO � (2004), a concert/installation for 10 loudspeakers.

Since 2002, Gilles Aubry is part of the programming crew of LLOOPP, a collection of MAX/MSP patches for realtime improvisation & composition.

 

He is leading the label & organisation Sound Implant. He is giving workshops about realtime improvisation with computer and programming. 1