Daniel Biro (born 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a French musician and composer of electronic, instrumental, and multimedia works.[1][2] His music draws upon diverse roots in jazz, rock, classical, and electronic music.[3] As an improvisor, Biro specializes in exploring the sonic depths of the Fender Rhodes electric piano, with which he performs regularly.[4] Daniel Biro is currently based in London.[5]
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He studied at the Jazz Conservatory of Monaco under the direction of Roger Grosjean and the Nice University in France.[6]
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 [7]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.[8]
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.
Biro has scored numerous short films including a poetry video for Pennhaligon and an award-winning film by French director Olivier Sarrazin.[9]
Instrumental Compositions:
For Contemporary Dance Performances:
For Theatre:
For Film:
For Television:
As Film Director:
A Still, Thin Sound (2009) - Sargasso SCD28063
Mysteries Of The Revolution (2007) - Blue Serene Focus BSF1001/10
The Long Journey Home (with Rob Palmer) (2004) - Sargasso SCD28050
2 People In A Room (with L'Orange) (2002) - Sargasso SSD39011
Elegant Enigmas (1999) - Sargasso SCD28028
The Comparative Anatomy Of Angels (1996) - Sargasso SCD28022
Soho Square (1993) - Sargasso SCD28021