Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux
Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux, (born April 27, 1977 in Geneva, Switzerland,[1] is a multi-instrumentalist composer. He is the founder of Plombage Records and also produce his own movies.[2][3]
Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux has been many times introduced as an "ovni"[4] a "musical autist"[5] of cinematography and electronic music, also as the[6] Ennio Morricone, François de Roubaix, Henry Mancini, Jean-Jacques Perrey, John Barry's dignified legacy[7] by the fact that he writes, plays, records, mixes and masters himself all his compositions in his studio saturated with curious and rare musical instruments of all ethnicities[8] · ,[9] synthesizers, organs and old analog tape recorders[10] · [11] · .[12]
Biography
At the age of seven, Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux falls on his uncle's old synthesizer Roland. That day, he discovers a great fascination for sounds. His mother, in response to this love, subscribes him to the Geneva Conservatory.
The boy continued to compose by himself with his synthesizer, other instruments and tape recorder. These first devices allowed him to work his music in his studio.
He build, in 1991, a rock formation. The meetings are linked, especially with a band, Desdemona, for which he composed and performed as a drummer at concerts in first parts of groups Dionysos (French band) and Astonvilla (French bands).[1]
In the 2000s, he created his own label, Plombage Records, while composing under the name "Tony Snake" pseudonym to honor his herpetologist deceased father,[13] an electronic music project revealed in the albums : Rendez-vous chez le dentiste and Foufounes Alkantara mastered by the Björk and Daft Punk London's engineer "Nilesh Patel"[14] · [15] and a remix for Detroit Grand Pubahs[16] · ,[17] delivering performances in places such "La Java"[18] and Chez Régine[19] in Paris.
In 2010, Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux comes back in his old love, privileging his music with machines such as tape recorders, Minimoog, Crumar, Farfisa, Solina, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes piano, old drum machines, and instruments of all ethnicities or even atonal like Waterphone.[20]
Then he released the album La Bobine Magique made in four months, supported in Parisian magazines Trax and Technikart.
In December 2011, Anthony Cedric composed music for video by photographer Régis Golay and La Compagnie 7273[21] dancers and designers of Swatch watches "Climax", "Nil" et "Romance-S". Then won an award in 2012 at the Munich Film Festival.[22]
In April 2012, he released the album La Virago[23] in which involved artists such as Alain Carre, Caroline Duris, Marion Devaud, Choral circle of Geneva and Sahoko Sakai.[24]
In 2014, Anthony Cedric works with François Corbier on the track Le Tango du maître chanteur released in Le Clan des guimauves album.[25]
In 2015, for the season 2015-2016, Anthony Cedric composes the official soundtrack of "La Comédie de Genève".[26]
Discography
- Le bal des faux frères (ep, Plombage Records, 2016, Suisse)
- Le clan des guimauves (album, Plombage Records, 2014, Suisse)
- Le maître nageur (ep, Plombage Records, 2013, Suisse)
- Marisa (ep, Plombage Records, 2013, Suisse)
- La cougar (ep, Plombage Records, 2013, Suisse)
- Le sabreur fou (single, Plombage Records, 2013, Suisse)
- La virago (album, Plombage Records, 2012, Suisse)
- Mes machines me parlent (ep, Plombage Records, 2011, Suisse)
- La bobine magique (album, Plombage Records, 2010, Suisse)
- Souvenirs électroniques (mini album, Plombage Records, 2010, Suisse)
- Under « Tony Snake » project
- Cum Format (ep, Plombage Records, 2010, Suisse)
- Karateka (ep, Plombage Records, 2010, Suisse)
- Foufounes Alkantara (ep, Plombage Records, 2009, Suisse)
- Rendez-vous chez le dentiste (album, Plombage Records, 2008, Suisse)
Productions and cinematographic directions
- The fake brothers' bal (Le Bal Des Faux Frères) (short film, Plombage Records, 2015, Suisse)
- Born burglars (La Naissance Des Cambrioleurs) (short film, Plombage Records, 2015, Suisse)
- La mort de Naive (short film, Plombage Records, 2015, Suisse)
- L'enfant sirène (short film, Plombage Records, 2014, Suisse[27])
- Le maître nageur (short film, Plombage Records, 2014, Suisse)
- Marisa (short film, Plombage Records, 2013, Suisse[28] )
- Le sabreur fou (short film, Plombage Records, 2013, France)
- Serpent à sonate (short film, Plombage Records, 2012, Suisse [29])
- La valse d'Andrée (short film, Plombage Records, 2012, France [30])
- Longitude altitude solitude (Video illustration, Plombage Records, 2011, Suisse)
- 69 (short film, Plombage Records, 2010, Italie - Suisse - États-Unis)
- Maybe i do (Video clip, Detroit Grand Pubahs, 2010, États-Unis [31])
Awards
—2016--
- Best music video at the "Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood" for "The fake brothers' bal (Le Bal Des Faux Frères)".
