Antoine Chessex

Antoine Chessex is a Swiss saxophone player, improviser, composer and experimental musician born in 1980 in Vevey, Switzerland. His works are based on the exploration of the physicality of sounds and spaces. Nowadays Chessex plays mostly as a solo performer appearing either in fully acoustic settings where his circular breathing textures react with the sonic architecture of the space he is performing in or amplifying his horn with amps or PA systems and electronic devices often resulting in intense live actions.

Antoine Chessex is a Swiss saxophone player, improviser, composer and experimental musician born in 1980 in Vevey, Switzerland. His works are based on the exploration of the physicality of sounds and spaces. Nowadays Chessex plays mostly as a solo performer appearing either in fully acoustic settings where his circular breathing textures react with the sonic architecture of the space he is performing in or amplifying his horn with amps or PA systems and electronic devices often resulting in intense live actions. In addition to regular international touring as a solo performer, Chessex has also been playing with the band Monno (Conspiracy Records) and collaborating with different musicians like Thomas Ankersmit, Lasse Marhaug, Zbigniew Karkowski, C. Spencer Yeh, Chris Corsano, Didi Bruckmayr, Axel Dörner, Mattin, Dave Phillips, Valerio Tricoli, Hans Koch, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Christian Weber, Matthew Bower, architect Christian Waldvogel (Globus Cassus) and media artist Ulrike Gabriel(flow 2002-2003). In 2009, he received a composition grant by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia for the creation of DUST a piece for violins, electronic and diffusion in quadraphonic sound. http://www.soundimplant.com/achessex.html User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..