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By-Spiel Project
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By-Spiel Project
Andreas Fulgosi guitar, electronics
Pascal Schaer trombone, Alphorn, didgeridoo, shell, electronics
Baba Konaté djembe, tamani, doumdoum
Nicola Orioli clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Olombelo Ricky percussions, vocal
Luigi Galati Drums
Contact :
Andreas Fulgosi
1, rue Charles-Humbert
CH-1205 GENEVE
Tel/Fax : +41(0) 22 320 80 18
by-spie l@ by-sp iel.co m
www.by-spiel.com

The By-Spiel Story
By-Spiel Project
Founded in 1998 by Andreas Fulgosi, the By-Spiel Project has set out to explore the universe
of jazz sound using traditional instruments from accross a number of cultures as well as more
recent instruments. The Project creates a multitude of contrasts in its original compositions. It
walks the line between groove and improvisation and finds inspiration in traditional musical
motifs from Australia to Finland, via Africa and the Balkans. The Project has been born of a
thirst to communicate in a universal language.
Over the years, the group has forged its identity from the growing repertoire of its musicians’
compositions and has found an entusiastic audience, particularly in Germany where it recorded
its first record with its guest performer, the avant garde German trombonist Albert
Mangelsdorff.
Along with the musicians’ main instruments, the Project uses the conque, the didgeridoo, the
Alpine horn, touareg cruches, guitar synthesizer, voices and some instruments created by the
musicians themselves.
The group has also played at a number of festivals : the Berlin Jazzfest, the Prague jazz
festival, the Ouagadougou jazz festival, the Saint-Louis jazz festival in Sénégal, the Guinea
jazz festival, Accra jazz nights in Ghana, the Savona jazz festival in Italie. The Project’s tours
have taken it to Germany, the Czech Republic, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea,
Madagascar and Italy.
Over recent years musicians playing with the group have included the Italian trumpeter Daniel
Verdesca, the Swiss saxophonist Joël Musy, the American trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist
Bill Holden, the Swiss drummer Philippe Böllenrücher, the French drummer Tobie Langel,
the Swedish trumpeter Lars Lindvall, the Swiss saxophonist and clarinettist Maurice
Magnoni. All of these musicians have greatly contributed to enriching the work of the Project.
Andreas Fulgosi has been reshaping the group since 2002, creating a space for collaboration
with guest musicians. This has promoted exchange, enhanced the Project's work and provided
fertile ground for new concepts. The 2005 Madagascar tour saw the group morph into a septet
with Olombelo Ricky on voice and percussion, Thierry Razakamiadana on saxophone and
Johnny Razafimanahirana on guitar and bass.
The encounter with Ali Farka Toure and his musicians in 2005 transformed the By-Spiel
Project’s compositions and approach to music. From that moment, western Africa’s musical
culture became a major influence on the group and interaction with African musicians has
increased. During the tour of Mali in 2006, Bassekou Kouyate (on the ngouni), Neba Solo
(on the balafon) and Olombelo Ricky collaborated with the group.
The Project members in 2007 are the guitarist Andreas Fulgosi, the drummer percussionist
Luigi Galati, the trombonist and multi-instrumentalist Pascal Schaer, the clarinettist Nicola
Orioli and the Burkinabe percussionist Baba Konate.
The Swedish trumpeter Lars Lindvall and the Madagascan percussionist and vocalist
Olombelo Ricky collaborate with the group for some concerts in Switzerland and elsewhere.
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An dreas F ul gosi
Gui tar, elec tron ics, co mposer, teach er.
1 967 (Ita l y)
By-Spiel Project
Andreas Fulgosi’s playing reveals a slightly saturated sound, accompanied by syncopated
phrasing. He does not hesitate to play with melodic and harmonic tensions, giving a unique
texture to his compositions, in which he delights in exploiting the sounds and universe of the
electric guitar.
Originally a classical cello player before fully devoting himself to the guitar, he deepens his
knowledge of improvisation at the AMR (an association for the encouragement of improvised
music), Geneva.
After attending the Montreux Jazz School and the Bern Jazz School, he studies with Mick
Goodrick, John Scofield and Wolfgang Muthspiel.
In the early 90’s he forms his first band as a leader, the BLT quartet (modern jazz).
His collaboration with German ballerina and choreographer Sibylla Klein on the shows
"Empty Space", "Wo gehen die geträumten Träume", "Shocking Life" and "Tauko", a
Finnish exhibition, for which he writes and interprets the music, widens the range of his
musical approach.
