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Michel Delville is a musician, writer and teacher born in Liège, Belgium, in 1969.

He has been performing and composing alternative music since the mid-1980s. His most recent projects include the quintet The Wrong Object (which he founded in 2002 and for which he has written nearly all the songs that have been released so far ^[1]), Belgian-Swiss punk-jazz quartet Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse, Alex Maguire's Electric 6tet, the New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship (under the direction of Stanley Jason Zappa), the Ed Mann Project, and the new Belgo-Dutch combo the Moving Tones. He has played and recorded with Elton Dean, Annie Whitehead, Harry Beckett, Ed Mann, Alex Maguire, Benoît Moerlen (who joined the Moving Tones for a series of gigs in 2008), Jaap Blonk, and others. The last few years have been a productive period, with recording and touring taking Delville to many different countries (including Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Luxembourg and Belgium). Radio programmes about his musical works - and about the music he has written for The Wrong Object since 2002 - have been aired by RTBF, VPRO ^[2], the BBC and many independent radio channels,^{[citation needed]} and received positive reviews from publications such as Jazzwise,^[3]^[4], Guitar Player]^[5],Signal to Noise,^[6] All Music Guide,^[7] Musica Jazz (July 2008), Jazz Review,^[8] Exposé (September 2008),^[9] and others independent magazines, e-zines and blogs^[10].

Delville currently teaches literature and comparative literature at the University of Liège, where he directs the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Poetics (www.cipa.ulg.ac.be/). He is the author of several books pertaining to comparative poetics and interdisciplianry studies (see the selected bibliography below). He has also edited four volumes and about one hundred articles dealing with contemporary poetic and interdisciplinary studies.^[11] His awards as a writer and essayist include the 1998 SAMLA Book Award, the Choice Outstanding Book Award and the Léon Guérin Prize.^[12]

Selected discography

The Wrong Object, The Wrong Object feat. Ed Mann - Zappanale 2004 (Maximalist Records, promo CD, 2004)
The Wrong Object, The Unbelievable Truth (Moonjune Records, 2006) featuring Elton Dean
The Wrong Object, Platform One (Voiceprint, 2007) feat. Harry Beckett and Annie Whitehead
Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse, More Light (Fazzul Music, 2007)
The Wrong Object, Stories from the Shed (studio release; Moonjune Records, January 2008)
Alex Maguire Sextet, Brewed in Belgium (Moonjune Records, 2008)
Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse, TZGIV Play Zappa (Fazzul Music, 2009)

References

^ Credits
^ VPRO - Dutch National Radio
^ Jazzwise CD Reviews June 2008
^ Jazzwise Poll
^ Guitar Player review
^ Signal to Noise
^ All Music Guide
^ Jazz Review
^ Exposé
^ Reviews
^ The three awards: "Fabula
^ The three awards: "Academics specialized in American subject matter", Center for American Studies, KBR. Accessed 4 Feburary 2008.

Selected bibliography

As author:

Eating the Avant-Garde (Routledge, 2008)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism (cowritten with Andrew Norris; Salt Publishing, 2005)
Le Troisième corps (Le Fram, 2004) (poetry collection)
Hamlet & Co (cowritten with Pierre Michel; Editions de l'ULg, 2003)
The American Prose Poem (The University of Florida Press, 1998)
J.G. Ballard (Northcote House/The British Council, 1998)

As editor or co-editor:

L’œuvre en morceaux : Esthétiques de la mosaïque (Paris : Les Impressions Nouvelles, 2006)
Le Rossignol instrumental : Poésie, musique, modernité. (Leuven, Paris, Dudley, MA : Peeters/Vrin, 2004)
Sound as Sense: US Poetry &/In Music (Brussels, Bern, Frankfurt, New York : Presses Interuniversitaires Européennes-Peter Lang, 2003)
Postwar American Poetry: The Mechanics of the Mirage (Liège: L3, 2000)

External links

[1] Credits

[2] VPRO - Dutch National Radio

[3] Jazzwise CD Reviews June 2008

[4] Jazzwise Poll

[5] Guitar Player review

[6] Signal to Noise

[7] All Music Guide

[8] Jazz Review

[9] Exposé

[10] Reviews

[11] The three awards: "Fabula

[12] The three awards: "Academics specialized in American subject matter", Center for American Studies, KBR. Accessed 4 Feburary 2008.

