Sten Hostfalt Guitarist Composer Producer Educator
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Sten 
Höstfält 
​Recordings



​Official Releases 
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as a leader/co-leader


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Sten Hostfalt 
29 Pieces for the Microtonal Guitar
Live at Knitting Factory New York
 
20th Anniversary Edition
2023 DIGITAL Re-Release.
[Sonus Rex 92817] 
Sten Hostfalt - acoustic, electric 
and prepared guitar, electronics, 
and compositions.
​Recorded by Jason Tubbs.
Edited by Greg Thompson. 
Produced by Sten Hostfalt 
and Greg Thompson.
Recorded 08.29.2002,
Initial release 2003.
Cover art by Bo-Jen

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Spotify
Amazon 
Apple Music
​Digital HD album @ Qobuz



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Sten Hostfalt - Transformations
[Sonus Rex 1121-14]
Sten Hostfalt - compositions,
guitar, electronics, production.
Album art by Barbara Weil.

Listen @ Bandcamp 
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Sten Hostfalt & Johnny Lapio
[Sonus Rex 3218]
Sten Hostfalt - guitar, compositions
Johnny Lapio - trumpet, compositions
Produced by Sten Hostfalt
Album art by Bo-Jen
Listen @ Bandcamp 
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Sten Hostfalt
Microtonal Guitar Works Vol. 1
Digital Compilation [Sonus Rex 0923-17]
Sten Hostfalt -  acoustic, electric,
and prepared guitar, electronics 
and production.
Album art by Bo-Jen
Listen @ Bandcamp 
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Sten Hostfalt G-Factor
​Moneytown 

[Sonus Rex 0624-11]
Recorded 2007, released 2011.

Sten Hostfalt - guitar, bass, electronics, compositions
Matthew Renzi - tenor  and soprano saxophone,
slide whistle and compositions.

Raymond Todd - spoken word, trombone, 
recorder, toy piano and compositions

Marko Djordjevic - drums and compositions.
Recorded live at Moneytown, Brooklyn NY
Engineered and produced by Mark Trewella. 

Album art by Kenny Young
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Digital album @ Qobuz
Apple Music
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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula 
Now Matter 

[Sonus Rex 0624-10]
recorded 2007, released 2011. 

Sten Hostfalt - guitar and compositions
Blaise Siwula - alto & tenor saxophone, compositions
Produced by Sten Hostfalt and Blaise Siwula
Cover art by Kenny Young
Listen @ Bandcamp
Buy CD at Amazon
Digital HD album @ Qobuz
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Sten Hostfalt - Quartet
[Sonus Rex 0624-8] 
released 2008
Sten Hostfalt - guitar and compositions
Adam Dahlberg - soprano and alto saxophone,
Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, flute & compositions.
Takuya Nakamura - trumpet (track #3)
Peter Frykholm - acoustic bass
Matthew Garrison - electric bass (track #3)
Per Persson - drums, percussion
Blake Lindberg - drums (track #3)
Cover photo by LU
Design by Bo-Jen

Listen @ Bandcamp

Buy CD at Amazon
Digital HD album @ Qobuz
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Sten Hostfalt - Macroscope
[Five Microtonal Pieces For Guitar and
Electronics Live Solo Cambridge MA 2006]

Sten Hostfalt - guitar, electronics, 
and compositions.
[Sonus Rex 0624-5]
​Released 2006
Recorded live in Cambridge, MA
Mixed/mastered by Douglas Henderson
Produced by Sten Hostfalt
Cover art by Very Johansson
Listen @ Bandcamp
Buy CD at Amazon
Download HD album at Qobuz
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Sten Hostfalt - 29 Pieces for the
Microtonal Guitar Live at Knitting
Factory New York
 [g-wOw 1215]
Recorded 2002, released 2003.
Sten Hostfalt - acoustic, electric 
and prepared guitar, electronics, 
and compositions.
​Recorded by Jason Tubbs.
Edited by Greg Thompson. 
Produced by Sten Hostfalt 
and Greg Thompson.
Cover art by Bo-Jen
Listen @ Bandcamp 
Buy CD at Amazon
Digital HD album @ Qobuz
Signal to Noise review
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Jazz Review review
All About Jazz review
Jazz Now review
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Cadence review 


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Sten Hostfalt - Eternity Check
[g-wOw 1214] Recorded 1992/2001
and officially released 2002.
Sten Hostfalt - guitar, guitar synthesizer, 
compositions 
Takuya Nakamura - trumpet (track 5)
Matthew Garrison - electric bass (track 5)
Blake Lindberg - drums (track 5)
Magnus Lind - accordion
Lise-Lotte Norelius - drums
Produced by Sten Hostfalt
Project coordination by Paul Bley
Cover photo by Arabel Karajan.
Art design by Bo-Jen
Listen @ Bandcamp
​Buy CD at Amazon
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Digital HD album @ Bandcamp
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Various artists - Clinical Jazz
Digital compilation release
Clinical Archives - ca200
Russia, 2008.
feat. Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula
Discogs archive 


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Elexir - Feel Real 
[U-diG 3007], 1997
Scandinavian release
partially re-released 
in 2006 as Quartet 
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Drömmar i Faksimile
compilation cassette release

Modernes Pop Records.
Västerås, Sweden, 1982

feat. Union Flags, UUU+,
Snaaphunter Ensemble, 
Sekvens, Miljonmysteriet, 
Hur man förklarar tavlor
för en död hare. Intimate, 
Agenterna, Hangar S., 
Streber, Besserwisser. Fri Fart.

Discogs archive 



​Sten Hostfalt is a Sonus Rex recording artist
and an affiliate of BMI, Broadcast Music Inc.
AFM, The American Federation of Musicians
Local 802, Associated Musicians of Greater New York.
NAfME National Association for Music Educators,
NYSSMA New York State School Music Association, 
MEANYC Music Educators Association of New York City
The Society for Research in Music Education,  
SMT, The Society for Music Theory
AES ​the Audio Engineering Society, 
GFA, the Guitar Foundation of America,
and JFA, Jazz Foundation of America.  
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© Sonus Rex 2023
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  • HOME
  • Biography
  • Concerts
    • Live Archive 1981-2022
    • Transformations Solo Concert Work for XXXV Encontre de Compositors at Pilar i Joan Miro' Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    • Dimensional States: Large Microtonal Ensemble Work
    • 29 Pieces for the Microtonal Guitar
  • Recordings
    • Recordings as a LEADER
    • Recordings as a Sideman
    • Unofficial Recordings
  • Video
  • Work
    • Work 1981-2021
    • Sten Hostfalt and Johnny Lapio
    • Sten Hostfalt and Blaise Siwula
    • Downtown NYC Scene
    • NYC Electronic Music Scene
    • Music for Dance
    • Marko Djordjevic's Sveti
  • Press
    • Press Clips 1986-2018
    • Signal To Noise
    • Jazz Review
    • All About Jazz
    • Cadence
    • Jazz Now
    • Guitar Player Magazine
    • City Guide NY
    • AM New York
    • Fresh Music
    • Fundacio Joan Miro'
  • Education
  • Sonus Rex