Merging jazz, pop and classical roots it comes as no surprise that the music of Daniel Biro sounds so distinctive. Of Hungarian/Croation 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 (under the direction of Roger Grosjean) and Nice University (France) he put together a series of experimental projects 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 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.

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 Peter BB Davis, with whom he also runs the music/film production company Hole In The Wall and the Ambient Arts Agency design gruop. Together they have made a series of surreal award-winning short films, some of which selected 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, especially with cult French documentary director Olivier Sarrazin, for whom he has written a number of scores. He has also been very much involved with contemporary dance, notably with choreographer Jane Turner with whom he has developed new real-time interactive dancers/musicians technologies based on Emergence Theory, where simple patterns generate complex results.

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 installations and inter-disciplinary events.

Overall, Biro's interests focus on the intersection between improvisation, generative compositional techniques, scientific thought and Jewish mysticism. He has released several CDs on Sargasso and other labels.

 

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