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Hubert Dupont

The poetic alchemy in his music shows his fascination for new forms - improvisation has to be a game with new rules – as well as unexpected elements of rooted traditions, with an expressive and steady tone. In 2005, he was named as the best Newcomer of 2005 for his bass-solo album Ultraboles. He leads Dupont T, inviting indo-new-yorker sax player Rudresh Mahanthappa, and releases the acclaimed Spider’s Dance in 2007. He leads Golan and Jasmim, two jazz bands with contemporary oriental flavours. He leads VoxXL!, an encounter between Mike Ladd’s spoken word and its traditional Senegalese version : the “tassou”, sung by Ibrahima Diasse. He plays the double-bass in KARTET (since 1990 with Benoit Delbecq, Guillaume Orti & Chander Sardjoe), and electric bass in THÔT, Stephane Payen’s band. He performed and recorded with such jazzmen as Robin Eubanks, Harold Land, Steve Lacy, Glenn Ferris, or Laurent De Wilde, Magic Malik, Hasse Poulsen, Stefano Di Battista, Fabrizio Cassol, Steve Argüelles, Wolfgang Puschnig, Nicolas Genest, Calvin Weston, the Vancouver Improvisers’ Collective... as well as the Parisian underground scene. Out of jazz, he also performed with Fodé Diop Sabar Group (Sabar Ring), with Kamilya Jubran, Nabil Khalidi, Toufic Farroukh, Elie Maalouf, Saeid Shanbehzadeh…

Discography

GOLAN, 2016 (Ultrabolic / Ultrack / Muséa) Kartet : Grand Laps, 2014 (Ultrabolic / Songlines / Orkestra) VoxXL, 2014 (Ultrabolic / Ultrack / Muséa) Jasmim, 2013 (Ultrabolic / Ultrack / Muséa) Spiders’ Dance, 2007 (Ultrabolic / Nocturne) Kartet: The Bay Window, 2007 Ultraboles, 2005 (Ultrabolic / Nocturne) Dans le Décor, 1997 Altissimo, 1995

Awards

Revelation Bass Magazine 2005


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Hubert Dupont, Antoine Berjeaut, Steve Arguelles: Trio Kosmos

Read "Trio Kosmos" reviewed by Emmanuel Di Tommaso


Tre improvvisatori indomabili tra ritmi siderali e dolcezza dell'acustico spezzata da espansioni elettroniche che sondano l'infinito. Hubert Dupont, Antoine Berjeaut e Steve Arguelles fondano il Trio Kosmos e danno vita a un long playing d'esordio basato sull'improvvisazione illuminata e sulla convergenza fra sonorità acustiche ed elettroniche. Dodici tracce che avvolgono, fanno sognare, ipnotizzano, si dispiegano senza un inizio né una fine, esaltando lo scarto fra l'essere e il nulla. La melodia è presente solo sotto forma di frammento, ...

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Hubert Dupont: Smart Grid

Read "Smart Grid" reviewed by Don Phipps


Recorded live at the Salle Jacques Brel, in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Paris, France, Hubert Dupont's Smart Grid offers up a complex and challenging set of modern cool, hard bop, and funky jazz. All six of the album's compositions were penned by Dupont, and share an emphasis on angular phrases and odd meters. The result is an engaging affair that keeps one guessing where the music will go next. Joined by alto saxophonist Denis Guivarc'h, drummer Pierre Mangeard and pianist Yvan ...

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Hubert Dupont: Smart Grid

Read "Smart Grid" reviewed by Samuel Stroup


Hubert Dupont's new live album, Smart Grid, finds the seasoned French bassist in good company. With the assistance of saxophonist Denis Guivarc'h, pianist Yvan Robilliard, and drummer Pierre Mangeard, Dupont manages to give the set's six original tunes the utmost life. The exceptional work of the quartet makes itself known in not only their improvisation and interaction but in the grace and funk they manage to bring to the music. Sadly, this makes it evident that the compositions on the ...

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Hubert Dupont: Smart Grid

Read "Smart Grid" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


French bassist and composer Hubert Dupont has been mixing music and political activism since his Sabil Trio played at the Institute of the Arab World in 2013. That event served as the inspiration for Golan/Al Joulan Vol. 1 (2016) and Golan/Al Joulan Vol. 2 (2017), both on the Ultrabolic label. His blend of Arab music and jazz on those releases is part of his broader musical reach, extending to the influences of Africa, Eastern European music and spoken word. Dupont's ...

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Hubert Dupont: Golan/Al Joulan Vol. 2

Read "Golan/Al Joulan Vol. 2" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


French bassist, composer and activist Hubert Dupont had been touring with a trio called Sabil, playing their initial concert at the Institute of the Arab World in 2013. It was there that he formulated the concept for his multi-cultural, genre-bending Golan/Al Joulan Vol. 1 (Ultrabolic, 2016). In biblical lore, Golan is described as “a city of refuge" while geopolitically, the area had been part of Syria, then captured, occupied and later annexed by Israel. Dupont allows the music to develop ...

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"An exceptional musical pieces. The group improvised tunes mixing jazz, oriental music and modern instrumental techniques. [...] Their passion for rhythms gathered and their willingness and strength of expression, allow them to play and improvise together. This improvisation embodies the powerful creative force to create a common language despite the musical differences between them which are also necessary to create a creative melodic dialogue. " Palestine News Network - 05/03/16

« Hubert Dupont shows he can function well in the ensemble, or do some deft soloing with sensitivity and technical prowess…[…] Before you know it, you are captivated by its intelligence and energy. » G. A. Edwards, 2011.

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