Artist description Its amazing how well the world melts together: The wild experimental guitar sounds make the earthy drum groves take off and the primitive flutes add nature to the rich meditative guitar textures. Brazilian rhythmic orientation meets European harmonic perception, and both have some tendency to Asian contemplative melodic expression...

Music Style World AfroRock

Musical Influences Blues, Oriental, Brasil, Swiss, Barok

Artist History As soon as the Swiss guitarist and creator of electric instruments Matthias moved to Salvador/Brasil, everyone indicate Bira Reis to him, the cities only creator of experimental accoustic instruments, mostly based on bamboo, gourd and African traditions.

Group Members Matthias Grob: Paradis Guitar system, Echoplex DP, Lexicon PCM80/90

Instruments Loop Guitar, Kalimba, Claypot, Percussion, Flutes

Press Reviews Bira Reis: Percussion, Kalimba, Flutes, Claypots, experimental instruments...

Location Salvador, Bahia - Brazil

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