Antoine Dufour
L'Épiphanie, Quebec, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2009 | INDIE
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Press
"Dufour has a subtle and effortless way of transitioning his compositions in a few short seconds from energetic and uplifting to a soulful warm nostalgia. While melodic and accessible to any listener, his music is at the same time extremely complex both texturally and harmonically. Dufour is clearly a musician who deeply understands the nature of the guitar." - Timothy Smith, Minor 7th Webzine
The youthful Dufour's millions of views on YouTube are easily understood. His style packs a rock band's punch behind extraordinary fluency and features highly effective flamenco-like percussion and deftly reflective melodies as well as urgent, nimble picking." - Rob Adams, The Herald, October 16th, 2007, Glasgow, Scotland
"The 12-cut Existence is a wonderland of fingerpicking and highly intricate compositions soothing the soul as they engage the mind. Dufours's riffs are incredible, never-ending, and at times seemingly impossible for human fingers to pull off." - Mark S. Tucker Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange 2008
Discography
Sound Pictures
- These Moments
- Spiritual Groove (live)
- Mother (live)
- Midwestern
- Expansion
- Solitude
- Dracula & Friends Part 1
- Glimmer of Hope
- Good Dog
- Catching the Light
- Lost in Your Eyes
- To Run in a Dream
- Spirits in the Material World
- Paroxysm
- In My Own Rhythms
- En T'attendant
- Hide and Seek
- South Side of the Sky
- So Little While Road
- The Drive Within
- Cold Day
- Life in Technicolor
- 30 Minutes In London
- Song for Stephen
- Reality
- The Heart of the Matter
- The Transcendent
- Mountain
- Existence
- Catching the Light
- You and I
- A Hiding Place for the Moon
- Mother
- The Hidden Moon
- Ashes in the Sea
- Into Your Heart
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Bio
With six albums of original material released to critical acclaim through the elite label CANdYRAT Records, two live performance DVDs, and more than 30 million views on YouTube, Antoine Dufour has emerged as a young star of fingerstyle acoustic guitar, building a worldwide reputation for innovation and creativity.
Antoine has toured across Canada and the UK, and several times in the USA with other artists such as Don Ross and Andy McKee. In addition, Antoine has performed at major festivals such as The Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Antoine won first place at the Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Championships as well as third place at the World Championships, and has held seminars, workshops and masterclasses as part of his tour schedule.
His fans have recorded countless covers of his music on YouTube and his fanbase is as loyal and ravenous to see him perform as any artist out there today.
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