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Merging jazz, pop and classical roots it comes as no surprise that the music of Daniel Biro sounds so distinctive. Of Hungarian descent, Biro spent his first years in Rome, grew up in France and has been living and working in London (UK) since 1985. During his keyboard studies at the Jazz Conservatory of Monaco and Nice University (France) he put together a series of experimental bands and wrote the music for several theatrical productions. This resulted in an early use of electronic instruments and an interest in multi-disciplinary performance, which is reflected in all his work.
In 1993 Biro founded the Sargasso label to promote contemporary experimental music in all its forms, organising regular live Sargasso:C events, most recently at London's newly opened arts centre Kings Place. He plays and records with his jazz/psychedelic band Mysteries Of The Revolution formed together with multi-instrumentalist BB Davis, with whom he also runs Hole In The Wall productions. Together they have made a series of surreal award-winning short films, some of which well received at the Cannes Film Festival, developing Biro's interest in film directing. He is also currently president of the CAMAC Art Centre in France.
Throughout the years, he has collaborated with many filmmakers and contemporary dance choreographers, notably with Jane Turner, developing new real-time interactive dancers/musicians technologies based on Emergence Theory. But mainly, Biro's 'love affair' with the Fender Rhodes electric piano has led him to develop new sound exploration techniques for the instrument. As well as his on-going experimentation as an improviser, he has been working as a sound-designer for several installations and inter-disciplinary events.
Biro's 'love affair' with the Fender Rhodes electric piano has led him to develop new sound exploration techniques for the instrument. As well as his on-going experimentation as an improviser, Biro has been working as a sound-designer for installations and inter-disciplinary events. He is involved in on-going research into real-time interactive technologies which have led to the development of new performance interface systems linking, for example, dancers' movements to score generating for live musicians (see eMerge).
Overall, Biro's interests focus on the intersection between improvisation, generative compositional techniques, scientific thought and Jewish spirituality. He has released several CDs on Sargasso and other labels.
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