Thomas Bloch


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Thomas Bloch, a specialist for rare instruments (Ondes Martenot, Glass Harmonica, Cristal Baschet) was born in 1962 at Colmar (France). He has obtained 15 Music Academy awards (Colmar, Strasbourg, Paris), a First Prize at Paris Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique (ondes Martenot with Jeanne Loriod) and a Master in Musicology, Strasbourg University (with Marc Honegger and François Bernard Mâche).

His music ranges from classical, contemporary to jazz, rock, hardcore, theater music, film music and ballet music. He as acted in many capacities over the years: the composer, the arranger, and the producer of many pieces of music. He is also the owner of a digital recording studio.

Bloch gives lectures, master classes, concerts and writes articles to popularize his instruments and the works composed for them and is a continuous inspiration to others to compose music of all styles.

Notable collaborations include Radiohead, John Cage, and Tom Waits.

ALBUMS


APPEARANCES +


Miley Cyrus
Something Beautiful
2025, ,
Art Rock/Dance-pop
Brittany Howard
What Now
2024
Bruno Coulais
Wendell & Wild (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film)
2023, LP, Album, 180, Netflix Music, LLC, ,
Soundtrack
Raphaël
Soudain Seuls
2023, LP, Album, L'R Du TrésoR
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Ensemble Les Surprises, Marie Perbost, Marc Mauillon
An Unexpected Mozart
2022, 2xCD, Harmonia Mundi
Alexandre Desplat
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film)
2022, CD, ,
Score
Razen
Blue Rot
2021, LP, Album, Ltd, Hands In The Dark, ,
Experimental/Drone
Arandel
InBach vol. 2
2021
Marie Laforêt
Marie Laforêt
2020, 18xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Label Panthéon, Polydor, Universal Music France, ,
Chanson
Beethoven*
Complete Edition
2019, CD, Comp + CD, Comp + CD, Comp + CD, Comp + CD, Al, Naxos, Capriccio (2), Dynamic (4), Grand Piano (2), VOX (6), Brilliant Classics B. V., ,
Classical/Romantic
Arandel
InBach
2019
Max de Wardener
Kolmar
2019
Ladyboy
Rose Calamine
2018, LP, Ltd, Jelodanti Records, Microcultures
Joep Beving
Conatus
2018, CD, ,
Contemporary
Zazie
Zen / La Zizanie
2017, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Mercury Music Group, Mercury, Universal Music France, ,
Chanson
M.A BEAT!
Sans Soleil
2017
Michel Redolfi
The Exoplanets / Sci-Fi Memories
2016, 2xCDr, Album, Comp, Audionaute, Cezame Music Agency
Philip Clemo
Dream Maps
2016, CD, Album, All Colours Arts, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Space-Age
Vladiswar Nadishana
Zero Density
2016, 14xFile, FLAC, Album, Web, Not On Label
Olivier Messiaen - Marcus Creed, Danish National Vocal Ensemble*, Danish National Concert Choir*, Danish National Chamber Orchestra*
L'amour Et La Foi (Vocal Music By Olivier Messiaen)
2015, SACD, OUR Recordings, ,
Modern
Zazie
Zen / Cyclo
2014, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Mercury Music Group, Mercury, Universal Music France, ,
Chanson
Michel Redolfi
Music On Mars
2014, CD, Signature (9), ,
Modern Classical
Joseph Klein
Improbable Encounters
2014, CD, Album + DVD-V, Multichannel, Innova Recordings
Edgar Moreau, Pierre-Yves Hodique
Play: Works For Cello And Piano
2014
Tindersticks
Ypres
2014, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Soundtrack/Art Rock
InSonar
L'Enfant Et Le Ménure
2013, 2xCD, Album, Lizard (2), ,
Experimental
Various
50's Sci-Fi Movies
2013, 15xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, GUM Collections, ,
Theme
Various
Vampire Tales
2013, 17xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, GUM Collections
Tarja*
Colours In The Dark
2013, ,
Symphonic Rock/Pop Rock
Daft Punk
Random Access Memories
2013, 2x Vinyl 180 Gram, ,
Disco/Funk/Synth-pop/Electro
Koshi*
Monologue Theater
2013
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Prisoners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013, ,
Soundtrack
Various
Viva Riva ! Bande Originale Du Film
2012, CD, Comp, Boogaloo Music
Philip Clemo
Mesmer
2012, CD, Album, All Colours Arts, ,
Contemporary Jazz
OTEME
Il Giardino Disincantato
2012, CD, Album, 3-f, Edd Strapontins
Michel Redolfi
Sons-Frissons
2012, CD, Album, INA-GRM, ,
Musique Concrète
Tindersticks
The Something Rain
2012, Vinyl 180g, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock
Buridane
Pas Fragile
2012, CD, ,
Chanson
Varèse* − The Percussive Planet*, Martin Grubinger, Ensemble Modern Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Bertrand De Billy
Kontinent (»In Meinem Kopf Singt Ein Vogel Das Ganze Jahr.«)
2011, CD, Album, Col Legno
Nana Mouskouri
Rendez-vous
2011, CD, ,
Chanson
Patrick Wolf
Lupercalia
