Uncategorised Article Count: 3
Musical projects Article Count: 2
I'm mostly an autodidact. I play some piano, synthesizer, guitar, bouzuouki, bendir, pandeiro, sanza, jaw harp, harmonica, tin whistle, kaval, ney, gamelan. I don't master any of these instruments, I’m rather interested in different ways of "being musical". I sometimes tweak sounds and tunes in a computer to compose tracks for books, films, plays or just for fun.
Live projects
- In the late 1990s I used to play in an acoustic rock band called Fleurz. We did busking in various places outdoors. A lot of fun (occasionnaly some money too)! No trace of that on the internet.
- Between 2000 and 2006 I used to accompany story-tellers. We performed in children and adult performances. I worked with Charles Piquion, Julien Tauber and other artists of the collective La Parole.
- in 2008-9 I did some "world electro" sets with Rafiralfiro and his trio. I recorded on three tracks of their album too.
- in 2011-2015 I occasionally performed in the Pantcha Indra gamelan ensemble.
- in 2013 I performed music in the theater play Zobar, directed by Monica Heintz.
- in 2016-2017 I played balkan music in the trio Gogonele with Estelle Amy de la Bretèque and Ivan Zec.
Music production
- Some jingles for Radio France Internationale (used in French learning course called Le français, ça vous chante?).
- Music of the film Beyond the borders directed by Bartolomeo Conti, Richard Prost and Sharon Weill,
- Since 2010 I record things with my wife in our binomial project called Antiduşmani.
For media related to my writings please see the publications list.
Film & theater music Article Count: 2
This music is meant to accompany other actions, on screen or on stage.
In limbo (with Rafiralfiro trio) Article Count: 2
Since 2008 I occasionally perform with Rafiralfiro and trio. The trio is designed as a blend of "electro-dub-hop" (Raf's main work) with bass guitar (Ertug Tahmaz) and drums (Pierre Ickovic). In this context I play kaval flute, bouzouki, sanza and jew's harp, sometimes with electronic effects added.
In december 2009, the trio recorded its first physical album, named In Limbo. I contributed on two tracks.
This music is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Antiduşmani Article Count: 7
Duets with Estelle Amy de la Bretèque (my wife). We play these songs primarily for ourselves and for friends. They are in Greek Russian, Romanian and occasionally Turkish. Some have known composers, others don't. The arrangements are usually our own.
The recordings in this category are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Experimental looping Article Count: 3
These experiences are based on software loopers: either freewheeling, or sooperlooper. They provide ways to
- record sounds, from microphone or midi ;
- instantly play back the samples in loops ;
- mix and tweak the playback if needed.
Freewheeling is best at dealing with many loops. Sooperlooper is best at overdubbing and tweaking on one or two channels. In addition, to the loopers themselves, I use ladspa plugins, piled in jack-rack. To control the software, I use a BCR2000 interface (basically a set of buttons that sends MIDI controls to the computers), and sometimes a BCF-10 pedal rack (to leave the hands free for playing).
At the mike inputs, I play bouzouki, flutes (kaval, ney, tin whistle...), percussions (pandeiro, bendir...), jew's harp and sanza. The other sounds come from a small MIDI keyboard controlling a software synthethizer (fluidsynth).
The overall idea is to improvise, in the spirit of live performance (never go back).
All music here (looping experiments) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Performances Article Count: 7
Book and children music Article Count: 2
Soundtracks for children books.
Hacking Article Count: 1
Hacking web things Article Count: 12
Making music Article Count: 1
Hacking gnu-linux things Article Count: 8
Anthropology Article Count: 5
Publications Article Count: 0
A list of the texts I have published. Some items have links to full downloads and/or related audiovisual documents.
Books Article Count: 2
Edited volumes Article Count: 4
Articles & Book chapters Article Count: 29
Other contributions Article Count: 9
Talks Article Count: 9
My academic talks, forthcoming and past. "Lectures and conferences" are longer, "Papers at scientific meetings" are shorter. If you look for the texts of my classes and their related audio/video docs, those available are listed under "Varia".
Lectures and conferences Article Count: 28
Papers at scientific meetings Article Count: 29
Varia Article Count: 2
Teaching Article Count: 5
These are some lectures I gave while teaching at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense (2006-2008).
I release the texts under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License 
. This means that you can use them and modify them as you wish, providing you credit their source, and license your creations under the identical terms. Please note that most of the images and audio excerpts are not mine, so they are not covered by this license. I provide them here as quotes and pedagogical illustrations. You should contact their authors to obtain their clearance for other uses.