Alix Tucou

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About Me

(…) "With my own compositions, I research ways to stimulate Imagination mainly. I see Imagination as another sense of perception of reality “ {…) In this 2021 interview , Alix resume in fact one of the main conceptions he explores with his Bass Trombone and compositions for more than 25 years. The discovery of many difference style of music since age 21 after he finished his Undergraduate Studies in the Bordeaux Conservatory , is a endless source of inspiration to craft his sound at the same time as his personality. From 1999 , from reggae to funk, he ends up playing and interpreting the music of Frank Zappa (LPJZ feat Ike Willis). He also participated in the creation of an electronic music collective (United Fools), while still continuing the Symphonic Orchestra sessions (Bordeaux, Bayonne) and musical productions for theatre and multiple electronic music projects . Since 2008, he has been known as a street performance artist, both with a metal brass band (Pastors of Muppets) and an unreal and fantastic street ballet (Ulik et le S.N.O.B -Glisssssssssendo). He did also some Progressive-Metal music projects (Year of no Light, Bagarre Générale) and played Jazz music (Eole Brass Band and Big Bands ). He had the great luck to play with those project all over Europe , Middle-East , Africa , Asia and America for a discography of dozens of different collaborations. In 2013 , He decided to move to Montreal Canada to study the Bass Trombone Performance in Orchestral Repertory in order to improve his general technique with David R. Martin , he obtain there his Master Degree in 2014. This stay in Montreal allowed him to extend his various styles of playing and improvising with playing Modern Jazz Music compositions of his own and after all meeting great human beings with incredibly versatile creativity. He then settle in New York in 2016 for an Advanced Diploma in Music Performance under the direction of Achilles Liarmakopoulos (Canadian Brass) with frequent trip to Europe to perform and continues to develop his musicianship and experiences with all that the Big Apple has to offer to a full-time musician from subway performances to the most prestigious clubs and concert hall of the City that never sleeps from Hot Jazz to Cutting Edge Contemporary Music Music Performances. It is during this stay that he recorded his first “Technology And Bones” Album. 2021 iwas under the sign of “Portraits” , his brand new album released in July and preparing his new EP “Music on Canvas” for 2023.

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Experience & Background

Hi I Am A Professional Musician With More Than 20 Years Of Experience In Performance And Teaching. I Am A Low Brass Specialist Primarily Playing The Bass Trombone As An Nyc Freelancer Including Grammy Winning Ensembles And Teaching History Of Music, Music Applied For Dancers. I Produce And Compose Electronic Music With Da Ws Such As Logic Pro X Or Protools Where I Mix Unique Soundscapes And Musical Arrangements. I Have A Very Vast And Versatile Experience So If You Feel You Need To Have An "Out Of The Box" Input On Your Music Project Or Your Low Brass Instrument Skill, I Can Help You! I Am A Native French Speaker But Speak Fluent English And Italian.