Sylvain Le Groux (France, 1977) studied classical flute and Music Theory at
the National Conservatory of Nantes. He studied basic harmony and
counterpoint at Paris Conservatory and Electroacoustic music at Studio Delta
P (La Rochelle, fr.). Nowadays his main musical companion is the guitar,
which he learned as an autodidact. He was first introduced to jazz and
improvised musics by Francois Merville and Collectif Polysons, and also
participated in the improv classes of Myra Melford and Fred Frith. He has a
vivid interest for computer based music, new interfaces for musical
expression, and can sometimes be a geek, which led him to design and
experiment with his own interactive instruments and interfaces.Sylvain holds a double diploma in Engineering/Master of Science from ESME, Paris/King's College, London and DEA in Acoustics, Computer Science and Signal Processing from Ircam/ENST/Paris 6 University.
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Maarten Grachten (The Netherlands, 1976) started playing guitar at age
ten, and took both classical and electric guitar lessons for several
years. From 1989 to 2001 he has played guitar and drums in various
rock/experimental groups, often with a focus on improvisation.
Furthermore, he was involved in the organisation of the Open Electronic
Festival in Groningen (the Netherlands) in 1999 and 2000. After
completing a BSc/MSc degree in Artificial Intelligence at the
University of Groningen (with a final project on computational jazz
improvisation), he moved to Barcelona (Spain) in 2001, in order to
start a PhD on the analysis of expressivity in jazz music, at Pompeu
Fabra University.Personal note: I desire music that can both explode in your face, and move cautiously like a cat on a rooftop. It should turn your thoughts towards inside, but also make you laugh. Crumble has the tickling creaks of modern electronics, and it has the consolatory sounds of physical instruments. It touches the ethereal with the vulgar. I think Crumble pick up their instruments to chase dreams.
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Alfonso Pérez Carrillo (Spain, 1977) studied Violin at the
conservatory of Palencia and Computer Science at the University of
Valladolid (Spain). His background in music is mainly with classical
and folk music. He has played in several orchestras and music ensembles
in Spain and Austria. Since 2002 he began to work with electro-acoustic
music that let him put toguether his two main interests: music and
computers.In 2003 he attended a post-graduate in electro-acoustic music at the University of Music of Vienna. At the same time he was working for the Acoustic Research Institute in Vienna developing software for acoustical analysis, and began to play in a ensemble of electro-acoustic music improvisation, playing and processing the violin. Now he has a fellowship for doing a PhD about sound synthesis at the Music Technology Group in the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona). Here he has founded with some collegues the EnsAmble Crumble.
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Hugo
Solís García (México City, 1976) is a
student of the "PhD in Computer Sciences and Digital
Communication" at the UPF university. Currently, his main
interests are the relations between musical structure,
improvisatory techniques, and visualization of sound. He got a
Masters degree in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab
at the Opera of the Future group where he developed audiovisual
systems for improvisatory music. He studied piano, composition
and music technology at the UNAM in Mexico City, with Alejandro
Escuer, Mauricio Nader, Tere Frenk, Salvador Rodríguez,
Eva del Carmen Medina, Andrés Acosta among others, and
also studied computer music with Nick Didkovsky at NYU. While
at university, Mr. Solís was a member of the Laboratory
of Music Creation directed by Julio Estrada.He has played piano and electronics throughout Mexico and has collaborated in many interdisciplinary projects in conjunction with dancers, painters, filmmakers and radio-artists. Mr. Solís's interests in technology and improvisatory music inspired him to found the NICROM Trío, an interdisciplinary ensemble of electro-acoustic improvisatory music with action painting. He has received grants from the FONCA, the UNAM and TELMEX.
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Gabriela
Villa (Mexico, 1976) is violist and poet. She lives in Barcelona
Spain where she is member of the EnsAmble Crumble. Her main
interests are the creation of poetry and the relationship
between the word and the musical improvisation. In 2005 her book
of poems "Páramo Errante" was edited by
Mora-Cantúa Editors with the co-edition of the
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo and the
Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes.In 2004, she composed and performed the music for the short movie "No Oyes ladrar los perros". During the last two years she was the art coordinator of the International Festival of Contemporary Music of Michoacán. She was also the conductor of the radio program "Ionización" a program about contemporary music at Radio Michoacán. She has collaborated in many interdisciplinary projects and has been member of several orchestras from Mexico. She has received several fellowships from the FONCA and the PACMYC.
At the Conservatory of the Roses in Morelia Mexico, she studied viola with Gela Dubrova and music analysis with Germán Romero. At the Department of Philosophy of the University of Michoacán she also took courses of Aesthetics and Art Theory. She did her basic musical studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City.
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Born in Mexico in 1977, Edgar Barroso (www.edgarbarroso.net) is at the present time living in Cambridge, MA where he is pursuing his PhD in Composition at Harvard University. His education includes a Master in Digital Arts, a Postgraduate Diploma in Composition and Contemporary Technologies and a Bachelor in Music Composition. His works have been interpreted in important forums in North America, Ibero-America, Asia and Europe. During 2006-2007 he was the Grand Prize Winner of the Harvard University Live Electronics International Composition Competition (USA), finalist at the Ensemblia 2007 International Composition Competition (Germany), finalist at the Jurgenson International Composition Competition for young composers (Russia) and he also have been awarded by the State Institute of Culture (Mexico) with the "Artistic Trajectory in Music Composition Grant". He has received commissions from the DAAD (2006) Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, (Germany) and the PHONOS Foundation (2007) among others. In 2005 he was a Scholarship Holder of the Music Technology Group. Barroso also received the Fellowship for the Audiovisual and Music for Young Creators given by the University Institute for Audiovisual (Barcelona). He is currently holding a CONACYT - Fundación México en Harvard Fellowship. In addition he has dedicated to instrumental practice as a cello player, exploring diverse techniques of improvisation with/out live electronics.home