BAGPIPES FOR PLUTO

Rolling, squealing, creeping sounds from outer space. Reeds, strings, bags and pans aiming for the unexpected. A Danish/Finnish/Italian/Norwegian quartet which improvises forms and transforms sounds in a visionary, but straightforward manner, with references such as Django Bates, Peter Brötzmann, Jesper Zeuthen and Jim Black.

Francesco Bigoni (ITA) - tenor sax, clarinet 
Markus Pesonen (FIN) - guitar 
Adam Pultz Melbye (DEN) - double bass 
Håkon Berre (NOR) - drums

Francesco Bigoni (b. 1982, Italy). Mainly self-taught, Francesco has rapidly found his own spot on the Italian creative scene. He has experimented with strategies of collective production since 2005, as a member of El Gallo Rojo (www.elgallorojorecords.com) label/collective. Known from collaborations with the likes of Ralph Alessi, Jim Black, Anthony Coleman, Daniele D'Agaro, Paolo Fresu, Ulrich Gumpert, Curtis Hasselbring, Tristan Honsinger, Briggan Krauss, Gary Lucas, Kresten Osgood, Bobby Previte, Enrico Rava, Chris Speed. He toured Austria, Belgium, Croatia,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA.

Markus Pesonen (b. 1984, Finland) is involved in many different constellations ranging from solo guitar and electronics to he's 11-piece ensemble Markus Pesonen Hendectet, while actively writing music for film and improvising with dancers and performance artists. The common elements that run through all of his work are a wide embrace of sound, with a special emphasis on communication and a sense of presence as expressed through improvisation. Has performed with artists such as Django Bates, Herb Robertson, John Tchicai, Lotte Anker and Lindha Kallerdahl.

Adam Pultz Melbye (b. 1981, Denmark), whose physical and imaginative approach to the double bass has led to coorporations with musicians such as Jesper Zeuthen, Peter Brötzmann, Mark Sanders, Tobias Delius and Rudi Mahall, as well as solo bass performances, is a member of the label and collective Barefoot Records, on which he has released numerous albums.

Håkon Berre (b. 1980, Norway) has established himself as one of the most interesting young drummers on the Danish scene for improvised music. Having expanded the drumset with a diversity of trash ranging from ringing bells, tin plates and chains, to pot lids, tea towels, forks and chopsticks, Håkon has made collaborations with artists such as Peter Brötzmann, Kasper Tranberg, Peter Friis-Nielsen, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Liudas Mockunas, John Tchicai and Sture Ericson. His inventive and energetic drumming can be heard on a discography spanning 21 CD's, many of them released on the record label-collective Barefoot Records, where Håkon is one of the co-founders.

VIDEO FROM COPENHAGEN JAZZFESTIVAL 2011:

 http://vimeo.com/29017035

FOR BOOKING BAGPIPES OF PLUTO, PLEASE CONTACT:

Barefoot Records
c/o Håkon Berre
Eliasgade 7, st. tv.
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Tel. (+45) 51 55 85 19
haakon@barefoot-records.com
www.barefoot-records.com