POPPY ACKROYD & CARLOS CIPA

POPPY ACKROYD (UK)
http://denovali.com/poppyackroyd/

Poppy Ackroyd is a performer and composer from London currently based in Edinburgh. Classically-trained on both piano and violin, with a MMus in piano performance she makes music manipulating and multi-tracking sounds from these two instruments. She has collaborated with musicians, artists, filmmakers, dancers, actors and sound designers, providing soundtracks for animations, documentaries, films, physical theatre, contemporary dance pieces and workshops. As a session musician she has performed on numerous albums, as well as live radio sessions for BBC Radio 1, Radio 4, Radio Scotland and 6Music. She has arranged and performed music for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, TV adverts and audio books. Currently she is working on a solo project - tracks made using only sounds from piano, prepared piano and violin - soon to be released on Denovali Records. She is also recording and touring with Hidden Orchestra.

CARLOS CIPA (DE)
http://denovali.com/carloscipa/

Carlos Cipa is a 22 year old composer/musician residing in Munich (Germany). Carlos discovered his passion for music very early in his life. At the age of 6 he began taking classical piano lessons with various renowned teachers. Ten years later after he started playing drums he became more and more interested in composition and improvisation. In the following years he made lots of experiences in many music styles like jazz, hardcore/punk, indie rock and orchestral music.

Influenced by Eric Satie and Claude Debussy his piano music impresses particularly because of its intensity and great attention to detail. It’s not only enhanced by his classical background and symphonic film music works, but also by the experiences he made as drummer in different bands. Besides the piano he is interested in all different kinds of instruments, as experimenting takes an important role in his work. Not playing just traditional concert rooms Carlos so far shared the stage with marvelous acts like A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Moritz von Oswald Trio, Murcof, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Rivulets or Library Tapes.

After he finished his works on final versions of his compositions Carlos Cipa joined the German experimental music label Denovali Records early 2012. His debut full length "The Monarch and the Viceroy" saw the light of day in June 2012.