Simona Castria is an Italian saxophonist and improviser based in Paris, France. She began her musical journey with piano before transitioning to saxophone, studying in Italy, Belgium, and France. In 2019, she earned a master's degree in saxophone from the Paris Conservatory, focusing on improvised and contemporary music. Simona is deeply engaged in multidisciplinary collaborations, working across theater, visual arts, and lighting. She is a member of the saxophone quartet Ensemble du Bout du Monde and the trio L'Impolie, and has collaborated with ensembles such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, LIKEN ensemble, and I Pomeriggi Musicali. Beyond performance, she leads the saxophone studio at the Gennevilliers Conservatory.

Angelo Manicone is an Italian tenor and soprano saxophonist active in the experimental and improvisational music scenes. He has performed at events like the Springtime Jazz Festival in Torino, Italy, collaborating with artists such as Pino Melfi, Domenico Saccente, and Nico Andrulli. Angelo is also involved in projects like STRATA, a collaborative work with Tommaso Di Marzio, showcasing his commitment to avant-garde musical expressions.

"Carlo Mascolo is an improviser musician with different skills and versatile languages. He plays jazz, world music, computer music and the creative music in the direction of research of new sound textures, from solo to the ensemble. Carlo Mascolo is the founder of the "Kerlox Dynamic Band - transcultural music" and he has been playing with the collective Embryo since 2006. He is the art director of the Free Flow Festival in Italy since 2012. As educator, he was teacher of Jazz Trombone at the Conservatory of music "Nino Rota" in Monopoli (Italy) and teacher of Brass at the ESNCM in Jerusalem, at the AlKamandjati music center and in the refugee camp of Al-Amari, Qalandia, Jenin and Nablus (Palestine) . He played in several festivals and many clubs in Europe and worldwide (Italy, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Palestine, Morocco, Colombia, Argentina, U.S.A., Portugal) with Embryo, Christian Burchard, Michele Lomuto, Gianni Lenoci, Steve Potts, Antonello Salis, Marcello Magliocchi, Mik Quantius, Lothar Stahl, Jens Pollheide, Lori Goldston, Nicola Guazzaloca, Suricato, Pacho Davila, Moktar Ghania, Allen Blairman, Yuri Parvenov, Abdul Moimeme, Yedo Gibson, Vasco Trilla, Jean- Marc Foussat, Luiz Rocha, Nicolas Chientaroli, Dirar Kalash, Mia Zabelka, Carlos Zingaro, Ada Rave, Renato Ferreira, George Hadow, Paulo Chagas, Okay Temiz, Hakan Ali Tocker, Marshall Allen, Charles Gayle and many others."

Valerio Metteo is an Italian musician specializing in organismic synthesizers, contributing to the realm of electroacoustic improvisation. He has collaborated with artists such as Simona Castria and Angelo Manicone, notably on the album De la liberté by La Noed, released on FMR Records. Valerio's work is characterized by the integration of modular synthesis within free improvisation contexts, exploring the intersections of electronic and acoustic soundscapes.

João Pedro Viegas is a self-taught saxophone and clarinet player. He is the author, lead singer and saxophonist of the groups Ethnos, dr. Estranho amor and Just Jazz Friends. Since 1983 he has immersed himself in Jazz studies and music theory. His primary instruments are alto and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet and B-flat clarinet. He is known for the groups "Zíngaro" Mitzlaff Viegas Rosso 4tet, Adega Ensemble, Chagas Curado Viegas Wind Trio, Dr Estranho Amor, Unknown Shores, Ensemble MIA, Potlatch, PUI4, and Variable Geometry.