Andreas Fulgosi forms the By-Spiel project, eager to make full use of the world of sounds in
jazz music through the use of traditional instruments from different cultures as well as modern
instruments mixed with electronics. Thus, he creates a multitude of contrasts within his
original compositions. He releases « Looking Outside », recorded with German avant-gardist
trombone player Albert Mangelsdorff and «Madagascar« , following the encounter with
Madagascan percussionist Olombelo Ricky.
The other ensembles he leads and composes for are also part of his musical environment :
"Blood on the Floor" (compositions inspired by the music of the Sex Pistols) and the quartet
"Dusty Road"(guit, pedal steel, b, dms, modal electric jazz).
He is also member of the Fulgosi-Perez quintet (modern jazz), Red Brick Organic trio
(guit, Hammond B3, dms). "VAL AFUMO" (live improvisation on the movies of American
cineast Mike Ballou), "Stringvox" duo and "Palatone" (live poetry and music).
Andreas Fulgosi has performed with: Lars Lindvall (tp), Olombelo Ricky (perc), Albert
Mangelsdorff (tb), Jean- Jacques Pedretti (tb), François Gallixe (b), Pia Karaspuro (dance),
Maurice Magnoni (sax, cl), Ali Farka Touré (voc, guit), Bassekou Kouyaté (N'gouni), Ba
Cissoko (kora), Neba Solo (balaphon), Michel Bastet (p), Serge Zaug (sax), Bill Holden (tp),
Patrice Moret (b), Luigi Galati (dm), Jérôme Regard (b), Samuel Blaser (tb), Nicola Orioli
(cl,sax), Pascal Schaer (tb), Lionel Friedli (dm), Philippe Aerts (b), Marcelo Aguirre (dm),
Peter Morrens (complete artist), Juha Valkeapää (vocal perform) and Claudia Urio (voc).
He played in the Berlin Jazzfest, the Prague Jazz Festival, the Munich Jazz Festival, the Görlitz
Jazz Festival, the Ouagadougou Jazz Festival, the Saint-Louis Jazz Festiva (Sénégal), the
Guinea Jazz Festival , the Accra Jazz Nights (Ghana), the Savona Jazz Festival (Italiy) and
Jazz Festival Madajazzcar (Madagascar).
His various performances have taken him to Germany, The Czech Republic, Burkina Faso,
Senegal, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Italy, Finland, Belgium, France and Mali.
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Pascal Schaer
T rombone, co mposer, teac her
1 955 (Switzer lan d)
By-Spiel Project
Received the professional Diploma of trombone at the Conservatoire de Musique of
Geneva. In addition studied orchestration, composition, electrical-acoustical music,
piano and guitar.
He studied Musicology and Chinese language at the University of Geneva.
His musical practice is especialy oriented in improvisation in jazz, contemporary music
and the musics with computers and electrical-acoustical research .
In this music’s field, he composed music for brass, choir, piano, short films and
theatre and he has played with various kinds of groups including his own quintet , the
Michel Wintsch’s sextet, Gerry Hemingway, Hervé Provini et J-J Pedreti in Forth trio,
Rainer Boesch, Lucas Niggli, Saadet Türkos, Vinz Vonlenthen, Markus Eichenberger…
He regulary performes in solo with electric trombone, tapes and computer as well as
for the 700th Anniversary of the Swiss Confederation, festival de la Bâtie (Geneva),
the AMR festival, the Festival international organ concerts and chamber music
(Lausanne), International Festival of Documentary Film (Nyon, Switzerland)…
In the jazz field, he has played with various kinds of groups including Maurice
Magnoni’s l’Etat des Sons, the François Lindemann’s sextet, the Gordon Lennox’s Low
Brass, Stefano Saccon’s quintet as well as in the Europeen Jazz Festival Orchestra -
director : Laurent Cugny - etc.
Is and has been member of different symphonic orchestras (Collegium, E.V.C.E) and
soloist for the Studio de musique contemporaine de Genève.
Has played in numerous jazz concerts in Switzerland, Western and Eastern Europe,
USA, China, Africa, Slovaquia, Slovania , Russia and other CEI countries
Has participated in several big jazz festivals : Extasis and AMR Festival in Geneva,
Montreux, Willisau, Neuchâtel, Zurich, Atlanta and Detroit (USA), Vilnius (Lithuania),
Archangelsk (Russia), Rome and Rocella (Italy), Ougadougou and Abidjan and Dakar
(Africa), Dubei, Sarajevo (Bosnia), Bratislava, Porto, Maribor, Berlin ...
