After meeting at Irtijal in Beirut 2023 the world premiere of two enthusiastic improvisers!

Andria Nicodemou is a multifaceted musician from Cyprus, specialising in the vibraphone, improvisation, interdisciplinary and interactive performances. Her music is characterised as „open-ended play“, where movement, theatricality and sound are equally important. She has collaborated with important artists such as Joe Morris, Anthony Coleman, Marty Ehrlich, Ikue Morri, Tayler Ho Bynum, Anne La Berge, Tatsuya Nakatani, Ingrid Laubrock, Ab Baars, Gerald Cleaver, Gianni Lenoci, Ingrid Laubrock, Joe McPhee, Garrison Fewell, Laurence Cook, Guilermo Gregorio, Mani Neumeier among others and she has performed at various venues and festivals worldwide. Andria has published recordings with the Relative Pitch label in New York – “The Industry Of Entropy”, with Glacial Erratic Records the trio album “Raven” and with Subcontinental Records the album „River Is Full”. Andria is the co-founder of the award-winning Thread Ensemble from the City of Boston, the founder of the non-profit organisation Make Music Cyprus aimed at the development of the music scene and music education in Cyprus, and the founder and curator of the Breach Festival dedicated to free improvisation and experimental music in Cyprus.

Album Links:
https://subcontinentalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-river-is-full
https://glacialerratic.bandcamp.com/album/raven
https://nevernotagravedigger.bandcamp.com/track/now
https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/track/not

Petr Vrbas unrelenting explorations of non-idiomatic improvisation using trumpet, clarinets, synths, diy electronics etc., made him one of the most active experimental musician in Prague these days. He is founder (w/ George Cremaschi) of Prague Improvisation Orchestra and bands like Poisonous Frequencies (w/ Didi Kern and Tomislav Federsel), Junk & the Beast (w/ Veronika Mayer), NOIZ (w/ Thomas Lehn and Tiziana Bertoncini), Schallschatten (w/ Birgit Ulher) various duos (e.g. with eRikm, Jérôme Noetinger, Peter Orins) and others. He regularly works with dancers and filmmakers. He is author of several acousmatic pieces commisioned by Czech Radio.

more infos: https://vrrrba.cz/