( Sten Hostfalt Quartet )
STEN HOSTFALT guitar
OLE MATHISEN saxophone
TIM LUNTZEL bass
MARKO DJORDJEVIC drums
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NEW CD ' STEN HOSTFALT QUARTET ' OUT NOW
and AVAILABLE ! at Amazon.com and iTunes
Previous membership and co-labs including Guillermo Klein's pioneering
and critically lauded mid-90's NYC ensemble. or all the way back to the
obscure early 80's Swedish Progressive Jazz & Improvised Music outfit
Sekvens, all in all marking three decades in creative music.
Anway, any and all info you may possibly need is posted or linked here.
Thanks again for checking in and Hope to see you out there at a show soon.
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SEKVENSfeat.STEN HOSTFALT Drömmar i Faksimile / Modernes Pop 1982
compilation cassette release featuring ;
Union Flags, Streber, Hangar S, UUU+
Besserwisser, Agenterna, Intimate,
Hur man förklarar tavlor för en död hare,
snaaphunter ensemble, Sekvens, Miljonmysteriet
SelectedOFFICIAL RELEASES WORLDWIDE AS A SIDEMAN and FEATURED SOLOIST * Appearing as a sideman on releases by Candid, Beat/Pentaflowers, Four Leaf Clover and Sittel.
STEN HOSTFALT composer, guitarist, bassist, live electronics
"Highly Exceptional" - Jimmy Giuffre
"A lot of personality" - George Russell
"Virtuosic Sten Hostfalt's gift shines" - Joe Maneri
One of few guitarists worldwide known to continuously create, perform and produce new, original music based on systematic explorations of the parameter of pitch. And to infuse traditional/popular performance practices with it. Actively live in concert and on a regular basis. Among today's most innovative, original voices on the planet's most popular, most played instruments - The traditional 6-string/12 fret Guitar, Internationally Acclaimed, Award-Winning Phenom New York Guitarist, Bassist, Mandolinist, Live Electronica Performer, Composer and Educator Sten Hostfalt is critically labeled Groundbreaking, Genuinely innovative, Virtuosic and a GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE Editor's
Pick for his live recorded landmark solo concert CD release with original, self-invented techniques
and interpretations of visionary composer, mentor Joe Maneri's 72-note ET virtual pitch continuum.
Currently as a New York bandleader, described as inimitable - there are few musicians like Sten Hostfalt, impressive and intense according to leading and visionary media outlets TIME OUT NY and PM NYC/PAPER MAGAZINE. Following two decades of leading media documented creative work as a sideman alongside leading names in modern music, in pioneering and genre-defining circuits.
Initially self-taught and shaped by an active involvement in the 80's independent new wave and metal/progressive scene. First featured on National Radio at age 15 and dubbed a "Guitar Phenom" in the press as an 18 year-old. The International recognition followed a subsequent move from his native Sweden to the U.S. in 1989, on an Achievement Scholarship from Berklee College of Music.
He then quickly established an international activity through membership in esteemed traditional American orchestras and institutions like Herb Pomeroy's legendary Berklee Recording Band, Phil Wilson's Rainbow Band. As well as as a New England Conservatory scholarship and honors award recipient, with The NEC Big Band directed by Jazz Masters Clare Fischer and George Russell.
Before notably becoming as an original member of and featured soloist in the first edition of celebrated Argentine composer Guillermo Klein's (a key musician of his time - Encyclopedia of Popular Music) pioneering (Eugene Holley, amazon.com) ensemble. A band that as part of a highly innovative NYC circuit, through contributing to establishing the scene and sound of Mitch Borden's Small's, has been referred to as influential to mid-90's to present era improvised music and Jazz.
Through studies and performances with legendary American modern music giants and pioneers Jimmy Giuffre and and Joe Maneri. As well as through recordings produced and/or initiated by legendary Jazz masters Gary Burton and Paul Bley. Notably with his CD releases of microtonal solo live performances gaining recognition for an expansion of the sonic resources and vocabulary of the recent to present era's most popular, most played instrument without actually modifying it.
