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Steve Raegele

Steve Raegele is a Montreal guitarist and composer. His debut CD as a leader is entitled "Last Century" on the Songlines label. It features drummer Thom Gossage and bassist Miles Perkin as they interpret 11 Raegele compositions that straddle the lines between improvisation and organized sound. Steve has studied with Rod Ellias and Justin Haynes as well as with faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts. (Dave Douglas, Ari Hoenig, Joe Lovano, Tony Malaby) He has performed with Thom Gossage, Drew Gress, Frank Lozano, Lori Freedman, Jean Derome, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Remi Bolduc and others.

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Steve Raegele: Last Century

Read "Last Century" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Guitarist Steve Raegele brings a multifaceted presence to his debut, Last Century. Raegele, who is based in Montreal, Canada, was the lead guitarist of the psychedelic rock band The Besnard Lakes, and a member of drummer Thom Gossage's Other Voices. He was at home in the radically different approach of the two bands, an assured player who found his muse, no matter what the idiom. He now shows just how exploratory and sensitive he can be to differing norms of ...

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Steve Raegele: Last Century

Read "Last Century" reviewed by Pascal-Denis Lussier


Montreal guitarist Steve Raegele's debut, Last Century, with bassist Miles Perkin and drummer Thom Gossage, marks the beginning of a career that will, no doubt, be looked back upon despite being disregarded at this stage. The album doesn't mark Raegele's launching point, however, but the due reward of a turbulent turning point, as the guitarist has abandoned his role as lead guitarist for indie rock band, The Besnard Lakes, to seek more autonomy and creative freedom. Raegele has since played ...

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Steve Raegele: Last Century

Read "Last Century" reviewed by Matt Marshall


"Mostly, this is the sound of half-awake dreams, phantasmic moments of glowing red dawn," guitarist Steve Raegele writes in the liner notes to Last Century. “I think of these songs as having been created by reaching out from a moving train to grab onto shapes that would be lost in the blur." As those lines suggest, there's little melody here, just snatches of ringing guitar that rise out of primordial, electronic ooze. Heavy on atmospherics and space, ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Don't You Worry 'Bout...

Barbette Records
2019

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Because I Loved

Self Produced
2018

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Last Century

Songlines Recordings
2011

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Last Century

Songlines Recordings
2010

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The Moon is Made of Gold

From: Because I Loved
By Steve Raegele

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