XA4

 

pianist / composer / producer




News

2-12-2022

Dear music lover,
The new album of XA4 “The Sea Above” is released on the label of Philip Glass in NYC Orange Mountain Music.

Original compositions by Philip Glass reworked by XA4 and original compositions by XA4 for piano & electronics. With featuring artists Tenzin Choegyal and Jaro.

Listen to it via the Spotify pop up on the right, or visit the website of Orange Mountain Music right here.









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About





XA4 (the artist name of Xavier Boot) is a musician based in Amsterdam that creates music for piano and electronics that he performs live on stage. Xavier's compositions are a culmination of his musical journey that included studying classical music and electronic music at the conservatories of the Hague, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf and going to Indonesia where part of his roots lie. On those Islands, the Gamelan music made a huge impression on XA4. His sound can best be compared to artists like the Grandbrothers and Philip Glass.

XA4 earlier released an EP with therecord label of Philip Glass in New Yor and on October the 18th, 2024 XA4 released his debut album XA4 has performed in all the mai concert venues in the Netherlands an recently toured through NYC, London, Berlin and Venice. His latest tour included two sold out concerts in the Royal Concertgebouw durin Amsterdam Dance Event and a sold out concert in Tivoli, Utrecht. XA4 played many festivals such as Amsterdam Dance Event, Lago Lago Festival, Hongerige Wolf festival and more. XA4 also produced music for National TV, the Rijksmuseum for Antiquities and for Dyptique, Frederic Malle and Hermès.

Philip Glass about XA4:
“Xavier is really a wonderful pianist and
I am thrilled how he tackles my music,
with that typically and elegant
electronica touch”

Media

 

In London the well known magazine ‘Londonist’ recommended the concert of XA4 and the Grammy nominated Tibetan singer Tenzin Choegyal at the October gallery which was then sold out and the same thing happened in Berlin, where the well known magazine ‘Tip Berlin’ selected XA4’s concert as one of the best tips for the weekend and sold out soon after.
The Spanish magazine Minimalismore gave a nice review of his EP. 

Xavier was featured on NPO classical NL, NPO3fm with his record’s and on national television and in the cinema’s with the music he composed for the documentary “Buitenkampers” which also won the Crystal Film Prize.
His music was also aired on NTS radio channel UK.

The biggest national printed music magazine OOR gave a nice review for XA4’s debut album:“Pop music is far away here, rather it is art. The same could be said about the music of XA4, aka Xavier Boot. Who doesn’t think Philip Glass is a great artist? XA4 interprets the compositions of the American minimal composer in a contemporary way. When the Amsterdammer takes a seat behind a Steinway, a battery of electronics stands around him, through which his piano playing is guided. For example, he transforms Evening Song, originally a work for chorus and orchestra from the opera Satyagraha, into a danceable minimal piano piece. This record, released on Glass’ own label, may safely be described as Glass on beats.”

The most important Dutch music culture media platform 3voor12 featured XA4’s appearance at the Royal Concertgebouw during ADE and his new album “The Sea Above” got chosen as one of the best releases of october 24.
Earlier Xavier got a nice coverage of the EP release show in the A'DAM tower by 3voor12.

This same same media channel gave a very beautiful review of a show of XA4 of which here is a quote: "Without mincing words, XA4 pulls us into a piano piece you'd rather expect at the Concertgebouw. In his own first composition, the pianist squeezes as much tempo, jazz, deep feeling and passion into just a few minutes as Mozart does into a symphony. There is a clear minimalist inspiration from Philip Glass' work, recognizable by the repeats that thrust rollingly. The second track also consists of piano, of course, but is danceable, according to XA4. And it certainly is, though you're not going to hear it in its entirety in a DJ set anytime soon. On the third track, XA4 really goes wild. With a tight, repeating beat underneath, the piano plays like a carousel, with more than a little threat. The intensity increases. If this were water, we're rafting on the roughest stretches of the Colorado River. We go from acceleration to whirlpool, just barely dodging a rock. Is that the thunderous sound of a waterfall approaching? Where Keith Jarret makes piano music by going back and forth on the bridge between classical music and jazz, XA4 plays on the bridge between Keith Jarret and industrial techno."

Agenda



March 2025
22.03.25  UTRECHT - Birds of Paradise Festival

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November 2024
08.11.24   ROTTERDAM - 20.30 - De Doelen
01.11.24    UTRECHT - 20.00 -SOLD OUT - Tivoli

October 2024
17.10.24    AMSTERDAM - 21.30 -SOLD OUTRoyal Concertgebouw
17.10.24    AMSTERDAM - 19.30 - SOLD OUT Royal Concertgebouw

August 2024
18.08.24   NIEUW AMSTERDAM - Camping Buitenland

July 2024
14.07.24   GRONINGEN - 11.30 - Hongerige Wolf Festival

April 2024
19.04.24    VENICE (IT) - Art Biennale
16.04.24    VENICE (IT) - Art Biennale

March 2024
26.03.24   LONDON (UK) - SOLD OUTOctober Gallery
22.03.24   AMSTERDAM - SOLD OUTA’DAM toren
 17.03.24   BERLIN (DE) - SOLD OUT - Playground

February 2024
24.02.24   NYC (US) - Lume Studios
22.02.24   NYC (US) - 84 White str.