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Development : Antoine Dufour
© Candy Rat Records 2006
Antoine Dufour is emerging as one of Canadas young stars of acoustic, fingerstyle guitar.
Dufour recently played at the 2005 Montreal Jazz Festival and at the 2005 Canadian Guitar Festival, where he was awarded 2nd prize in the Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and first in 2006. He has appeared in concert and given workshops throughout Quebec, produced a video in Fall 2003, and released his 2nd CD in 2004.
Antoine Dufour releases his second solo cd on Candyrat Records. Development is a continuation of the journey he started with his first solo cd, Naissance. The cd is a mostly a solo affair with the exception of two duets with friend and fiddle player Tommy Gauthier.
His musical style is a mix of the powerful rhythms of rock, the sensibility of classical music, a funky groove, and a pure folk melody.
Dufours style continues to develop, bounded only by his imagination and his technical dexterity. As he says, The acoustic guitar is an instrument which has a very rich sound, and offers infinite possibilities to the player.
He will be touring across Canada in 2006 as a member of the International Guitar Night, an all-star evening of the best original guitarists/composers in North America.
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Antoine Dufour : Sound Pictures
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Antoine Dufour's fifth solo CD, Sound Pictures, starts off with a new original composition "These Moments" which has a killer groove and melody that is always front & center. The next track, Spiritual Groove is a live solo version of his composition that sounds better than on his earlier recordings. "Midwestern Expansion" is a piano duet track with Brad Hoyt that sounds great and the piano is perfect compliment. "Solitude" and "Glimmer of Hope" are both solo versions of these compostions and again to my ears, sound better than the earlier recordings.
Antoine Dufour : Convergences
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Antoine Dufour's forth solo CD, Convergences, moves forward where his last CD, Existence left off. Dufour's style continues to develop, bounded only by his imagination and his technical dexterity. As he says, Convergences "Is his attempt to develop songs influenced by some of his favorite artists and bands and make them into his own."
Antoine Dufour : Tommy Gauthier : Still Strings
Folk / World / Jazz
Antoine Dufour and Tommy Gauthier combine to make CD full of diverse styles including Folk, World, and Jazz influences. The level of virtouosity on Still Strings is at the highest level, even so, the music is always in front and held there from start to finsih with great results.
Antoine Dufour : Existence
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Antoine Dufour's third solo cd, Existence, is his best yet by far, with epic compositions that break ground on the instrument and move more towards a progressive rock sound than displayed on his first two CDs, Naissance and Development. Dufours style continues to develop, bounded only by his imagination and his technical dexterity. As he says, "The acoustic guitar is an instrument which has a very rich sound, and offers infinite possibilities to the player."
Antoine Dufour : Naissance
Solo Acoustic Guitar (Bass, Fiddle, & Percussion)
Antoine Dufours’ thirteen original compositions come to life on this CD. Naissance (Birth) is a fitting title for this CD as it is his first completely original and solo project. The CD is receiving critical acclaim and along with appearances and awards at major festivals, Antoine is building a National reputation for innovation and creativity.
Antoine Dufour : Craig D'Andrea : Peter Ciluzzi : DVD
DVD
The DVD is packed with fifteen performances, five each from Antoine Dufour, Craig D'Andrea, and Peter Ciluzzi, including many of the YouTube favorites and some new and unreleased performances as well. Discs are universal format (playable on any DVD player in the world)
Andy McKee : Antoine Dufour : DVD
DVD
The DVD is pack with sixteen songs, eight each from both Andy McKee and Antoine Dufour, many of the YouTube favorites and some new and unreleased performance as well. Discs are universal format (playable on any DVD player in the world)
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 1
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Naissance
Scratch
Trilogy
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 2
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Glimmer of Hope
No Name for Love
Development
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 3
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Memories of the Future
Spiritual Groove
Inspirations
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 4
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
You and I
Mother
The Heart of the Matter
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 5
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Song for Stephen
30 Minutes in London
Reality
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 6
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Ashes in the Sea
Catching the Light
Into Your Heart
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 7
This download comes with two songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Lost in Your Eyes
To Run in a Dream
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 8
This download comes with two songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
In My Own Rhythms
EN T'attendant
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 9
This download comes with two songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Hide and Seek
So Little While Road
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 10
This download comes with two songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Cold Day
The Drive Within
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 11
This download comes with two songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro 6 formats for the following songs:
These Moments