doublebass, bass, modular and electronic devices

Born in 1983 in the middle of the Indian Ocean, on Reunion Island, the culture and musical sensibilities of Johann Berby are a reflection of his origins: Indian, Malagasy and Mozambican.

Out of respect for these and other cultures he is constantly researching different traditions with a passion for music which holds within it all the richness of the civilisation from whence it came….

Johann Berby began electric bass at the age of 16.

Jazz Drummer : Ibrahim Maalouf, Wang Wei, FOX, Darwin case, Octurn, Kris Defoort, ...

Cyberprog/Retrofuture/Dadavantgarde.

Forgotten influences (Canterbury scene, early XXth classical, cheesy fusion). 

Failed classical studies: grandeur of European culture.
10 years in the US: land of superior show business and decadence.

"Nous travaillons en fonction d'une douleur et d'une joie intemporelles, pour résoudre l'énigme fondamentale de l'espèce humaine." [Christian Vander]

Xavier Rogé is following