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Daniel Biro (born 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a French musician and composer of electronic, instrumental, and multimedia works. His music draws upon diverse roots in jazz, rock, classical, and electronic music. As an improvisor, Biro specializes in exploring the sonic depths of the Fender Rhodes electric piano, with which he performs regularly. Daniel Biro is currently based in London.
Education
He studied at the Jazz Conservatory of Monaco under the direction of Roger Grosjean and the Nice University in France.
Music
In the 1980s and 90s, Biro formed pop-rock bands such as the electro outfit IC and L'Orange with French vocalist songwriter Véronique Joly. He also toured worldwide as a keyboard player with Dennis Greaves' The Truth and EMI-signed Big Bam Boo. He has also been very much involved with contemporary dance, notably with choreographer Jane Turner with whom he has developed new real-time interactive dancers/musicians technologies based on Emergence Theory, where simple patterns generate complex results.
In 1993, Biro founded Sargasso Records to promote contemporary experimental music.
He plays and records with his jazz/psychedelic band Mysteries Of The Revolution formed together with multi-instrumentalist Peter BB Davis.
He is not the Daniel Biro from Hawk Nelson.
Film
Biro has scored numerous short films including a poetry video for Pennhaligon and an award-winning film by French director Olivier Sarrazin.
Selected Works
Instrumental Compositions:
Shir Hadash (2009) for 5 male voices, electric piano and electronicsA Thin, Still Sound (2008) for bass clarinet and live electronicse-Merge (2004) for 5 voices and e-Merge computer systemBlack Fire On White Fire (2003) for amplified calligraphy, voice, 7 clarinets and electronicsRe-sound (2000) for electric piano and tapeElegant Enigmas (1999) for harpsichord and electric pianoSlow, Flow, Blow (1998) for 7 clarinetsThe Comparative Anatomy of Angels (1996) for 3 voices and tapeBeba in White (1995) for 3 electric guitars and tapeWith These Gloves You Will Enter Mirrors Like Water (1995) for voice, string 4tet and synthesizerFor Contemporary Dance Performances:
e-MergeHybridDesertBeauty And The BeastSoho SquareA Still Point Of The Turning WorldFor Theatre:
Membrs OnlyHalfLifeDead Man's CoatPedaloW.C.FirelinesNo Strings AttachedThe Woman DownstairsHorace3 Plays by YeatsFor Film:
PoolsideThe Incandescence Of One Man's Journey To Remain A Solid ObjectCarey Jones Architects4014Book of DustLessons in How to Wear RedWrap Me In FilmDeath LeapViva Il ReggimentoFor Television:
Rêves De Sable (French TV) 2011Bioattitude Sans Béatitude (French TV) 2008Parce Que Vous Ne Valez Rien (French TV) 2007Sous La Barbe De St Nicholas (French TV) 2006In 2 Minds (BBC) 2003As Film Director:
Poolside - (2010)The Pinocchio Files - (2010)In Light (2009)O2:2:CO2 (Day, Night, People, River) - (2009)The Incandescence Of One Man's Journey To Remain A Solid Object - (2008)Carey Jones Architects - (2007)
