Antoine Guenet

Antoine Guenet
Born1986 (age 39–40)
OriginBelgium
GenresProgressive rock, avant-jazz, experimental, art rock
OccupationsMusician, composer, visual artist
InstrumentsPiano, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
Years active2009–present
Websiteantoineguenet.com

Antoine Guenet (born 7 May 1986) is a Belgian progressive rock and jazz pianist, composer, and visual artist.[1] He is known for his involvement in avant-garde rock and jazz bands including The Wrong Object, Univers Zéro, SH.TG.N, Machine Mass, and The Gödel Codex.[2][3] In 2023, his artwork was exhibited at Lapin blanc, a contemporary art event on AI and art at La Conciergerie in Savoie, France.[4] Guenet also co-founded L'École Autonome, the first Sudbury school in Wallonia, Belgium, in 2016.[5][6]

Career

Music

In 2009, Guenet founded the avant-rock band SH.TG.N, where he served as keyboardist and principal composer.[7] Their self-titled debut was released by MoonJune Records in 2012. Guenet later joined The Wrong Object, playing keyboards on their album After the Exhibition (2013).[8] In 2014, the band performed Frank Zappa's 200 Motels suite along with the Brussels Philharmonic, the Vlaams Radio Koor and Robert Martin, under the direction of Swedish conductor Alexander Hanson.[9][8]

In 2013, he joined Univers Zéro under Daniel Denis, contributing to the album Phosphorescent Dreams (2014).[10]

Guenet is a long-time collaborator with Michel Delville, joining him in the project Machine Mass along with American drummer Tony Bianco for the albums Machine Mass Plays Hendrix (2017) and Intrusion (2021), for which the trio became a sextet with musicians Laurent Blondiau, Manuel Hermia and Damien Campion.[11][12]

He is also part of The Gödel Codex, an electro-jazz trio with Delville and drummer Étienne Plumer. Their album Oak was released in 2019 by Off Records.[2]

Guenet appears in the documentary Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (2015), which explores the Canterbury scene and features The Wrong Object, including both performances and interviews with band members, including Guenet himself.[13] The earlier film Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition (2012) includes extensive coverage of Univers Zéro, a band Guenet later joined in 2013, though he does not appear in the documentary.[14]

Visual Art

Guenet’s artwork integrates AI tools and generative algorithms with other techniques. Releasing The River in 2022, made with generative AI Disco Diffusion, he was among the first to use the technology to make a full official music video.[15] In 2023, he exhibited a series of AI-augmented music videos and multimedia pieces at the exhibition Lapin blanc at La Conciergerie, La Motte-Servolex.[16]

Education

In 2016, Guenet co-founded L'École Autonome in Genval with composer Susan Clynes. The school operated on the Sudbury model: a democratic environment without formal classes, curriculum, or teachers, and was the first of its kind in French-speaking Belgium.[5][6]

Discography

With SH.TG.N

  • SH.TG.N (2012, MoonJune Records)[17]

With The Wrong Object

  • After the Exhibition (2013, MoonJune Records)[18]
  • Into the Herd (2018, Off Records)[19]
  • Zappa Jawaka (2018, Off Records)[20]

With Univers Zéro

  • Phosphorescent Dreams (2014, Arcàngelo)[21]

With Machine Mass

  • Machine Mass Plays Hendrix (2017, MoonJune Records)[11]
  • Intrusion (2021, Off Records)[12]
  • Intrusion-Live (2021, Off Records)[22]

With The Gödel Codex

  • Oak (2019, Off Records)[2]

With Beautiful Badness

  • Rewind (2013, Jo&Co)[23]
  • A Sunny Morning (EP, 2015, self-released)[24]
  • Many Years (EP, 2017, self-released)[25]

With Domenico Solazzo's PaNoPTiCoN

  • Live @ De Kriekelaar (recorded 2008, rel. 2022, Off Records)[26]
  • Cycle Phase One: Dusk of the Old World (2009, rel. 2022, Off Records)[27]
  • Cycle Phase Two: Dawn of the New World (2009, rel. 2022, Off Records)[28]
  • Night Sparkle – Live at PP Café (2009, rel. 2022, Off Records)[29]
  • Live at Brass (2010, rel. 2022, Off Records)[30]
  • Live at Periscope (2011, rel. 2022, Off Records)[31]
  • 2007 / 2008 - 15th anniversary from the death with a vengeance 2022 remastered version (2008, rel. 2022, Off Records)[32]
  • 2009 / 2010 - 10th anniversary 2022 remastered version (2010, rel. 2022, Off Records)[33]
  • 2011 / 2012 - 10th anniversary 2022 remastered version (2012, rel. 2022, Off Records)[34]
  • Summer Madness - Live at Jazz Marathon (2010, rel. 2023, Off Records)[35]
  • At The Four Corners of the World - Live at Jazz Jette June - Volume One (2010, rel. 2023, Off Records)[36]
  • At The Four Corners of the World - Live at Jazz Jette June - Volume Two (2010, rel. 2023, Off Records)[37]
  • Live Solstice #1 (2008, rel. 2023, Off Records)[38]
  • Live Solstice #2 (2008, rel. 2023, Off Records)[39]
  • Live at Passé Simple (2010, rel. 2023, Off Records)[40]
  • Live at Garcia Lorca (2008, rel. 2023, Off Records)[41]
  • Live at L'Évasion du 133A (2008, rel. 2023, Off Records)[42]
  • Live @ Zebra Bar (2007, rel. 2024, Off Records)[43]
  • Live @ Roskam (2008, rel. 2024, Off Records)[44]
  • Live @ Le Fonograf (2011, rel. 2024, Off Records)[45]
  • Live With Strings (2010, rel. 2024, Off Records)[46]
  • Live With Strings II (2010, rel. 2024, Off Records)[47]
  • Revenge - Live @ Café Central (2009, rel. 2024, Off Records)[48]
  • @D.N.A. ...Again!!! (2008, rel. 2025, Off Records)[49]
  • @La Cigogne (2008, rel. 2025, Off Records)[50]

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