Xavier Descarpentries has been played on NTS shows including Soup To Nuts w/ Ruf Dug, with Le Desert Bleu first played on 18 April 2022.

French keyboardist and trumpeter Xavier Descarpentries has experimented with computers and electronic effects since the early 1980s. He refers to his compositions as "contemporary operatic" pieces and teaches new music techniques at the National Music School of Argenteuil in France.