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Bex Burch

Born: May, 1984

Composer, percussionist, producer and instrument maker Bex Burch has employed handmade xylophones and percussive instruments to carve out a unique sonic space. Her restless creativity and desire to embrace new challenges has seen her music straddle minimalism, avant-garde, post-punk, and improvisation with equal success.

Burch’s critically acclaimed 2023 solo album, 'There is only love and fear' was released via Chicago’s International Anthem and named The Guardian's Contemporary Album of the Month. She has previously released music as part of Boing! with Leafcutter John, and Flock with Sarathy Korwar and The Comet Is Coming’s Danalogue. She runs the band and label Vula Viel and has collaborated with influential artists like Peter Zummo, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Ben LaMar Gay, and Dan Bitney.

Fabio Freire

Born: July 15, 1956

Fabio Freire, 1956 in Brasilien geboren, als Sohn einer Baba Yalorixá aufgewachsen, erlernte das Trommeln schon im Kindesalter als Mitglied einer spirituellen Gemeinschaft. Später konnte er als gefragter Musiker auf grossen Tourneen viele Erfahrungen sammeln, mit Weltstars wie:Placa Luminosa Ney Matogrosso, Raul de Sousa, Cesar Camargo Mariano, João Bôsco,Zé Gomes & Heraldo Dumont,Farafina, Christoph Stiefel Jean Paul Bourelly, Teddy Bärlocher, Stephan Kurmann, Teresa Parodi, World Percussion Meeting Japan1990, Othella Dallas, Pat Hall Smith, Kazuo Ono, Lamin Gueey. Bei allem Erfolg, er fühlt sich immer seiner spirituellen Herkunft verpflichtet

Michael Waldrop

Michael Waldrop is arguably one of the most diverse percussionists in the world. He is comfortable in a jazz or commercial music setting as a drumset player, and he is equally at home in a classical orchestral setting. He is a virtuoso marimbist, whether performing his own music, or that of other composers. Michael is also adept at hand drumming, having studied with some of the greatest hand percussionists in the world. He is proficient on the tar as well as conga drums.

In addition to these impressive performance skills, Waldrop is a skilled composer in both the jazz and percussion idioms. His compositions are published by Drop6 Media. He was educated at the University of North Texas, receiving both his BM in Percussion Performance and completing his DMA in Percussion Performance in 1999. He was the drummer for the renowned One O'Clock band in 1994 and can be heard on three CD's with the group: Lab 94, Standard Time, and Fifty Years.

Steve Hubback

Born: December 1, 1957

As a musician I have performed all over Europe and South Korea. Have led my own groups It’s My Head and Metal Moves. Have recorded 39 albums as LP’s and CD’s Worked with many great musicians including Lim Dong Chang. Jorgen Cremonese. RL Lunding. Dietmar Diesner. Frode Gjerstad. Andrea Centazzo. Davis Moss. Paal Nielsen Love. Z’ev. Alan Wilkinson. Ad Peijnenburg. Dirk Wachtelaer. P O Jorgens. Cyrille Oswald. George Cremanschi. George Haslam and many others. I’m now performing with Celtic Harpist Nadia Birkenstock.

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Luca Gazzi

Self-taught musician born in 1983. Currently performing as percussionist with the Adiabatic Invariants project (experimental/contemporary music). Owner of LIARSS production label

Irakli Koiava

Born: February 27, 1979

Irakli Koiava was born on February 27th, 1979 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His interest in music began in his early childhood. In 2002 his actively began studying percussion instruments and started practicing the percussionmusic. In 2005, during Festival fur Neue Music “Close Encounters”, Irakli participated and performed in a drum masterclass with Lucas Niggli. In 2006 Koiava founded a joint project by Azerbaijani jazz musician, including Yasef Eyvazov (oud). The project was performed in Baku (Azerbaijan) in a jazz club “Caravan”. In March 2008 Irakli was invited to State Jazz Center in Baku (Azerbaijan) where he performed in a “Drummers’ Jam” festival alongside Azerbaijani and Russian musicians, namely Alexander Mashin from Russian (drums), Tofig Djabarov (percussion),Natsik Shirinov (nagara),Ruslan Guseinov (double bass), and Isfar Sarabsky (piano)

Xavier Epiard

Born: 1982