After studies at Cambridge University and a Harkness Fellowship to pursue a doctorate in Composition at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester NY), Dan Warburton settled in Paris in 1988. In 1992 he was awarded the Lili Boulanger Prize for Composition, and subsequently was commissioned to write for the Composers Ensemble (UK) and the Newt Hinton Ensemble (NL). Since 1997 he has been Editor in Chief of the Paris Transatlantic web magazine, and also writes regularly for The Wire (UK) and Signal To Noise (US). As a performer he has recorded with Jean-Luc Guionnet, Edward Perraud, François Fuchs, Bruno Meillier, Eric La Casa, Nikos Veliotis, Fred Blondy, Martine Altenburger, Jean Sé Mariage, Arthur Doyle and Reynols, for labels including Tzadik, Wergo, Leo, Ayler, Chloe, Absurd, Durtro, SMI and Crouton. He has also performed with John Butcher, Hans Tammen, Radu Malfatti, Kyle Bruckmann, Scott Rosenberg, Greg Kelley, Bhob Rainey, Tetuzi Akiyama, Daniel Erdmann, Bertrand Gauguet, Bertrand Denzler and Pascal Battus.

other releases

1998 - Tanger: "La Mémoire Insoluble" (Mercury/Polygram)

2000 - "Return of the New Thing" (Leo Records, CD LR 280)

2001 - Guy Livingston: "Don't Panic: 60 Seconds for Piano" (Wergo, WER 6649-2)

2002 - "Cho" (w/ Bruno Meillier) (SMI, NM 212)

2002 - "Folktales vol.3" (w/ Kevin Shea, Adam Sonderberg) (Crouton Music, Crouton 15)

2002 - Pierre-Yves Macé: "Faux-Jumeaux" (Tzadik TZ 7078)

2002 - "Métro Pré Saint Gervais" (w/ Jean-Luc Guionnet, Eric La Casa) (Chloë 002)

2002 - "VW" (w/ Nikos Veliotis) (Absurd 22)

2003 - "The Basement Tapes" (w/ Arthur Doyle, Edward Perraud) (Durtro)

2003 - Return of the New Thing: "Traque" (Ayler Records, AYL-CD 010)

2003 - "Rats" (w/ Edward Perraud) (Textile, Vynile Série 08, LP)

in preparation:

2004 - "I am not sitting in a room with Reynols" (w/ Reynols) (Absurd)

2004 - "à la limite du pays fertile" (w/ Frédéric Blondy, Martine Altenburger) (Meniscus)

2004 - title to be announced (w/ Frédéric Blondy, Jean-Sébastien Mariage) (Creative Sources)