Endorsers
Sylvain Darrifourcq
Percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, improviser and composer, Sylvain Darrifourcq (born in 1979) trained as a classical percussionist. He opts late for the drums, discovers rock, jazz and improvised music. A recognized figure of this generation of improvisers curious about borders, he is a musician in great demand. He has collaborated with many French, European and American personalities such as Joëlle Léandre, Joachim Kühn, Tony Malaby, Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, Marc Ducret, Andrea Parkins, Akosh S, Kit Downes... In 2009, he obtained a "Victoire du Jazz" with the Emile Parisien Quartet, of which he was the drummer for more than 10 years. Over the course of human and musical encounters, his attraction to current forms of creation becomes clearer and pushes him to create his own festival in the company of singer / double bass player Elise Dabrowski: the DA festival. Passionate about questions of temporality, space and rupture in music, he now creates a very personal language, built around the notions of "poly-speed", "physical quality" and the mechanization of the sound gesture. Thus are born his own projects MILESDAVISQUINTET!, IN LOVE WITH and TENDIMITE. His research leads him to question the plastic dimension of his productions. In 2019, together with Nicolas Canot, he gave birth to the FIXIN ecosystem - a set of projects ranging from sound installation to performance - featuring digitally controlled motors in a minimalist and immersive light scenography. He also collaborates with composers Karl Naegelen, Guillaume Hermen; the visual artists Zimoun, Yves Chaudouët; the choreographers Soa Ratsifandrihana, Liz Santoro and the author Françoise Dô. In 2023, he created HECTOR Editions with the aim of publishing books with scientific content and knowledge sharing, and published the book 20,000 WORDS co-written with Antoine Le Bousse.
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Sebastian Kuchczyński
Kuchczynski began his musical education at the age of 5. In 1996 he started playing with a local Brass Band in Brodnica, Poland. He played in Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, France and Netherlands. Â
Sebastian began his education at the University of Karol Szymanowski in Katowice, focusing on jazz and popular music. That is where he met much accomplished polish and European jazz musicians.Â
In 2008 he received a solo prize in the Open category and a special prize for The Biggest Festival Talent on „I’st TarnĂłw Jazz Contest 2008". The prize was given to him by the leader of the jury John Betsch, who is known for working with Steve Lacy.Â
Next important event was a first Grand Prix prize won in 2010 in the international jazz competition "XXXIV Getxo Jazz in Spain" with a Wierba-Schmidt Quintet, with whom he also recorded 3 albums.Â
He began playing with the Polish-Cuban band called Recicl-G en Cuero, established by Yoilan Perez Harriette and where we can also find a great Cuban pianist Rey Ceballo. He was a co-organizer of "Film Jazz Project", together with Michael Patches Stewart, who knows from years of work with Tina Turner, Earth, Wind & Fire, Marcus Miller and Kenny Garret.Â
From 2016, he is a member of soul-hip hop band called "Radiostatik", established by MichaĹ‚ WrĂłblewski. The lead vocalist Andre Washington, is known for working with artists such as Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Lopez and Raashan Ahmad - famous LA rapper.Â
In his professional career, Kuchczynski was 3-time nominee for the FRYDERYK award in the debut album category. Ola Trzaska "All Around" 2013 r. ; PrzemysĹ‚aw Florczak "Image Of My Personality" 2011 r.; Biotone "Another Space" 2011 r.Â
In 2017 He moved to US in where he started to work with many great musicians witch included: George Garzone, Marco Pignataro, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Jamichael Frazie or Natalia Lacrete.
He recently graduated from the "Berklee Global jazz Institute” - Master program at Berklee College of Music. After graduation he Recorded a studio album in New York studio “Bunker” with MArgaux Vranken and the string quartet from Julliard Music School.