Jacques Greene is the artist name of Philippe Aubin-Dionne, one of dance music’s most captivating talents. In less than three years, he has given the current musical landscape progressively deeper ideas of what house music can mean in this new decade. Beyond the sparkling original releases, ep´s and remixes, the young producer & songwriter has collaborated across various styles from Jimmy Edgar to Tinashe to The XX to Radiohead.
Jacque´s highly anticipated debut album Feel Infinite was released in 2017. Described by Mathew Ismael Ruiz of Pitchfork: “…Feel Infinite is an openly tender album, meant to evoke the liberation of sharing music in a communal space even as you listen at home, alone, with headphones… “.
Hear Jacques sample and share his first impressions of the reface CS:
Originally from Mexico City, grew up in a family of musicians; he started playing the piano at a very early age, and decided to pursue it as a career at the age of seventeen. In 1985, he moved to Los Angeles, and began taking lessons primarily, from his brother Francisco Loyo (Musical Director for Luis Miguel); later, he enrolled at the “Dick Grove School of Music”, and studied there for two years. Since then, he has studied with Russell Ferrante (Yellow Jackets), Clare Fischer, Eric Marienthal and many others.
Some of the many artists he has worked with include: Jon Anderson (Yes), Howard Hewitt, Herb Alpert, Marco Antonio Solís, Charlie Zaa and Luis Miguel. Salo has written many songs for Luis Miguel including “Sol, Arena y Mar” BMI award winner, and “Dímelo En Un Beso”, which were included in the Grammy and Billboard award wining album “Amarte es un Placer.” He also wrote songs for Luis Miguel’s albums “33”, “Nada es Igual” and his most recent album “Labios de Miel” – in which he was involved in the pre-production and programming of the album, too.
For his participation as a Pro Tools Engineer, in Luis Miguel’s “México En La Piel” production, he received a recognition from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
Besides his studio work with Luis Miguel, Salo has been a part of Luis’ touring band since 2002, touring the world over.
He is also involved in television music and he has composed incidental tracks for TV shows in Latin America.
Salo plays the MONTAGE6, MONTAGE8, reface CP and reface DX. Check out his work below:
