Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1941, in Igualada, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish-Catalan viol player and composer. He is one of the major figures in the field of early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol (viola da gamba) back to life on the stage. His repertory ranges from medieval to renaissance and baroque music. Savall's musical training started in the school choir of his native town (1947-55).
Diatribes are Laurent Peter/D'incise (laptop, objects, treatements), Cyril Bondi (drums, percussions) and Gael Riondel (tenor & alto saxophones, clarinet, fluteis).
The trio starts its existence under another name "d'incise d'ou inductions " in a Geneva basement in winter 2004. The idea behind the band was to mix three distinct sources (wind, percussion and electronic) in order to develop a malleable mass of sound. The saxophone and drums get confused with the treatment of their own sound, in a primary dance, where construction and destruction coexist, and envy and disgust unite.
EXPO '70 was formed in Los Angeles by Justin Wright as a side-project, while he was playing guitar in Living Science Foundation (Second Nature Recordings; GSL50 Compilation). Initially, the group also included Wright's friend, PK . The pair improvised creating sounds bouncing effect-ridden instruments creating a wide range of textures and moods. EXPO '70's first recording and inception was during PK's project SXBRS recording session, resulting in one of many split releases on PKs' label.
Petals is from UK.
The Sealed Knot is the trio of Burkhard Beins (percussion), Rhodri Davies (harp) and Mark Wastell (cello, more recently double bass). They have played a vital part in what has been described as The New London Silence.
Seijiro Murayama (村山政二朗) is percussionnist, drummer and improviser from Japan. He has worked with Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Keiji Haino (Fushitsusha), KK Null since 1982. Now he lives in Paris, France and works with several projects/bands such as:
- ANP (Absolut Null Punkt) with KK Null
- Trio Lo with Thierry Madiot, Pascal Battus
- Duos with Eric Cordier (hardy gardy), Jerome Noetinger (dispositif electro acoustique), Antez (percussion), Naoaki Miyamoto (guitar), Jean-luc Guionnet (alto sax)
"Experimental jazz and blues guitarist born in Lisbon, Portugal in October 22nd. Started playing guitar in his teens, soloing over records. In the late 80's his discovery of experimental music, jazz and all the underground activity of that period inspired him to turn his work public, which happened in 1989. From that to 1997 he studies and experiments with prepared guitar, mainly acoustic, and focused his work on drone music, influenced by Phill Niblock and La Monte Young.
There is more than one artist using the name R.I.O 1) R.I.O is a duo that lives and works in Buenos Aires , Argentina. Their music is in the line between free improvisation, electronic, noise, free jazz and ambient.
Their members are Sergio Merce (Tenor sax, WX7, Electronics) and Lucas Totino Tedesco (Lap steel guitar, electronics) both from Buenos Aires. 2) An electronic house project by Manuel Reuter and Yann Peifer, also known as the producing team from Cascada.
