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Peter Van Huffel

Peter Van Huffel was born and grew up in Canada. He moved to New York in 2002, where he quickly became part of the "scene". He formed a quintet, with whom he quickly made a name for himself (not only) in New York. The other band members were Jesse Stacken, Scott DuBois, Michael Bates and Jeff Davis. Collaboration followed with the Belgian singer Sophie Tassignon and additional CD recordings, among others, with Samuel Rohrer, Miles Perkin, Samuel Blaser and Michael Bates (the latter can also be found on Between The Lines). The press called him "one of the most intense performers on this instrument" (All About Jazz), and comparisons were made with Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann. But above all John Zorn was also cited.
Roland Fidezius is the ideal band member on the bass woofer. He is not only known as a band member in "So Weiss" and the Lorenz Hargassner Quartett, but he has also played/recorded with Chris Hirson and Gebhard Ullmann, the Babelsberg film orchestra and Samuel Blaser. Need it be mentioned that he is not only one of the bassists most in demand in Germany, but also one of the most versatile ones? The Austrian Rudi Fischerlehner took a detour via Africa and New York to wind up living in Berlin in the meantime. He also plays everything from experimental jazz to post-rock, which resounds under his drumsticks. He drew attention to himself in bands such as Grid Mesh, Pinx and Fiium Shaarrk, and he drives his co-musicians in Gorilla Mask with his accumulated experience

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