Name Daniel Biro | Role Musician | |
Albums Songs of Refuge, Biro: Elegant Enigmas, Soho Square Similar People Jonathan Steingard, Hawk Nelson, Theo Travis, Love & the Outcome, Mac Powell Profiles |
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Daniel Biro (born 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a French musician, sound-designer, composer and producer of electronic, instrumental, and multimedia works. His music draws upon diverse roots in jazz, rock, classical, and electronic music. As an improvisor, Biro specializes in exploring the sonic depths of the Fender Rhodes electric piano, with which he performs regularly. Daniel Biro is currently based in London.
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- Education
- Music
- Film
- Selected works
- Discography
- References
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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.
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 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.
In 2008, Biro co-founded Esfor Limited with music consultant John K Hall.
He plays and records with his jazz/psychedelic band Mysteries of the Revolution formed together with multi-instrumentalist Peter BB Davis.
As a singer-songwriter he has released the album 'Songs of Refuge' (Sargasso).
He has recently formed Echo Engine a new ambient jazz band with guitarist Rob Palmer, sound-designer Adrian Newton in collaboration with saxophonist/flautist Theo Travis.
He is not the Daniel Biro from Hawk Nelson.
Film
Biro has scored numerous short films and documentaries by French director Olivier Sarrazin.
Selected works
Instrumental Compositions:
For Contemporary Dance Performances:
For Theatre:
For Film:
For Television:
As Film Director:
Discography
Windjammer (with Echo Engine) (2014) – Blue Serene Focus BSF1001/12
You Turn Me On EP (with Mysteries Of The Revolution) (2014) – Blue Serene Focus BSF1001/11
Shir Hadash (2014) – Sargasso SCD28076
Songs Of Refuge (2012) – Sargasso SCD28069
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 SCD28021