Kleber Vogel
(eletric
violin) - Born in Rio de Janeiro, he started his
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Saulo
Battesini (Guitars) - Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960,
started
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Wagner
André (Keyboards) - It is at least curious the
fact that one
![]() This doesn’t mean, of course, that I wasn’t interested in music before that, ‘cause, after all, with a guitar playing father and a piano teaching and playing mother - the kind that taught at home, with almost fifty pupils -, I could not have come out safe from such “contamination” even if I wanted to. I actually began to study the piano with five years of age, and, like every normal child, let’s say that I didn’t like it that much. The real drag about it wasn’t the exchange of hours of child play for scales and arpeggios. The real bad deal were the auditions and competitions with dozens of little old ladies crunching my cheeks... Years of piano later I changed colors and studied classical guitar for eight long years with the inclusion of all possible academic gimmicks: theory, harmony, choir chant, composition... But, in a paradoxical way, it was amidst this guitarristic endurance that I went back to blacks and whites, with the discovery of synthesizers on the records of Walter now (Wendy ) Carlos. But it was thanks to the Wind & Wuthering Genesis record, that I at last fell in love with progressive, even admitting that I did hate it’s first listening. Only in the second or third attempt a contamination was complete and irreversible, topped by a desperate pursuit for the purchase of my first keyboard: a Poly- 800 Korg, that literally cost me my last penny, followed by many many more. By thetn I already joined a number of underground numbers, one of them being Lakranya, a band that wrote their own lyrics in a language of it’s own (well, OK...), and Antares, a group that intended to make cool modern progressive music, but only achieved being nicely dumped by smart agents. I also joined quite a few other musical attempts, from which I’d like to point out the project in partnership with Bacamarte’s flute player, Marcus Moura , culminated with an unforgettable venue at Sala Funarte, in Rio, in 1988. Well, after all that’s been said and done, here’s me with Kaizen, already on it’s 3.0 version, which I integrate since 1994 with immeasurable pleasure.. |
William James
Murray (Bass) - Born in Rio de Janeiro, works as
![]() After that, has dedicated himself to an accomplishment as a player, specifically on bass guitar, self-taught. He has worked in several musical jobs (CD and general recordings and presentations) with renowned groups and solo artists, with great emphasis on the instrumental field, which have led to art highly accepted and praised by specialized critics. Currently, he works in two musical projects on the instrumental rock field: El Fire, a quartet, of which he is one of the mentors (see track on the 1998 Art Rock Festival CD - Rock Simphony), and the other with great musicians - now friends - of the 3.0 version of the group Kaizen. |
Mario
Leme (Drums) - Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1958, Mario
Leme is
![]() Formed and led (with Alexandre Valladão, Guilherme Hermolin, Pedro Leão, Pedro do Canto, Henrique Domingues and Felipe Reis) the instrumental music group Mosaico (1982/1985), with shows in Rio and music played on the top radio in the field, Fluminense FM (he made executive and musical production of the aired recordings). Participated (with Rogério Leão, Alexandre Valladão, Eduardo Campos, Bruno Araújo and Eduardo Agtos) in the group Coração de Leão (1993/1996), with many shows in Rio’s nightclubs and music played on Fluminense FM radio. Played (with William Murray) in electric violinist’s Glauco Fernandes trio - along with pre-recorded keyboard and percussion tracks - (1995/1996), for whom he has recorded the music "Native" on his debut CD "Glauco Fernandes", released in June 1999 (with the participation of Armando Marçal, Eduardo Campos, Tom Capone and William Murray). Since 1998, has become a member of the Rio based progressive rock quintet Kaizen Kaizen. After having recorded the six drum and percussion basic tracks of the band’s second outing (not yet released), the CD Kaizen II, during the second semester of ‘99 and 2000’s first, he works with the band in shows since August 2000. (He also edits and translates the groups written material.) Indicated by violinist Glauco Fernandes, has played on 99’s Rio Art Rock Festival opening show with another progressive rock band from Rio, Aether, which he’s been invited to join. He now works in the elaboration and musical co-production (with Vinícius Brazil, Alberto Curi and Fernando Medeiros) and lyric writing for Aether’s next CD, and in rehearsals with Kaizen for 2000’s Rio Art Rock Festival’s Garden Hall venues opening show, next October 21st. |