"He has been playing the violin for 30 years and in that time has played all genres of music ranging from contemporary music to free jazz and improvised music, live and in the studio.

His main interest shifted towards contemporary improvised and composed music.

The relationship with his instruments is focused in sonic and textural elements.

Electronic music was an early influence on his approach to violin playing, which challenges traditional romantic concepts of the violin/viola through use of preparations and micro tuning.

Active in different settings on the Portuguese scene for free improvised music, both as a collaborator and in leading his own groups.

Music for Dance, Cinema, Video and Performance.

Has created the record label Creative Sources Recordings in 1999, which mainly concentrates on releasing experimental and electro-acoustic music."

"Abdul Moimême was born in Lisbon, in 1959, moving at an early age to New Mexico and later to Dublin, Ireland. He began studying the guitar at the age of 11, studying under various private teachers, in Madrid, Spain.

In 1979 he moved to Boston to study architecture, finally completing his degree at the University of Lisbon.

In the 90's he began studying the tenor saxophone with Patrick Brennan. In this period he became actively involved with Lisbon's improvised and alternative rock scenes, performing frequently with the Variable Geometry Orchestra since it's creation in 2003, as well as with various other local projects.

His main musical partners are from Lisbon and Porto, but he has also performed in public concerts with such artists as Gale Brand, George Haslam, Jon Raskin, Ken Filiano, Patrick Brennan, Steve Adams, and Wade Matthews.

In 1999 he started writing about jazz in various Portuguese publications and is currently a permanent collaborator of Jazz.pt magazine, and Publico newspaper, as a critic.

In 2006 he created Freemusic (http://freemusic.podomatic.com), a space exclusively dedicated to the promotion of Portuguese improvised music."

"Oier Iruretagoiena was born in Errenteria in 1988 (Spain), and is based in Bilbao (Spain). He obtained a degree in Fine Art from the University of the Basque Country in 2011. Main solo shows include Gazta-hezurra / El hueso del queso, Carreras Múgica, Bilbao (2015) and Incised, Halfhouse, Barcelona (2014). His works have also been featured in group shows such as Cale, cale, cale! Caale!!!, Tabakalera, Donostia-San Sebastián (2017) and Otzan, Elba Benítez, Madrid (2016)."

"Lorea Oar-Arteta was born in Donostia, grew up in Bermeo and then moved and grew up some more in Bilbao. In 1977 she travelled to London where she learned the importance of a good "three-minute boiled egg" and a "Burger King", working as a waitress at the Country Stile in Kingston. Back in Bilbao she worked as a secretary and studied, earning a degree in Basque Philology in 1983 and another in Fine Arts in 1998. A year later she would take up residence at BilbaoArte and from then on would work at her own studio in Bilbao. Her interest in images in motion was piqued by several experimental video courses she took. This in turn led to an interest in experimental sound, where she discovered an unexplored world of soundscapes that at the current time, along with Prussian blue and ivory black, form part of her creative work and universe.

She has taken part in collective and individual exhibitions at BilbaoArte, at the Sala Catálogo General, Bilbao; P. Barroeta in Bermeo and Zuloa in Gazteiz. She has also participated in ¡Vacas-Behiak!; Don Quijote eta Artea, organised by Bilbao 700; Metrópolis IX, Sestao; Hika Ateneo, Bilbao; Sala N. B., Bermeo; Biscay Bar Association; BilbaoArte, installation; Inaki Loidi, her hairdresser's salon; Larraldea, Senpere; Lamiak. The most spectacular thing that's ever happened to her so far in her artistic life was appearing along with Nagel in the Ars Mediterranea magazine - Euskadi dossier in March 1998, amazing, zu.

In the musical realm she is a member of the group AAAh along with María Seco and Aintzane Aranguena, focusing on sound improvisation, sheet music research or annotations of John Cage, Douglas Barrett, Taylan Susa and others. She has performed in Bilbao and surroundings at Le Larraskito Club, Bilbao Arte with Miguel Angel García, Jornadas Ivaginarias, MEM Internatioanl Experimental Art Festival, Zarata Fest along with Al Karpenter, Mattin and Terri, La Morada. She has also worked with Al Margolis on the PONZI project.

