Alexandre Navarro

Alexandre Navarro is a french guitarist from Bordeaux living in Paris, sound experimenter, composer & underground producer.

Alexandre Navarro
Navarro in his home studio
Background information
Also known as	AN, Navarro
Born	(1974-08-27) 27 August 1974 (age 51) France
Origin	France, Bordeaux
Genres	Ambient, Shoegaze, Electronic
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Sampler, Modular synthesizer, Synthesizer
Labels	Facade Electronics, DISQAN, Archipel, Sem label, Constellation Tatsu, Dronarivm, Laverna,
Website	alexandrenavarro.net

Career

Navarro is considered as a "French master minimalist composer"^[1] He studied electroacoustic music, concrete music and electronic music at Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Bordeaux under the guidance of composer Christian Eloy and Octandre French association.^[2] He started an official career with the release of his first album on the swiss Creative Commons label Realaudio. After 7 years of running labels, Alexandre Navarro decided in 2014 to concentrate on his own works.^[3] Alexandre Navarro has launched a new label in 2019 called "Les disques imaginations",^[4] and then he relaunched "DISQAN" in 2025^[5]

Recordings

• 2004 – Please, Sit Down (Realaudio)
• 2005 – Future Nature (Realaudio)
• 2005 – Medium (Archipel)
• 2006 – Eko Std. (Standard Klik Music)
• 2006 – Dimension (Standard Klik Music)
• 2006 – Ame (Archipel)
• 2007 – 1001 (Mandorla)
• 2008 – Arcane (SEM label) nomination Qwartz Awards 2009^[6] "Search" section^[7]
• 2011 – Loka (SEM label)
• 2012 – Elements (SEM label)
• 2012 – Cycles (Laverna)
• 2012 – Sketches (Constellation Tatsu)
• 2013 – Hozho (SEM label)
• 2013 – Lost Cities (Dronarivm)
• 2013 – Redfish (SEM label)
• 2014 – La Danse Des Substances (DISQAN)
• 2015 – Daimon (DISQAN)
• 2016 – Routes (DISQAN)
• 2017 – Anti-matière (Archipel)
• 2018 – Imaginations (self-released)
• 2019 – Pneuma (DISQAN)
• 2019 – Le liens magnétiques (DISQAN])
• 2020 – Distil (Microrama)
• 2020 - 26 impressions de l’âme (DISQAN)
• 2022 - Onde salée (DISQAN)
• 2023 - Phases (Handstitched)
• 2023 - NETLABELS WORKS 2004 — 2008 (self-released)
• 2023 - Sun-Bolein (Facade Electronics)
• 2025 - Les Toiles de nuits (Facade Electronics)

Filmography

Documentaries

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2016	Mariannes Noires	Mame-Fatou Niang & Kaytie Nielsen

Short Films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2016	Traveller	James Latter
2018	Everything is upstream	Martin Ponferrada
2021	Home	James Latter

Collaborations

• 2000, Music for Futura, festival international d'art acousmatique et des arts de support^[8]
• 2001, 2002, 2003 – Exhibition " Less and More " Frédéric Druot Architecte – Ministère de la Culture^[9]
• 2004, Arborescence Exhibition " Creative Commons project " w/ Baptiste Houssin^[10]
• 2014, Mutant Area Exhibition^[11]
• 2016, Additional score of the short movie "Traveller" directed by James Latter^[12]
• 2018, Score of the short movie "Everything is Upstream" directed by Martin Ponferrada^[13]

Remixes

• 2006, My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, Original track by Brian Eno + David Byrne^[14]

• 2016, Midi Sans Frontieres, Original track by Squarepusher^[15]

Awards

• 2018, Music Award of Excellence "Southern Shorts" Awards – 2017 – Score for short movie Everything is Upstream by Martin Ponferrada^[16]