"Originally from New York, Paul Giallorenzo is a Chicago-based improviser, composer, and sound designer playing piano, synthesizer, and electronics in a wide variety of groups and contexts, ranging from jazz and improvised music to electro-acoustic / noise. Current projects include the free jazz quintet Get in to Go Out; the synth pop duo The Telegraph Series and a noise-jazz trio with bass clarinetist Jason Stein and percussionist Frank Rosaly. Additionally, Paul is involved with ongoing collaborations with many members of the Chicago free music community including Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jeb Bishop, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, Dave Rempis, Tim Daisy, Jason Ajemian, Josh Berman, and Mike Reed.

Thomas Mejer studied Saxophone with Urs Leimgruber (Jazz School Lucerne), Marcus Weiss (Konservatorium Luzerne) and Mick Green (Dartington College of Art, GB) and composition Vinko Globokar, Per Nørgard and Michael Finnissy (Sussex University). His compositions were a.o. played by Allegri Quartett, BBC Singers, Ny Dansk Saxofon Kvartett, Cambridge New Music Players, Vision Saxophon-Quartett, basel sinfonietta. As a saxophonist Mejer concentrates on the contrabass saxophone and on 'Bass'-Ensembles like KONTRA-Trio, Chicago Basses, TwoTubax, Nashi Dela etc. As an Improviser he has played with Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Keefe Jackson and many more. He has CDs available on earup, Leo Records, Mode Records and Tzadik."-Creative Sources