Pierre-Antoine Badaroux, saxophone player, composer, producer and teacher, is an active member of contemporary European musics. His work focuses on an exploration of the relationships between music writing, composition, predefined, undefined and improvised forms. All those concerns are deeply rooted inside his multiple productions: as a performer in the Hodos ensemble, a composer in his sextet, a solo improviser, an archivist as producer and member of Umlaut Records label, a teacher at Lille conservatory, a be-bop deconstruction worker with Peeping Tom quartet or a rebuilder of the music and dance from the 30s with the Umlaut Big Band.