- Daniel Biro
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Daniel Biro (born 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a French musician and composer 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]
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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]
He plays and records with his jazz/psychedelic band Mysteries Of The Revolution formed together with multi-instrumentalist Peter BB Davis.
He is not the Daniel Biro from Hawk Nelson.
Film
Biro has scored numerous short films including a poetry video for Pennhaligon and an award-winning film by French director Olivier Sarrazin.[9]
Selected Works
Instrumental Compositions:
- Shir Hadash (2009) for 5 male voices, electric piano and electronics
- A Thin, Still Sound (2008) for bass clarinet and live electronics
- e-Merge (2004) for 5 voices and e-Merge computer system
- Black Fire On White Fire (2003) for amplified calligraphy, voice, 7 clarinets and electronics
- Re-sound (2000) for electric piano and tape
- Elegant Enigmas (1999) for harpsichord and electric piano
- Slow, Flow, Blow (1998) for 7 clarinets
- The Comparative Anatomy of Angels (1996) for 3 voices and tape
- Beba in White (1995) for 3 electric guitars and tape
- With These Gloves You Will Enter Mirrors Like Water (1995) for voice, string 4tet and synthesizer
For Contemporary Dance Performances:
- e-Merge
- Hybrid
- Desert
- Beauty And The Beast
- Soho Square
- A Still Point Of The Turning World
For Theatre:
- Membrs Only
- HalfLife
- Dead Man's Coat
- Pedalo
- W.C.
- Firelines
- No Strings Attached
- The Woman Downstairs
- Horace
- 3 Plays by Yeats
For Film:
- Poolside
- The Incandescence Of One Man's Journey To Remain A Solid Object
- Carey Jones Architects
- 4014
- Book of Dust
- Lessons in How to Wear Red
- Wrap Me In Film
- Death Leap
- Viva Il Reggimento
For Television:
- Rêves De Sable (French TV) 2011
- Bioattitude Sans Béatitude (French TV) 2008
- Parce Que Vous Ne Valez Rien (French TV) 2007
- Sous La Barbe De St Nicholas (French TV) 2006
- In 2 Minds (BBC) 2003
As Film Director:
- Poolside - (2010)
- The Pinocchio Files - (2010)
- In Light (2009)
- O2:2:CO2 (Day, Night, People, River) - (2009)
- The Incandescence Of One Man's Journey To Remain A Solid Object - (2008)
- Carey Jones Architects - (2007)
Discography
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 SCD28021Notes
- ^ "Daniel Biro at All About Jazz". Allaboutjazz.com. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/contrib.php?id=19554. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Daniel Biro Music Albums". Music.aol.com. http://music.aol.com/artist/daniel-biro/albums. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ Daniel Biro. "Daniel Biro". Cdemusic.org. http://www.cdemusic.org/Daniel-Biro-c41.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Daniel Biro Music News & Info". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/artist/daniel-biro/348367#/artist/daniel-biro/348367. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Commence". Danielbiro.com. http://www.danielbiro.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Chronicle". Danielbiro.com. http://www.danielbiro.com/chronicle.php. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Jane Turner". janeturner.net. http://www.janeturner.net. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ "Sargasso". Sargasso. http://www.sargasso.com. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "think architecture+design". Thinkarchitectureanddesign.com. http://www.thinkarchitectureanddesign.com/approach_community_04.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
External links
Categories:- 1963 births
- French electronic musicians
- Living people
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