- Best movie soundtrack at the "Moondance Film Festival" for "Born Burglars (La Naissance Des Cambrioleurs)".
- Best music video at the "Moondance Film Festival" for "Born Burglars (La Naissance Des Cambrioleurs)".
- Best music video at the "New York State International Film Festival" for "The fake brothers' bal (Le Bal Des Faux Frères)".
- Platinum Award best cinematography at the "NYC Indie Film Awards" for "The fake brothers' bal (Le Bal Des Faux Frères)".
- Award of recognition for the cinematography at the "Hollywood International Moving Picture Film Festival" for "The fake brothers' bal".
- Award of recognition for the music video at the "Hollywood International Moving Picture Film Festival" for "The fake brothers' bal".
- Silver Award at the "International Independent Film Festival" of Encino for "The fake brothers' bal (Le Bal Des Faux Frères)".[32]
References
- 1 2 "Anthony Cédric Vuagniaux, Tony Snake: un seul et même bonhomme". italic.ch.
- ↑ http://www.20min.ch/ro/musique/clip_de_jour/story/Le-r-ve-d-enfance-est-brise-mais-le-sourire-reste-14707794
- ↑ "Le clan des guimauves review". 2015.
- ↑ "Paradiso du 18.01.2013". rts.ch.
- ↑ "Anthony cédric vuagniaux - le clan des guimauves". Muzzart.
- ↑ "Magma du 07.09.2012". rts.ch.
- ↑ Bluesbunny. "Review of Le Clan des Guimauves by Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux". Bluesbunny.
- ↑ "À découvrir absolument". adecouvrirabsolument.com.
- ↑ "Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux" (PDF). anthonycedricvuagniaux.com.
- ↑ "Music in Belgium - Chroniques CD / DVD - VUAGNIAUX, Anthony Cédric - Le clan des guimauves". musicinbelgium.net.
- ↑ "Musik Rezensionen und Bildarchiv". sound-and-image.de.
- ↑ "anthony cedric vuagniaux". the sunday experience.
- ↑ http://www.street-tease.com/files/laptop/dossier-de-presse-LAPTOP.pdf
- ↑ "Engineers". exchangemastering.co.uk.
- ↑ http://www.exchangemastering.co.uk/albums.html#6
- ↑ "Street Tease". Street Tease.
- ↑ "Tony Snake - Karateka EP Preview". Street Tease.
- ↑ http://www.triangle-magazine.com/musique/useless-party-6-w-data-terry-poison
- ↑ "Tony Snake × La Freak". Street Tease.
- ↑ "Anthony-Cédric Vuagniaux". Play RTS. 29 January 2014.
- ↑ http://cie7273.com/projets/swatch-art-collection.html | titre = compagnie 7273
- ↑ J. Baumgartner. "Compagnie 7273: choreooo.org". choreooo.org.
- ↑ "Anthony Cédric Vuagniaux - La Virago". Street Tease.
- ↑ "Anthony Cédric Vuagniaux sort son 3e album, "La Virago"!". italic.ch.
- ↑ plombage records. "Plombage Records Soundtrack label". plombagerecords.com.
- ↑ Comédie de Genève. "Le clin d'oeil de la Saison 2015/2016 - Lectures - Comédie de Genève". Comédie de Genève.
- ↑ "L'Enfant Sirène (2014)". IMDb. 7 June 2014.
- ↑ "Vidéo du jour : Marisa, le nouveau clip d'Anthony Cédric Vuagniaux". Street Tease.
- ↑ "Anthony Cédric Vuagniaux - Serpent à Sonate". Street Tease.
- ↑ plombage records. "Plombage Records Soundtrack label". plombagerecords.com.
- ↑ "DGP new video "Maybe I Do" - Detroit Grand Pubahs". detroitgrandpubahs.net.
- ↑ "IMDB "Le bal des faux frères" - Imdb". internet movie data base.