Played trombone and arranged music for a number of records in Geneva, Paris and
Detroit.
He teaches also at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique of Geneva and at the
Wuhan conservatory
(China ). Also giving seminars on Jazz History in AMA (Geneva).
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Baba Konate
Percussio n is t, tea cher, cr af ts man
1 974 (Burk ina F aso)
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Baba Konate comes from a long line of griots (West African poets and praise singers)
whose music is passed on from father to son. He began learning percussion at the age
of 5 and his talent and passion for music soon earned him a position as a soloist
within his family.
At the age of 18 he founded the Badema troop, comprising percussionists, dancers
and singers. At the same time he was trained as an artistic director by the teachers
Alassaned Kongo and Yaya Konate from the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Burkina
Faso.
Today, he divides his time between concerts in Africa and Europe, participating in
National Culture Weeks, teaching and making percussion instruments (djembe, tama,
dumdum and balafons)
Babe Konate is a musician with vision who strives to bring his musical traditions into
contact with the rest of the world. This spirit of engagement has brought him together
with many musicians from other cultures and these encounters have driven him to
develop his music and his ideas: an endeavour which has naturally brought him to
work with jazz, blues or modern music groups.
Baba Konate has been director of the Badema troop since its creation in 1992. The
troop regularly gives concerts and performs at festivals and cultural competitions in
Burkina Faso. In 2004 he toured France with his group, giving a number of percussion
workshops (Musique du Bac, J B de la Salle, France.
Since 2002, he has been a sideman in the By-Spiel Project and has joined them on
tour in Switzerland, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Madagascar. He's also played with the
group at a number of festival: Jazz à Ouaga (Burkina Faso), Saint-Louis Jazz festival
(Senegal), French Cultural Centre in Dakar, Just4U in Dakar (Senegal), Madajazzscar
(Madagascar), Jazz at L'A.M.R, Geneva (Switzerland).
In his work teaching musical language at the Conservatoire de Genève, he has joined
forces with a professor there, Pascal Schaer, to develop teaching materials (sheet
music, CD, etc) to help students learn rhythm, tempo and group work.
He has performed with Pascal Schaer's quartet at numerous concerts in Switzerland
and France, notably at the Altdorf (Lucerne) and Laffi Bala (Chambery) international
festivals. He is also a sideman of the Swiss group NK.
In 2005 he has continued to run teacher workshops at the Conservatoire de Genève
as also runs children's workshops on musical awareness and elementary and
advanced music in Burkina Faso
and Geneva.
Baba Konaté has performed with:
Olombelo Ricky (perc) – Maurice Magnoni (saxophone) - Lars Lindvall (trupet) -
Cyril Moulas (guitar) - Michel Wintch (piano) - Béatrice Graf (drums) – Andreas
Fulgosi (guitar) – Luigi Galati (drums) – Pascal Schaer (trombone) – Nicola Orioli
(clarinet), Bassekou Kouyaté (n'goni,) Neba Solo (balafon).
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Nicola O rioli
clar ine ts , a lto s ax aphone, co mposer, tea cher
1 959 (It al y)
By-Spiel Project
Nicola's plays the clarinet with powerful, seductive virtuosity. His past as a classical
musician has given him a deep understanding of music's traditional idioms. He draws
from the well of European musical culture to craft improvisations with a palette of
colours that suprise and then subside to give way to flights of soaring lyrical beauty
that propel his music ever higher. His mastery of the art of continual breath enables
him to instil a mood that invites the ear to discover his instruments' hidden sounds.
At the age of 12, he began playing the clarinet in his village band, which he later went
on to lead for ten years. Together with the band, he won first prize at two
international competitions (Arezzo 1984 and Florence 1992). Aged 16, he began to
study the saxophone at the Parma Jazz School. He later studied clarinet at the
Pescara Music College where he graduated with distinction in 1985. His career as
clarinettist saw him join a number of symphony orchestras as well as the Catania
Opera Theatre Orchestra (Italy).
