Alexandre Navarro

Alexandre Navarro
Navarro in his home studio
Navarro in his home studio
Background information
Also known asAN, Navarro
Born (1974-08-27) 27 August 1974 (age 51)
OriginFrance, Bordeaux
GenresAmbient, Shoegaze, Electronic
Instrument(s)Guitar, Sampler, Modular synthesizer, Synthesizer
LabelsFacade Electronics, DISQAN, Archipel, Sem label, Constellation Tatsu, Dronarivm, Laverna,
Websitealexandrenavarro.net

Alexandre Navarro is a french guitarist from Bordeaux living in Paris, sound experimenter, composer & underground producer.

Career

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Navarro is considered as a "French master minimalist composer"[1] He studied electroacoustic music, concrete music and electronic music at Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Bordeaux under the guidance of composer Christian Eloy and Octandre French association.[2] He started an official career with the release of his first album on the swiss Creative Commons label Realaudio. After 7 years of running labels, Alexandre Navarro decided in 2014 to concentrate on his own works.[3] Alexandre Navarro has launched a new label in 2019 called "Les disques imaginations",[4] and then he relaunched "DISQAN" in 2025[5]

Recordings

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  • 2004 – Please, Sit Down (Realaudio)
  • 2005 – Future Nature (Realaudio)
  • 2005 – Medium (Archipel)
  • 2006 – Eko Std. (Standard Klik Music)
  • 2006 – Dimension (Standard Klik Music)
  • 2006 – Ame (Archipel)
  • 2007 – 1001 (Mandorla)
  • 2008 – Arcane (SEM label) nomination Qwartz Awards 2009[6] "Search" section[7]
  • 2011 – Loka (SEM label)
  • 2012 – Elements (SEM label)
  • 2012 – Cycles (Laverna)
  • 2012 – Sketches (Constellation Tatsu)
  • 2013 – Hozho (SEM label)
  • 2013 – Lost Cities (Dronarivm)
  • 2013 – Redfish (SEM label)
  • 2014 – La Danse Des Substances (DISQAN)
  • 2015 – Daimon (DISQAN)
  • 2016 – Routes (DISQAN)
  • 2017 – Anti-matière (Archipel)
  • 2018 – Imaginations (self-released)
  • 2019 – Pneuma (DISQAN)
  • 2019 – Le liens magnétiques (DISQAN])
  • 2020 – Distil (Microrama)
  • 2020 - 26 impressions de l’âme (DISQAN)
  • 2022 - Onde salée (DISQAN)
  • 2023 - Phases (Handstitched)
  • 2023 - NETLABELS WORKS 2004 — 2008 (self-released)
  • 2023 - Sun-Bolein (Facade Electronics)
  • 2025 - Les Toiles de nuits (Facade Electronics)

Filmography

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Documentaries

Year Title Director Notes
2016 Mariannes Noires Mame-Fatou Niang & Kaytie Nielsen

Short Films

Year Title Director Notes
2016 Traveller James Latter
2018 Everything is upstream Martin Ponferrada
2021 Home James Latter

Collaborations

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Remixes

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Awards

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  • 2018, Music Award of Excellence "Southern Shorts" Awards – 2017 – Score for short movie Everything is Upstream by Martin Ponferrada[16]

References

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  1. ^ KMMY GBBLR, Tiny Mixtape review Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Christian Eloy, Octandre Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ PH Paradis, Archipel Interview Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Radio France, France Musique, Bruno Letort, Tapage Nocturne France Musique interview
  5. ^ Bandcamp disqan
  6. ^ Bruno Letort, RFi – France Musique Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, France Musique
  7. ^ Qwartz 5: Découverte/Qwartz Discovery Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Qwartz Awards
  8. ^ "Futura". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Frederic Druot Architecture". druot.net. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Arborescence – Navarro Alexandre et Baptiste Houssin". arborescence.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  11. ^ "The Drone". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  12. ^ "James Latter – Creative". jameslatterfilms.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Everything is Upstream (2018)". IMDb.
  14. ^ "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts". Brian Eno + David Byrne. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006.
  15. ^ "Midi Sans Frontieres". Warp.
  16. ^ "Everything is Upstream". IMDb.
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