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Álvaro Domene
Guitarist/Composer
About Me
“Domene has his own voice that is both in your face and laden with subtleties.” – Mike Borella
(Avant Music News)
Álvaro Domene is a Madrid-born, New York based guitarist and composer operating at the
convergence of various styles of contemporary creative music. His sound and compositions are
influenced by the avant-garde jazz and western contemporary classical traditions, as well as
metal music. He has performed and taught internationally, and recently worked with Joe McPhee,
Karl Berger, Elliott Sharp, Vinny Golia, Henry Kaiser, Briggan Krauss, Michaël Attias, Jim Black,
Ben Goldberg, Michael Bisio, Sam Newsome, Colin Marston, Mike Pride, Ches Smith, Scott
Amendola, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Mat Maneri, Tim Dahl, Weasel Walter, and Billy Martin.
He has released 22 albums as a leader and/or co-leader and is an active performer in New York’s
creative music scene, leading various groups in addition to working with numerous artists.
“Álvaro Domene is an utterly uncompromising, fearless presence on his seven-string instrument
contextualized within creative processing and experimental techniques. His work yields
outcomes ranging from the tranquil and calm to raging, volcanic intensity.” – Anil Prasad
(Innerviews.org)
His work has been positively reviewed by Jazzwise, The Wire, New York City Jazz Record, All
About Jazz, RTVE Spain, Guitar Moderne, El Intruso, Pop Matters, Angry Metal Guy, Tomajazz,
The Free Jazz Blog and many other specialized media outlets like Avant Music News, on which a
recent release, “Synaptic Self” by the trio dMu, was included in the list of “Best Albums of 2016”.
Álvaro’s latest and first solo record, “The Compass”, was a “Recommended New Release” on The
New York City Jazz Record, and Avant Music News featured it on their “Best Albums of 2018”
list.
“Domene sounds like a frightful demolition team.” – Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Blog)
“Domene’s sound sculptures pose questions of emotion, spirit, intellect, the cosmos- and in the
end, these questions of sound invite us to act in some way. The sword hangs upon all our walls
and in ringing metal it leads to one destination in unison. A ‘land of song’, puissance, voices
raised in glorious clamor. In unison against a falling power.” – Ed Keller (aum.aumstudio.org)
In addition, Álvaro co-runs Iluso Records, an independent record label dedicated to support and
disseminate creative new music, and he is also the artistic director at the Singularity Music Series
in Kingston, New York.