2011, CD, ,
Electro/Pop Rock
Orlando Jacinto Garcia
Temporal
2010, 6xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Innova Recordings
Yael Naim & David Donatien
She Was A Boy
2010, CD Digipak, ,
Indie Pop/Folk/Soul
Lokua Kanza
Nkolo
2010, CD, ,
African
Ycare
Au Bord Du Monde
2009, CD, Album, Jive/Epic, ,
Chanson
Patrick Wolf
Hard Times
2009, Vinyl, ,
Electro/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Patrick Wolf
The Bachelor
2009, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Alternative Rock
Richard Hawley
Truelove's Gutter
2009, CD ims Manufacturing Pressing, ,
Acoustic/Indie Rock
Amin Bhatia
Virtuality
2008, CD, Album, Canada Disc, ,
Berlin-School
Jean-François Zygel
Improvisations
2008, CD, Album, Naïve
Monkey
Journey To The West
2008
Zazie
Zest Of.
2008, 2x CD Super Jewel Box, ,
Chanson/Pop Rock
Vanessa Paradis
L'Incendie
2008, CD, ,
Chanson
Maxime Le Forestier
Restons Amants
2008, ,
Chanson/Folk
Olivier Messiaen
La Musique En Couleur
2007, Box, Comp + 10xCD, Naxos, ,
Modern/Contemporary/Post-Modern
Ludwig van Beethoven
Die Ruinen Von Athen Op. 113 = The Ruins Of Athens Op. 113 / Aus = From: Leonore Prohaska WoO 96 / Ouvertüre Op. 124 C-Dur (Die Weihe Des Hauses) = Overture Op. 124 C Major (Consecration Of The House) / Wo Sich Die Pulse Jugendlich Jagen WoO 98 (Die Wei
2007, CD, Comp, Am@do Classics, ,
Classical
Various
René Lalique Et La Musique
2007, CD, Album, sVo Art, sVo Art Collection
Vanessa Paradis
Divinidylle
2007
Dom Farkas, Christophe Minck* Et Gabor Rassov
Fantômas Revient
2006, CD, Album, Wagram Music
Suite Voice
Kiss Kiss Kiss And Still Kiss
2006, CD, Album, Paddle Wheel
Emilie Simon
The Flower Book
2006, CD, ,
Leftfield/Downtempo/Modern Classical/Trip Hop
Zoé*
Tout Va Bien
2006
Lara Fabian
9
2005, DVD-V, PAL, Polydor, ,
Chanson
Emilie Simon
La Marche De L'Empereur
2005, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Downtempo
Lara Fabian
9
2005, ,
Chanson
Michel Redolfi
Vox In Vitro : Opéra Noir
2004, CD, Album, Signature (9)
Michel Redolfi
Nausicaā - Musique Originale
2004
Sanseverino
Les Sénégalaises
2004
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ensemble Villa Musica
Complete Quintets Vol. 4
2003, CD, MDG
Ivry Gitlis
Méditation De Thaïs & 18 Pièces Célèbres Pour Violon
2003
CharlElie*
Alice Aux Pays Des Merveilles
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label
Various
Classical Heat
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Naxos, ,
Modern/Romantic/Impressionist
Various
The First Fifteen Years
2002
Sir Neville Marriner, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*
Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Recording - Special Edition: The Director's Cut)
2002
Ignatus
Le Physique
2000, CD, Album, Atmosphériques, ,
Chanson
Thomas Fersen
Thom4s Fersen
1999, CD Digipak, ,
Chanson
Lindsay Cooper
A View From The Bridge (Composed Works)
1998, 2xCD, Album, Impetus Records,
Fabrice Di Falco
Des Oeuvres Pour Castrats...à La Musique Religieuse
1998, CD, Album, Not On Label
Various
The Tango Lesson Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1997
Bachibouzouk Band*
Space Cabaret
1997, CD, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Post Bop/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz/Canzone Napoletana
Coba
Roots?
1995, CD, ,
Acid Jazz/Musette/Chanson/Cabaret/Gypsy Jazz/Electro/Trip Hop/Future Jazz/AOR
Zazie
Zen
1995, CD, ,
Chanson
Various
Sarajevo (Suite)
1994, CD, Album, L'Empreinte Digitale, Deux Z, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Experimental/Spoken Word
Marie Laforêt
Reconnaissances
1993, CD, ,
Chanson
Arthur H Et Le Bachibouzouk Band
En Chair Et En Os
1993, CD, ,
Jazz-Rock/Chanson
Patrick Husson
Patrick Husson: sopraniste
1991, CD, Album, K617
Sir Neville Marriner, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*
Amadeus (Original Soundtrack - Special Edition: The Director's Cut)
2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Fantasy, Universal
Lokua Kanza
Wapi Yo
CD,
Joep Beving
Conatus
2018
Arandel
Two Haunted Mixtapes For Your Lonely Holiday Parties
2017, Cassette, ,
Leftfield/Avantgarde/Disco/Downtempo
Various
Yes (A Film By Sally Potter)
2005, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Classical/Contemporary Jazz/Electric Blues/Score
Various
Classical Chill
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Naxos
Various
From The Pages Of Experimental Musical Instruments Volume VIII
1993, Cass, Comp, C70, Experimental Musical Instruments, ,
Experimental
Tarja*
Lucid Dreamer
2013, File, AAC, Single, Unofficial, Ear Music (2)
Daft Punk
Random Access Memories
2013, CD, ,
Disco/Funk/Electro/Synth-pop
Tindersticks
The Something Rain
,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock