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The Meier-Budjana Group announces October 2017 UK & European Tour

The Meier-Budjana Band is a group of superlative guitarists and accomplished musicians, corporately dedicated to creating music which exceeds stylistic and cultural bounds. True sonic explorers, in the most progressive jazz and beyond sense with distinctive ethnic bland of Middle-Eastern and South-East Asian flavors, theirs is a music which is both soulful and cerebral. Embracing a multitude of regional musical dialects from across the globe, MBB speaks in a profoundly unique, original voice – a voice bound by neither convention or preconception.
 
The band is co-chaired by Swiss-born and UK-based Nicolas Meier and Indonesian guitar icon of Balinese descent Dewa Budjana.

Nicolas Meier - Infinity

Nicolas Meier is a UK-based Swiss guitarist, who likes to blend various music styles together. Nicolas studied arranging with Max Jendly and Francis Boland before earning a scholarship to Berklee in Boston, USA and immersing himself in classic Amercian jazz (Parker, Coltrane, Miles etc.) and playing acoustic jazz and fusion. He graduated and returned to Switzerland in 1998. Later he had the chance to play alongside the legendary Jeff Beck on the Jeff Beck Band.
 

Kenny G announes June UK Tour 2016

Kenny G, one of the most successful saxophonists in the world today, will tour the UK in June 2016. The UK tour will see Kenny playing dates at the Sage Gateshead (Sunday June 26th), Manchester Bridgewater Hall (Monday June 27th), Birmingham Symphony Hall (Tuesday June 28th) and London’s Royal Albert Hall (Thursday June 30th).

Tickets will go on sale from Friday December 11th via www.ticketline.co.uk and the 24 hour box office 0844 888 9991. Tickets can also be ordered directly from the venues.

Ramon Ortiz - Portal

Ramon Ortiz is a guitar virtuoso who comes from San Juan, Puerto Rico. During the 90s he formed the band Puya and later, in early 00s, he also formed Ankla. In 2012, Ramon released his first solo album entitled “Ortiz”.
 

Stephen Duros


Hi Stephen… first of all, congrats on “AEAEA”. It’s a really intriguing and stimulating album on the whole.
 
S: Thank you so much! I appreciate your thoughts on the record.
 
 
Do tell us… how did you decide to deal with “Odyssey” on your new album and what’s the main thing that inspired you to write your own story?
 
S: The poem was inspiring, I wanted to carefully craft a story of my own that involved adventure, love, sadness, and all different kinds of emotions when listening.

Stephen Duros - AEAEA

Stephen Duros is a Greek-American flamenco guitarist. “AEAEA” is his new release (4th full-length), which deals with the mythological island, by the same name, found in the Greek poem “The Odyssey”. Stephen said that the album isn’t about that island per se but it’s mostly like a great starting point for his journey. I couldn’t have said it better! Stephen takes us on a long journey which consists of 12 chapters which are all connected together musically.
 

Cave Of Swimmers


Hi Perez… welcome to Grande Rock. Your new album “Reflection” is a splendid work indeed. Kudos!
 
P: Thank you!
 
 
Do tell us in brief, how you met with Toro? How did the idea to form COS occur?
 

Cave Of Swimmers - Reflection

Cave Of Swimmers is a very weird and interesting musical duo, which is based in Miami, Florida. The duo consists of G.E. Perez (vocals, guitar, 6/4 bass, synth) and Toro (drums, percussion, backing vocals) whose origins are in Venezuela. Their homonymous debut was released in 2013 and now they’re back with their sophomore release entitled “Reflection”.
 

IZZ to release “Everlasting Instant” on April 7th 2015

IZZ’s new studio album, “Everlasting Instant”, is scheduled for release on April 7th, 2015 and serves as the final installment of a three-part series of albums that began with “The Darkened Room” in 2009 and continued with “Crush of Night” in 2012. “Everlasting Instant” concludes this epic thematic arc with a fresh palette of sounds, all the while maintaining the sharp and memorable melodies that have become a hallmark of the band.