"Gabriele Mitelli was born in Brescia, Italy in 1988.

He studied with maestro Beppe Rusconi and then continued with Markus Stockhausen in Cologne, Germany.

In 2017 he was named best new Italian talent by the critics of "Musica Jazz" magazine, and also in the same year, he won the SIAE "Air" call for artistic residencies abroad, with which he won a collaboration with the Lisbon Conservatory and the Italian Cultural Institute of the Portuguese capital.

From 2019 to date he releases 7 albums as a leader for some of the most prestigious record labels such as Clean Feed Records, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome and We Insist! records consistently ranking among the best records in the "European Jazz Chart".

In a few years he plays in some of the most important European festivals, flanking exponents of jazz and boundary music including Joe Mc Phee, Damon Locks, Mats Gustaffson, Mariam Rezaei, Lukas Koenig, Anna Högberg, Mette Rasmussen, Wayne Horovitz, Susanna Santos Silva, Elio Martusciello, Tobias Delius, Cristiano Calcagnile, Nino Locatelli, Jeff Parker, Chad Taylor, Ken Vandermark, Rob Mazurek, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Pasquale Mirra, Alexander Hawkins, Chris Speed, Gianluca Petrella, Ralph Alessi; he also collaborates on a regular basis with Cristina Donà, one of the most appreciated singer-songwriters and performers in the International Pop scene.

As artistic director, he decided to devote himself to the promotion of musical events in the Brescia area, becoming president of Associazione Culturale Lampedée, a cultural entity founded in Brescia in 2017 with the main purpose of promoting cultural activities dedicated to music, with particular regard to the contemporary scene and musicexperimental.

Over the years, the Association has been active in the organization of Ground Music Festival, Indica - Surreal Sound Festival and RAAA - Performing Arts Festival, artistic events that has hosted international artists such as Peter Brötzmann, Bruno Spoerri, The Thing, Valentina Magaletti, Rob Mazurek, Damon Locks, Hamid Drake, Hank Roberts, Marc Ribot, Sirom, Axel Dörner, Salvo Lombardo, Elisabetta Consonni, Alessandro Bosetti, Goat(jp), Leandro Pisano, Elena Biserna, Barokthegreat and many others.

Building on its success, he started BAO - Brescia Art Observatory in 2022, with the aim of connecting different associations and cultural collectives in Brescia and its province. BAO's mission is to create synergies among cultural entities, enhancing the cultural landscape of Brescia and province through artistic activities of an experimental, electroacoustic and performative nature.

BAO connects music, art, nature and public space and is committed to offering a participatory, educational and aggregating cultural proposal to build an increasingly open, active and broad community.

Today BAO's activities take the form of two macro events:
- BAO MUSIC FESTIVAL, a summer festivalthat explores the relationship between sound and nature in Brescia, Franciacorta and the Trompia Valley;
- BAO SOUND EXPERIENCE, a winter festival that promotes hybrid and experimental performance interventions, focusing on the relationship between sound and the city."

"Mette Rasmussen is a Danish saxophone player based in Trondheim, Norway. She works in the field of improvised music, drawing from a wide range of influences, spanning free jazz to textural soundwork. Rasmussen works on exploring the natural rawness of her instrument - experimenting on what the saxophone is capable of in sound and expression, with and without preparations. Much in demand, she has performed with the likes of Alan Silva, Chris Corsano, Ståle Liavik Solberg, and with her Trio Riot group with Sam Andreae and David Meier."

"Mariam Rezaei (born 16 October 1984) is an English composer, writer, performer, DJ and improviser. Mariam works predominantly with turntables, piano, vocals and electronics. She was formerly producer of TOPH, a producing mixed arts space in Newcastle, and is now Artistic Director of TUSK Festival.

A number of Rezaei's compositions and performances have been featured on BBC Radio 3 since 2015.

Mariam is from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear and of English-Iranian heritage. She grew up playing the classical piano. She first developed an interest in DJing at the age of fifteen and began writing music at this time. Her interest in writing with turntables developed a little while later, as she was competing in local and national DJ competitions. She completed and was awarded her Doctoral degree in the Philosophy of Composition For Turntable and Ensemble at Durham University in May 2016 and is a lecturer in Music Technology and Composition at Newcastle University.

For the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, she composed for NOISESTRA, to perform with Apartment House at the Sage Gateshead, 2012 and Edinburgh in 2013. She was invited by Ilan Volkov as a guest improviser for the BBC Proms 47 in 2012, at the John Cage Centenary Celebration. She performed 'Jig Hop' with Kathryn Tickell and Folkestra for the BT River of Music Festival as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, in Trafalgar Square.

In 2014 she performed graphic scores by Richard Dawson, developing new work as Wax Magnetic, a new BFI commission for 'Der Golem' with Noize Choir, 'SuperDream' with Isis Arts, Swallows Foundation, British Council ZA and The Trinity Session ZA. Other commissions around this time include Olavsfestdagene, Norway, for Turntable Quartet, Solo voice and Double Bassist Michael Duch, and 'INSiiiDE' an ensemble piece for Ilan Volkov, Tectonics Festival, Tel Aviv. 'ANX' was a commission for TECTONICS GLASGOW and the BBC, for members of the BBC SSO and Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, premiered on 1 May and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. With support from Arts Council England, Mariam began the first ever composer residency at the Literary and Philosophical Society Library, Newcastle, in May 2014, working with Neil Davidson (Glasgow), Rhodri Davies (Gateshead) and Michael Duch (Norway) in short-term research projects.

