Paul Dolden
Residence: Montréal, Canada
Paul Dolden began his career as a professional electric guitarist, violinist and cellist. Excited by the possibilities offered by recording he turned to contemporary modes of production and dissemination in the creation of his music. In a career spanning over twenty five years, he has perfected his unique approach to audio technology, using it as a platform from which to launch or capture otherwise impossible musical performances. He makes his computer behave like a new, virtual orchestra and manipulates it with as much sensitivity as he would a traditional one. His compositions are characterised by a maximalist æsthetic in which hundreds of digitally-recorded instrumental and vocal performances are combined in multiple layers. His music has been described as the “missing link” between jazz and rock and the high-brow concert tradition. Critics have called it “music for the information age, enlisting noise, complexity and beauty in its quest for excess,” and characterised it as “apocalyptic hyper-modernism.”
Date: December 31, 2003
Source: empreintes DIGITALes

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Be-Bop Baghdad (2013) Maurizio Grandinetti, electric guitar18:03
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Below the Walls of Jericho (1988)14:33
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Beyond the Walls of Jericho (1991)17:19
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15:56
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16:14
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Dancing Plague (2021)13:04
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15:00
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6:42
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15:09
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Eternal Return of a Ritual Form (2011) Francois Houle, clarinet & Jane Hayes, piano17:50
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Gravity’s Stillness. Resonance #6 (1996) Julie-Anne Derome, violin14:27
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In a Bed Where the Moon Was Sweating. Resonance #1 François Houle, clarinet9:02
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15:00
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L’ivresse de la vitesse (1992)15:47
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Mantra Groove (2016) Mantra Percussion17:00
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Memorizing the Sublime (2018)14:14
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Metallic Midnight in Morocco (2013) David Brutti, contra bass saxophone16:50
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4:44
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5:48
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7:54
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Muses’ Song (2015) David Brutti, alto saxophone13:45
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7:53
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8:42
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4:32
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12:34
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10:38
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Physics of Seduction. Invocation #1 (1991) Paul Dolden, electric guitar15:45
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13:30
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Physics of Seduction. Invocation #2 (1991) Vivienne Spiteri13:30
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Physics of Seduction. Invocation #3 (1992) Peggy Lee, cello18:15
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Rave (2005) Ars Nova6:30
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Revenge of the Repressed. Resonance #2 (1993) François Houle, saxophone7:10
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Shamanic Sunshine (2018) Ensemble Phoenix15:00
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Show Tunes in Samarian Starlight (2012) Lukasz Gothszalk, trumpet16:30
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Sketches of Shamanic Ecstasy (2017)7:06
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The Dance of the Firing Synapse (2011) Daniel Buess, drum kit20:00
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The Gravity of Silence. Resonance. #5 (1995) Chenoa Anderson, flute13:41
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The Un-Tempered Orchestra (2010)18:30
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The Vertigo of ritualized Frenzy. Resonance #4 (1996) Leslie Wyber, piano & François Houle, clarinet13:08
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5:07
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11:55
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11:34
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Who has the Biggest Noise? (2008) Stefan Ostersjo, guitar15:04
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2:58
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Who Has The Biggest Sound?, 2: The Village Orchestra Poses the Main themes of this Musical Quest (2005)1:03
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3:37
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2:00
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3:48
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1:10
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3:52
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3:38
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3:11
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8:51
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4:07
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2:48
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5:02
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2:56
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3:21
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Who Has the Strangest Melodies? (2009) Ensemble Phoenix13:25