Artist description A one-man, jazz-rock & world fusion band. Pascal De Falco, composer & pianist, has used many instruments to achieve this unique, concentrated blend of musical adventures

Music Style jazz-rock, world-fusion, instrumental

Musical Influences Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Santana, Mike Oldfield

Similar Artists Weather Report, Oregon, Mike Oldfield, Santana

Artist History 1977/78 An early synthesizer adopter, I work for the theater (‘Le Plan K’) in Brussels, and give my first concerts. 1979/81 Teacher of synthesizer & electronic music at the Espace Futura in Paris. First album with two musician friends 1982/83 - Composition of ballet scores (Vimana Company) and multimedia shows (Quarz). 1983/85 - Local radio/tv jingle composer and studio arranger, while living on a sailing boat in Papeete, Tahiti. 1986/89 - I'm getting really serious: harmony, fugue, counterpoint & orchestration in Paris with Arnaud Mattei, Pierre Doury (at the Schola Cantorum), jazz piano standards and improvisation with Joseph Makholm, I play in a jazz-fusion quintet from the American School of Modern Music. 1989/93 - I work as composer & arranger in several studios in Paris. 1993 - Frustrated with the partitioned nature of the industry and the daily routine of commercial music, I start to assemble my own project studio. 1994/99 - While doing occasional audio jobs, I do some I.T. consulting to complete the studio equipment, while financing the composing & recording of my music. 2000 - 'Inward Tides', a cd of compositions for piano and world-jazz orchestra.

Group Members Pascal De Falco (composition, arrangements, piano & keyboards, guitars, percussion)

Instruments Piano & world-jazz orchestra

Albums Inward Tides

Location Paris, Paris - France

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