In 2015 Mariam composed and performed in theatre including 'Flock' and 'Cinema' by ZENDEH, 'Beats North' by Curious Monkey, both in 2015 'Into Thin Air' by Precious Cargo, 'Here Is The News' Northern Stage and Lorne Campbell, 'Your Aunt Fanny', Live Theatre and 'Jumping Puddles' by Open Clasp Theatre Co.

In 2013 Rezaei set up a studio and performance space at The Old Police House in Gateshead.

An organisation and artists' collective called TOPH (of which Rezaei is a director and artist member) has developed from and beyond this specific location. TOPH has hosted the TUSK FRINGE as part of TUSK Festival, Gateshead since 2015.Awards

Mariam was awarded Best Newcomer 2012 Award at the Journal Culture Awards and the 'Enhancing Communities' Award with Northern Proud Voices in 2014.

In 2022 Rezaei received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation 'Awards for Artists' prize for her contribution to the field of music composition."

"Lukas König (*1988) studied at Gustav Mahler Konservatorium in Vienna, Anton-Bruckner University in Linz and HKB in Bern. He was given the "Hans Koller Price- New York Scolarship" in 2009, the Bremen Jazzpreis and Bawag P.S.K. Next Generation Award in 2014 (with Kompost3). Klangforum Wien premiered his composition Stereogram1 at Konzerthaus Vienna in 2018 and in 2021 he was chosen to be artist of the Shape Network. In addition to performances at festivals worldwide he collaborated with Reggie Washington, Malcolm Braff, Steven Bernstein, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Audrey Chen, Julien Desprez, Chris Pitsiokos, Moormother, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Briggan Krauss, Dorian Concept, Leo Riegler, Freya Edmondes, Peter Kutin, Nik Hummer, Michael Fischer, Shahzad Isamaily, Jorge Sánchez-Chiong, Elliott Sharp, Almog Sharvit, Brandon Seabrock, Adam O'Farrell, David Leon, MC Sensational, Elvin Brandhi, Petter Eldh, Otis Sandsjö, Klangforum Wien, Bilderbuch, Hoover Le, Martin Siewert, Franz Hautzinger, Maja Osojnik, Wolfgang Puschnig, Thomas Gansch, Andy Manndorff, David Murray, Die Strottern, Wolfgang Mitterer, Jon Sass, Otto Lechner, Patrice Heral, Guem , Raphael Preuschl, Paul Urbanek, Phil Yaeger, Wolfgang Schiftner, Martin Eberle, Sixtus Preiss, Manu Mayr, Clemens Salesny, Clemens Wenger, Jazzwerkstatt Wien, Greenwoman, Ensemble für neue Musik Zürich, Koenigleopold, Bilderbuch, 5KHD, Klangforum Wien and many more.

Austrian musician Lukas Koening is primarily a drummer. But there's a lot more than percussion happening on his latest solo album, Buffering Synapsis (opal tapes), from sputtering noise to fractured circuit breaking to creepy horror-soundtrack ambience. Using electronics and pedals along with his cymbal, Koening lets his imagination fly, leading to fascinating juxtapositions between tracks and sometimes even inside them. Despite the stylistic whiplash, Koening manages to instill his music with a sense of purpose, never blasting forward blindingly or tripping over himself to find a new sound. As a result, static churn, whirring spasms and terrifying echoes are like branches of the same highly-engaging musical tree.In recent years Koenig's solo work has repositioned itself toward a stuttering, data moshed version of the solo drummer. The imagery of brain tissues micro and macro being loaded, reloaded and exploded with data, time stamping and pure kinesis as conjured by the title of this album could not be more apt. With this recording an almost cartoon like level of intensity is sometimes reached through movement and movement alone. This is a music re-animating the "solo" drummers album while re-collecting it's history of new-complexity, lowercase, Bertoia-esque metal manipulations and all out free jazz fire music. Never drab or stuffy its cybernetic, hyper technical but above all; only accomplishable at the speed of thought. It's intrinsically human music. Deploying double kick drum played in stroboscopic clusters, hyper-tactile cymbal work, table top electronics and FX pedals to mute, melt and mutilate his flailing limbs and ocean like tam tam bathing. Buffering Synapsis is a tiny view into the creative world of an incredibly exciting and unique musician. (Texts by Opal Tapes + Marc Masters)

Performances at: Donaufestival Krems, Skanu Mesz Riga, Sajeta Festival, Bushfire Festival Swaziland, Jazz à Vienne (FR), Cully Jazzfestival, North Sea Jazzfestival, Jerusalem Festival, Skopje Jazzfestival, Fusion Berlin, Eurosonic Norderslaag, Goa Jazzfestival, 12 Points Dublin, Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Rock Am Ring, HighFields Festival, Jazzfest Wiesen, Jazzfest Wien, Beijing Ninegates Jazz Festival, DMX Festival Mexico City, Artist in Residence Schrattenberg, Bohemia Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, Fimav Victoriaville and many more."