At the Le Larraskito Club she appeared in "Qualksums I" by Miguel Angel García with Bluiump Ensemble: Txemi Artigas, Aintzane con G de Gloria, Ibon, Javier Rodríguez Perez-Curiel, Marta Sainz, Enrique Zaccagnini and she has performed at Coperacha Mexikorentzat! with Kakofunk and Oier Iruretagoiena. She composed and performed Paper piece-1 at Bilbao Arte and Paper piece-2 at Le Larraskito Kluba."

"Miguel A. García (aka Xedh) from the Basque country, is one of the most dynamic sound artists in the Spanish scene. His work focuses mainly on the composition and electro-acoustic improvisation. He uses sounds taken from electronic devices residues, often interrelated with field recordings or acoustic instruments, in the search of an intimate, intense and immersive experience. A music of adventurous forms, full of contrasts and having nevertheless a sense of humor. His background comprises fine arts and audiovisual technology, having created projects such as Válvula Antirretorno, Baba Llaga or Mubles, questioning the borders between electro-acoustic academic music, industrial music and the so called outsider music.

With his solo project, he has participated in experimental music festivals all over Spain, as Ertz (Navarra), Experimentaclub (Madrid), Lem (Barcelona), Mem (Bilbao) or Sonikas (Vallecas), and he has played in diverse scenarios such as Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid), or museums such as Artium (Vitoria), Guggenheim (Bilbao), Macuf (A Coruña) or Vostell Malpartida (Cáceres). Outside Spain, he has played in festivals in Germany, Belgium, USA, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Portugal. His work has been released worldwide by labels as Copy for your records (USA), Homophoni (USA), Pilgrim Talk (USA), Slaughter Recs (Italy), Trait Central (USA), Triple Bath (Greece), Zeromoon (USA), or White Line (UK).

Still a young member of the international free improvisation scene, he works regularly with Ilia Belorukov, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Oier Iruretagoiena, Xabier Lopez, Alvaro Matilla, Seijiro Murayama or Hector Rey. He has collaborated with arists such Lali Barriere, Heddy Boubaker, Alexander Bruck, Raul Dominguez, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Richard Kamerman, Kurt Liedwart, Nick Hoffman, Wade Matthews, Jorge Nuñez, Carlos Suarez or Valentina Vuksic, and bands like Cooloola Monster, Gora Japon, maDam or Hamburguesa Vegetal. As a promoter, amongst other projects, is the founder of the Club Le Larraskito and director of the Zarata Fest, both platforms dedicated to the broadcast of challenging art and music."

"Studied painting with António Sena (Ar.Co, 1988 -1992), worked in advertising for a period of time, but nowadays works as graphic designer in corporate identity, packaging, web and audio-video production.

Started sound/music activities in 1989 when formed the VITRIOL project with Paulo Raposo, a laboratory for experimental sound actions, in a first stage with studio work followed in 1994 by live output, mainly live electronics, concrete music with a improvised or graphic score oriented approach. Uses the laptop with software written in MaxMsp, small resonant objects, microphones and piezo elements to produce a music that deals with space and its sound characteristics. Interests in "soundscape" and field recordings are a huge part of his work, for piece preparation or just for archival purposes, Always recording, events, spaces or music. Multi-channel acusmatic music and radio pieces.

Presents himself solo in site-specific audio-video works, or in duos with João Silva (video, sound, photography), "Inhabitaded Spaces" with Ricardo Guerreiro (computer, mics), "Venús Pistolletto" with Emídio Buchinho (elec. guitar, mics, objects) and trios with Ernesto Rodrigues (violin) and Guilherme Rodrigues (cello) or ZNGR electroacustic trio with Carlos "Zíngaro and Emídio Buchinho. Member of several formations, "(Des)Integração" laptop ensemble (2001-2003) or in more electroacoustic sets, uses live-electronics and sampling which is the case of "Suspensão" septep, VGO, variable geometry orchestra and specially a trio close related to the "near silence" aesthetics, with Ernesto Rodrigues (violin, harp) and Guilherme Rodrigues (cello) with already several CD releases, always with at least one international improviser guest. Presented his work in Portugal, Spain, France, UK and Germany. Worked with artists from several media: dance, performance and video. Music and sound design for video and animation. Video and sound editing for comercial projects. Played live or in recording projects throughout the years with a lot of musician and sound artists. His sound work is documented in several CD releases. Belongs to the Granular board of directors, a portuguese association for experimental art and does the image of Creative Sources label. Broadcasts "Boca Doce" show at Rádio Zero (web) and other special shows. Workshops and seminars in digital audio manipulation, Maxmsp programming and sound art practise."