In 1992 he left Italy for Switzerlnd where he worked as a musician/composer for
several theatre companies with whom he toured Europe, Western Africa and the
United States. Since 1998 he has been working principally in theatre but also teaches
the clarinet and the saxophone at the Lausanne School of Jazz (Switzerland).
He leads the projects Virtual Sax and MAF quartet. He is also sideman in the Maf-Yo
quartet, Edition Spéciale, Luca Pagano Quintet, Jazz Cookies, Les Chaussettes
Synthétiques, Alain Della Maestra's Big Band and the By-Spiel Project.
O l o m b e l o R i c k y
percussio n, vo ice, t eache r, composer-per fo r mer
1 964 (M adagas car)
This artist gives himself completely, he projects himself into his work, body and soul.
That's why Olombelo Ricky draws no dividing line between his spiritual, creative and
analytical sides. And that's why his is such an outstanding artist; he has crafted his
self in nature's image: brimming with diversity but resonating in harmony.
Straight to the Source
Traditional music and art in Madagascar is not seen as being separate from spirtuality,
values and customs. Olombelo Ricky's wisdom and musical depth have their roots in
the soil of this fertile culture. He was born into a world of music and nurtured by his
grandmother, herself one of Madagascar's living legends. Here, in an environment
where the stuff of tales and legend was daily fare, Olombelo Ricky built the very core
of his creative drive.
He continued his studies at Antananarivo and joined his uncle's group, the Salomon
Band and Ramz Franck Melody Jazz as a singer-percussionist and perfected his art
under the guidance of a talented Madagascan musician - Tovo Andrianandrainy.
From 1979 to 1983 he played with the group Mahera at their folk concerts and
subsequently embarked on a solo career in 1989. For almost 13 years Ricky has been
researching his roots in the culture of the Vazimba, Madagascar's indigenous people,
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while at the same time perfecting his skills and deepening his understanding of
traditional music and instruments.
This period has left its mark on his music: the Aponga or percussions, traditional
rhythms such as the Sireko (funereal song for the aged and the wise), the Sery, the
Antsabe, the Koendra (sacred Vazimba song for prayers, marriages and funerals), the
Balitika (Antaisaka dance rhythm from the South-East) and the Katreky are evident in
his compositions and sometimes mixed with other, multicultural influences.
Each year, after the baccalaureat exams, Olombelo Ricky and his musicians mix
performance and ritual for the "Manala azy", a rite of passage and purification and an
unmissable annual youth event.
Ricky is a believer in synergy between the Arts, which is why he seels fertilization
between different artistic disciplines. He's also one of the first Madagascan artists to
use dance, story-telling, theatre and representational art to enrich his performances,
and, above all else, the first to have created and developed contemporary works of art
such as Armagedon, Intelo, Vohidrazana (with Ariry Andriamoratsiresy and Puse),
Angano Mozika, Voajanahari (with Dama, Hajazz, Ramaka and Richard
Razafindrakoto)
Ricky has received national and international recognition for the quality and originality
of his work. He receives frequent invtiations to perform his work, which is of such
benefit to world music as a whole. He wants to convey Madagascan identity as he
perceives it and shares his artistic experiences via collaborations, notably with the
Théâtre Talipot (Reunion), Airto Moreira (Brasil), Changuito (Cuba), Spiritual
Healers (South Africa), Amampondo (South Africa), Pedexulu (South Africa,
England, Germany, Madagascar), Rüdiger Opperman (Germany), Kanaka and New
Caledonia.
