Adama Bilorou (balofon, djembe, kora), Rufus Cappadocia (cello) and Pete Drungle (piano) explore the intersection of past and future musics, live in solos, duos and trio.
ADAMA BILOROU is one of the most talented musicians of his generation. Wielding both the Djembé and the Balafon, he is one of the few to play the chromatic balafon, an instrument readapted by his family, which allows the full range of Western scales to be played.
Born in Burkina Faso, Adama Bilorou comes from a caste of griots. He was introduced at a very young age to the techniques and knowledge of his caste. At the age of 13, he entered Djolem * in Abidjan, becoming the soloist of the troupe as well as that of the National Ballet of Côte d'Ivoire. In 1999, he created the Djélikan troupe and participated in the Masa festival (Côte d’Ivoire) as the conductor of the Binkadisso troupe. He was recognized as the best drummer of his generation in Côte d'Ivoire....
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Adama Bilorou (balofon, djembe, kora), Rufus Cappadocia (cello) and Pete Drungle (piano) explore the intersection of past and future musics, live in solos, duos and trio.
ADAMA BILOROU is one of the most talented musicians of his generation. Wielding both the Djembé and the Balafon, he is one of the few to play the chromatic balafon, an instrument readapted by his family, which allows the full range of Western scales to be played.
Born in Burkina Faso, Adama Bilorou comes from a caste of griots. He was introduced at a very young age to the techniques and knowledge of his caste. At the age of 13, he entered Djolem * in Abidjan, becoming the soloist of the troupe as well as that of the National Ballet of Côte d'Ivoire. In 1999, he created the Djélikan troupe and participated in the Masa festival (Côte d’Ivoire) as the conductor of the Binkadisso troupe. He was recognized as the best drummer of his generation in Côte d'Ivoire.
Adama collaborates with big names such as: Salif Keïta, Alpha Blondy, Ray Lema, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Ibrahim Malouf , Paco Séry, Manu Dibango, Touré Kounda, Seckou Keïta, Trilok Gurtu, Mamadi KeÏta and Marcus Miller.
RUFUS CAPPADOCIA is a Canadian-American cellist. He is best known for his cross cultural recordings and performances. He has released albums in collaboration with guitarist David Fiuczynski, Stellamara with Sonja Drakulich, multi instrumentalist Ross Daly and The Paradox Trio with Matt Dariau. Rufus’ musical style blends "...the similarities between seemingly diverse music forms such as blues, Sufi, Middle Eastern and even Gregorian chant. To him they are all compatible, microtonal modes of music."
Rufus is based in New York.
PETE DRUNGLE is an award-winning composer, pianist and producer living in New York City. He has made music with Ornette Coleman, Yoko Ono, Les Claypool, The Kronos Quartet, Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Sean Lennon, Craig Harris and many others. As pianist, Drungle is an intrepid, adventurous improviser - possibly best known for his 24-HOUR CONTINUOUS SOLO PIANO IMPROVISATION. Wire magazine's Alan Licht remarked, "...Drungle's epic event pushed well beyond the limits usually imposed by the customary concert timetable; that he was still functioning at a high level of creativity after 23 hours of continuous playing pays new testimony to the improvisational mindset." (The last 30 minutes of this performance can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/drungs/a3-1) Pete's music compositions, performances and sound installations have been exhibited at Centre Georges Pompidou (Fr), MoCA (Los Angeles), the Whitney Biennial (NYC), The Cannes Film Festival (Fr), The Serpentine Gallery (UK), Wundergrund Festival (Dk), TransArt Festival (It), Chapter Arts, Wales (UK), Le Confort Moderne (Fr), The Kitchen (NYC), Performa Biennials 07, 09, 11 and 13 (NYC), Merce Cunningham Theatre (NYC), The Warsaw Jazz Festival (Pl), Alterna Jazz Festival (Mx), The United Nations (NYC), and many other music festivals worldwide.
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