Daniel Biro

Daniel Biro (born 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a French musician, sound-designer, composer and producer of electronic, instrumental, and multimedia works.[1][2] His music draws upon diverse roots in jazz, rock, classical, and electronic music.[3] As an improvisor, Biro specializes in exploring the sonic depths of the Fender Rhodes electric piano, with which he performs regularly.[4] Daniel Biro is currently based in London.[5]

Education

He studied at the Jazz Conservatory of Monaco under the direction of Roger Grosjean and the Nice University in France.[6]

Music

In the 1980s and 90s, Biro formed pop-rock bands such as the electro outfit IC and L'Orange with French vocalist songwriter Véronique Joly. He also toured worldwide as a keyboard player with Dennis Greaves' The Truth and EMI-signed Big Bam Boo. He has also been very much involved with contemporary dance, notably with choreographer Jane Turner[7] with whom he has developed new real-time interactive dancers/musicians technologies based on Emergence Theory, where simple patterns generate complex results.

In 1993, Biro founded Sargasso Records to promote contemporary experimental music.[8]

In 2008, Biro co-founded Esfor Limited with music consultant John K Hall.

He plays and records with his jazz/psychedelic band Mysteries of the Revolution formed together with multi-instrumentalist Peter BB Davis.

As a singer-songwriter he has released the album 'Songs of Refuge' (Sargasso).

He has recently formed Echo Engine an new ambient jazz band with guitarist Rob Palmer, sound-designer Adrian Newton in collaboration with saxophonist/flautist Theo Travis.

He is not the Daniel Biro from Hawk Nelson.

Film

Biro has scored numerous short films and documentaries by French director Olivier Sarrazin.

Selected Works

Instrumental Compositions:

For Contemporary Dance Performances:

For Theatre:

For Film:

For Television:

As Film Director:

Discography

Windjammer (with Echo Engine) (2014) – Blue Serene Focus BSF1001/12
You Turn Me On EP (with Mysteries Of The Revolution) (2014) – Blue Serene Focus BSF1001/11
Shir Hadash (2014) – Sargasso SCD28076
Songs Of Refuge (2012) – Sargasso SCD28069
A Still, Thin Sound (2009) – Sargasso SCD28063
Mysteries Of The Revolution (2007) – Blue Serene Focus BSF1001/10
The Long Journey Home (with Rob Palmer) (2004) – Sargasso SCD28050
2 People In A Room (with L'Orange) (2002) – Sargasso SSD39011
Elegant Enigmas (1999) – Sargasso SCD28028
The Comparative Anatomy Of Angels (1996) – Sargasso SCD28022
Soho Square (1993) – Sargasso SCD28021

Notes

  1. ↑ "Daniel Biro at All About Jazz". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Biro Music Albums". Music.aol.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  3. ↑ Daniel Biro. "Daniel Biro". Cdemusic.org. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Biro Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  5. ↑ "Commence". Danielbiro.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  6. ↑ "Chronicle". Danielbiro.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  7. ↑ "Jane Turner". janeturner.net. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Sargasso". Sargasso. Retrieved 2011-01-27.

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