Son parcours
2005 BUGA Festival des Jardins et des Fleurs (Munich, Suisse), Festival Madajazzcar
(Madagascar), Festival DESORD’AKOOSTIK (La Réunion), Festival PRINTEMPS DES
COMEDIENS (Montpellier), « LE PALAIS DES VENTS » (Madagascar, Inde, Sri Lanka, La
Réunion, Maurice, Mayotte, France), Tournée « VOAJANAHARI » avec Dama (Munich, Cologne,
Paris), MADAGASCAR en MUSIQUE (au New Morning, Paris), Tournée Olombelo Ricky (Suisse),
Spectacle « KARAZANA » avec Rôla Gamana et Hemerson Andrianetrazafy-Tahala RARIHASINA
Analakely (Antananarivo, Madagascar), Spectacle « FEO MANAN-JINA » au Cercle Germano
Malgache (Antananarivo)
2004 :tournée « VOAJANAHARI » avec Dama et Hajazz (France, Allemagne), tournée Alliances
Françaises de Madagascar, Tournée « KARAZANA», Ricky et Hajazz : tour de l’Ile de La
Réunion, Spectacle « VOAJANAHARI » et « DIAN’I MANANILATANY » avec Dama, Ramaka,
Hajazz et Richard RAZAFINDRAKOTO – CCESCA, Tontolo mikolo, Ambohijatovo (Madagascar),
Tournée en Autriche, France, Suisse
2003 : création musicale pour la chorégraphie « TONGOTRA » de la Compagnie de danse RARY
(Madagascar)
2002 : création du spectacle « ANGANO-MOZIKA » avec RAMAKA (conte et musique) au
Centre Germano-Malgache (Madagascar), Tournée en Europe et aux USA
2001 : création musicale pour la pièce « KALLA Le FEU » avec la Compagnie Théâtre Talipot
(La Réunion)
1999 : création de la pièce « INTELO » avec Ariry ANDRIAMORATSIRESY et Edouard RAJAONA
(Madagascar)
1998 : création de la pièce « VOHIDRAZANA » avec Ariry ANDRIAMORATSIRESY et PUSE (une
coopération germano-malgache, Madagascar), Festival non-Occidental, (Hollande), RASA
Cultural Center, Festival International à Berne, Belpmousse avec Patent OSCHNER
1997 : festival WOMAD avec AIRTO MOREIRA, AMAPONDO (Grande Bretagne), Création
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musicale pour la pièce « LES PORTEURS D’EAU » - Théâtre Talipot (La Réunion)
1995 : tournée en Suisse avec le groupe MALAGASY SELECTION
1994 : festival International de la Maison de la Culture du Monde – RFA
1992 : IVème rencontres Internationales de Jazz et Musiques Populaires de l’Océan Indien – La
Réunion
1990 : festival International de la Harpe en Allemagne en tant que Percussionniste
Discography
ORAA (CD), 2003
Mpaka Fo (CD-K7), 2003
Izy Indrindra (CD-K7), 2001
Vazimba VoKal Mozika (CD), 2001
Zaraiko (K7), 1999
Ny Olombelona Ricky (CD), 1998
Compilation Revue Noire (CD)
Eo anilanao eo (K7), 1996
Syncompation with CHANGITO (Cuba)
Marovany et Percussion : Ricky et Matrebala , 1994
Compilation Fruit du voyage : Ricky et Solo Razaf (CD) 1994
Vocal music from Madagascar : Ricky et Salala (CD), 1994
Kalangita (K7), 1993
Luigi Galati
drums , mus ic te acher,
1 970 (Sw it zer land)
Luigi’s subtile, creative and interactive play makes him stand out . With his powerful
drive, he brings to By-Spiel Project a language tinged with unexpected atmospheres,
coming from the percussion of material such as kitchen ustensils and other objects
inspiring curiosity to the public, and bringing to perfection the sound created by the
other musicians. Entering the service of music and always being in touch with others,
his very intutive accompaniment show an intense/high sensibility that makes him a
precious By-Spiel project musician.
Luigi discovers the drums at the age of 15 with his first teacher, Marco Scarinzi. He
then studies the instrument during six years with Norbert Pfammatter before entering
the Swiss jazz School of Berne, where he studies with Billy Brooks and Ueli Müller. He
obtains his teaching diploma with Leonzio Cherubini and Olivier Clerc at the Swiss jazz
School of Montreux. During all these years, he follows courses with Charlie Blatter
and musical experiences will increase through his association with various music
groups such as « le Bidon Clique » ( Carnaval percussion Band), as percussionnist in
the « Spectacle des jardins de la paix » (put on stage by Gérard Demière), with the
« Big Band » of Biel and Montreux as well as with the « in Person » group that
travelled the roads loaf Switzerland and France in 1995/1996.
At the same time, he teaches his instrument and leads workshops in different music
schools of the region ( “Ton sur Ton” in La Chaux-de-Fonds, at the Collège Dufour in
Biel)
He is or has been the sideman of : Jérôme Thomas, Lucien Dubuis, Michel Weber, Ivor
Malherbe, Antoine Ogay, Maurizio Bionda, Ivan Ischer, Simon Gouber, Mauro Monti,
Jean Pierre Pasquier, Markus Fuchs, Sophie Kummer and Friends, Rolland Hug,
« Quintet-à-Queu », « The Genius Factory » and in various gospel choirs et pop.
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