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 '''Michel Delville''' is a musician, writer and teacher born in [[Liège]], [[Belgium]], in [[1969]].
-He has been performing and composing alternative music since the mid-1980s. His most recent projects include the quintet [[The Wrong Object]] (which he founded in 2002 and for which he has written nearly all the songs that have been released so far <ref>[http://www.wrongobject.com/cds.php Credits]</ref>), Belgian-Swiss [[Punk rock|punk]]-jazz quartet [[Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse]], [[Alex Maguire]]'s Electric 6tet, the New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship (under the direction of [[Stanley Jason Zappa]]), the Ed Mann Project, and the new Belgo-Dutch combo the Moving Tones. He has played and recorded with [[Elton Dean]], [[Annie Whitehead]], [[Harry Beckett]], [[Ed Mann]], [[Alex Maguire]], [[Benoît Moerlen]] (who joined the Moving Tones for a series of gigs in 2008), [[Jaap Blonk]], and others. The last few years have been a productive period, with recording and touring taking Delville to many different countries (including Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Luxembourg and Belgium). Radio programmes about his musical works - and about the music he has written for [[The Wrong Object]] since 2002 - have been aired by RTBF, VPRO, the BBC and many independent radio channels,{{Fact|date=February 2009}} and received positive reviews from publications such as ''[[Jazzwise]]'',<ref>[http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/index.php/Magazine-Reviews/CD-Reviews/June-2008-CD-Reviews-Jazz-And-Beyond.html ''Jazzwise CD Reviews June 2008'']</ref><ref>[http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/469/546/4005/3/12 ''Jazzwise Poll'']</ref>, [[Guitar Player]]]<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-34345981_ITM ''Guitar Player review'']</ref>,''[[Signal to Noise]],''<ref>[http://www.signaltonoisemagazine.org/ ''Signal to Noise'']</ref> ''[[All Music Guide]],''<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fixzljldde~T1 ''All Music Guide'']</ref> ''Musica Jazz'' (July 2008), ''Jazz Review,''<ref>[http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-19526.html Jazz Review]</ref> ''[[Exposé]] (September 2008),''<ref>[http://www.expose.org/ ''Exposé'']</ref> and others independent magazines, e-zines and blogs<ref>[http://www.wrongobject.com/reviews.php/ Reviews]</ref>.
+He has been performing and composing alternative music since the mid-1980s. His most recent projects include the quintet [[The Wrong Object]] (which he founded in 2002 and for which he has written nearly all the songs that have been released so far <ref>[http://www.wrongobject.com/cds.php Credits]</ref>), Belgian-Swiss [[Punk rock|punk]]-jazz quartet [[Trank Zappa Grappa in Varèse]], [[Alex Maguire]]'s Electric 6tet, the New Texture Pan Tonal Fellowship (under the direction of [[Stanley Jason Zappa]]), the Ed Mann Project, and the new Belgo-Dutch combo the Moving Tones. He has played and recorded with [[Elton Dean]], [[Annie Whitehead]], [[Harry Beckett]], [[Ed Mann]], [[Alex Maguire]], [[Benoît Moerlen]] (who joined the Moving Tones for a series of gigs in 2008), [[Jaap Blonk]], and others. The last few years have been a productive period, with recording and touring taking Delville to many different countries (including Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Luxembourg and Belgium). Radio programmes about his musical works - and about the music he has written for [[The Wrong Object]] since 2002 - have been aired by RTBF, VPRO <ref>[http://www.vpro.nl/programma/wissel/afleveringen/36344701/ ''VPRO - Dutch National Radio'']</ref>, the BBC and many independent radio channels,{{Fact|date=February 2009}} and received positive reviews from publications such as ''[[Jazzwise]]'',<ref>[http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/index.php/Magazine-Reviews/CD-Reviews/June-2008-CD-Reviews-Jazz-And-Beyond.html ''Jazzwise CD Reviews June 2008'']</ref><ref>[http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/469/546/4005/3/12 ''Jazzwise Poll'']</ref>, [[Guitar Player]]]<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-34345981_ITM ''Guitar Player review'']</ref>,''[[Signal to Noise]],''<ref>[http://www.signaltonoisemagazine.org/ ''Signal to Noise'']</ref> ''[[All Music Guide]],''<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fixzljldde~T1 ''All Music Guide'']</ref> ''Musica Jazz'' (July 2008), ''Jazz Review,''<ref>[http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-19526.html Jazz Review]</ref> ''[[Exposé]] (September 2008),''<ref>[http://www.expose.org/ ''Exposé'']</ref> and others independent magazines, e-zines and blogs<ref>[http://www.wrongobject.com/reviews.php/ Reviews]</ref>.
 Delville currently teaches literature and comparative literature at the [[University of Liège]], where he directs the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Poetics (www.cipa.ulg.ac.be/). He is the author of several books pertaining to comparative poetics and interdisciplianry studies (see the selected bibliography below). He has also edited four volumes and about one hundred articles dealing with contemporary poetic and interdisciplinary studies.<ref>The three awards: "[http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article21889.php ''Fabula'']</ref> His awards as a writer and essayist include the 1998 [[SAMLA Book Award]], the [[Choice Outstanding Book Award]] and the [[Léon Guérin Prize]].<ref>The three awards: "[http://www.kbr.be/cas/AmericanStudies/academics.html Academics specialized in American subject matter]", Center for American Studies, [[Royal Library of Belgium|KBR]]. Accessed 4 Feburary 2008.</ref>