Hadrien Feraud (born August 16, 1984) is a French

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Biography

Hadrien Feraud was born into a musical family. His parents, who are also musicians, immersed him at a very young age in various musical environments including

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, R&B, new wave and jazz. Feraud began studying guitar at age 8, taking lessons from his father. He also had a deep interest in film scores. By the time he was ten, he started picking up bass lines from

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, music of the

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era,

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, Don Blackman and later,

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, John McLaughlin and

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. At first, he was more interested in playing drums, but that stopped when he received a copy of '' The Birthday Concert'' by Jaco Pastorius at age 12. After hearing

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, everything changed. Feraud immersed himself in studies of electric bass, analyzing the techniques of Jaco Pastorius,

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Work

Toward the end of 2004, Feraud started composing works for his first solo project in parallel to playing at several clubs and jams in the Paris scene. In 2005, John McLaughlin invited Feraud to contribute on two tracks ("For Jaco", "Senor CS") on his album '' Industrial Zen''. This was a pivotal encounter for Feraud. In 2006, he finished recording his first solo album, ''Hadrien Feraud'', together with guest musicians such as John McLaughlin, Biréli Lagrène, Flavio Boltro, Jean-Marie Ecay, Jean-Pierre Como, Marc Berthoumieux, Mokhtar Samba, Jim Grancamp, Jon Grancamp, Dominique Di Piazza, Thierry Eliez, and Linley Marthe. In 2007, he took part in

's trio project. After that, he went on tour in North America and Canada. A European tour followed in 2009, as a member of John McLaughlin and the 4th dimension (with

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on keyboards and Mark Mondesir on drums). Feraud arranged and produced Biréli Lagrène's album ''Electric Side''.

On Tour

2012 and 2013: toured in US and Europe with

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Band. 2013: toured with

& The Vigil:

(keys), Hadrien Feraud (bass) with Marcus Gilmore on drums, saxophones, flute, bass clarinet and innovation from Tim Garland and guitarist Charles Altura. 2016: World Tour with

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. 2017: World Tour with

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. 2018: Tour with

Quotes

"Of course… Jaco influenced me. It is the reason why I wanted to become a musician!!" - Hadrien Feraud "When I heard Jaco and Weather Report the first time, I fell in love. What I love in Jaco's music are the feelings and images it creates in your mind" Hadrien Feraud "...for me, he's the new Jaco astorius - John McLaughlin "Usually I do what everybody does; each time I hear something that is attractive to my ears, I pick it up when I can." - Hadrien Feraud

Basses and amps

* Ken Smith Basses Burner 5 String SIGNATURE Hadrien FERAUD (sponsored) * Fodera Beez Elite 5-string (special manufacture) * F Bass Fretless 5-string (sponsored) * Godin 5 Acc Fretless with Axon Midi system * Ken Smith Basses GT 5-String * 1966

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* 1973

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* 1967

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* Mayones "Jabba" Bass Signature Hadrien FERAUD (sponsored) In September 2009, Feraud and Ken Smith announced the creation of the "Hadrien Feraud Signature Burner", to be made in Japan by Hajime Hirose and SleekElite, under the direction of Smith. Hand built models are scheduled to be released before the end of 2009, with mass-produced simplified models (no exotic tops or woods) to be released in early 2010. Early photographs show the bass with a buckeye burl top, maple neck, ebony fretboard and removable ebony ramp, and it features the Ken Smith 18v preamp, with a Mid Switch for different tones and volume boost. * Markbass SPONSORED System AMP ** Clubs : CMD102P + TRAVELER 102P ** Bigger than Club : F1 or SD800 on 2 cabinets 104HR Standard ( 8 X 10' ) * TC Electronic FX

Awards

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Critics Poll "Rising Star Electric Bassist of the year" 2008 *

Critics Poll 2nd position in "Rising Star Electric Bass" 2009 * Bass Player Magazine "Readers Choice Award" Most Exciting new Player 2009 * Bassplayer Magazine cover 2017 * Bassiste Magazine cover 2018

Discography

* '' Industrial Zen'' / John McLaughlin 2006 * ''Hadrien Feraud'' / Hadrien Feraud 2007 * ''Brooklyn, Paris to Clearwater'' /

2007 * ''Official Pirate'' / John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension 2007 * ''

Floating Point In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic on subsets of real numbers formed by a ''significand'' (a signed sequence of a fixed number of digits in some base) multiplied by an integer power of that base. Numbers of this form ...

'' / John McLaughlin 2008 * ''Bireli Electric Side'' / Biréli Lagrène 2008 * ''Christophe et Tony Raymond'' / Christophe et Tony Raymond 2009 * '' The Vigil'' /

2013 * ''Born in the 80's'' / Hadrien Feraud 2015 * ''Spirit Fingers'' / Greg Spero, Mike Mitchell, Dario Chiazzolino 2018 * ''Sonicwonderland'' /

2023 * Morgan Husband Feraud A Soul in Time 2024

CD Reviews

Hadrien Feraud: "Hadrien Feraud"
*https://www.radioguitarone.com/post/new-album-review-a-soul-in-time-by-morgan-husband-feraud

References

External links

Hadrien Feraud on Myspace
(English)
Announcement of Ken Smith Signature Burner model (with pictures) on Talkbass
{{DEFAULTSORT:Feraud, Hadrien 1984 births Living people French male bass guitarists Jazz fusion bass guitarists Jazz fusion arrangers Musicians from Paris 21st-century French bass guitarists 21st-century French male musicians French male jazz musicians