Gonçalo Mortágua: "Since an early age sounds were pr"esent in my life, through a vast array of music that I heard even before I could talk. This natural sound resource still didn't had names or categories but it was already sailing inside my body. Many years later, I found in the Saxophone and the Clarinet the best way to communicate musically. To improve and nurture my curiosity I started studying Jazz Saxophone at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa with Desidério Lázaro, Jorge Reis and Paulo Gaspar. Later on, decided to suspend my Bachelor and move to Berlin, Germany. I decided to continue my studies in Dresden at the Hochschule für Music Carl Maria von Weber.

High Life, Afrobeat , Traditional Brasilian Music and Jazz are my musical styles of preference, having created or participated in music groups such as Maurizio Presidente! or Jacaré, performing in renowned venues like Fusion Festival ,Yaam, Club Gretchen or Sisyphos. As a freelance artist I also collaborated with the independent artist Alice Phobe Lou on the occasion of a concert at the Funkhaus Berlin.

Currently playing and touring extensively with an Afro-Soul Band called Jembaa Groove from Berlin, project initiated by the dear Yannick Nolting and Eric Owusu. Since now we have performed in Fusion Festival, Jassmine, XJazz Festival and BBC6 Radio. More is definitely to come!

In the present I focus mainly in developing projects that allow me to expand the sonic and expressive possibilities of myself."

"Was born 1988 in Lisboa, Portugal and started playing cello and trumpet at Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa at the age of 7. In 1999 joined Conservatório Nacional de Música de Lisboa to study classical and music theory and in the current year recorded his first album - Multiples - with Ernesto Rodrigues and José Oliveira out on Creative Sources Recordings.

Apart from work in music ensembles ranging for contemporary classical to free improvisation, also works with live music poetry, theatre and film-music. After lengthy residency in Lisboa, (1988-2016) moved to Berlin and has been active as composer and improviser in the scene.

Worked with some international and renewed artists like Ernesto Rodrigues, Jean-luc Guionnet, Margarida Garcia, Manuel Mota, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Sei Miguel, Tim Goldie, Jeffrey Morgan, Oren Marshall, Gerhard Uebele, Klaus Kurvers, Gabriel Paiuk, Nicolas Field, Jaime Fennelly, Blaise Siwula, Will Guthrie, Pawel Grabowski, Michael Thieke, Wade Matthews, Leonel Kaplan, Diego Chamy, Gabriel Paiuk, Barry Weisblat, Joe Giardullo, Jassem Hindi, Tisha Mukarji, Masahiko Okura, Taku Unami, Toshihiro Koike, Sharif Sehnaoui, Christine Abdelnour, Alexandre Bellenger, Carlos Zingaro, Romaric Sobac, Nuno Rebelo, Nuno Torres, Naoto Yamagashi, Heddy Boubaker, Gerhard Uebele, Guillermo Torres, Tomas Gris, Carlos Santos, Bruno Parrinha, Miguel Leiria Pereira, Miguel Ivo Cruz, Alberto Cirera, Nuno Morão, Mark Sanders, Dennis Gonzaléz, Alípio Carvalho Neto, Raymond Macdonald, Neil Davidson, David Stachenas, Lisa Ullén, D'incise, Cyril Bondy, Miguel Mira, Rodrigo Amado, Abdul Moimême, Monsieur Trinité, João Madeira, Álvaro Rosso, Gil Gonçalves, Marian Yanchyk, Filipe Passos, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Christian Wolfarth, Thanos Chrysakis, Bechir Saade, Kurt Liedwart, Miguel A. Garcia, Ilia Belorukov, Andrew Lafkas, Gao Jiafeng, Eric Wong, Johan Moir, Casey Moir, Magda Mayas, Matthias Muller, Alexander Frangenheim ...

Has performed and toured in all Europe. Released more than 30 albums of his own projects."

Higino Andrade is an active Portuguese double bassist, a member of the group As 3 Velhas with with Guilherme Rodrigues and Goncalo Mortagua, and performing in trio settings with guitarist Filipe Duarte and drummer Amund Kleppan.