Also active as a musical educator since the mid-80's, and a veteran teacher with numerous students admitted to top music schools and active as professional musicians and educators themselves. A faculty member of K.M.H. The Royal Conservatory of Music, Kungliga Musikhogskolan in Stockholm from 2001 - 2005. As well as an invited and featured clinican/artist at alma maters New England Conservatory ('92) and Berklee College of Music ('06). The former commonly known for having formulated and realized the world's first conservatory program for Jazz and Improvised Music. And the latter, arguably the world's leading institution for Modern Music Studies. Sten Hostfalt currently teaches guitar, electric bass, mandolin, improvisation, composition, live electronica improvisation, microtonal music and related topics at his very own Midtown Manhattan facility NYC Guitar studio, notably one of very few institutions worldwide offering systematic studies of microtonal music
P R E S S C L I P S & R E V I E W S
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There are few musicians brave enough to combine live poetry with the toy piano
and the
trombone on-stage but then there are few musicians like Sten Hostfalt. He takes even
more risks with his band GHOST FACTOR, incorporating guest improvisation into each inimitable performance - Xiyin Tang, PAPER MAGAZINE March '07
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Me gusta experimentar libremente y a veces en terminos muy abstractos, como he hecho
recientemente con mi colega Sten Hostfalt, que esta desarrollando un concepto de guitarra
microtonal. El es uno que viene de la escuela tradicional y sabe tocar muy "inside" Eso para
mi es algo natural y no exagerado pero es muy abstracto y poca gente escucharia algo asi
Heos tocado ahora en Nueva York en los clubes "sub-underground" - interview with
Jimmy Weinstein by Jesus Moreno, TOMAJAZZ (Spain) Feb. '07 read online
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" We're Impressed With His Fast Fingers and Intense Focus" - TIME OUT NY, JAN '08 Read Online
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As opposed to those who utilizes specially refretted guitars, instead using
conventional instruments and obtaining microtones through various other means
In and out of the aural palette in an attractive complexity, Sten Hostfalt
gives you another angle on exploring that you will not want to miss
Intriguing, For those with ears broad enough to allow for the possibility that music
can extend beyond the expected and expand the potent boundaries of experience, Sten Hostfalt takes you on a journey to a place where anything is possible
- John Kelman, ALL ABOUT JAZZ & JAZZ VIEWS (U.K.) 2004 read online
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"Sten Hostfalt has developed his own repertoire incorporating microtones.
Tuning his guitar in intervals of a quarter tone and smaller he pays tribute to the
equally tradition-shattering Giuffre, removing the audience's comfort zone, as he challenges it's combined expectations with a genuinely innovative approach for guitar.
In the
future 29 Pieces for Microtonal Guitar Live at Knitting Factory NY may be considered a
groundbreaking work that expands the sonic continuum available to the guitar."
- Don Williamson, JAZZ REVIEW, Jan. 2005 read online *
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" Not for the faint of heart High Density, Highly Logical In
A Completely Different Way, and Highly Recommended"
- Kenneth Egbert, JAZZ NOW, June 2005 read online
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Without reservation & mannerisms,complex never too abstract.
creating beautiful moments. An optimal result - Alekos Pandelis,
ALTRISUONI (Italy) Sept. 2005
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" Sten Hostfalt presents a clever,
innovative improvisation that is matchless"
Natasha Washington, JAZZ REVIEW, Dec 2004 read online
" A Progressive Guitarist who Mixes Bebop with a Modern Approach ,
Great Facility, Lovely Touch and Sound * * * * Highly Recommended "
- JAZZ GUITAR INTERNATIONAL U.K. 1999
"Unlike Any Other In Town ..
One Of The Better Continuing Experiments in New York"
- Peter Watrous, The New York Times, June 1995
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" Energetic, Frenzied, Passionate, Interesting and Finely Executed"
- Marcela Breton, JAZZ TIMES, Feb. 1998 read online
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Brilliant Soloist - David Adler ALL MUSIC GUIDE '98 read online
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yo homie! we're having a party at the stone on september 5th. i see you're playing puppets that night but if you're finished we hit at 10pm. Debut CDs for everyone!
hailz -hope the music is going well..... oh by the way...facebook deleted me... so tell everyone hello for me... wtf??oh well... jazz/metal grtz.. rhscheryl -flute nyc
hailz sten .. hope you had a great gig at the yippie cafe.. i almost made it.. but recording again... hope to hear you guys soon - jazz/metal grtz ..rhscheryl -flutist
i am gathering dates. i will send them your way shortly. my tubs are on fire right now too.. we should get together. i will give you a ring this week. hope things are well.
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