Roberto Badoglio, is a young (born 1984) yet very skilled bassist as well as an awesome composer.
With a combination of creative and advanced approach to grooving, striking harmonic sense, phenomenal technique, and a strong melodic attitude he is now making a name for himself in instrumental contemporary music.
His complex, articulate playing requires a bass with uncompromising levels of responsiveness, and Roberto is the perfect tester when dynamic performance is first and foremost.
He is working on his first solo album, featuring Steve Hunt (long time keyboardist with Allan Holdsworth) and drummer Marty Richards (Gary Burton), due for release in 2009 and he is also a member of the band “Oddflow” with guitarist Hara Garacci and drummer Marko Djordjevic (www.youtube.com/oddflowband).
Oddflow recorded the cd ”Almost Even” during 2005 in Boston when Roberto was a student of Berklee college of Music in 2006. And he performs with the experimental fusion band “Low Kick” (two basses and drums) with bass player Enrico Pasini and drummer Pablo De Biasi (see Myspace/woodandtronics).
During 2008 he started his collaboration with avant-garde Pop artist Adama in New York city.
Roberto also played with artists such as Joanne Brackeen, George Zonce, Louis Cato, Paul Giordimaina, Matthew Garrison, Hal Crook, Elliot Mason.
Mustapha Bouchou was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in a family of bassists. Both his father and his mother were part of the music scene in Casablanca in the 60s and 70s, and he got into bass guitar thanks to the influence of his elder brother. Mustapha began the idea of migrating to Spain to learn and develop his family's musical journey.
developed a unique style mixing Arab rhythms with influences from Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, John Patitucci, Gary Willis, Jeff Berlin, Etienne Mbappe, Richard Bona, Linley Marthe, among others. He has worked as a studio bass player in Morocco and has recorded with many artists among which there is former Zawinul Syndicate drummer Karim Ziad.
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Since moving to Barcelona in 2001 Mustapha has performed with Cheb Samir, Nosolofunk (ex Soul Cafe), Monica Green, The Goat, Omar Sosa, Llibert Fortuny, Mondragon orchestra, several groups of ethnic music, and so on. He is currently the bassist with Munir Hossne and A Freak Do Meu Baba, Iyexa, Jalil Kodssi, Rim Banna, La planeta Imaginaria.