Ganbei Records is an independent record label that aims to help musicians release and promote their music.

Born and educated in Rome, Francesco moved to the UK to complete a course of academic studies in music, first as an undergraduate at Edinburgh University and then as a postgraduate at Huddersfield University. Having taught music full-time for many years, Francesco was active in the improvisation scene in Yorkshire and then in London before moving to Aberdeen where he continued his interest in contemporary music
performance, analysis, and composition. His music has been published by Xylem Records, and he was a finalist for multimedia at Edinburgh’s RSA Open Exhibition; he has cooperated with other artists in Aberdeen, producing soundscapes. His interests include drone music and the experimental music 
of Morton Feldman, as well as graphic notation and ensemble improvisation.
He has given several guest lectures at Edinburgh and Aberdeen University, as well as presenting his music at the annual Sonic Arts Forum events in Leeds. He is a member of the European String Teachers’ Association and a music examiner/exams verifier. In 2014 he co-founded the sonADA (sonic arts day Aberdeen) with Dr. Suk-Jun Kim at the University of Aberdeen. He is a private tutor in violin, piano, and composition, an ICMA examiner, a popular music lecturer at Edinburgh College, a BTEC music/music tech standards verifier and an IB music examiner. From October 2020 he has also taken on the voluntary role of Regional Officer for Aberdeen (City&Shire) at the European String Teachers Association.

Gordon Francis Blaney Jr. (b. 29 November 1982) is an American conductor, performer, writer, educator, and theorist with an extensive background in classical and jazz. 

Here you will find my compositions. Some are good, some are bad. But with a bit more experience, they can only get better.

Matthew Whiteside, the List Hot 100 2019, is a composer, collaborator, sound designer and concert producer based in Glasgow, named ‘One to Watch’ in the Herald’s Culture Awards 2017 and winner of the Light Moves Innovative Use of Sound Award for his work Entangled with Marisa Zanotti. His music has been described as “Effective and Unsettling” by BBC Music Magazine and “post-minimalist bold sparseness” by the Herald.

Recent work has included a short opera Little Black Lies commissioned by Scottish Opera Connect, with libretto by Helene Grøn; Night Thoughtsi, commissioned by Crash Ensemble for première at New Music Dublin 2020; Rama, commissioned by The Night With… for Ensemble Offspring; Entangled, commissioned by the Institute of Physics for the 2018 NI Science Festival; and working with filmmaker/chorographer Marisa Zanotti creating collaborative work with Magnetic North.

He has received international performances by ensembles and performers such as the RTÉ NSO, Red Note Ensemble, the Aurea Quartet, Pauline Kim Harris and Diagenesis Duo at venues such as New York University, Dublin’s National Concert Hall, Glasgow City Halls, Salem Artworks in New York and the Belfast International Festival at Queen’s. He has been commissioned by Cottiers Chamber Project and Lorimer Productions for Cappella Nova and co-commissioned by sound festival and R-Space gallery to collaborate with Dominika Mayovich to create an interactive sound/art installation which resulted in Exhibiton Music.

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