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mich gerber is a bassist and composer. with his double-bass he uses a live sampling technique to create layers of music, weaving the whole into a rich rhythmic and melodic soundscape. this way, he extends the complete acoustic range of his instrument. he leads us through a world of overtones with his original approach and percussive rhythm, occasionally employing modern ‘noise’ effects. mich gerber explores all the techniques available to the modern double-bassist from plucking, bowing and using the instrument as a percussive tool forming, in effect, a solo acoustic ‘bass orchestra’. (quotation)

maria simoglou was born in thessaloniki, in the north of greece. she had the opportunity to get acquainted with a rich music culture through the study of the traditional music of macedonia, thrace and asia minor and her studies at the music high school and various conservatories in her hometown (quânun, percussion and oboe). after the conclusion of her studies in oboe at the state’s conservatory of thessaloniki, she continues in the field of singing / music-theater at the berlin academy of music “hanns eisler musikhochschule”. from a very early age she began various collaborations in traditional, classical and contemporary music performances, participating in concerts, festivals and seminars in greece and abroad such as: forum barcelona, schwarz-weiss festival, bayer kultur, berlin märchentage (the days of tales in berlin), deutsche welle konzerte, montalbane mittelalterlichen internationale tage der musik (internationals days of medieval music), alte musik treff (meeting of old music), installation moon mirror by rebecca horn, dimitria ethno-jazz festival, cité de la musique de marseille, mandopolis festival, les suds à arles, velo theater, abbey sylvanès, conseil régional poitou charentes, conseil régional provence alpes cote azur , pompidou center etc. she has participated in numerous concerts and recordings with: ross daly, stelios petrakis, spyros sakkas, maria thoidou, savvas pavlidis, socratis malamas, patrick vaillant, bijan chemirani, etc.. (quotation)

conjure one is a canadian electronic music project, headed by rhys fulber, better known as a member of front line assembly and delerium, as well as other musical groups alongside bill leeb. fulber left front line assembly and thereby all other leeb-associated projects in early 1997, in pursuit of a solo career. soon after, a debut album was announced, though fulber’s work as a producer and remixer eventually pushed its release to september 2002. the self-titled album was a fusion of the electronic characteristics of fulber’s previous work — keyboard-based, with rhythmic dance beats — and the influences of middle eastern music, which inspired ambient melodies more reminiscent of delerium. a number of songs were more pop-oriented and featured guest vocalists, primarily poe and chemda, the latter singing entirely in arabic. sinéad o’connor and jeff martin of the tea party were also featured. (quotation)

el dor el awal started with a jam between ahmed omar and mohamed samy. the two of them created a few tunes and decided to form a band, which would play music, original music, its own music. omar got his two friends bob and mizo who played with him in another band called west el balad. and samy got naïssam jalal, the french-syrian girl he met playing with fathi salama, nour, a friend from alexandria and fadi an old friend of his. they began rehearsing in this cute flat on the first floor of a building, playing day and night for six months, to build a repertoire for el dor el awal. (quotation)