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Michel Delville was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1969. He has been
performing and composing alternative music since the mid-1980s. His most
recent projects include or have included the internationally acclaimed
Nu-Rock-Jazz quintet The Wrong Object (wrongobject.com), Belgian-Swiss
punk-jazz combo Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese (Myspace profile),
Belgo-Dutch combo The Moving Tones (www.myspace.com/themovingtones), Alex
Maguire Sextet (www.moonjune.com), Stanley Jason Zappa's New Texture Pan
Tonal Fellowship, and Ed Mann & Friends.
Doubt, his most recent project, is a power trio featuring Alex Maguire
(Elton Dean, Michael Moore, Hatfield and the North...) and Tony Bianco
(Dave Liebman, Paul Dunmall, Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Reggie Workman...). Doubt's first CD, Never Pet a Burning Dog, will be released by
Moonjune Records in January 2010. The record will feature guest
performances by Canterbury legend Richard Sinclair on bass and vocals.
In 2009, Delville was asked to join and coordinate the Robert Wyatt
Tribute ninetet Comicoperando (www.exb.it/projects.htm) whose world
premiere is due to take place in March 2010 and which features Dagmar
Krause, Richard Sinclair, Annie Whitehead, Gilad Atzmon, Alex Maguire,
Chris Cutler, John Edwards and Cristiano Calcagnile.
He has played and recorded with Elton Dean, Annie Whitehead, Harry
Beckett, Ed Mann, Alex Maguire, Tony Bianco, Richard Sinclair, Benoît
Moerlen, Geoff Leigh, Markus Stauss, Robin Verheyen, Frank van der Kooij,
Guy Segers, Bart Maris, Jaap Blonk, Chris Garcia, Catherine Smet, Ivo
Sans, Fred Delplancq, Jean-Paul Estievenart, Etienne Plumer, Damien
Campion, Steven Delannoye, Frank Wuyts, Dirk Wachtelaere, Damien Polard,
Laurent Delchambre, Sam Gertsmans, Antoine Guenet, Toine Thys, Biagio
Francia, Marc Mangen, Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTICon, Domgue, Chris
Stassinopoulos, Stanley Jason Zappa, Doot, Andrew Norris, Frank Goos,
Marco Maurizi, and other jazz and prog-rock musicians.
Discography
The Wrong Object, The Wrong Object feat. Ed Mann - Zappanale 2004
(Maximalist Records, 2004)
The Wrong Object, The Unbelievable Truth (Moonjune Records, 2006)
featuring Elton Dean
The Wrong Object, Platform One (Voiceprint, 2007) feat. Harry Beckett and Annie Whitehead
Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse, More Light (Fazzul Music, 2007)
The Wrong Object, Stories from the Shed (studio release; Moonjune Records,
January 2008)
Alex Maguire Sextet, Brewed in Belgium (Moonjune Records, 2008)
Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse, TZGIV Play Zappa (Fazzul Music, 2009)
PaNoPTiCoN, Dawn of the New World (After-Z Productions, 2009)
PaNoPTiCoN, Dusk of the New World (After-Z Productions, 2009)
The Wrong Object feat. Stanley Jason Zappa and Nick Shrowaczewski, Live at
Zappanale 2008 (Fazzul Music, 2009)
Doubt (Alex Maguire/Michel Delville/Tony Bianco), Never Pet a Burning Dog
(Moonjune Records, 2010)
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