The Band
Tom Bayer, Guitarist
My grandfather would probably be one of the most sought-after blues harp players today. In the 1930s he entertained his guests every evening at the Heurigen in Ottakring with Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich classics. My first instrument was a Hohner, a diatonic harmonica from his collection.
I got my first Bontempi organ when I was six and my first guitar when I was seven. When I was fifteen, my music teacher gave me the electric bass in the school band. Shortly thereafter, as the youngest musician, I played guest appearances with Opus, Jazz Gitti, Ostbahn Kurti, and Boris Bukowski, among others
In my early 20s, I studied fusion guitar at the American Institute of Music with Scott Henderson, Les Wise, and Paul Hanson, among others. After graduating, I moved to London and Paris, where I was able to take part in international studio and live productions.
"I love the notes you don't play. These fine little gaps and spaces make your playing very special” Angus Bangus once said about my lines and rhythm patterns. I was and am always looking for a unique sound that is able to dissolve time and space. Tones and emotions have an ambivalent relationship when less means more when the expression of each tone represents a perfect little universe. And yet sounds are emotions, so to speak because they can change any imaginable mood, and contain joy, sadness, anger, and love.
At 35, I felt the urge to learn more about the music of the world. I studied ethnomusicology at the University of Vienna and dealt with contemporary music from Madagascar and classical Indian music.
Thomas Nothbauer, Saxophone
Studied at the Vienna Music University. He was a lead sax player and soloist in the university big band, got a price from the Vienna philharmonic orchestra, toured all over Europe, Japan, and South Africa, and has worked with a huge number of top Jazz artists, including Joe Zawinul as a highlight
Bardia Khashayari, Bass
Bardia Khashayari comes from a music-loving family, has been listening to rock music since he was 5, and started to make music himself alongside his cousins (one of his cousins, Hossein Rastegar, was a popular drummer in the Austropop scene). At their side, he played numerous rock and funk concerts and also his first studio productions. With the well-known Afghan singer Dawood Sarkhosh, he recorded 3 CDs and played 3 world tours.
AMARO MORALES-PARADA
Geboren 1990 in Wien, kam Amaro Morales-Parada bereits sehr früh in Kontakt mit Musik über seinen Vater, der in diversen Latin-Bands als Percussionist tätig war. Mit 12 hatte er bereits bei einigen kleinen Konzerten mitgewirkt und bekam sein erstes eigenes Schlagzeug. Interessiert an Musik besuchte er mit 15 Jahren das Audio ORG in dem Brigittenauer Gymnasium Karajangasse.
Er maturierte 2009 unter anderem in Musik und CUT (Computer unterstützte Tontechnik). Bis 2011 war er in diversen Clubs nebenbei als DJ tätig. Nach einer Österreich Tour 2014 mit Gitarre und einem 4. Platz bei der TV Casting Show „RTL Rising Star“ in Köln, komponierte und recordete er eine Band Album Produktion mit Emiliano, bei der er wieder als Schlagzeuger tätig war. 2015 spielte er im Rahmen eines Klassischen Festivals in Chiloe (Chile).
Im Jahr 2016 schloss er an der Deutschen POP Wien die Ausbildung im Bereich Komposition und Arrangement ab und gründete mit seinem Vater den Verein „JamFactory“ für Kommunikation, Integration und Musik. Im Rahmen dieses Vereins wirkte er als Produzent, Studiomusiker und Co-Producer bei diversen CD- und Single-Produktionen mit.
In den folgenden Jahren folgten Konzerte auf Bühnen wie: Donauinselfest, FM4 Soundpark, Gösserhalle (Stream Austria), ORF, Gasometer (O-MIA), uvm. Zwischen 2009 und 2022 Spielte er als Gitarrist, Schlagzeuger und Percussionist mit diversen Nationalen und Internationalen Künstler:innen wie: Soia, Stella Jones, Atacama (VIE/CHI), Harold Taylor (GUA), Shawn the Savage Kid (D), Rashaan Ahmad (US), Herbert Lippert, Vincent Bueno, Kumar Sublevao (CUB), Horndogz & Breis (FRA/UK), Barbara Alli (GHA/NIG), Meydo, Emiliano, Soulcat E5, Sheyla J, uvm.
Florian Tuchacek - Drummer
Studied classical percussion and jazz drums at the Vienna University of Music.
Since then active as a freelancer in the Austrian music scene.