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Sten Höstfält 
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Recordings


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

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Digital HD album @ Qobuz
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Sten Hostfalt - Five Microtonal Pieces For Guitar
and 
Electronics Live Solo Cambridge MA 2006
(original working title: Macroscope)

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
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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
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Digital HD album @ Qobuz
Signal to Noise review
​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
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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
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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.

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Official Releases 

​as a Sideman, Featured
Soloist, and/or Arranger 


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Calmer - Past is Present
Moodgadget Records, 2009
​Collin Palmer - composer, electronics, drums.
featuring Sten Hostfalt - electric bass guitar

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Popmatters review


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Guillermo Klein & Big Van 
El Minotauro Candid Records U.K. 1997
Guillermo Klein - compositions, arrangements,
conductor, editing, voice, executive producer.
Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Dave Barraza,
Matt Hong, Dan Bosshardt - saxophones.
David Boato, Richard Nant, John Walsh
and Juan Cruz de Urquiza - trumpets
Sandro Tomasi, Matt Pavolka and
Masa Ikeda - trombones
Sten Hostfalt - guitar, (soloist tr. 3, 8)
Aaron Goldberg - piano
Johannes Weidenmueller - bass
Marc Miralta - drums 
George Garzone - liner notes
Ben Rizzi - engineer
Alan Bates - producer
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​All Music Review
Jazz Times Review
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Guillermo Klein & Big Van
El Minotauro 
Japan release
Teichiku 1997
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Guillermo Klein - Big Van 
Beat Records CDJ 507, Italy 1995
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Sandviken Big Band ft. Bobby Shew
30 Years in Business - Live 

Four Leaf Clover Records

[FLCCD 167] 1999
Sten Hostfalt featured soloist, track 2
and featured arranger, track 3.

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Apple Music

All About Jazz Review
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Elexir - Feel Real 
[U-diG 3007], 1997
Scandinavian release

Four original Sten Hostfalt
compositions featured
, 
Seven tracks featured on
'
Quartet' [Sonus Rex, 2006]
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Lasse Lindgren & Sandviken Big Band
Right on Time 
Sittel Records, Sweden 1997
Sten Hostfalt featured soloist, track 11
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Sandviken Big Band with
Antti Sarpila, Lars Erstrand
and Ulf Johansson-Werre 

Big Benny [AS 013] Finland, 1999

The Music of Benny Goodman
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Michel Barbaud
Blue Planet Big Band

Recorded live in Boston, MA 1995
French CD release
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One, Two, Three, Four
Jazz & More from Berklee

[BC SPCD 6] 1992 CD 
Promotional, Unofficial release

with The Berklee Concert Jazz
Orchestra dir. by Herb Pomeroy.
​Featuring soloists
Seamus Blake-tenor saxophone,
Sten Hostfalt-guitar and
Mercedes Rossy-piano.
Gary Burton-Liner notes,
executive producer.
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  • HOME
  • Biography
  • Press
  • Recordings
  • Work
    • Work 1981-2025
    • Dimensional States: Large Microtonal Ensemble Work
    • Fundacio Joan Miro'
    • Sten Hostfalt and Johnny Lapio
    • Sten Hostfalt and Blaise Siwula
    • Downtown NYC Scene
    • NYC Electronic Music Scene
    • Music for Dance
    • Marko Djordjevic's Sveti
    • Guillermo Klein's Big Van
  • Concerts
  • Publications
    • Fresh Music: Explorations with The Creative Workshop for Musicians, Artists and Teachers
    • Dictionnaire des musiques microtonales (1892-2013)
  • Educator